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Weekend Wanderer: I’m Not Sure Why, but I Agreed to Go Camping. Can I Fit a Bathtub into My SUV?
My camping experience is limited and questionable. Is it really camping when you’re in a roofed cabin at Girl Scout camp? Or in a used, pop-up camper with your parents and siblings in 1980? Shouldn’t a tent be involved somewhere? If you’re saying, “Yes, yes. A tent should be involved if you’re really camping,” then…
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AIM Academy in Conshohocken Building Bicycle Repair Shop, Education Program to Memorialize 17-Year-Old Student
AIM Academy in Conshohocken is building a bicycle repair shop and education program to honor 17-year-old Sam Ozer who was killed while riding his bicycle, writes Matteo Iadonisi for 6abc. Sam got his love for bicycles from his parents Mindy Maslin and Sidney Ozer, whose lives revolve around cycling. They started teaching their son how…
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Weekend Wanderer: Stuck with an Uninvited Guest
My visitor is neither houseguest nor fish, but he definitely meets that three-day criterion for repugnancy. He’s a skink. I did not know what a skink was until he showed up last year. Encyclopedia Britannica says skinks as a subset of lizards – a far more benign descriptor than my skink deserves. Skink bodies are…
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Plymouth Meeting’s LEGOLAND Discovery Center Helps Families Rebuild Sense of Normalcy
Families looking for activities that could help them rebuild the sense of normalcy have been flocking to LEGOLAND Discovery Center Philadelphia in Plymouth Meeting, writes Matteo Iadonisi for 6abc. The center’s general manager Mike Taylor has been working hard with his staff to make the hands-on experience safe for both children and adults. The 30,000-square-foot…
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Getting Jurassic With It! Dino Stroll Coming THIS WEEKEND in Oaks
Get ready to go prehistoric on June 5-6, 2021, at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center. As guests walk through this Dinosaur adventure, they are able to get up close and personal with almost 75 life-like creatures, reptiles, and life-size dinosaurs, with most standing over 25 feet tall and spanning over 60 feet long, including T-Rex,…
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Fort Washington’s Longtime Germantown Academy Basketball Coach and History Teacher, Dies Aged 71
Jim Fenerty, a longtime Germantown Academy boys basketball coach, history teacher, and athletic director, died on May 19 at age 71, writes Ed Morlock for The Reporter. “A true family man, Jim always made GA, his students, his players, and his colleagues feel like his extended family,” said German Academy Head of School Rich Schellhas.…
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Abington Soldier Joyfully Returns Home to Surprise His Family
U.S. Army Soldier Chad Wood has been deployed overseas in Kuwait for the past year but got to happily surprise his children at school. Back home in Abington, the first order of business was to head over to Overlook Elementary and surprise his two children, Luke and Ella. The children knew someone was coming to…
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Glenside Fire Company Volunteer Who Lived Life of Service to Others, Dies at 104
Leo B. Kuehl, a Glenside Fire Company volunteer who lived a life of service to others, died on April 24 at Rydal Park retirement community aged 104, writes Rita Giordano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “Everything he did was for other people,” said his granddaughter Megan Sweeney. “Very rarely did he ever take time to do…
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Dr. Jill Biden’s Willow Grove Childhood Defined Her No-Nonsense, Relatable Strength
Dr. Jill Biden often credits her childhood spent in Willow Grove as providing her with her no-nonsense, relatable strength that is key to who she is and why she endures, writes Emily Goulet for Philadelphia Magazine. The First Lady often referred to herself as a Philly girl often during her husband’s presidential campaign, most usually…
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Weekend Wanderer: Are We Doing Too Much This Summer?
If I’ve made the mistake I think I’ve made, I’m in deep trouble. My mistake was not in telling the tale of my movie buddy’s ill-timed cough. She’s still talking to me. No harm done. Thankfully. Nor was my mistake in telling my husband he loads the dishwasher like a maniac. He lays the coffee…
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West Shore Home Enters Philadelphia Region with New Norristown Training Facility
West Shore Home, a leading technology-enabled home improvement company, has expanded to Southeastern Pennsylvania with a new office and training facility in Norristown. “We are thrilled to expand our footprint within the commonwealth,” said B.J. Werzyn, President and CEO of West Shore Home. “With our Norristown location, we can now provide Philadelphia area homeowners with…
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Despite the Pandemic, Around Nine Million Americans Moved Last Year
Despite the pandemic that has been wreaking havoc around the globe, around nine million Americans have decided to move homes since the outbreak of the virus, writes Molly Henderson for the Moving Company Reviews. However, a significant part of these moves last year were not specifically COVID-19 related. According to Marie Patino of Bloomberg, the…
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Weekend Wanderer: Let’s All Go to the Movies
Everybody should have a movie buddy, that person – people if you’re lucky – who accompany you to any movie, any time. My movie buddies and I have seen everything together, from Black Panther to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer. Abraham Lincoln as a vampire slayer was not a great concept. But movie buddies don’t cast…
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Montgomery County is Among Best Places to Live in the United States
Montgomery County ranks among the best places to live in the United States, according to a recently released report from 24/7 Wall St, writes Samuel Stebbins for the 27/7 Wall St. The county placed at No. 54 on the list that ranks places based on life expectancy at birth, poverty rate, and the number of…
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After a Hectic Year, Couple With Decades of Service Retire from Abington Hospital
Following a hectic, COVID-19-defined year, Chuck and Debbie McClinton have decided to retire from Abington Hospital after decades of service, writes Beccah Hendrickson for 6abc. The couple has been connected to the hospital their entire lives. Debbie was born in the hospital, as were the pair’s children. Chuck has been working at Abington in operations…
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NAACP’s Cheltenham Branch Tackles Racial Disparities in School Discipline
The Youth Leadership Committee of NAACP’s Cheltenham Branch recently put the spotlight on racial disparities in school discipline with a video of anonymous stories of discrimination within Springfield Township High School, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. The group is now inviting the public to talk about ways of promoting anti-racism in schools at a Zoom…
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Wynnewood-based Kaiserman JCC Finds New CEO in Veteran JCC Executive Alan Scher
Wynnewood-based Kaiserman JCC has found its new CEO in Alan Scher, a veteran JCC executive, writes Andy Gotlieb for the Jewish Exponent. Scher is currently serving as an associate executive director at the 14th Street Y in New York City. He has pledged to listen well in his new position and build relationships as the…
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Weekend Wanderer: Breakfast in Bed? No Thanks!
I’d just like to register a concern about Mother’s Day. Breakfast in bed. Mother’s Day and breakfast in bed are shipped more than Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt. And while I will forever hope Jen and Brad realize they were meant to be, I never want to see a Mother’s Day that serves me scrambled…
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