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Becoming Judge of Elections Helped Chester County Man Clear His 2020 Election Suspicions
Jay Schneider, a nearly lifelong Chester County resident, harbored some suspicions about the 2020 election, but training to become a judge of elections helped to clear all of them, writes Carter Walker of Votebeat for inForney. “To be honest, when the 2020 election came around I was thinking, ‘This seems a little sketchy, what’s been…
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Downingtown’s StreamGeeks Puts Local Tech on the Global Map; Join Their Fifth Annual Summit on Dec. 20
In the heart of Downingtown, in the Trestle Bridge Business Park, a new, state-of-the-art livestreaming studio is being prepared by the StreamGeeks, a division of Haverford Systems, Inc. On Dec. 20, they’re bringing their expertise to a global audience with their Fifth Annual StreamGeeks Summit, showcasing not just their achievements but also Downingtown’s burgeoning status…
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Hankin Group Hosts Celebration for Progress of River Station Project in Downingtown
Hankin Group hosted an event of appreciation on Wednesday, Oct. 18 at River Station to celebrate the remarkable transformation of the former Sonoco paper mill property into a stunning transit-oriented residential and commercial complex in Downingtown. The event was attended by community leaders, government officials, and key project contributors to recognize the accomplishments of River…
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Downingtown-Based Pook & Pook Hosts Pennsylvania Treasury’s Latest Vault Auction
Downingtown-based Pook & Pook is the host of Pennsylvania Treasury’s latest unclaimed property auction that started on Wednesday, writes Keith Schweigert for FOX43. The two-day online event will feature over 4,000 items that were previously stored in the Treasury’s vault, including over a century-old baseball cards, jewelry, currency, and much more. “Each unclaimed property auction…
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Craft Beer Lovers, Take Note – One Local Brewery Joins Philadelphia’s Thriving Scene
The craft beer boom that started in the Philadelphia area in the early 2010s is not showing any signs of slowing down with new breweries popping up every year across the region, writes Henry Savage for The Philadelphia Inquirer. And this year has already proven to be no slouch. There are nine new breweries around…
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This Chester County School District Is One of the Largest in the State
The Downingtown Area School District, which covers 82 square miles in the heart of Chester County, is one of the eight largest school districts in Pennsylvania with 16 schools and approximately 13,250 enrolled students, writes Kristina Larson for MSN. In addition to being one of the largest, the district is also one of the 25…
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Luxury Homebuilder Toll Brothers Open New Collection of Townhomes in Downingtown
Fort Washington-based Toll Brothers recently opened a new active-adult collection of carriage-style townhomes at its 55+ community Preserve at Marsh Creek in Downingtown. The community offers 105 home sites, all with amazing views. There are eight different home designs to choose from, ranging from 2,180 to 2,351+ square feet. Each design comes with a first-floor…
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Downingtown East Senior Gets Jump Start on Becoming Scientist Through International Competition
Downingtown East senior Luke Shannon was one of 30 semi-finalists from around the world in the Breakthrough Junior Challenge competition, writes Bill Rettew for The Daily Local News. The seventeen-year-old made an original science video that put him in the running to win $400,000 worth of prizes which include a college scholarship for him and…
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Downingtown Native Rescues Struggling Swimmer While Filming Boogie Board Promo Video
US Marine Steve Houser, a Downingtown native, saved a struggling swimmer while surfing at Jersey Shore over the weekend, writes Cecilia Levin for the Daily Voice. Houser, a special education history teacher in the PATHS program at Piscataway High School, went to Long Beach Island on Sept. 3 to film a promo video for a…
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Development Project in Downingtown Encounters Major Opposition from Residents
Hundreds of residents have organized to try to convince the Downingtown Area School District to end the agreement to sell 237 acres of farmland to Audubon Land Development, which plans to build 1.96 million square feet of warehouse space on the property, writes Bill Rettew for the Daily Local News. The warehouses would be constructed…
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Hankin Group, Rising Sun Presents Team Up for Free Concert at River Station in Downingtown
Hankin Group and Rising Sun Presents will host an evening of live music featuring Cosmic Guilt, an 88.5 WXPN favorite, at the newly constructed luxury apartment community, River Station. The event will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 16, at 7 PM at River Station Boulevard in Downingtown. The public is invited to attend this free…
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Downingtown Chef Shares ‘Secret Sauce’ of His Culinary Craft
For Downingtown chef Andrew Hufnagel, his love of the culinary craft stems back to childhood. Main Line Today’s Best Chef of 2023 says that his father was his biggest inspiration growing up. His father, who was a foodie, exposed young Hufnagel to an abundance of restaurants, writes Ed Williams. Now, the 20-year-industry veteran is…
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Hankin Group Welcomes Community to New River Station Apartments at Craft & Mercantile Market
Hankin Group’s newest venture in Downingtown, River Station, comprised of luxury apartments and sought-after commercial space, welcomed the widely popular Craft & Mercantile pop-up night market last Friday, July 21, from 5 PM to 9 PM. Surrounding communities were invited to celebrate the revitalization of the former paperboard mill property with an extraordinary lineup of…
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Community Rallies Around Downingtown Gymnastics Teacher Battling Brain Cancer
Tara Metzler-Armento, a coach at Metzler’s Gymnastics in Downingtown for over two decades, is a well known name in the town’s fitness circles, along with her husband Mike, who owns CrossFit Rock Solid, writes Mac Bullock for the Daily Voice. The family was forced to give health and well-being an even more central role in…
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Two Years After Ida, Downingtown Prepares to Weather the Storm
It’s been two years since the floods brought on by Hurricane Ida impacted Downingtown homes and now county officials are coming up with a plan on how to prepare for future disasters, writes Bill Rettew for The Daily Local News. With the frequency of natural disasters, the non-profit Downingtown Resilience Fund will soon be…
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Downingtown West High School Remembers Beloved Physics Teacher
The Downingtown West High School community is mourning the unexpected passing of the beloved, long-time physics teacher David Kirk Seagers, writes Mac Bullock for the Daily Voice. Seagers passed away unexpectedly on June 12. “For the past 12 years, Mr. Seagers was a dynamic, energetic physics teacher at Downingtown West High School,” wrote his daughter…
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Downingtown Actor Among Eagles’ Growing Legion of Super Fans
Ever since the Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl, the team started attracting a growing number of celebrity fans who are not ashamed to show their Birds’ pride, writes Mike Greger for the Philly Sports Network. And some of them have supported the team long before it became must-watch TV, including Downingtown native Miles Teller,…
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Downingtown Cub Scouts Earn Their Boy Scouts of America Supernova Awards
The Boy Scouts of America Supernova program is a unique introduction to STEM fields. Scouts enrolled in the program participate in activities related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, outside of normal Pack meetings. The Scouts also are shown how STEM appears in everyday life around them and throughout the entire world. Recently nine Downingtown…
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