Local Life June 7, 2013 0 Comments
by Adina Silberstein I love my ex. I really do. Jordan and I aren’t in love anymore, but we are still each other’s family. Though our breakup wasn’t without paralyzing pain, the foundation of mutual love and respect still exists, and we still share our greatest joys and sorrows with one another. And we share [...]
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Local Life June 6, 2013 1 Comment
by Len Lear More than 400 children and adults, some as young as two years old, are expected to attend an event in Wyndmoor on Saturday, June 15, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to honor a great man who died way too young and to learn firsthand about the importance of giving back to [...]
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Local Life June 6, 2013 0 Comments
by Lou Mancinelli “Eat Up: The Inside Scoop on Rooftop Agriculture” (New Society Publishers, 2013) is a new book from author and green roof designer Lauren Mandel, who was raised in Mt. Airy and now works at the green roof firm Roofmeadow, also in Mt. Airy, as Project Manager and Rooftop Agriculture Specialist. The book [...]
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Local Life June 6, 2013 0 Comments
by Carole Verona Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield — authors of “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)” — posted this message about the play on their Reduced Shakespeare Company (RSC) web page: “Warning! This show is a high-speed roller-coaster type condensation of all of Shakespeare’s plays, and is not recommended for people [...]
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Local Life May 31, 2013 0 Comments
by J.B. Hyppolite Dr. Jonathan Wilkerson, 42, a veterinarian at the Mt. Airy Animal Hospital for more than eight years, is used to saving the lives of four-legged creatures. “A couple months ago Dr. Wilkerson operated on our Maltese, Angel, who is almost 15 years old,” said Local Life editor Len Lear, a Mt. Airy [...]
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Local Life May 31, 2013 0 Comments
by Rita Charleston Still in his 60s, he was getting older, but like many of us, still feeling pretty good for his age. Retiring in 1998 after 17 years as rector of the Church of the Messiah in Gwynedd, Vincent Liddle, now 79, and his wife, Rosemary, bought a motor home and decided to see [...]
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Local Life May 31, 2013 0 Comments
by Fred P. Gusoff and Len Lear Parkinson’s disease may have slowed Dr. Jean L. Brodey’s speech at times, but it can’t stifle her expression. The 84-year-old retired Temple University communications professor and long-time resident of Flourtown has just published her second book. “My Way to Anywhere” is a collection of more than 50 of [...]
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