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Norristown Official’s Plan: Bus Borough’s Homeless to Villanova University
Norristown Council President Thomas Lepera said he plans to bus homeless living in the borough to the Villanova University campus, writes Alfred Lubrano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. His plan includes offering donated $500 gift cards to everyone who boards the bus at the end of June. Norristown, which has no homeless shelter, is currently coping…
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Villanova Buys Conshohocken Site for $11.5M to Build Boathouse
Villanova University has acquired a 9.8-acre of Conshohocken land with plans to build a new boathouse along the Schuylkill River, writes Ryan Mulligan for Philadelphia Business Journal. The land had been proposed as the site for a 270-unit apartment project. Villanova paid $11.5 million for the property at 601 Washington St. last month. The “best…
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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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Villanova Student Proves That the Delco Pizza Guy Isn’t the Only Local Police Hero
The media attention afforded the Delaware County pizza deliverer who tripped an escaping suspect is certainly warranted. However, according to a KYW Newsradio staff report, he’s not the only suburban hero assisting local law enforcement efforts. Villanova University senior Phil Sandor was in traffic recently on Lancaster Avenue when local police officer Kyle Hand pulled…
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Another Hit for Villanova’s Oakwell Mansion as Its Treasured Contents Go to Auction
The much-disputed future of the Oakwell Estate in Villanova looks increasingly grim for former owner (and now rental tenant) John Bennett. He’s putting its treasured contents up for auction today, Apr. 24, as reported by Alyana Gomez for 6abc. The 1922 estate has been at the center of controversy for months, with both Villanova University…
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Villanova Sports Law Professor Talks About the Man Who Finessed Jalen Hurts’s Megadeal
Andrew Brandt, a sports law professor at Villanova University, and a former NFL agent and Green Bay Packers vice president, has some nice things to say about Howie Roseman, writes Andrew Porter for Newsbreak. Roseman is the executive vice president and general manager for the Philadelphia Eagles. A few days ago, Roseman made NFL history…
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Villanova Neighbors Continue Efforts to Uproot Tree-Removal Plan for Historic Property
While Lower Merion School District plans to convert part of an Oakwell property in Villanova into athletic fields, its neighbors are doing all in their power to stop that from happening, reported Joe Holden for CBS Philadelphia. The sports fields will be used by the students at the new Black Rock Middle School, located just…
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CBS Sports: High-Profile Transfer in College Basketball Opts for Villanova
The Villanova Wildcats have benefited greatly from a recent transfer. TJ Bamba, the 6-foot-5 guard from Washington State University (WSU), has migrated to the east coast to play here. David Cobb covered the move and its implications for CBS Sports. Bamba earned honorable mention All Pac-12 honors for the 2022–2023 season after averaging 15.8 points…
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Villanova Student Tearfully Wins Big on Wheel of Fortune
A Villanova student is walking away with a large sum of money after a successful night on the iconic game show Wheel of Fortune. Contestant Malia is from Honolulu but studying International Business and Marketing with a minor in finances at the Montgomery County university. Malia was the underdog of the night. She did not…
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First Time Since 1977: No Big 5 in NCAA Tournament Field
Philadelphia‘s Big 5 won’t be there for the most prestigious men’s college basketball tournament for the first time in over 40 years, reported Dave Uram for KYW Newsradio. None of the Philly-area teams — Villanova, Saint Joseph’s, Temple, La Salle, Penn or Drexel — made it to the NCAA Tournament field of 68, owing to…
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Irish Golden Chalice From 1480 Was on Display, Used in Mass at Villanova University
The Connelly Center at Villanova University has placed on display a historic golden chalice from southern Ireland dating back to 1480, writes TaRhonda Thomas for 6abc. “Most of the chalices and metalwork of Ireland were melted down or were taken by Cromwellian soldiers or other English soldiers in Ireland,” said Dr. Joseph Lennon, Villanova Professor…
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Villanova Marketing Professor Analyzes Super Bowl’s Nonsports Entertainment: The TV Ads
While most Super Bowl viewers on Feb. 12 will be focusing on touchdowns, ball control, and defense Charles Taylor will be parsing the night’s other entertainment factor: the ads. Taylor’s take is well-informed; he is: He believes this year will put less emphasis on controversial social messages. At $7 million for a 30-second ad, he…
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Villanova Eagles Fan Displays Deeply Rooted Sense of Team Devotion
A passionate Eagles fan isn’t shy about his long-term devotion to the Birds, evidenced by a large-scale carved eagle he hired an artist to create on his Villanova property. Colin Newby sanded off the story’s rough edges to bring it to Philly Sports Network. John Braithwaite is the Radnor Township green-bleeding football fan, having been…
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Holiday Engagements Mean Spring-Summer Weddings, A Montgomery County Specialty
The 2022 Montgomery County holiday season will assuredly yield an engagement ring or two wrapped in red-green paper and presented to a loved one. After all the congratulations, the to-do list then kicks in, which means the hunt for a venue. Fortunately, WeddingWire has a list of top-rated places for perfect 2023 matrimonial events. The…
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Deep-Rooted Ire over Main Line Property — and Its Historic Trees — Indicates All Is Still Not Well at Oakwell
A Main Line estate — Oakwell — continues to be central to a dispute between its former owner and the Lower Merion School District. The exact fate of the 10-acre property and its century-old trees remains unclear, as Frank Kummer and Oona Goodin-Smith chronicled in The Philadelphia Inquirer. Oakwell, in Villanova, comprises a 1922 mansion…
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Villanova’s School of Business, College of Nursing to Jointly Offer New Certificate Program for Healthcare Leaders
Two of the schools that comprise the core of Villanova University’s vibrant academic community have joined forces to launch an online executive education program to provide healthcare leaders with the knowledge, skills, and competencies needed to manage the increasing complexities of the healthcare landscape. The Villanova School of Business (VSB) and the M. Louise Fitzpatrick…
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Jay Wright to Bounce into New Role as CBS Sports Analyst
Former Villanova coach Jay Wright, who announced his retirement from coaching in April, is joining CBS Sports as a college basketball analyst for the 2022–2023 season, writes Kyle Boone for CBS Sports. Wright won two national championships as coach of the Wildcats and led the team to the Final Four in 2009, 2016, 2018, and…
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Plan to Raze Trees at a Villanova Estate Causes Environmentalists to Fervently Bark in Protest
A century old arboretum on a Gilded-Age era estate is the battleground between preservationists, environmentalists, and Lower Merion School District. Activists say that the school district wants to fell hundreds of trees on Villanova’s Oakwell Estate to make room for auxiliary playing fields for Black Rock Middle School. Stacia Friedman got to the root of…
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