• Handcrafted Soda Shop Open at Booth’s Corner in Garnet Valley

    Handcrafted Soda Shop Open at Booth’s Corner in Garnet Valley

    The Soda Spot had a grand opening on Friday, April 24, and Saturday, April 25, at Booth’s Corner Farmers Market, 1362 Naamans Creek Road in Garnet Valley. The shop features handcrafted dirty sodas, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. It is the area’s first store dedicated to handcrafted dirty sodas, continuing a beverage trend…

  • Local Couple Hopes to Create Dialogue on Sexual Consent from Card Game

    Local Couple Hopes to Create Dialogue on Sexual Consent from Card Game

    Sexual consent is a tough topic for many adults, so Erin and Ken Moeller of Garnet Valley have a card game to educate people, writes David Murrell for Philadelphia magazine. “Consent” invites players to “Explore your boundaries. Touch your friends. Change the world.” Erin got the idea in summer 2017 when #MeToo stories were making…

  • Young Entrepreneur Brings a Little Positive Energy into the World

    Young Entrepreneur Brings a Little Positive Energy into the World

    By Dave Bjorkgren Ishan Haque is a successful entrepreneur with his own inspirational T-shirt business. He’s also a philanthropist, donating part of his profits to the Kyle Ambrogi Foundation out of Havertown, which focuses on suicide prevention and depression in teens and young adults. This savvy young businessman has a business presence on Facebook, Twitter,…

  • Octogenarian, WCU Student Honored for His Service in the Air Force

    Octogenarian, WCU Student Honored for His Service in the Air Force

    Lowell Gardenhour, 86, an Air Force veteran and student at West Chester University, is being honored by the Chester County Veteran’s Affairs Office and WCU for his service, writes Katherine Scott for 6ABC. Gardenhour, a computer science major, has been taking one class at WCU every semester for a decade. “If you don’t keep busy,…

  • Local High School Senior Wins $175,000 for Her Research on Vaping

    Local High School Senior Wins $175,000 for Her Research on Vaping

    Natalia Orlovsky’s research on the effects of electronic cigarettes and other “vaping” devices recently won the second prize, $175,000, at the national Regeneron Science Talent Search in Washington, D.C., writes Tom Avril for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Vaping, which one-third of high school seniors say they’ve tried, is a hot topic where much remains unknown. The…