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Weekend Wanderer: The Annual Halloween Story
We have an October tradition in this space. Near Halloween, I tell you an eerie story. You get scared. We call it a day. These stories have always been ghostly, possibly demonic. This year, we’ll switch horror genres to the slasher, the home invasion. Home invasion is the most disturbing genre. As much as I’d…
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Phoenixville Mother And Son Thank Kind Strangers For Their Lifesaving Help During an Emergency
Phoenixville mother and son Jenessa Broderick and Weston Hammacher recently got to thank the kind strangers who saved Weston’s life, writes Cheyenne Corin for 6abc. Fifteen-year-old Weston suffered a surprise seizure during a car ride with his mother last Saturday. Jenessa quickly pulled over on Phoenixville‘s Bridge Street and yelled for help. Three bystanders immediately…
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Weekend Wanderer: I Took the Keys, Part Two
So, we’re on the phone with the Temple of Doom, who assures us nobody is hurt. “Not too badly,” they said. In the eternity before those next words, many, many thoughts raced through my head. Nobody was hurt badly, but somebody was, obviously, hurt. Who? And who caused the injury? What was the injury? Was it…
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Phoenixville Mother Seeks to Thank Bystanders Who Saved Her Son During a Seizure
Phoenixville mother Jenessa Broderick is looking to thank the three kind strangers who recently helped save her son’s life, writes Walter Perez for 6abc. This past Saturday, Broderick was driving her fifteen-year-old son Weston to a haircut appointment when he abruptly collapsed in the car. Broderick originally thought Weston might be joking, but she soon…
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Weekend Wanderer: I Took the Keys, Part One
It’s time to tell you why I took Willie’s car keys. Let’s program the DeLorean to take us back a few years. OK. Flux capacitor fluxing … Our visit to the past finds Indy alive, and he and Willie living on the independent living side of the Temple of Doom. Indy stopped driving a year…
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Landenberg Couple Weds at Stunning Historic Yellow Springs Ceremony
A Landenberg couple’s recent wedding highlighted the stunning, vintage beauty of Historic Yellow Springs, writes Gina Lizzo for The Hunt. Bride Madison Moore and groom Liam Schroeder first met in high school at Liam’s senior prom. Years later, on Sept. 12, the couple married in a unique ceremony at The Washington in Historic Yellow Springs.…
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Weekend Wanderer: A Manicure Leads to a Terrible Revelation
No good deed goes unpunished. This is, perhaps, one of the tritest expressions in the English language. But there is a reason some expressions are trite, isn’t there? Their veracity, their specificity, their sagacity, their reproducibility? No good deed goes unpunished. Let me tell you about my good deed. And the vicious punishment it meted…
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Weekend Wanderer: It Is Not, in Fact, Dinnertime
There was a long day this summer in which I functioned as co-pilot while my son drove an hour and a half to his camp in New Jersey. I dropped him off, taking his car to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where my daughter was scuba diving to 45 feet in a quarry filled with buses and planes…
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UPS Driver Saved by Downingtown Business After Suffering a Cardiac Arrest During a Delivery
UPS driver Stephen Bloomer received lifesaving support from a local business after experiencing a health crisis on the clock, writes Kelly Rule for Fox 29. Bloomer suffered a cardiac arrest while delivering a package to If It’s Water Inc. in Downingtown on Aug. 12. Team members from the company found him collapsed on the ground…
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Handel’s Ice Cream in Berwyn Honors Community Leader at 20th Anniversary Celebration
Handel’s Ice Cream, with locations around Chester County, recently celebrated its 20th anniversary with a special memorial, writes Caroline O’Halloran for Savvy Main Line. Buck Buchanan, the Berwyn location’s owner, chose to spotlight his best friend at the ice cream’s birthday celebration. Affectionately known as Big Dan, Dan McMonigle passed away in June. The day…
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Weekend Wanderer: A Like Mind in an Odd Place
In one month, my parental caregiving enters its 10th year. Being uncomfortably sandwiched between kids and parents, I’ve been in a doctor’s office once or twice. A month. For a decade. I’ve also dealt with lawyers, Veterans Affairs, care home staff, banks, and likely more people I’m missing but who should not be sorry I’m…
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Weekend Wanderer: Not-So-Fond Memories
I have one more story from summer. One more story before I flood you with demands to decorate for Halloween, like, two weeks ago. My family regularly vacations in North Carolina’s Outer Banks. I’ve visited one particular island since I was born. More recently, I’ve spent time in Wilmington for my daughter’s camp. One thing…
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Exton Teen’s Small Business Goes Pro with Eagles-Themed Jewelry
Exton teen Samantha Martin’s unique small business has made its way to the NFL, reports Shawnette Wilson for Fox 29. The fourteen-year-old resident sells a variety of handmade jewelry through her business, Samantha’s Beads. Her Philadelphia Eagles-inspired pieces have been a success within the community, and items have even made their way to the Eagles’…
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Weekend Wanderer: I Can’t Quit Urgent Care
You may recall that day I picked up my son from a Secaucus mall because he had a raging fever. I mean, of course you remember. That’s all you do, right? Track the events of my life? To that end, where did that extra key come from? If you’re tracking my life, you should know. …
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These Private Estate Weddings Turned Chester County Homes Into Stunning Venues
Sometimes a scenic at-home estate wedding is all one needs for a picture-perfect wedding day, writes Emily Goulet for Philadelphia. With an often-overwhelming number of choices to make in the wedding planning process, many couples opt to have a private estate wedding at their own home, or that of a friend or family member. For…
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Weekend Wanderer: I Have an Extra Key
I have a problem. A secret problem. See, I have an extra key on my key ring. I can hear you out there, you know. Asking what the big deal is about an extra key. First, I think we’re well established here. We all know I do not have superfluous keys on my key ring.…
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Berwyn Family Shares Daughter’s Story to Raise Awareness for Extremely Rare Cancer
The family of local resident Kylar Kelly are sharing their daughter’s story in hopes of helping families like them, reports Matt DeLucia for NBC10 Philadelphia. A Berwyn native, Kylar tragically passed earlier this year from an extremely rare form of cancer, Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma (EHE). Kelly’s symptoms began as ongoing abdominal pain that worsened over time.…
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Weekend Wanderer: Memories That Never Happened
Can you stand one more column about movies? Well, not movies per se. More like the memories surrounding them. Memory is tricky. As the BBC’s Science Focus explains, it can be affected by many things. When my husband and I were dating, I called him one night, shocked to have learned the Austrian singer of…
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