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In Post-Holiday January, Here’s How to Silence Those Kid Choruses of ‘I’m Booored!’
There’s a reason parents tend to think of January as the only month of the year with 83 days in it. If the cold, bleak weather is giving your kids the blahs (or you, for that matter), Visit Bucks County has some worthwhile suggestions for injecting a little fun back in your days. Be flexible…
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Weekend Wanderer: Breaking Up with a Sofa Is Hard to Do
My holidays were marked by a sofa I couldn’t get rid of and a Christmas tree I accidentally murdered. How were yours? Let’s start with the sofa. I bought a new sofa. The old sofa had to go. There was just one problem. The new sofa was set to arrive on a Saturday. Trash day…
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Here’s How Our Area Looked When the Lenape Lived in Philadelphia
Today’s Native American population in Philadelphia stands at a mere .36 percent, yet the region was once home to the Lenape (translated as “Original People”), a flourishing community, writes Amy Cohen for hiddencityphila.org. Now there’s a map on display at the Museum of Indian Culture in Allentown showing how the land looked before Europeans drove…
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Warrington Speedskater Rockets into Qualification for 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
In an Instagram post brimming with “a roller coaster of emotions,” 20-year-old Warrington speedskater Andrew Heo announced his qualification for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Reporter EeE of radio station 94.5 PST shared the athlete’s joy. “By His will; for His glory,” is how Heo started his long post of gratitude for the numerous supporters that…
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Malvern Company’s Automated Payment Solutions Set New Standards for Convenience, Security
Although much of the retail world revolves around cashless transactions, a segment of the population still prefers using paper bills and jingly coins. To accommodate them, Malvern-based Crane Payment Innovations is augmenting the automated bill acceptor — those machine payment systems that accept bills through a small slot after consumers flatten them. A staff report…
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Ambler Couple Builds Dream House Using Reclaimed Materials
Lou and Maggie Polisano built their dream house in Ambler on a 20-acre nonworking farm using stone, wood, and bricks reclaimed from old buildings, writes Terri Akman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The couple acquired the land in 2013 and spent the next year building the farmhouse they named GraCat Farm, after their daughters Grace and…
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Bucks County’s Reputation for Being Politically ‘Purple’ Now Reflects Local Partisanship Bruising
Once upon a time, Bucks County politics was a known for being amicably purple, a collaborative blend of Republican red and Democrat blue. And, even more granular, the humdrum agenda for school board meetings meant few attendees other than perhaps some parents and locals interested in educational issues. Those days are no more, especially in…
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Mission BBQ to Deploy Second Bucks County Location in Falls Township
Mission BBQ, the quick-service chain known for both its savory meats and its business model of veteran support, is planning a second Bucks County location. The Bucks County Courier Times served up the details. Township supervisors recently okayed the chain’s intent to convert part a former clothing retail store to its new food-service site. The…
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Bucks County Home Improvement Projects Lead Local Contractor to House & Home Magazine Award
Preferred Home Improvement, a local family business, has received national recognition from House & Home for work done on Bucks County homes, as reported in a press release from Elysium Marketing Group, LLC. The contractors won a spot among the publication’s best 2021 contractors in the category Exterior Home Improvements. The honor came from readers’…
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After Bonding Over the Sport Themselves, Yardley Foursome Serves Up Indoor Pickleball Site
What started as a painter’s tape court in a Yardley cul-de-sac has blossomed into a 26,000-sq.-ft. Indoor pickleball facility, launched by two couples. Vashti Harris netted the particulars for NJ.com. The Gabrieles (Becky and Frank) and the Voelzkes (Sharon and Bob) bonded over the quirky game in the summer of 2020, playing on a…
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December 2021: The Second-Warmest Holiday Season in Phila.’s 147 Years of Weather Records
If December 2021 felt like Santa needed Bermuda shorts and Frosty could have used an iced tea, there’s a reason: It was the second-warmest final month of a Philadelphia year in 147 years of record keeping. Frank Kummer simmered the particulars for The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 31 registered an average daily temperature of 51 degrees,…
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Meridian Bank House of the Week: A Willy Wonka-Esque Surprise Behind the Front Door
Remember the scene in the 1971 film version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, where the title character opens a tiny door in a closet and leads his guests into the vast expanse of confection-making wonders? Stepping from the porch of 1003 Magnolia Avenue, Croydon, to the inside of this 2019-remodled rancher is something…
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NRx in Radnor Asks Again for Approval to Use Its COVID-19 Drug, Zyesami
NRx Pharmaceuticals out of Radnor has once again filed an application with the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use of its experimental COVID-19 drug candidate, Zyesami, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The drug would be used on critical patients with COVID-19 who are at immediate risk of death from respiratory failure…
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Local Restaurant, an Early Adopter of QR Menus, Has No Plans to Return to Paper
In the early days of the pandemic, many restaurants turned to QR codes in lieu of printed menus, with Arpeggio BYOB in Spring House, Montgomery County, as one of the earliest adopters, writes Michael Klein for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Since the focus on the spread of the coronavirus has now shifted from surfaces to airborne…
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Bucks County Pharmacies Struggle to Meet Demand for COVID-19 Tests
Pharmacies across Bucks County are facing waves of customers eager to purchase COVID-19 tests. Matt Petrillo unboxed story of the scarcity for CBS3 Philly. The experience of Chalfont Pharmacy is indicative of what’s happening across the region: As residents took their undecorated Christmas trees to the curb and vacuumed New Year’s confetti from their carpets,…
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Community in Space: New Levittown Business Launched to Help Other Firms Reach the Stars
A new Levittown business venture launched with the start of the new year. Community in Space will increase investor accessibility to the space industry while also providing space-related companies with sustainable trajectories toward growth. The company has been formed to provide space and space-related companies with a financially sustainable approach to manifesting technology, as well…
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Robert A. Haley, Former Co-owner/President of Conshohocken-based Finnaren & Haley Paint Company, Dies Aged 94
Robert A. Haley, the longtime former co-owner and president of Finnaren & Haley, a Conshohocken paint company, died on December 23 at his home in Newtown Square aged 94, writes Gary Miles for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Haley took control of the company with his brother, Daniel J. Haley Jr., in 1958, after the death of…
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Statue of Mary Rescued From St. Cyril’s Now Inspires Others in Upstate Pa.
A beloved statue of Mary that once adorned the property at the former St. Cyril of Alexandria church and school in East Lansdowne now sits restored atop a mountain in Pennsylvania, writes Gina Christian for Catholic Philly. The statue broke in two and was rescued by sisters Angela Wood and Andrea Di Nunzio when they…
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