Yardley
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Local Man, Known as the ‘Father of Modern Officiating,’ Scores Big with Induction into NFL Hall of Fame
Art McNally clearly didn’t let his NFL career go to his head. Early in his work as a referee, he didn’t even delist his Yardley phone number from public directories. His self-deprecation continues to this day, as Kevin Siefert of ESPN.com uncovered on the cusp of McNally’s induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.…
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Sports Anchor Antics: How a Present-Day CEO in Bucks County Became the Father of the Viral Video
Warren Flax, now CEO of a Yardley company that manufactures brushes for artists, started as a Fort Myers, Fla., sports reporter. While there, he embarked on a broadcast spree that may have invented the viral video. Paul Greeley tuned into the story for TVNewsCheck. It was 1994, and Flax’s on-air reporting at WINK was hampered…
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20 Years After Their Middle School Crush in Bucks County, Broadway Star and Software Engineer Reconnect
In a coincidence that Christy Altomare calls “like a Hallmark movie,” the Broadway performer unexpectedly reconnected with a long-ago crush from her days at Charles Boehm Middle School in Yardley. The two are now engaged, reports Michael Gioia for People. Altomare’s career in New York was running full tilt. But her momentum, gained from originating…
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Federal Court’s Censorship Ruling Against Local School District a ‘Wake-Up for School Boards Across America’
The fallout of the federal court order against Pennsbury School District may have implications for neighboring educational systems, and perhaps more. Maddie Hanna addressed the development for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The order came from U.S. District Judge Gene Pratter, responding to an Oct. 1 suit filed by four residents in the Pennsbury School District. Their…
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These Local Drive-Through Holiday Light Displays Are Electrifying
Although strolling by your neighbor’s holiday lawn décor is a nice way to spend an evening, sometimes you need a professional for something first class. To kick the bulb-and-extension-cord experience up a major notch, get behind the wheel of the car, fill the backseat with neighbors or friends, crank up the holiday tunes, and make…
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Online Slot Machine Glitch Cuts Local Woman’s $100,000 Win to … $280
Lisa Pilusio, an experienced online slots player from Yardley, was thrilled to see the game she was playing display its life-changing news: She had, according to the readout, hit for $100,000. But her fortune was the victim of an unfortunate snag, as reported by Michael Tanenbaum for PhillyVoice. Pilusio was playing Capital Gains on her…
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Coaching Staff of Cleveland Indians a Mutual Admiration Society with Bucks County Roots
The professional and personal relationship between Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona and bench coach DeMarlo Hale started before the two even met, reports Joe Noga at The Cleveland Plain Dealer. In the late 1990s, when Francona was managing the Phillies and living in Yardley, news of the Double-A Trenton Thunder routinely floated across the Delaware River. Francona’s interest in the Thunder’s manager, Hale, was piqued…
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