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It’s Time to Loosen Those Belts for the 2022 Main Line Today Restaurant Week, Fall Edition
The fall 2022 restaurant week — organized by Main Line Today and Today Media and sponsored by Firstrust Bank — invites area foodies to unfold menus across the Phila. suburbs during its Aug. 22 to Sept. 4 run. The 33 participating restaurants, all commutable from Bucks County, are: 118 North, Wayne 333 Belrose Bar &…
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Essential Utilities Appoints Analytical, Business-Minded Individual to Vice President of Financial Planning
Essential Utilities has appointed Jim Barbato to the new role of vice president of financial planning and analysis from his previous role as vice president of corporate engineering. In his new position, Barbato will report to the CFO and assume responsibility for all financial planning and analysis functions, including overall management and execution of the…
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Legal Matters: Who Pays for the Kids’ After-School Activities?
By Elizabeth J. Billies With the summer winding down, it’s time to think about the upcoming school year and gulp: childcare, tuition, and after-school expenses. Do your children participate in after-school activities such as music lessons or sports? Do those activities cost money? If so, you may ask, who pays for those expenses if you…
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Growing Up in a Law Enforcement Family, Falls Township Officer Earns Well-Deserved Promotion
An officer with the Falls Township Police Department, whose family has a long history in law enforcement, was promoted to a Detective on Tuesday. Nicole Rosenthal wrote about the local promotion for the Levittown, PA Patch. Officer Ronald MacPherson was promoted to Detective at a ceremony on Tuesday morning. McPherson’s father, Ronald MacPherson, also served…
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KoP Derm Firm Donations Send Sun-Safety Message: Always Make a Motion for the Lotion
Dermatology Partners, taking pity perhaps on the crew of lifeguards who spend summers perched with watchful eyes high above area pools, has made a helpful donation to protect them. The skincare health provider sent umbrellas and bottles of sunscreen to the lifeguards and staff at the Upper Merion Township pool. It hopes the gifts (lotion…
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Phoenixville Coffee Shop Owners’ Idea for Second Food Service Business Percolates into Reality
Laura Vernola and her husband Ed Simpson have run Steel City Coffeehouse and Brewery in Phoenixille for the past six years Their most recent venture came alive midway through the pandemic in the village of Mont Clare, writes Donna Rovins for the Daily Local News. The process of securing the site of the former Eagles…
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Hatboro Snack Retailer Hosts Rep. Madeleine Dean for Feedback from Black, Female, Small-Business Owners
The Black, all-female owners of Nutz About Popcorn, a Hatboro savory-sweet snack provider, described their ongoing COVID-19 struggles to a very sympathetic ear: U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean. Raquel Williams reported every important kernel of their roundtable meeting for KYW Newsradio. Lynette Smith opened her shop in late winter 2018, identifying popcorn and sweets as an…
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Doylestown Cyclist Celebrates Bike Race Victories As He Battles Cancer
A Doylestown cyclist is continuing to race as he fights a brain tumor he was diagnosed with several years ago. Daphne Sashin wrote about the Bucks County native’s ride of a lifetime for Penn Medicine News. Chris Baccash, a former business analyst, was looking to use his time and talents to help people when he…
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Newtown Art Gallery Showcasing Work of Two Artists from Ukraine, Georgia
A popular art gallery in Newtown is showcasing the work of two artists from the countries of Ukraine and Georgia. Staff writers at the Bucks County Herald wrote about the recent exhibition. Alexander Serebryany and Parnaos Surabischwili, from Ukraine and Georgia, respectively, are having their art shown at Countryside Gallery & Customer Frame Design in…
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Bucks County School Districts Continue Working to Feed Local Children in Need
Several school districts in the Bucks County area are continuing efforts to feed children throughout the area. Ella Castronuovo wrote about the charitable acts in the Bucks County Courier Times. Samuel K. Faust Elementary School, located in Bensalem, was one of several local schools working to stop hunger in the Bucks County area. As part…
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Are Lanternfly Hunters in the Phila. Area Merely Getting Tired? Or Are Populations Really Thinning
It may be anecdotal or science-based, but the spring-summer swarms of lanternflies seem to have diminshed in the Phila. collar counties. One contributing factor may have been the public encouragement for residents to wage war on the creepy crawlers. But signs also show that the initial zeal to hunt them may be ebbing away locally.…
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Here’s What to Know About the Upcoming 72nd Annual Middletown Grange Fair in Wrightstown
The 72nd annual Middletown Grange Fair will be returning to Bucks County for the next few days. Ella Castronuovo wrote about the fair for the Bucks County Courier Times. The popular fair will be returning to the Middletown Grange at 576 Penns Park Road in Wrightstown from Aug. 17 to Aug. 21. First starting in…
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Poke Bros Opens Latest Hawaiian Cuisine Establishment in Langhorne
Poke Bros., a popular Hawaiian seafood chain, will be opening its latest location in Langhorne, allowing Bucks County residents to enjoy the tropical namesake dish. Jeff Werner wrote about the new eatery for the Newtown, PA Patch. The new seafood spot opened today at the Summit Square Shopping Center in Langhorne. An ever-expanding chain, this…
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Bucks County Community College Hosting Annual Short Fiction Contest, Looking for Entrees
Bucks County Community College has announced that their annual Short Story Contest is seeking local story writers for prizes and recognition. The Bucks County Short Fiction Contest is looking for entrees to their Fall 2022 competition. Eligible contests must be Bucks County residents who are 18 or older, and are not employees of the community…
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Not a Stranger to Social Advocacy, Qlik Onboards Interns Who Match Company Passions
Qlik, a data and analytics company based in King of Prussia, is no stranger to social advocacy and bringing on sharp, eco-conscious interns who match the company’s ideologies. As Emily Koch, a senior Political Science major at Temple University, can attest, Qlik is constantly working to create strategic sustainability initiatives that not only place the…
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Bucks County Sheriff’s Real Estate Sales To Continue in Person Come December
After almost two years of online sales, the Bucks County Sheriff’s Office announced that it will resume doing real estate sales in person come early December. The Sheriff’s Office has been utilizing Bid4Assets to host the real estate sales online since the beginning of the pandemic. Now that numbers are down and people are beginning…
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Montco High School Students Pound Heavy Metal at Bethlehem’s Musikfest
Metal band Devixe (pronounced device) and its local high-school performers hit the big time by playing a set for the packed crowds at Musikfest, Bethlehem’s high-profile summer concert series. Matteo Iadonisi tuned up his journalism skills to report the story for 6abc. The band comprises: Drummer-keyboardist Liam Myerow, from Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School Guitarist Bryce Monsell,…
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Future Rosy for Former Conshohocken Beauty Consultants Career, Which Took a Powder During COVID
In the business lottery of COVID-19 (in which some firms thrived, and others became extinct), one Conshohocken cosmetics manufacturer, Embellish Beauty, is now glowing. Lisa Dukart brushed up the facts to bring the story to PHIL INNO. The brand launched in 2011, as owner Marcia Williams provided makeup and hair services primarily to weddings-related clients.…
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