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Delco Native Living the Dream in L.A. Debuts His New Film at Philadelphia Film Festival
A Swarthmore native and Strath Haven High School graduate is debuting his film, Islander, at this week’s Philadelphia Film Festival. The film looks at the destruction at Long Beach Island during Hurricane Sandy, reports Alicia Vitarelli for 6ABC. This year, movies are being streamed or held at drive-ins. Derek Pastuszek said his film has parallels…
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Local Nonprofit Banks on Life-Changing Initiatives for Success
A time bank is a trading system in which hours of work become the currency, as service hours of one skillset are exchanged for another. Meet Woodstock Timebank, Inc., a nonprofit with life-changing initiatives. Its business model is designed to help prepare vulnerable populations for a post-carbon, climate-changed future. The organization provides a framework of…
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Students Creating a Challenge for COVID-19 Mitigation at These Delco Colleges
Students at Swarthmore and Haverford colleges are creating a challenge for COVID-19 mitigation protocols put in place for the new college season, according to reports in both campus newspapers. At Swarthmore, a student is quarantining in an on-campus dormitory after testing positive for COVID-19 Friday night, according to The Phoenix. Students were alerted. The college…
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Delco Home to the Top-Ranked Division III College Basketball Team in America
The Swarthmore College men’s basketball team is having a very good season under the unique approach of coach Landry Kosmalski, writes Bob Ford for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Stick to the fundamentals. This academically exceptional school could give in to fancy schemes, but it hasn’t. “Keep it simple,” Kosmalski said. “When I was growing up, I…
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Local Folk Singer’s Song on Obama’s ‘Amazing Grace’ Went Viral. Now, There’s a Children’s Book
Folk singer-songwriter Zoe Mulford was visiting an aunt in the Philadelphia suburbs on June 26, 2015 when nine people were shot and killed in a Charleston, S.C., church, writes Natalie Pompillo for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Swarthmore native was transfixed watching President Barack Obama eulogize one of the nine people, then unexpectedly begin to sing…
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This Local Man Did Just About It All in His 101 Years
Edmund Jones assisted with the Nuremberg Trials, founded a bank, was mayor of Swarthmore, was elected to Delaware County Council, and served as state representative for the 161st District. He died last month at the age of 101, writes Bonnie Cook for The Philadelphia Inquirer. A nine-decade Swarthmore resident, Jones joined his father in 1942…
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He Took Biology on a Dare. Now, He’s Got Video of a Giant Squid
Sönke Johnsen chose to study physics at Swarthmore College in the 1980s because it was close to a family friend’s hardware store. That’s just one of many paths that led Johnsen to help capture the first video of a giant squid in U.S. waters, writes Carter Forinash for The Duke Chronicle. Johnsen’s physics dream was…
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Local College Student Made Internet History in 1994 with First Online Credit-Card Transaction
A Swarthmore College student named Dan Kohn changed history on Aug. 11, 1994 with the world’s first secure credit-card transaction online for a physical good, writes Rob Arcand for Vice.com. Kohn sold a CD copy of Sting’s 1993 album Ten Summoner’s Tales to a friend in Philadelphia, who, for $12.48 plus shipping, received the disc…
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FROM DELCO: 47 Men Have Governed Pennsylvania. Only One Hailed from Delco … and He Could’ve Been President
Out of the 47 men who have served as governor of Pennsylvania, only one called Delaware County his home, according to an editorial in the Daily Times. William Cameron Sproul took the oath of office as the state’s chief executive nearly a century ago on Jan. 21, 1919. Sproul was born in Lancaster County and…
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From DELCO: Swarthmore College Community at Forefront of Efforts to Shrink Prison System
The Swarthmore College community is at the forefront of efforts to shrink the nation’s prison system and offer greater opportunities for advancement and rehabilitation, writes Michael Agresta for the Swarthmore College Bulletin. Part of this is the legacy of the late H. Haines Turner, a Swarthmore professor who devoted his life to improving prison conditions.…
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