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updated: Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:17 pm

Swarthmore News

Local news for Swarthmore, PA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

17 hrs ago | AllAroundPhilly.com

Third time isn't a charm when talking about heat

With an excessive heat warning issued Friday through tonight, Michelle Taylor of Ridley Township was shopping before lunchtime at the MacDade Mall before temperatures soared to the high 90s.

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Related Topix: Delaware County, PA, Weather, Media, PA, Lansdowne, PA

Yesterday | Delaware County Times

Constitutional convention considered in state House

By ALEX ROSE arose@delcotimes.com State Reps. John Galloway, D-140, and Chris King, D-142, want to do something nearly unheard of in government: They want to change it.

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Related Topix: Bucks County, PA, Upper Darby, PA, Pennsylvania, Springfield, PA

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Delaware County Times

Swarthmore aiming for deer cull

The borough is moving forward with securing agreements with Swarthmore College before a deer culling can take place on campus.

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Related Topix: Swarthmore College

Tri-College Library News

Ancestry.com now available

Posted by Susan Turkel on July 16, 2008 at 10:06 AM Posted in Bryn Mawr , Databases , Haverford , Swarthmore Great news for historians and genealogists! The Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore College libraries have ...

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Related Topix: Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College in Pennsylvania, Swarthmore College, Libraries

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Philly.com

Stu Bykofsky: The unknown men who would be president

DRIVING TOWARD Borough Hall in Swarthmore, you pass streets named Vassar, Harvard, Yale.

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Related Topix: Ralph Nader, California, PA, Lancaster, PA

Fri Jul 04, 2008

KYW-AM Philadelphia

Eight Youngsters Get a Chance to 'Ring' the Liberty Bell

Descendants of the signers of the Declaration of Independence tapped the Liberty Bell on Friday to celebrate the country's birthday.

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Wed Jul 02, 2008

WPVI-TV Philadelphia

Ben Franklin and Betsy Ross are about to get married

July 2, 2008 -- The two people who portray Philadelphia's best known tour guides, Ben Franklin and Betsy Ross, are about to do something their real life counterparts never did, get married! It will be a public ...

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Related Topix: Philadelphia, PA, Wedding

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Tri-College Library News

E-ZBorrow temporarily unavailable

Posted by Mary Lynn Morris Kennedy on June 30, 2008 at 11:16 AM Posted in Bryn Mawr , General News , Haverford , Swarthmore , Systems The E-Z Borrow system is temporarily unavailable as we sort through problems ...

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Thu Jun 19, 2008

Philly.com

An early start in the kitchen

'We are e-mul-si-fy-ing," trills Lisa Prell, as she shows a young student how to whisk a mixture of mustard, oil and Tabasco sauce.

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Related Topix: Potatoes, Life, Vegetables

Tue Jun 17, 2008

ArgusLeader.com

Incontinence: A 'hidden condition' for many women

Nine years ago, Lee Greenwood developed a problem that, she says, could have made her hide from the world.

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Related Topix: Real Estate, Home Listing, Home

Thu Jun 12, 2008

Fire Engineering

Cris Hansen, 47, paramedic and fire chief

Cris Hartley Hansen, 47, of Woodlyn, a paramedic supervisor and Swarthmore fire company chief, died June 5 of cancer at the home of his companion, Dawn Patterson, in Springfield, Delaware County.

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Related Topix: Woodlyn, PA, Springfield, PA, Ridley Park, PA, Delaware County, PA

Sun Jun 08, 2008

TheDartmouth.com

Resignations, Alpha Phi greet senior's first three years

The Class of 2008's time on campus began with a controversy. Theta Delta Chi fraternity and Delta Delta Delta sorority were put on probation after a Fall term incident when Tri-Delt pledges said they been ...

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Thu Jun 05, 2008

RedOrbit

Incontinence: A 'Hidden Condition'

Nine years ago, Lee Greenwood developed a problem that, she says, could have made her hide from the world.

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Related Topix: Real Estate, Home Listing, Home

Wed Jun 04, 2008

MergeDigital

Man sentenced in fatal drunken driving crash

A Delaware County man has been sentenced to three to six years in state prison for causing the death of a Bedminster Township woman last year in a drunken driving crash on Route 476 in Delaware County.

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Related Topix: Delaware County, PA, Nether Providence Township, PA

Mon Jun 02, 2008

Philly.com

After 36 years, the diploma

When Sandra Schulberg was last in college, Richard Nixon was president, The Godfather was in theaters, and Atari had come out with its first generation of video games.

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Related Topix: Video Games, Anthropology, Science

Sat May 31, 2008

LancasterOnline

McCaskey grad praises migrant educa...

Giving up their teaching jobs in Mexico to work as migrant farmers in the U.S. was risky but has proven fruitful for Alfaro-Aco's parents .

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Thu May 29, 2008

Washington Post

Market flat on financials, oil's price swings

By Kristina Cooke Reuters Wednesday, May 28, 2008; 11:06 AM NEW YORK - U.S. stocks were little changed on Wednesday as the price of oil fluctuated below $130 a barrel and financial shares fell on concerns there ...

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, American International Group, Insurance, Philadelphia, PA

Sat May 24, 2008

Philly.com

Love:

April 27 at the Old Mill in Rose Valley, with Diane Smith-Hoban from Journeys of the Heart officiating.

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Related Topix: Rose Valley, PA, Glen Mills, PA

Thu May 22, 2008

Asian Week

APA Heritage Month Traditions: Old School, Meet New School

As ceremonies and commemorations go, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is young.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Food Festival

Tue May 20, 2008

Philly.com

Waiting out the college wait lists

So they may not have gotten into their dream schools, but most high school seniors have already decided where they will go to college next fall.

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Related Topix: Bryn Mawr, PA

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