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College Credit Consortium: Bucks County Community College Pairs with DeSales for Continuing Ed Initiative
A dual-admission arrangement between Bucks County Community College and DeSales University is good news for the area’s continuing ed students. Janelle Hill schooled her readers on the program’s particulars in The DeSales Fund. Students at Bucks County Community College can continue their educations at DeSales University, elevating a two-year associates degree to a four-year bachelor’s…
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Legal Matters: Navigating Summer Camp Plans with Your Co-Parent
By Inna Materese Spring has officially sprung, which means the school year is winding down. Thoughts of the hot summer months — and summer camp — have probably crept into view, along with questions about payment arrangements for co-parents. Support orders typically provide for basic child support based on statewide guidelines, as well as the division…
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American Airlines Adds Bus Fleet to Connect Allentown with PHL
Starting June 3, flight passengers be able to take an American Airlines shuttle bus connection between Allentown and Philadelphia International Airport. The service will also connect Atlantic City to PHL, writes Lisa Dukart for Philadelphia Business Journal. American’s hope is to continue positioning PHL as a gateway for transatlantic travel. The airline is the dominant…
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Wall Street Journal: Bar Code Innovator David Collins, a Villanova Grad, Dead at 86
The idea behind bar codes has been around since the late 1940s, but it was in the 1960s when a Villanova University civil engineering graduate named David J. Collins figured out a practical use for it. He died March 12 at age 86, writes James R. Hagerty for The Wall Street Journal. Collins, who…
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Public School Coaches Say They Don’t Have a Prayer Against Catholic Competitors Like Archbishop Wood
Basketball coaches from the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) are miffed. They claim that some schools against whom they vie for championship titles have a competitive advantage. Mike White suited up to cover their concerns in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The complaint — echoed by fans and administrators — stems from the fact that public…
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Servi with a Smile: Bensalem Senior Residents Tests Fleet of Food-Service Robots
Woody Allen’s futuristic comedy Sleeper included a sequence in which he disguises himself as a robotic servant. The notion of an automaton domestic assistant may have been played for laughs in 1973, but it’s a reality now at Juniper Village in Bensalem. The Lower Bucks Times plugged into its use of “Servi,” a high-tech food-service…
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Peddler’s Village Presents Spring FunFest and Sidewalk Sale, Apr. 23–24
Peddler’s Village presents its Spring FunFest and Sidewalk Sale from April 23–24. The family-friendly event will feature live entertainment, family activities, crafts for children, outdoor food and drinks, and a morning charity walk in partnership with Kelly’s Kidz, a nonprofit organization that Bob Kelly (FOX29 Philadelphia reporter) founded to benefit pediatric hospital patients. The event,…
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C&N Donates $5,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Bucks County
C&N, a leading financial services company across Pennsylvania and New York, recently donated $5,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Bucks County to support its Home Repair Program. Habitat for Humanity of Bucks County’s mission is simple: Building Communities, Empowering Families. The organization partners with qualified homebuyers and homeowners to offer affordable home ownership and home…
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Beach Bungalows or Ski Chalets, Penn Community Bank Can Help Keep Vacation Homebuyers from Getting Burnt or Snowed Under
As quickly as a Nor’easter can wreck a beach trip or a run of global-warmed spring air can melt the enthusiasm of a ski weekend, a vacation home ownership dream can quickly become a nightmare. With advice from Penn Community Bank, however, escapists seeking respite from their ordinary work-home-chores-sleep routines can slip away to a…
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Wall Street Journal: Jay Wright Eschews Suit at Final Four, Partly for Comfort, Partly as Tribute
For the first time, Villanova coach Jay Wright showed up at a Final Four without a suit, writes Laine Higgins for The Wall Street Journal. Over two decades, Wright had the nickname “GQ Jay” for his stylish custom suits. Even former President Barack Obama called Wright “the best-dressed man in college basketball.” This year it…
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’60 Minutes’ Highlights Pottstown’s ‘Last Reporter Standing’ as It Chronicles the Demise of Local News
Evan Brandt, the last reporter of the once-thriving Pottstown Mercury, is overworked and overwhelmed as he continues to try and cover community news using the few remaining resources, writes Jon Wertheim for CBS’s 60 Minutes. Brandt has been covering Pottstown and surrounding towns for the past 24 years. In that time, he has seen his…
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Hay! What a Good Idea! Quakertown Inventor Harvests Abundant Savings on Heating Oil Costs
A Quakertown mechanical engineer has reconfigured a biomass boiler — a natural-burning, hot-water producer for home heating — to run on hay fed to it automatically. Tom Venesky harvested this story in Lancaster Farming. Michael Kramer wanted to get the high cost of home heating oil off his back. His ah-ha moment came from a…
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Disney+ Reboot of ‘Cheaper by the Dozen’ Includes Multifaceted Nine Year Old from Doylestown
The Disney+ re-do of Cheaper by the Dozen has, among its vast cast, Leo Abelo Perry, a Doylestown actor of the ripe age of nine. Despite his youth, however, this performer is also a podcast host, dancer, and social justice advocate. Samantha Bambino caught the rising star in the Lower Bucks Times. The latest version…
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St. Anne’s Church, Warrington, Partners on Ukrainian Donation Effort, Amasses Semi-Truck Caravan of Help
An estimated 5,000 boxes worth of donations — enough to require several tractor trailers to haul — will leave the suburbs today to help the war-torn citizens of Ukraine. The packaged items were amassed by St. Anne’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, in collaboration with Presentation of Our Lord parish in Lansdale. John McDevitt profiled the benefactors…
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Plenty to ‘Like’: Social Media Post Leads to New Kidney for Langhorne Resident
Social media can be blamed for numerous societal downsides: rumor-mongering, bullying, hate speech. But as proven recently in Langhorne, it can also be an agent for good. JoAnn Pileggi, of FOX29 Philadelphia, reported the story of how a public post led to a needy patient’s new kidney. In 2021, FOX 29 profiled local resident Joe…
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Weekend Wanderer: Why Am I the One Always Going Outside?
The temperature was a dusty 97 degrees. I was parked in a remote parking lot of Yellowstone National Park. Two dark figures ambled on the horizon. They were the only things moving on the flat, windless plain. “Are those specks them?” my mother-in-law asked. She leaned forward beside me, squinting as she tried to focus…
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Fifth-Graders Build Dream-Home Models; One Has Multiple, Magical, Harry Potter–Themed Levels
Habitat for Humanity of Chester County and founding sponsor Fox & Roach/Trident Charities recently hosted the 19th annual “Build a House … Build a Dream” contest for fifth-graders from across the Delaware Valley. After two years of the annual event being held virtually, the organization was excited to have contestants presenting their projects in person. Students…
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Winning with Weirdness: College Broadcaster Recognized for Interview with Al Yankovic
Amanda Cunningham, an Upper Darby native who graduated from Neumann University in December of 2021, has won the 2022 Intercollegiate Broadcasting Systems Award for Best Celebrity Interview. IBS announced the results of the national competition in March. Paired with a student from Montclair State University, Cunningham interviewed “Weird” Al Yankovic, a comedian best known for…
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