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Echo Lake Retirement Community in Malvern Announces New Leadership
Echo Lake, a SageLife senior care community in Malvern, has appointed Lee Gillis, General Manager, and Charlie Hearn, Dining Director, to its leadership team. Gillis, who possesses a bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Neumann University, is a skilled senior living executive with nearly 35 years of experience. Prior to Echo Lake, she served as…
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Plymouth Meeting Couple’s 55-Year Marriage Followed a Botched Blind Date
Vince and Barbara Schaeffer, who moved to Plymouth Meeting 17 years ago, have been sharing love and support for the last 55 years. Kellie Patrick Gates profiled the couple in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The pair were initially supposed to meet for a blind date during the 1964 holiday season. But Vincent contracted pneumonia and had…
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Weekend Wanderer: The Ocean’s Depth to the Mountain’s Peak
Now that I’m two-thirds of the way through the horror of scuba certification, it is time for me to tackle another challenge. Munro bagging. I promise I’m not making up words. Munro bagging is a real thing. Munros are what Scots call their mountains. Munro bagging is the endeavor to summit all 200-plus Munros in…
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Weekend Wanderer: Colliding Fears and Yogic Breathing
There is something worse than using a portable toilet because you’re camping. It’s using a portable toilet in a scuba suit because you’re at an outdoor pool in March. Preventing a scuba suit from dangling in the mystery moisture of a portable toilet’s floor is a scuba skill I failed to anticipate. It was snowing…
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Bala Cynwyd Movie Theater Icon Passes Away at 96
A Bala Cynwyd theatre entrepreneur, show producer, critic, and dedicated Philadelphia sports fanatic, Hank Milgram, passed away at 96. He owned and operated nine local theaters including Milgram, Fox, and Stage Door Cinema wrote Gary Miles for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Milgram was also behind the production of live shows where musical masterminds the likes…
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Jason Kelce’s Work Is Never Done, Even With a New Daughter at Home
Philadelphia Eagles Center Jason Kelce is expressing some humorous remorse at having to leave his wife, Kylie, and new daughter Bennett just four days after Kylie delivered, as well as miss his daughter Elliotte’s birthday, writes Angela Andalor for People magazine. The 35-year-old had to go to the NFL Combine to conduct interviews for his…
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Bright Idea to Adopt Year-Long Daylight Saving Time Was Tried Before
With last year’s U.S. Senate passage of the Sunshine Protection Act (and ongoing discussion in its aftermath), efforts may again be underway to permanently orient the U.S. to Daylight Saving Time. But JD Mullane, in the Bucks County Courier Times, recalls the idea’s prior attempt. The Nixon Administration nationalized the time change in January 1974…
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Weekend Wanderer: Don’t Make Me Scuba Dive, Part Two
You may remember I’m certifying in open-water scuba diving. You may also remember I’m afraid of swimming over large objects, like whales or a shipwreck. I’m afraid of a lot of things. But this is my most absurd fear. Good news on that front, though. It turns out wreck diving is an entirely different scuba…
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Peddler’s Village to Host Several Upcoming Spring Events
Peddler’s Village, a countryside shopping, dining, lodging, and family entertainment destination ahin the heart of historic Bucks County that is widely recognized for its popular festivals and events, will be hosting several family-friendly events in March and April. The fourth annual PEEPS® in the Village competition and display, which will this year feature more than 100 marshmallow…
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Montco Pol Delivers, Goes from Being First Pregnant State Senator to First New Mom in the Chamber
State Sen. Amanda Cappelletti is no longer Harrisburg‘s first pregnant political leader. Thanks to her recent delivery of daughter Taglia Cappelletti, the voice for Montgomery County District 17 is now the newest working mom in state politics. Hadas Kuznits reported the change for KYW Newsradio. The senator’s district covers: The new mom has broken another…
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‘I Ugly-Cried’: Local Couple Meets Their Adopted Baby in a Bala Cynwyd Park
Jacki and Matt Piha met in 2014. He was still in college, and she, degree in hand, was working in Philadelphia. Anndee Hochman for The Philadelphia Inquirer described the happy turn their lives took at a Bala Cynwyd park. The pair hit it off and were living together once Matt finished school. They relocated to…
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Weekend Wanderer: A Million Dollars, Egg Containers, and Wall Street
I had to take Willie to The Container Store in King of Prussia. Now, my family — both immediate and extended — has banned me from The Container Store. Unless I’m taking Willie. If I’m taking Willie, I am permitted to visit The Container Store. Don’t tell them The Container Store is on Instacart. They’ll…
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SJU Couple Throws French-Themed Wedding; One Geographic Exception Provides Heart
Sarah Trabattoni and Steven Tilsner, who met as Saint Joseph’s University students in 2014, were inspired by their travels when crafting a Parisian-inspired wedding in Old City. Taylor Carson profiled the SJU couple in Philadelphia Magazine. Trabattoni and Tilsner became an official couple in 2018. The following year, they visited Paris and the South of…
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Jason Kelce and Wife Kylie Welcome Baby Bennett, Their New ‘Little Lady’
Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce and wife Kylie Kelce, 30, have a baby girl, Bennett Kelce. The family’s third daughter was announced on Instagram Friday, wrote Angela Andaloro for People. Daughter Bennett Llewellyn Kelce was born on Thursday, Feb. 23, weighing 8 lbs., 5oz., and measuring 21 inches.. “Yesterday little lady No. 3 joined us,” the couple captioned the photo…
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Weekend Wanderer: A Romantic Weekend … in Harrisburg?
Last week, I hinted at my romantic weekend in Harrisburg. As resident Pennsylvanians, I think we can all agree Harrisburg in February is like Paris in spring. Now, I’ve only ever been to Paris in summer, so I can tell you Harrisburg in February is nothing like Paris in summer. Harrisburg in February doesn’t have…
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Long-Term Willow Grove Couple Set Ground Rules Early: No Gifts of ‘Pots, Pans, or Toasters’
A collection of North Philadelphia teens in 1960 provided the chance for John L. Payne and Patricia Simmons to first connect. After a few episodes of her playing hard-to-get, they married in 1963. Kellie Patrick Gates profiled the couple in The Philadelphia Inquirer. He was 18 when they met; she was just 16. Her youth…
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Former King of Prussia Resident Recognized for Helping Grandparents Raise Grandchildren
Former King of Prussia resident Howard Grossman is a 2023 Point of Light Award winner. He was honored for strengthening grandparent-grandchildren bonds, as announced by the organization. Grossman is a semi-retired city planner and economic developer whose main career unfolded in Wilkes-Barre. More, he shares his life with eight grandchildren. His general concern for their…
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Weekend Wanderer: Let Burt Bacharach Be Your Guide
I missed my exit on the turnpike last week because Burt Bacharach went to Marion’s bar in Nepal. I’m not saying my missed exit was Burt Bacharach’s fault. It was definitely a group effort. Burt Bacharach. Me. The Carpenters. And this is where I part with a deep secret. Something few people know about me. …
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