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New Hope Collectible Toy Merchant — Who Also Discovered Metallica — Dies at Age 69
Jon Zazula, promoter of heavy-metal band Metallica, has died at age 69. After his years in the music industry, Zazula’s final commercial enterprise was selling vintage toys in New Hope. James R. Haggerty recorded the passing in The Wall Street Journal. After a rocky childhood, Zazula worked numerous jobs, including a spot with a commodity-trading…
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Weekend Wanderer: It’s Not Exactly Valentine’s Day
So I’m telling you that marrying an outdoorsman leads to all kinds of alone time. My husband and I have a bizarre dynamic — we were married before my husband’s love for the outdoors was fully, well, fleshed. It’s like I married a bald Chia Pet I intended to just sit there, but someone put…
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With Unmatched Infrastructure, This Former Suburban Bank Building is Ready for the Region’s Next Great Restaurant
Pillar Real Estate Advisors has listed a unique property, the future location of a restaurant that will be in a class of its own, in downtown West Chester. Formerly the prestigious First National Bank of West Chester, this 14,000-square-foot space offers unmatched opportunity. It features multiple levels, grandiose ceiling height in the main room, large brick archways,…
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When Creating a Local, Enduring Tourism Go-To Spot, It Takes a Village — A Peddler’s Village, in Fact
Peddler’s Village turns 60 years old in 2022, and its active calendar will offer numerous sparkling events for the diamond anniversary. Jennifer Rogers Burns looked back on its beginnings for the Visit Bucks County blog. The site once comprised a simple array of shops and a hotel surrounding a Quaker meeting house in the early…
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Perkasie Welder Mistakes Chest Pains for Chicken Wing Indigestion, Survives ‘Widow Maker’ Heart Attack
Perkasie welder and heart attack survivor David Byrne knew something was up on the morning of April 22, 2021. He arose with bad indigestion, resulting (he assumed) from chicken wings eaten the night before. Later that morning, he collapsed while showering. Jillian, his newlywed wife (they had just married the prior January), called 911. The…
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Former Neshaminy Mall Sears Part of National Trend of Repurposing Retail Locations into Healthcare Sites
The former Bensalem Sears in the Neshaminy Mall continues on its way to becoming a community medical center. The repurposing of dormant retail stores into healthcare businesses has become something of a national trend, reports Konrad Putzier for The Wall Street Journal. Neshaminy Mall’s Sears closed in 2018, part of a nationwide series of store…
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Coyote Sightings in Langhorne Have Residents Understandably Unsettled and Watchful
Coyote sightings in Langhorne are making residents edgy, especially considering evidence that a family pet may have been fatally victimized by one. Walter Perez, 6abc, provides details that can keep locals and their animals safe. Several weeks ago, resident Sydney Lewis looked through a back window of her home to check on her 18-month old…
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Dr. Scott Levy on COVID-19: ‘Nobody Wants to Be the Last Soldier Injured in a War’
“We are reaching a new point in the pandemic.” That is the crux of this week’s COVID-19 update from Dr. Scott Levy, Chief Medical Officer at Doylestown Hospital. Dr. Levy noted that much of Bucks County’s population is “well protected” against getting a case of COVID-19 serious enough to land them in an Intensive Care…
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Rep. Wendi Thomas of the 178th District Announces Retirement: ‘I’m Not a Lifer’
Rep. Wendi Thomas — whose 178th District encompasses Northampton, Upper Makefield, Solebury, Wrightstown and New Hope — will retire at the end of her term. Samantha Bambino covered the representative’s exit for the Lower Bucks Times. Thomas never set out to be a politician. Her career path included health insurance and healthcare advocacy. But the…
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A Lasting Legacy: Twenty Years After Tragedy, DeSales University Student Daniel Gallagher Continues to Inspire
From the beach near his hometown of Middletown, New Jersey, Daniel Gallagher ’00, had a clear view of the New York City skyline. Several neighbors and family friends around town commuted there every day to work on Wall Street. Attracted to the bustling world of finance, Gallagher decided early on that he wanted that type…
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Meridian Bank House of the Week: ‘If I Were a (Rich)boro Man!’
Early in Act 1 of the musical Fiddler on the Roof, poor dairyman Tevye sings “If I Were a Rich Man,” dreaming of a life of means and luxury. In the tune, he describes his ideal property: “There would be one long staircase just going up; And one even longer coming down… .” With a…
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Suburban Office Market Wraps Up 2021 With One of Strongest Quarters in Past Two Years
The suburban office market ended 2021 with one of the strongest quarters for the past two years, which helped further stabilize it. Natalie Kostelni unlocked the performance metrics for the Philadelphia Business Journal. “Clients are looking at taking less space and investing more in that space,” said Les Haggett of CBRE Group, the Dallas, Tx.…
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DeSales University Upcoming One Credit Class: Managing Change — Define Your Role and Responsibilities in Leading
Course Objectives This one-credit class, Managing Change, explores and trains leaders on how to introduce change, overcome resistance to change, and facilitate open and honest change communication, in order to implement changes with a minimum amount of conflict and reduced periods of low productivity. Managing Change, presented by Karen Lawson, Ph.D. Explain the nature and…
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Pilot Daniel Moore Gives Personal Account of Drexel Hill Helicopter ‘Miracle’
Pilot Daniel Wesley Moore had less than a minute to save the lives of everyone in a medical helicopter plummeting from 1,500 feet Jan. 11, writes Jeff Taylor for The Northern Virginia Daily. He aimed for a patch of grass by Drexel Hill United Methodist Church. While everyone survived the crash, including flight paramedic Kevin…
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Lansdale Catholic Female Athletes Tackle Philadelphia Eagles’ New Flag Football League
Philadelphia Eagles launched a new girls’ flag football league last week and Lansdale Catholic High School is among the 15 participants, according to a staff report from Catholic Philly. The inaugural season will kick off in the spring with an eight-game schedule for the teams. Along with the regular season, there will be an additional…
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Central Bucks Regional Police: ‘In a Good Spot’ in Its New Headquarters
The Central Bucks Regional Police Department has traded its cramped Doylestown office for a spacious new one. Christopher Dornblaser reported on the additional elbow room in the Bucks County Courier Times. The former site was tight, especially for resources covering three boroughs. Clerical staff huddled near the computer server; visitors had scant seating; detectives were…
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Bucks County Florists Overcome Thorny Supply-Chain Issues to Stock Valentine’s Day Roses
Valentine’s Day is around the corner (next Monday, folks), leading numerous shoppers to begin the annual scramble for flower arrangements. That means roses. Red roses. They have been a symbol of love since the days of Greek mythology. Aphrodite is said to have wept tears that, when blended with the blood of her lover Adonis,…
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New Liberty Distilling Purchases Former Midnight Madness Distillery; Faber Brand to Dawn Anew
Philadelphia’s New Liberty Distilling has closed the deal to purchase Midnight Madness Distilling, the former Trumbauersville producer of Faber-branded liquors. Its plans include a relaunch of the brand. Laura Smythe barreled through the deal’s particulars in the Philadelphia Business Journal. Millstone Spirits Group, operating as New Liberty, paid $1.4 million at a bankruptcy auction for…
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