• Paws and Affection’s “Cocktails for Canines” Returns for a Night of Food, Fun, and Furry Friends

    Paws and Affection’s “Cocktails for Canines” Returns for a Night of Food, Fun, and Furry Friends

    Paws and Affection is gearing up for its annual Cocktails for Canines event on Saturday, April 26 at the Cynwyd Club in Narberth, and it’s shaping up to be a night to remember. This year’s event embraces a black-and-white theme inspired by the nonprofit’s playful panda logo, a clever nod to its acronym, “PandA.” It’s…

  • Bond Vet Brings Urgent and Primary Pet Care to Narberth, Plans Further Expansion in Philly

    Bond Vet Brings Urgent and Primary Pet Care to Narberth, Plans Further Expansion in Philly

    Bond Vet, a New York-based walk-in veterinary clinic chain specializing in primary and urgent pet care, has expanded to Narberth, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The next step is a second location in Rittenhouse Square by summer, backed by a $170 million investment from private equity firm Warburg Pincus. “Philadelphia is a…

  • Eagles Founder and Football Legend Bert Bell Honored in Bronze at UPenn

    Eagles Founder and Football Legend Bert Bell Honored in Bronze at UPenn

    Fans gathered to honor Narberth native and football visionary Bert Bell ahead of the Penn vs Yale game at Franklin Field last Friday, reports Mary Brown for Main Line Times & Suburban. The evening began with a ceremony in the Li Family Auditorium, where Bell’s son, Upton Bell, spoke about his father’s legacy before the…

  • Friends, Former Teammates Remember Joe “Jellybean” Bryant as ‘Likable Guy’ with Otherworldly Talent

    Friends, Former Teammates Remember Joe “Jellybean” Bryant as ‘Likable Guy’ with Otherworldly Talent

    Many friends and former teammates were stunned to find out that Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, standout basketball player and the father of late NBA star Kobe Bryant, had died last week at 69, writes Aaron Carter for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Maurice “Mo” Howard, a fellow Philadelphia basketball legend, said he was shocked by the news. “I…

  • Narberth Native, Lower Merion High School Grad Lizzy McAlpine Talks Life, Music Career, and Future

    Narberth Native, Lower Merion High School Grad Lizzy McAlpine Talks Life, Music Career, and Future

    Lizzy McAlpine is a critically acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, writes Victor Fiorillo for Philadelphia Magazine. Her new album, Older, is getting rave reviews and she will soon play two sets at The Met Philadelphia right after a stint at Radio City Music Hall. The Narberth native started writing music at 12 years old. “Back then, I wanted…

  • Jason Kelce’s Underdog Apparel Sweatshirt Made by Nearby Company Draws Lots of Love from Fans

    Jason Kelce’s Underdog Apparel Sweatshirt Made by Nearby Company Draws Lots of Love from Fans

    Before Monday night’s Philadelphia Eagles‘ loss, Jason Kelce was sporting a new sweatshirt from his charity clothing line Underdog Apparel that drew lots of love from fans, writes Beatrice Forman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The sweatshirt has the words “Now or never we fly together” with a Grim Reaper protecting an Eagles helmet and was…

  • Montco Junior Who Fled Ukraine Is Now State Tennis Champion

    Montco Junior Who Fled Ukraine Is Now State Tennis Champion

    Sofiia Berestetska, a junior at Montgomery County’s Merion Mercy Academy, fled Ukraine following Russia’s invasion in late February. She and her mother eventually made their way to Philadelphia in June, where they forged a new life that now includes a significant on-court distinction. Aaron Carter served up their story in The Philadelphia Inquirer. Five months…

  • It’s Time to Loosen Those Belts for the 2022 Main Line Today Restaurant Week, Fall Edition

    It’s Time to Loosen Those Belts for the 2022 Main Line Today Restaurant Week, Fall Edition

    The fall 2022 restaurant week — organized by Main Line Today and Today Media and sponsored by Firstrust Bank — invites area foodies to unfold menus across the Phila. suburbs during its Aug. 22 to Sept. 4 run. Of the 33 participating restaurants, 15 are in Chester County: 118 North, Wayne 333 Belrose Bar &…

  • Wayne Woman Has Been Searching for Missing Father for Four Decades, with No Answers in Sight

    Wayne Woman Has Been Searching for Missing Father for Four Decades, with No Answers in Sight

    Wayne resident Dallyn Pavey has been searching for her missing father for nearly 40 years, but the answers to her many questions still elude her, writes Victor Fiorillo for Philadelphia magazine. Eugene “Gene” Pavey, who was 50 at the time, left Fort Lauderdale, where he used to live, in his cigarette boat with his new…

  • Narberth-Based AQUA Waterproof Headwear Selected for QVC’s Small Business Spotlight Program

    Narberth-Based AQUA Waterproof Headwear Selected for QVC’s Small Business Spotlight Program

    Narberth-based AQUA Waterproof Headwear has been selected by the Qurate Retail Group Small Business Spotlight program that aims to help small businesses challenged by COVID-19. AQUA Waterproof Headwear was invented by longtime friends Kiana Muhly and Khadijah Robinson, who met while attending Temple University, and founded the Kay & Kay Group to market their product.…

  • Narberth Native Who Designed Original Mac Fonts Named Them After Stops on SEPTA’s Paoli/Thorndale Line

    Narberth Native Who Designed Original Mac Fonts Named Them After Stops on SEPTA’s Paoli/Thorndale Line

    While they are now known under the names Chicago, New York, and Geneva, the first set of typefaces for Apple’s original Macintosh computer originally bore names from several local towns, including Rosemont, Ardmore, and Paoli, writes Julie Zeglen for Technical.ly Philly. The fonts were created by Susan Kare, a Narberth native and prolific typeface and…

  • Huffington Post Remembers Local Journalist Who Died Covering War Stories in South Sudan

    Huffington Post Remembers Local Journalist Who Died Covering War Stories in South Sudan

    Christopher Allen, a Narberth native and freelance reporter, died covering war stories in South Sudan more than two years ago, writes Charlotte Alfred for the Huffington Post. He started his journalism career covering the Ukraine conflict while living in Donetsk in 2014. Over the years, he published articles in several prominent newspapers, including the U.K.-based…