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Live Music Returns to WCU on Thursday with Criterions Jazz Ensemble’s Free Alumni Concert
Live music is back at West Chester University. Alumni of the Wells School of Music’s Criterions Jazz Ensemble — who typically gather in July for a reunion and free public concert but could not last year due to the COVID pandemic — will once again take the stage to perform jazz, swing, and big band…
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Intrepid Peregrine Falcon Whose Nest Beneath Bridge Near Valley Forge Halted Construction on Route 422 Has New Home
The female peregrine falcon who halted construction on Route 422 after her nest was found on a beam under the Betzwood Bridge near Valley Forge in spring 2020 has been found safe and sound, writes Sandy Hingston for Philadelphia Magazine. Known as 93/BC, the falcon did not have much luck with her original nest. None…
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Phoenixville-Based Woodworker Uses Rough-Cut Lumber to Create Art, Furniture
Known for the past 45 years as merely a resource for removing dead and damaged trees, woodworker Josh Lord of Lord’s Tree Service in Phoenixville is so much more. He’s also a woodworker, taking those gnarled trunks and twisted branches from your lawn and turning them into unique pieces of art. Steven Falk revealed the…
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Bestselling Bucks County Novelist — Former Editor-in-Chief of ‘Glamour’ and ‘Cosmo’ — Releases New Thriller
Kate White’s new novel, The Fiancée, reflects the COVID-19 timeframe in which it was written. It’s a domestic thriller set on a sprawling vacation estate that is nonetheless isolated, reports Rosemary Feitelberg for Woman’s World Daily. White has spent a lifetime on the other end of the editorial process, evaluating submissions, reading galleys, approving photos as editor-in-chief of Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Redbook,…
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Local Artist Publishes Book of Dog Drawings Titled ‘The Dogs of Narberth’
Dillon Shea, a Narberth artist who loves dogs so much he often walks them on a volunteer basis, has published a book of his drawings titled The Dogs of Narberth, writes Richard Ilgenfritz for the Main Line Media News. Shea, who is on the Autism Spectrum, is a member of the JEVS Independence Network. The…
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Volunteer Surveyors Document Locations, Conditions of Mason-Dixon Line Markers, Hoping to Preserve Them
A group of volunteer surveyors is working on documenting the locations and conditions of Mason-Dixon Line markers to ensure they are not lost to history, writes William Ecenbarger for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The markers were placed by English scientists Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon. They were nearing the completion of a five-year survey that drew…
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Valley Forge National Historical Park Begins Phased Reopening of Renovated Visitor Center
Valley Forge National Historical Park has begun a phased reopening of its recently renovated Visitor Center building. This is the building’s first comprehensive overhaul since it opened in 1976. The $12 million rehabilitation project – which began in late fall 2018 – features improved physical accessibility, upgraded security and fire protection, improved collections storage, an…
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Forbes: Owner of Hatfield’s Sequoia Supply Made His Bank a Key Resource in Business Growth
John Keller, founder of Sequoia Supply in Hatfield, ensured to make his bank a key resource in the growth of his business, writes Richard Sine for Forbes. Keller started the deck supply company in 1996 out of necessity. He owned a small construction company building decks and patios but was often frustrated by a lack…
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Manayunk Bridge Connecting Lower Merion to Philly Expected to Get Lighting Installed Later This Year
Manayunk Bridge is on track to have lighting installed later this year, providing 24/7 access for pedestrians and cyclists to the trail that connects Philadelphia and Lower Merion, writes Michael Tanenbaum for the Philly Voice. According to the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, the timeline for this project seems to be set over the following…
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Thanks to Montgomery County Aunt-Niece Duo, Whole Families Can Work Together to Create Unique Art
Nancy Nevin and Maeve Nicholson, an aunt and niece duo from Montco, started Art9 Creations during the quarantine to provide families and friends with a simple and fun way to create unique works of art together, whether in the same room or apart, writes Alicia Vitarelli for 6abc. The pair divide a single image into…
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T-Wrecks: Vandals Stomp Sign Marking Evidence that Dinosaurs Once Roamed Bucks County
The Upper Bucks Rail Trail hosts dozens of daily walkers. But geological evidence suggests that dinosaurs may have walked there as well. A sign explaining that possibility, however, is now gone, reports Drew Anderson for WFMZ 69 News. The signage was removed after it was vandalized. The posted data it contained came from Dr. Frank Pazzaglia, Professor of Geology at Lehigh University. Pazzaglia’s theory…
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Montgomery County Announces Updated Masking Guidance Effective June 21 for Summer Camps and Summer Schools
The Montgomery County Office of Public Health (OPH) has announced that as of today, June 21, 2021, masking for vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals at summer camps and summer schools will be optional, unless required by a business or organization. “Informed by the latest data, this updated masking guidance for summer camps and summer schools will…
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After Nearly Folding During Pandemic, Bryn Mawr-based ESF Restarting Activities at Its Day Camps
Bryn Mawr-based ESF Camps teetered on the edge of collapse during the pandemic, but the company managed to find a way to stay afloat and is now restarting activities at its day camps, writes Ezequiel Minaya for The Philadelphia Inquirer. After the shutdown orders, CEO and co-founder of ESF Michael Rouse was forced to issue…
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Oh Deer! Nearby Solebury Township Considers Options in Curbing Population Explosion of Bucks and Does
Massive numbers of deer threaten Solebury Township. They endanger motorists and gnaw the local environment to the point of destruction. The Board of Supervisors is considering solutions, reports Brigitta Wolf for the Bucks County Herald. Dr. Jay Kelly of Raritan Valley Community College presented drone evidence that demonstrated the breadth of the current deer population. He documented more than 2,000 in the township’s 27-square-mile footprint. Culling those…
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Green Lane Park Announces Archaeology Educational Programs for June
Archaeology for Kids – Digging DeeperSaturday June 26th at 11:00 a.m. What is Archaeology? Archaeology is an important branch of science where we study human history and prehistory through the excavation and the analysis of artifacts and remains. Excavation is one of the most important methods archaeologists learn. Visitors will learn the technique of excavation,…
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Fight Against Spotted Lanternflies Intensifies as Invasive Pest Starts Hatching Throughout Montgomery County
The state Department of Agriculture is intensifying efforts to contain the spread of spotted lanternflies as the invasive pest starts to hatch throughout the region, writes Pat Ralph for the Philly Voice. The department is treating rights-of-way, such as railways and interstates, with an insecticide spray that kills the spotted lanternfly on contact. Contact spraying…
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Renowned Track Coach from Spring City Finds Inspiration to Produce EP with Famous Songwriter
Spring City resident Joe Puleo — an esteemed track-and-field coach, author, and lyricist — has joined forces with singer and producer Ken Stringfellow, who worked with The Posies and R.E.M., on a five-song EP titled Ten Years To Home: Ken Stringfellow Imagines Puleo, writes Eugene Zenyatta for Philadelphia Weekly. Puleo, who founded the Philadelphia Running…
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Enjoy an Outdoor Performance at Pennypacker Mills and Meet Alice Paul, Suffragette
Alice Paul was a vocal leader of the twentieth century women’s suffrage movement. She advocated for and helped secure passage of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which granted women the right to vote. While many women’s groups focused on state-by-state efforts, Alice Paul believed that lobbying Congress and working for a federal law…
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