Woman told not to talk about visions of Virgin Mary | Philadelphia Inquirer | 10/14/2008
From the page: "A Pennsylvania woman whose purported messages from the Virgin Mary have been discredited by the Roman Catholic Church has canceled her scheduled appearances in Maryland at the urging of the archbishop of Baltimore. The Lynfield Event Complex near Frederick says a series of regularly scheduled monthly prayer meetings featuring Gianna Sullivan have been canceled."
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FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right: On the Road: Western Pennsylvania
From the page:
'So a canvasser goes to a woman's door in Washington, Pennsylvania. Knocks. Woman answers. Knocker asks who she's planning to vote for. She isn't sure, has to ask her husband who she's voting for. Husband is off in another room watching some game. Canvasser hears him yell back, "We're votin' for the n***er!"
Woman turns back to canvasser, and says brightly and matter of factly: "We're voting for the n***er."'
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Asbury Ferris Wheel Back in Phoenixville : WFMZ-TV 69News
The Phoenixville Iron Works built the early Ferris wheel (1895) that ended up in Asbury Park. The structure, now dismantled, has been returned to Phoenixville, and plans are underway to reconstruct it here. (I live in Phoenixville, which is why I care.)
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GOP seeks ban on political clothing at polling places | Philadelphia Inquirer | 09/18/2008
The Pennsylvania GOP, seeking to make polling places into a "safe harbor," wants to deny people entrance to voting booths who show up wearing political T-shirts or buttons. This will be the rule in Montgomery County; it's not clear where else it will apply.
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Amish America (blog on the Amish)
Interesting...
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Welcome to Patashoo: Fresh • Delicious - Phoenixville, PA
Cream puffs, éclairs, cakes, tarts, and savories. The name is from "pâte à choux."
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Jack's Farm, 1370 W. Schuylkill Rd. Pottstown, PA 19465 ("local, polyculture, boutique farm")
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Birchrun Hills Farm cheesemakers
Their Birchrun Blue, a natural-rind blue cheese, has won awards and sells for around $17 per pound.
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Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy - Welcome
Located in Schwenksville, PA, on Rte. PA-73 not far from PA-29.
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Giving form to his painful reality | Philadelphia Inquirer | 07/13/2008 (Walter Inglis Anderson at the Berman Museum, Ursinus College)
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Blue Pear Bistro, 275 Brintons Bridge Rd, West Chester, PA (610-399-9812)
Most entrees are in the sixteen-to-twenty-dollar range. Menu looks nice. Closed Sundays.
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Cooperative Extension - Montgomery County
Local agricultural extension office for Montgomery County, PA.
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Nine Oaks Swim Club, Royersford, PA
I have often passed the sign for this place and wondered what it was. It's a private club, $425 per season, with an outdoor pool, located at Mennonite and Fruit Farm Roads in Royersford, PA.
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Malvern Free Presbyterian Church - information on FreePres.org
Recorded sermons plus additional information here: http://www.sermonaudio.com/malvern
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Harvard's decision on financial aid puts other colleges in a tough spot
Harvard has pledged that no family making under about $180K will have to pay more than 10% of its income in tuition. This makes other college administrators very nervous, since they can't come close to duplicating that deal, especially without raising tui
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