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Philadelphia's Latin American Book Fair Marks Eight Years With Biggest Event Yet
12+ hour, 18+ min ago (489+ words) Philadelphia's Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts hosted the eighth annual Latin American Book Fair on Saturday, September 12, drawing attendees from across the tristate area for a full day of author presentations, cultural performances, children's activities, and food. Reporting from…...
Leechburg Pink Day will be ‘a little different, but a little of the same’ under new planners
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (384+ words) Leechburg’s annual Pink Day will look a little different this year. Sherry Price, who captained the event for 13 years, bid farewell to Pink Day planning with the 2025 event. She passed the torch to Leechburg Mayor Doreen Smeal and Dina Blake,…...
Hundreds Honor 18 Bucks County Victims at 25th Anniversary Ceremony in Lower Makefield
21+ hour, 16+ min ago (534+ words) Hundreds of residents filled the Garden of Reflection in Lower Makefield Township on Thursday evening to mark 25 years since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, according to 6abc/WPVI. The ceremony centered on the 18 Bucks County residents killed that day, with nine of…...
Exploring Pittsburgh’s own ‘Fountain of Youth’ in North Park
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (897+ words) Justin Conley of Bellevue was on a mission with a splash of mystery recently as he explored North Park in McCandless. Conley was looking for Pittsburgh’s own Fountain of Youth, a historic stone and concrete springhouse tucked into the hillside…...
Pennsylvania, N.J. firefighters reflect on lessons from 9/11 25 years later
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (90+ words) Twenty-five years after the 9/11 attacks, the firefighters who responded to Ground Zero still carry the memories of what they saw and experienced there. CBS News Philadelphia's Madeleine Wright spoke with firefighters from Pennsylvania and New Jersey about what they learned…...
Mary Lou Williams Way honors Pittsburgh jazz legend in East Liberty
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (671+ words) An unheralded African American jazz revolutionary from East Liberty whose progressive passages helped pave the way to the genre’s future had a stretch of street in her old neighborhood renamed Mary Lou Williams Way on Friday. Dubbed “The First Lady…...
For most young adults, 9/11 is history, not memory
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (505+ words) Olivia Roman has no firsthand connection to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, when hijackers crashed airplanes into New York City’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Somerset County. She wasn’t yet born at the time of the attacks....
The surrendered sword that gave birth to America returns to Virginia
4+ week, 2+ day ago (89+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. British Gen. Cornwallis’s sword, thought to have been surrendered to George Washington…...
Philadelphia-Area Residents Reflect on 25 Years of Life After 9/11
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (433+ words) According to CBS News Philadelphia, families across Pennsylvania and New Jersey gathered Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, sharing accounts of survival and loss. The attacks killed 2,977 people at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and…...
Springdale Township resident overcomes a lifetime of hardship to publish 1st children’s book
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (602+ words) To some, it may seem like Brody Conroy lives a simple life, but nothing could be further from the truth. A 2020 graduate of Springdale High School, Conroy spends his days organizing and stacking books at his local Goodwill, spending time…...