Broomall News

Conteh, 52, was shopping at the Salvation Army thrift shop at 22d and Market Streets for clothes to send back to Sierra Leone for friends and family who couldn't afford them.

Saladworks in the Lawrence Park Shopping Center in Broomall is temporarily closed however it will reopen across the shopping center at the former Lee Garden location.

Marple Newtown High School seniors threw their caps in the air and said farewell for the final time on Thursday.

A lightning strike caused a house fire in Broomall Thursday morning, according to fire officials.

Fast moving thunderstorms roared into the region later than expected this morning, turning day into dusk and drenching everything in their paths with pounding downpours.

Five more civil complaints have been filed against the building owner, his demolition contractor and subcontractor, and the equipment operator in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in the aftermath of last week's deadly collapse of the vacant 2134 Market St. building onto the adjacent Salvation Army Family Store, according to lawyers at Saltz ... (more)

Editor's note : The following information comes from Devon Preparatory School . Devon Prep Class of 2013 Earns More Than $6.3 Million in Academic Scholarships Devon Prep graduated the Class of 2013 before hundreds of parents, siblings, friends and relatives last week during a Commencement Ceremony held in the school's athletic facility.

Grace Elizabeth Kimes, 87, formerly of Havertown, passed away Sunday, Dec. 19, at Pocono Medical Center, East Stroudsburg.

A Marple Township resident walked in to her kitchen and found a burglar attempting to climb through the window recently, according to Marple Township Police.

The following incidents occurred in and around Marple and Newtown townships. Arrests, when mentioned, do not suggest conviction.

Thousands of dollars in electronics, jewelry, silverware and cash were stolen from a Broomall home on the 2700 block of Highland Avenue in a May 24 burglary, according to Marple Township Police .

Last year on CBS's Undercover Boss, Marques Chandler was an assistant manager of a Philly Pretzel Factory location.

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has announced this year's National Merit Scholarship winners.

Students from Touch of Class Dance Studios in Downingtown and Broomall will be tapping, twirling and twisting this weekend at West Chester University in a show that will delight anyone who likes to have fun.

In observance of Memorial Day, honored on the last Monday of May, the following businesses are open for the federal holiday.

The following information was supplied by Marple Township Police . Any arrests or charges mentioned do not indicate guilt or conviction.

Local governments and organizations across the Philadelphia area have planned Memorial Day observances.