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Best Montgomery County Sites to Pass a Rainy, Gray Spring Afternoon with the Kids
Weather-wise, Spring 2023 has been somewhat disappointing, leaving many Montgomery County parents struggling to find things to do with their kids. Philadelphia Inquirer reporters Nick Vadala and Michelle Reese offer worthwhile, in-county, two-part suggestions (close-proximity side trips from the main attraction). Elmwood Park Zoo 1661 Harding Blvd., Norristown The Philadelphia Zoo may be the first…
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King of Prussia Bride Weds Pro Surfer; A Stylist Did Her Hair, Mother Nature Did His
King of Prussia native Jordan Verni met professional surfer Ben Graeff on Instagram. Their courtship was a series of DMs, in-person meetings, and deep bonding. Elle Cashin chronicled the outcome — their wedding — in Brides. Verni and Graeff got engaged in September of 2020 on a beach. As wedding plans evolved, both agreed to…
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Weekend Wanderer: My Family Can’t Get Their Holidays Straight
You might remember Thanksgiving, when my aunt had designs on attending dinner at my brother’s house. A dinner my brother wasn’t hosting as he planned on having dinner with our parents. They just didn’t know he planned on having dinner with them. It was like a Thanksgiving surprise party. I was the only one who…
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Norristown High Speed Line Couple Become the Apple of Each Other’s Eye; Weds at Villanova’s Applewood Estate
The meeting of Ian Andrews and Ashley Reeder sounds like one of those 1940s-style MGM musicals where the handsome beau and his ingenue bump into each other surreptitiously and fall in love. Except this love story, which culminated in a wedding at Villanova’s Applewood Estate, is real, as reported by Gina Lizzo in Main Line…
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Split Montco Couple Reconnects by Text: ‘Do You Remember Me?’ They’re Now Married. Twice
While dating, Patricia O’Malley (from King of Prussia) and Samuel Kolman (from Elkins Park) thought their differences were insurmountable. She was Catholic. He is a Jew. They were both healthcare students: she at pharmacy school, he at medical school. The outside pressures led the couple to break up. But as Kellie Patrick Gates reported in…
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Jenkintown Couple Take Picturesque Engagement Photos on 1960s Picnic Boat
The mid-point between Jenkintown and Lancaster was the beginning of a Fishtown couple’s marriage journey. Oakbourne Mansion in West Chester was where 28-year-old Aidan Hamilton proposed to his fiancée Jasmine Nguyen last March. This spot was important since it was the perfect place for Aidan’s family from Jenkintown, and Jasmine’s from Lancaster to congregate. …
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Weekend Wanderer: Becoming an Expert in Selling Real Estate
In the 1950s, Indy bought a property in Maryland. Indy never built anything on the property. While the rest of the neighborhood is dotted with homes, Indy’s land is dotted with feral cats and listing trees. Two years ago, Indy and Willie tasked me with selling the property, which we’ll call Westeros. Because selling it…
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SageLife Delivers Results for Individuals with Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders
According to the Parkinson’s Foundation, nearly one million people in the U.S. are living with Parkinson’s disease (PD), and that number is expected to rise to 1.2 million by the year 2030. PD is the second-most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s, with nearly 90,000 people diagnosed each year in the U.S. Incredibly, this is up…
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Montco Hero Gets Permanent Honor; Trappe Roadway Renamed for Trooper Branden T. Sisca
A portion of Main Street in Trappe will be renamed for Pa. State Trooper Branden Sisca, the public servant taken in a traffic stop gone awry. Justin Heinze reported the honorific in the Norristown Patch. Sisca, once a Trappe Fire Company chief, lost his life in South Philadelphia, near Lincoln Financial Field, when he and…
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Home Renovation of Lansdale Leukemia Patient’s Home Seeks to Ease Life for a ‘Superman’
“We always say he’s like Superman,” said Dawn King of her brother, Steve Wagner. “He’s got a super heart.” Her familial sentiment is one of the drivers in a local renovation project that started with little skill but an abundance of love. Currently fighting leukemia, Wagner’s Lansdale home has become inaccessible. Rachel Ravina, in Mainline…
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Jaworski’s Freedom Day Golf Tournament Honors Military and First Responder Families
Folds of Honor will be hosting a mass golf outing to honor members of the military, first responders, and their families. On July 3, more than 750 golfers of all skill levels will participate in playing 117 holes of exceptional golf across six Ron Jaworski Golfproperties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey to help the families…
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Weekend Wanderer: What Does It Take to Raise a Kid?
If you read this column with any regularity, you may ask yourself how, exactly, one raises an adult fearful of reptiles and swimming over sunken ships. Well, you surround her, as a child, with a few good men. I don’t mean Marines, although 50 percent of the men I’m about to discuss are Marines. What…
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Bryn Mawr Bride Weds Where Ray Charles, Judy Garland, the Bolshoi Ballet, and Blondie Once Stood
Aubrey Mozino and Sam Mestman both work in the film industry, which explains a lot about how they ended up uniting in one of Philadelphia’s storied performance venues: The Mann Center for the Performing Arts. Kristen Schott profiled it for Philadelphia Magazine. The two met in New York City, where one of West Orange, New…
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Rube Goldberg Competition Engages SageLife Residents in STEM
SageLife — which has senior living communities in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Massachusetts — is engaging its residents with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) activities. Residents across SageLife communities recently participated in a unique competition in which the challenge was building Rube Goldberg machines out of everyday household items. Named after the American cartoonist, a…
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Weekend Wanderer: When Your Teen Leaves the Nest
Spring break has come and gone, and so has my daughter’s childhood. Wow. That’s melodramatic. True, but melodramatic. Let’s start with the driver’s license. She got it two weeks ago. And my nerves are fizzing like a Fourth of July sparkler. Any parent with a licensed teen has felt this way — that visceral fear…
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Couple Who Met, Got Engaged at McGillin’s Olde Ale House in Philadelphia Will Tie Knot in Ireland
An Irish American couple who first met and then got engaged at Philadelphia’s McGillin’s Olde Ale House will tie the knot in Ireland, not far from Dublin, writes Fionnuala Boyle for the Irish Star. Brianna Amato and her fiancé Tyler Parisi will fly out 100 guests for a destination wedding on the Emerald Isle in…
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Parenting Education Organization Creates Support Group for Montco Moms
A Philadelphia-based education and advocacy group for families — Kutest Kids’ Parents as Teachers — is launching a new support group in Montgomery County. It’s called Moms Open to Healing, Elevating, Rest, and Support (MOTHERS). Laura Brzyski profiled it in Philadelphia Magazine. The group will meet monthly for various activities that range from educational seminars…
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Downingtown Mom Miraculously Saved After Rare Complication During Childbirth
Kayleigh Summers, a Downingtown resident, was saved by a blood transfusion after she experienced a rare and often fatal complication while in childbirth, writes Beccah Hendrickson for 6ABC. The mom had a healthy pregnancy. However, once she was in the delivery room everything changed. She experienced an amniotic fluid embolism which required immediate blood transfusions…
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