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Weekend Wanderer: Getting a Dog Was Great for My Kids. But Was It the Best Thing for Me?
I’m not a dog person. We should just get that out of the way right now. We’ve been together in this column, you and I, for eight months. I feel like I can come clean about this. I’m not a dog person. This is not, apparently, some kind of genetic flaw because I managed to…
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Philadelphia Suburban Population Growth Counters Statewide Decade Trend of Migrations Out
Pennsylvania’s population grew only by 2.4 percent over the past decade. But the migration of residents to parts elsewhere would have been even worse without counter-trends from Philadelphia’s suburban population growth. Sarah Anne Hughes covered the shifts for Spotlight PA. According to the U.S. Census Bureau data, the state population declined in 44 out of…
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Weekend Wanderer: For the Love of a Gym
I’m in love. It’s a terrible kind of love, the kind you know will be lost – like watching Jack and Rose in Titanic or Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese in The Terminator. And now that I’ve said that I’m thinking James Cameron has some kind of vendetta against love. Can’t people who love each…
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Feasterville’s Best Photo Is the Picture of Longevity, Outlasting Technology Shifts and Pandemic Restrictions
Nick and Carol Pacitti are industry survivors. Their Feasterville camera store, Best Photo, has outlasted sweeping technology changes, shifting consumer habits, and even a pandemic. Eric Herr explains how they navigated these developments for the Bucks County Herald. At one point, most American suburban landscapes featured a camera shop. It was a place to drop…
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Weekend Wanderer: How Not to Clean Your Bathroom
I still feel dirty. I cleaned the bathrooms yesterday. Stem to stern. Head to toe. Every nook and cranny. Pick your idiom, because I did it. Well, maybe we don’t use “nook and cranny.” I love English muffins so I’m gagging quite a bit here thinking about mildew and butter getting the same descriptor. It’s…
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Bucks County Population Data Show We’re Bucking Trends in Pennsylvania Demographics
According to new census data, Bucks County is one of the few counties in Pennsylvania showing a population increase over the past decade. Jonathan Tamari and Jonathan Lai reported the trend for The Philadelphia Inquirer. From 2010-2020, the commonwealth added 300,000 new Pennsylvanians. Most of these newcomers settled in the southeastern part of the state,…
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Area College Professor’s Book on At-Home DNA Testing Reveals That They Can Be a Double-Edged Sword
Anita Foeman, a professor of communication and media at West Chester University, has seen many cases where at-home DNA testing has been causing strife within families, writes Marisa Gerber for the Los Angeles Times. The professor has done extensive research on the subject for her book, Who Am I: Identity in the Age of Consumer…
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Phillies Announcer Dan Baker Makes an Appearance at Montco Couple’s Wedding
A local couple got a welcoming surprise on their big day when Phillies announcer Dan Baker decided to crash their wedding, writes Kristen Schott for Philadelphia Magazine. Margaret Meakim, who hails from Glenside, and Paul Becker, an Abington native, decided to keep their wedding at the Ballroom at the Ben simple. “Being a wedding coordinator,…
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Weekend Wanderer: Are We Going Back to School?
I once had a boyfriend who borrowed $400. He broke up with me before it occurred to him I had more paychecks coming. Months later, I saw him at a club. Jammed together in that mosh pit we – reluctantly – abandoned the mosh pit and a quite excellent cover of “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”…
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Mint-in-Box Nintendo Game System, Rescued from a Goodwill Shelf, Nets Huge Windfall at Auction
One can only imagine the dusty Nintendo game system sitting on a Goodwill shelf, evoking the sad Toy Story 2 castoff fate of Jessie the Cowgirl before her rescue. The mid-1980s unit hadn’t even left its shrink-wrapped box. But when a local worker recognized it for what it was, everything changed. Goodwill Keystone Area related…
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Weekend Wanderer: It’s Not Really a Vacation If There’s Magma — Or a Pandemic
I am writing to you from vacation. Not our normal vacation, the kind I call “Rank Working Vacations.” Rank Working Vacations are not for those looking to relax. It is how one sojourns when one marries an outdoorsman. This was not the life I signed up for but now I find guys in hiking boots…
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Weekend Wanderer: Portable Toilets? Yes or No?
I attended an event this weekend. I slept in a tent, pitched in a field alongside scores of other campers. I knew going into this event I was not cut out for camping. I lack the fortitude. The grit. The skill. Aware of my inexperience, my fellow campers showered me with support. Being showered with…
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BUCKSCO Today Is On Vacation Next Week; We’ll Be Back in Touch on Monday, July 26
Every year, the employees at American Community Journals, the parent company of BUCKSCO Today, take a one-week hiatus to recharge our batteries and spend some time with our families. That time has arrived this year, and as a result, we will not be posting any new stories next week, from Monday through Saturday. We will…
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Weekend Wanderer: Leaving Pets After a Pandemic Is Hard
The dreaded camping trip has arrived. This may be hard to believe, but I have a problem bigger than the paucity of plumbing. I don’t want to leave Pete. If I was a better parent, Pete would be my kid — a child I’m reluctant to leave. But Pete is my beagle. We kennel him…
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Balloon Festival Provides a Lift of the Spirit as You Cut the Pandemic Tethers That Kept You Homebound
The annual New Jersey Lottery Festival of Ballooning has been cleared for takeoff. It runs July 23-25 at Solberg-Hunterdon Airport in nearby Readington Township, NJ. The event has plenty of music, food, amusement rides, a 5k, entertainment, and fireworks. But the main attraction is the twice-daily launch of 100 sport and specially shaped hot air…
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Weekend Warrior: Sex and the Single Senior Citizen
When I was thirteen, my mom gave me a book about adolescence and puberty. For Christmas. In front of my dad. And my grandmother. And my siblings. That probably wasn’t my favorite Christmas. To quote Salt-N-Pepa, that book talked about sex, baby. It talked about all the good things and the bad things that may…
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Florida Condominium Disaster Hits Close to Home as Bucks County Son Mourns the Loss of His Parents
An unanswered June 24 text from Holland resident Jonathan Epstein to his mom was his first sign that something was amiss. The news then broke of the tragic structural fail of Epstein’s parent’s Surfside, Florida, condominium. He maintained hope for a few days, but when rescue workers recovered their bodies, his optimism turned to grief.…
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Weekend Wanderer: Suggestions for the Bad Cook
In a week’s time, I will attend the company picnic for this very publication. I work remotely, which means some of my co-workers will be meeting me for the first time. I read the invitation, which assured us a side dish was the only price of entry. Everything else would be provided. Well, I’m sure…
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