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Grand openings & goodbyes; Repurposing a Bryn Mawr landmark; Lux hotel rising in Radnor; Rock Hill Farm & VFMA news, hot headlines & more

February 19, 2026 by Caroline O'Halloran 3 Comments

Bryn Mawr’s most distinguished building will soon welcome … students. A local billionaire just bought the longtime headquarters of Bryn Mawr Trust and plans to turn it into a financial literacy center for kids and adults, according to Philadelphia Business Journal.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: new hotel, Radnor, rock hill farm, the brandywine

“Mom, they think I’m lying.” Radnor H.S. parents open up about the AI-manipulated video of their daughters and how officials handled it. The school board is updating its policies.

February 13, 2026 by Caroline O'Halloran 2 Comments

Nearly two months after five distraught Radnor High School freshman girls told their parents that AI fakes of their sexualized images were making the rounds, authorities charged a 9th-grade boy with criminal harassment.

Case closed? Hardly.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: AI, AI deep fake, AI video scandal, AI-manipulated video, Bullying, genative AI, Harassment, policy committee meeting, Radnor High School, radnor township school district

A 10,000 sq. ft. DHS office is en route to Tredyffrin; A published report says it may support an ICE surge

February 11, 2026 by Caroline O'Halloran 10 Comments

The U.S. government plans to put DHS “back office” facility in Westlakes, an upscale office park in Berwyn, according to federal records obtained by the investigative news outlet, WIRED.

Flush with $85 billion in ICE funding from “The Big Beautiful Bill” Act, the U.S. General Services Administration has been quietly leasing office space for DHS teams to support ICE surges team in nearly every state. 

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Berwyn, ICE, ICE surge, immigration enforcement, westlakes, WIRED

In restaurant years, 25 is practically ancient. But fresh off a facelift, Christopher’s in Wayne has never looked better.

February 7, 2026 by Caroline O'Halloran 3 Comments

From the moment Christopher’s opened on North Wayne Avenue 25 years ago this week, it was love at first bite.

Finally, a local spot for familiar fare, solidly-executed, well-priced and family-friendly.

Mom could unwind with a Chardonnay, Dad with a Yuengling.

Even with kids in tow, Christopher’s felt like a night out – a respite from the chaos of a Chuck  E. Cheese, the corporate uniformity of a Chili’s, the harsh lights of a Minella’s.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Chris Todd, christopher's, downtown Wayne, Main Line, Molly Todd, restaurant anniversary, restaurant row, Wayne, Wayne Business Association

Golfers – new and seasoned – escape the cold at new, state-of-the-art indoor golf clubs in Paoli and Malvern

February 3, 2026 by Caroline O'Halloran 1 Comment

Aronimink is prepping for the PGA Championship.

Merion is gearing up for the U.S. Amateur.

St. Davids is getting a major facelift.

Hopefuls languish on country-club waitlists.

Forget cabin fever. It’s golf fever – deep freeze, be damned – that’s raging ’round here this February.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: back nine, golf, golf simulators, indoor golf, Malvern, michael nickels, Paoli, Paoli Shopping Center, The Grove, virtual golf, willows golf lounge

‘I’m tired of being the sad story’: Berwyn’s Nadine and Kevin Rudd open up about his early-onset Alzheimer’s kit

January 26, 2026 by Caroline O'Halloran 43 Comments

Samantha’s wedding isn’t until October but Kevin Rudd, father of the bride, is already working on his toast.

He scribbles ideas in a journal as they flicker in his brain: sweet father-daughter moments, questions to puzzle through. Which songs did Sam and I sing on car rides to the College of Charleston? What was the funny thing that happened on our trip to Piney Point?

Ten years ago, Kevin would have delivered a pitch-perfect toast. A prominent investment banker and public speaker, he would have nailed it. No stage was too big, no microphone too intimidating.

But today, at age 63, he’s worried. Will he get the words out without jumbling them up?

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: alzheimer's, Berwyn, early-onset alzheimer's, kevin rudd, Main Line, nadine rudd, ruddstrong

What $3,000 – $7,300 rent buys you in Suburban Square: Easy living, 21st-century style. The first Coulter Place residents move in this week.

January 22, 2026 by Caroline O'Halloran

With 70 swanky shops and restaurants literally at your feet, life at the new Coulter Place apartments offer copious conveniences – if not a whole lot of personal square footage.

It took five years for Suburban Square’s first on-site residences to go from concept and design to demolition and construction.

Are they worth the wait … and their steep price tags?

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Ardmore, Bozzuto, Coulter Place, Kimco Realty, mixed-use, new apartments, Suburban Square

Machines think but can they FEEL? A new exhibition in Wayne has answers.

January 19, 2026 by Caroline O'Halloran

Tucked away on historic Louella Court in Wayne, one of the Main Line’s most futuristic merchants, Colonna Contemporary, is doing its usual visionary thing: getting us to use our eyes to expand our brains.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: AI art, art gallery, colonna contemporary, digital art, Louella Court, michele colonna, michele gallagher, syntax of sorrow, Wayne

Popular Wayne restaurant to expand to the former Il Fiore space in Bryn Mawr

January 16, 2026 by Caroline

It won’t be Enoteca Tredici reincarnated but fans of that dearly departed spot should raise a glass to this news: always bustling Alessandro’s is coming to the ill-fated Il Fiore in Bryn Mawr Village.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: alessandro's, alessandro's pizzeria, Alessandro's Wood Fired Italian & Bar, Bryn Mawr, Bryn Mawr Village, enoteca tredici, il fiore, new restaurant, north wayne ave., Wayne

Can the ultra-rich buy up and reshape a town? Gladwyne’s would-be fairy godparents Janine & Jeffrey Yass and Haldon House plan to remake the historic village in one of the Main Line’s toniest zip codes

January 9, 2026 by Caroline O'Halloran

Colonial Wiliamsburg had John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Northern Delaware had Pierre du Pont.

And now, it seems, historic Gladwyne has Jeff Yass.

The richest man in Pennsylvania, and his wife, Janine, have partnered with a younger husband-and-wife development/design team to both turn back the clock on Gladwyne Village AND propel it into the next century.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Andre Golsorkhi, Autumn Oser, Gladwyne, Gladwyne Pharmacy, Gladwyne Square, Gladwyne Village, Haldon House, historic preservation, Homeroom, Janine Yass, Jeff Yass

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  • Grand openings & goodbyes; Repurposing a Bryn Mawr landmark; Lux hotel rising in Radnor; Rock Hill Farm & VFMA news, hot headlines & more
  • “Mom, they think I’m lying.” Radnor H.S. parents open up about the AI-manipulated video of their daughters and how officials handled it. The school board is updating its policies.
  • A 10,000 sq. ft. DHS office is en route to Tredyffrin; A published report says it may support an ICE surge
  • In restaurant years, 25 is practically ancient. But fresh off a facelift, Christopher’s in Wayne has never looked better.
  • Golfers – new and seasoned – escape the cold at new, state-of-the-art indoor golf clubs in Paoli and Malvern

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