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Morton teens to honor Tuskegee Airman

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Morton Borough will soon rename one of its streets to honor one of its most prominent residents and local teens are leading the charge. According to borough officials, Walnut Street will be renamed William E. Rice Way to posthumously honor the man who made history as an African American fighter pilot in World War II (WWII) and was a longtime […]

They Want it! Residents approve acquiring landmark school

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Brookhaven residents voted overwhelmingly in favor of the borough’s potential purchase of the Our Lady of Charity School and property currently owned by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, totaling 7.4 acres. Following a public presentation on Feb. 24 at borough hall, residents were invited to vote on the proposal from March 4 to 8th. The votes, which totaled 79 percent in […]

Tinicum awarded $400,000 grant for Jansen Ave. water main replacement

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Tinicum Township leaders are celebrating receipt of a $400,000 state grant they intend to use for replacement of the Jansen Avenue water main. The money’s coming from the Commonwealth Financing Authority’s H20 PA Program, Small Water and Sewer Program, a division of the Department of Economic and Community Development (DED). The grant was part of more than $800,000 recently awarded […]

Officials discuss progress of LETI program in Chester

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State and county officials recently highlighted an alternative to incarceration now available in the county to people affected by substance abuse disorders. Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry, District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer, and County Council Chair Dr. Monica Taylor recently visited the MVP Recovery Center in Chester to discuss the attorney general’s Law Enforcement Treatment Initiative (LETI). LETI diverts individuals with […]

Women athletes heralded by SLMDC in March

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Women’s History Month is well underway this month. To recognize some of Delaware County’s female athletes, the Sports Legends of Delaware County Museum (SLDCM), 301 Iven Ave., Wayne, has set up a World of Women’s Sports exhibit complete with a poster of 25 local females that made an impact. Jean Shiley, a former resident of Havertown, became one of the […]

Aston ok’s land plan for new municipal center

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A ston commissioners unanimously approved land development plans for a $14 million, 21,735 square-foot municipal complex that will house offices and the police station. The building will be located on Concord Road next to the township community center. Preliminary plans were presented in September and now, with the approval by the Board of Commissioners, finalized plans will be made and […]

Black Muslim leadership group unites to fight for political action

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A group of Black Muslims has organized to present its political agenda in this time of presidential politics. Introduced last Friday in the Philadelphia Mayor’s Reception Room in City Hall, the group says it’s the first Black American Muslim-led organization of its kind and calls itself the Black Muslim Leadership Council. Members consist of local and national Black Muslims, elected […]

Retired 50-year church music director dies at 79

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Funeral services will be held Friday (March 15) for the longtime music director of Southwest Philadelphia’s Bethany Missionary Baptist Church, 58th and Warrington Ave. It was in June of last year that a glorious celebration for Mary R. Mason, marking her retirement from 50 years of service to the church, took place. Mason, 79, whose name was just coincidental to […]

CRAFTOPIA

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Card Kitty (card holder)

I know that many of you are waiting for the Card Kitty sewing tutorial – and hope you have just as much fun with it as we are. They are really easy to sew up so you should be able to make a few in an afternoon. A note about stabilizers – On my first Card Kitty I used the […]

Artist reimagines youth railroaded to become only teen executed by state

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Before he was falsely accused and sentenced to death in an electric chair, 16-year-old Alexander McClay Williams very likely expressed faith, hope, and joy through his youthful chocolate brown face. However, after being accused of a murder he did not commit in October 1930, the boy’s face is most popularly remembered through a staged photo with late Delaware County District […]


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