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Montco DA Sues Juul
The Montgomery County district attorney has filed a lawsuit against Juul, the biggest maker of vaping products, claiming its business practices are “aimed at turning minors into addicts.”
Lower Merion Soccer Season Ends in 2nd Round of States
The Aces fell to Lasalle Prep in the “Elite 8” round of the PIAA-4A Championships, 2-0 Prep Live
# 14 St. Joe’s Field Hockey, After Winning Atlantic10 Title, Eliminated in NCAA Tourney by #3 Maryland
The 14th-ranked Saint Joseph’s field hockey team saw its season come to an end on Friday as the Hawks fell to #3 Maryland, 4-0, at Virginia’s University Hall Turf Field. SJUHawks.com
Michael Shiller, 36. Wrote 15-page autobiography at BC Middle School Detailing His Cancer Experience
“I had an interesting experience that would stay with me for the rest of my life. It all started when I began getting headaches. I, Michael Schiller, had a gangleogleoma,” he wrote, misspelling ganglioglioma. Marie McCoullough, Inquirer
Villanova Names First Ever Chair in Jewish Law
Professor Chaim Saiman, a Jewish lawyer from Atlanta is the recently named Chair in Jewish Law at Villanova’s Charles Widger School of Law.
“It is deeply my conviction that while we are a Catholic school, the conversation about law and religion is about law and all religion,” said Mark Alexander, dean of the law school. Jewsish Exponent
How Women Led the Biking Movement in the Suburbs
NCC (Narberth Cycling Club) now has over 400 adult members — many of whom bring their kids along for the ride with cargo bikes or large bucket panniers. Every Monday, you can see some of the NCC crew shopping at the local grocery store. WHYY.com
Gladwyne Woman Wins Film Award for “Kensignton in Crisis.”
When Jill Frechie and John Ricciutti came to the Kensington section of Philadelphia to make a film about an after-school program which feeds needy children, they were appalled by the overwhelming evidence of the drug epidemic that is concentrated in that section of Philadelphia – ground zero for the opioid epidemic. Linda Stein Main Line Times
Harriton Grad Work Currently Showing at Gross McCleaf Gallery
Val Rossman, who has been teaching at Woodmere Art Museum for four years, is a stunning abstract artist whose paintings are spatially complex and visually exciting. Joseph Rishel, retired curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, wrote in the catalogue for one of Rossman earlier exhibits, “…it’s fun to see all her sophisticated manipulation of color. There’s a lot of exploration going on in a seemingly contained format.” Lear, Chestnut Hill Local
Nearly Identical on the Outside, These Wynnewood Colonials Couldn’t Be More Different Inside
In the kitchen of the first house, a backsplash mural of fused glass over the stove depicts French vineyards, olive and cypress trees, lavender fields, and farmhouses. Cherry cabinets were designed with special spice racks.
In the second kitchen, black pendant lights hang over a vast gray-and-white quartz island. Oak cabinetry includes a deep drawer beneath the sink for cleaning materials. Sally A. Downey, Inquirer