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Local Nonprofit to Host U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean, Her Son for Honest Conversation About Addiction
Be a Part of the Conversation, an Ardmore-based nonprofit, will host U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean and her son, Harry Cunnane, authors of Under Our Roof: A Son’s Battle for Recovery, a Mother’s Battle for Her Son, on Monday, May 10 from 7-8:30 PM. The online program, which is supported by the Montgomery County Office of…
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Historic Cemetery in Wayne Seems to Have No Owner. Here’s Why That’s a Problem
There are a dozen veterans buried at a small, historic cemetery in Wayne, writes Richard Ilgenfritz for Main Line Media News. Some on the half-acre First Baptist Cemetery date back to the Civil War. For the past few years, Radnor Township has taken care of the property at West Wayne Avenue off Conestoga Road. But…
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MCCC Massage Therapy Program Graduates Offer Feel-Good Thanks
Montgomery County Community College’s newest Massage Therapy Program graduates quickly used their new skills and education to show their appreciation and to say “thank you.” Eight students graduated from the program on April 9 and provided 20- to 30-minute chair and table massages to MCCC’s facilities employees. The knot-kneading was to acknowledge the support staff’s…
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On the Court, This Archbishop Wood Point Guard Went from Fledgling Freshman to Soaring Senior
Rahsool Diggins, an Archbishop Wood High School Viking, lived up to his surname on the basketball court. Throughout his four-year career, he just kept diggin’. The effort netted him the distinction of State 6A Player of the Year, writes Andrew Robinson for PA Prep Live. “It’s a big honor and something that means a lot to me,” Diggins said. “It’s…
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Fairless Hills Industrial Site Plans Advance, Thanks to Some Corporate Matchmaking
New Jersey developer J.G. Petrucci Company and its private equity partner Cabot Properties are teaming up again for a series of commercial real estate ventures, reports Real Estate Weekly. JLL Capital Markets, which cultivated the collaboration between the two businesses in the past, has again united them for the local projects. JLL announced the acquisition of a 18.31-acre land site and…
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Could a Tiny Paoli-Based Internet Search Engine Be the David to Google’s Goliath?
With Internet privacy becoming a major concern for a growing number of people, Paoli-based DuckDuckGo, the privacy-minded search engine with approximately 124 employees, is poised to take on industry giants like Google, writes Don Steinberg for Philadelphia Magazine. Privacy is of crucial importance to Gabriel Weinberg, DuckDuckGo’s founder. “Search should be one of the most…
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Bucks County’s Traditional Crops of Produce and Vineyard Grapes Expand to Include Hemp
More than 20 Bucks County farms are now planting, growing and harvesting hemp. The key to succeeding with this multiuse crop is careful monitoring, reports Peg Quann for the Bucks County Courier Times. Fred Hagen grows hemp at his Sugar Bottom Farm in Buckingham Township. He believes it is a “miracle” plant with upsides that include pain relief, cancer treatment and even solving climate change. According to Hagen, the plant was grown 8,000 years ago…
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Here’s a Rarity: An Injury to a Local Owl That Doesn’t Play for Temple
A middle-school teacher from Bensalem came to the rescue of a Saw-Whet-Owl, one of the tiniest species in North America, reports Matteo Iadonisi for 6abc. Special education teacher Elisa Cohen sat in her classroom and heard outside “…these crows squawking, and they were relentless.” She wandered to the courtyard outside and saw a small owl under attack from…
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New House Chaplain, a Warrington Native, Brought Calm to the Panic of the January Capitol Takeover
Yes, she was there at the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. In fact, it was her third day on the job as Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives. Yet Margaret G. Kibben deftly stepped into the fray to calm fears, reports Chris Cioffi for Roll Call. “Would you pray with me?” she asked, taking the podium as a violent…
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Downingtown-Based Haverford Systems Sets Up Local College for Success with Long-Term Hybrid Learning
Downingtown-based Haverford Systems was instrumental in Rosemont College’s efforts to develop a successful system for long-term hybrid learning, according to a staff report from Commercial Integrator magazine. Rosemont has adopted a hybrid model as the new long-term model of teaching. This allows educators to teach classes with both in-person and remote students present. The college…
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Tall Tales — Even Those Set in Bucks County — Often Live Forever
Stories can take on the sheen of truth just from multiple retellings. But after measured analysis, their baloney factor eventually shows itself. Retired Federal Judge David Bernthal debunks a Bucks County-centric yarn in the News-Gazette (Champagne, Illinois). Bernthal recalls receipt of an email containing the tale of Terrence Dickson of Bristol, Pa. In October 1998, Dickson burglarized a home. It was vacant at the time; the family that…
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Analyst Takes on Culinary Sideline; Bottles of His Fiery Sauces Are on Sale at the Perkasie Farmer’s Market
As a contract J&J records analyst in Fort Washington, Radhi Fernandez found he needed some outside time. At the urging of colleagues, he visited the company’s community garden. It was a initially tough sell. “I’m not a person to get dirty,” Fernandez said. “I don’t like touching the dirty. Or bugs and stuff. Never my thing.” But he still wanted to participate. He figured if he grew…
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Ancestral Roots: Langhorne Daughter Preps Site for a Tree, Replacing One Her Grandfather Grew Decades Ago
Barbara “Bluejay” Michalski, a Native American storyteller from Langhorne, paid homage to both her biological grandfather and her spiritual Earth Mother, according to the Bucks Count Herald. She lovingly prepared the soil by the Aquetong Spring for the planting of an Eastern red cedar. As it grows, it will replace a decayed cedar originally tucked into the ground by her grandfather, Chief Whippoorwill (Bill Thompson), 30 years ago. Cedar and a sugar maple trees were special…
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Cheltenham-Area Football Star becomes the Focus of a Movie on His Barrier-breaking College/Pro Careers
A new movie is set to introduce to the world the uniquely powerful story of La Mott’s Wally Triplett, a talented athlete who broke the color barriers in college and professional football, writes Cory Nightingale for The Palm Beach Post. Wally Triplett, who grew up in an all-white neighborhood, received a football scholarship from the…
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Major Land Development Projects Currently Underway in Horsham, Lower Makefield
Two major land developments are currently underway in neighboring Montgomery and Bucks counties, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Toll Brothers has purchased the former Limekiln Golf Club in Horsham. It’s from a joint venture between Matrix Development Group and Envision Land Use for $42.8 million. The transaction followed the successful completion of…
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A Career Built on Advocacy for Troubled Families Yields Official Recognition for Former Bucks County Judge
From her beginnings as a Bucks County public defender, Judge Cynthia M. Rufe has championed struggling youth and families. Her advocacy deepened as her career advanced, all the way to her 2002 appointment to the U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania. For those years of compassionate service, she’s being honored, reports Mary E. Hall for the Bucks County Courier Times. Pearl S. Buck International has named her…
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Weekend Wanderer: Don’t Invite the Introvert
I’m fully vaccinated, which for me means one thing. I can’t avoid socializing. As an introvert, the thought of hitting parties, joining the swim club, or finally agreeing to that road trip with the girls overwhelms me. I’m no fan of the pandemic, but I did enjoy not talking to people. Socializing on any scale…
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Instead of “Come to the Cabaret,” Bristol Riverside Theater Invited: Come Watch it Online
The sets were in place. Costumes sewn. Lights hung. Rehearsals over. The Bristol Riverside Theater cast had been through two performances of the musical Cabaret last spring before COVID-19 drew the curtain. The troupe cancelled the remainder of the run. But eventually, a combination of technology and creativity revived it, reports PHL17 Morning News. Ken and Amy Kaissar are the musical’s co-producing directors. Ken remembers well the…
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