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Glad tidings! Aroma on Ford smells like a winner; Plus, This and That and news worth knowing

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After Stella Blu closed in 2018, its handsome West Conshy home, mere minutes from the Main Line, has ricocheted – repeatedly.

For a six months, it was Imbibe Food & Drink, a small-plates spot operated by the chef/owner of Malvern’s Alba.

Then it was Jasper’s West Side Tavern. Then, West Side Bar & Grill.

Hungry to help: The Main Line rises to meet growing food insecurity. One church uses the Eagles to spur donations.

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In this land of milk and honey and horses, many go hungry.

Or would go hungry over these holidays were it not for the Main Line’s myriad pantries, food banks, volunteers and donor businesses and comunity groups.

Juggling work, kids and care for older parents? Berwyn-based BOBIcares wants to help.

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A new kind of matchmaker – pairing families with on-demand caregivers for seniors – just launched on the Main Line.

BOBIcares helps “families and caregivers choose each other directly, almost like a dating app,” explains co-founder Alison Bowers, who lives in Berwyn.

Philly fave Love & Honey Fried Chicken debuts in Bryn Mawr

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A whole lotta love and a wee bit ‘o honey are the secret sauce fueling Bryn Mawr’s new Love & Honey Fried Chicken.

Locally owned and operated by a Berwyn family, this is Love & Honey’s first Main Line store and second franchise location with many more en route, including one in King of Prussia.

A flotilla of foodies, influencers and regular folk have long deemed the original Love & Honey in Northern Liberties Philly’s finest fried chicken.

Red (Carpet) Alert! New film focuses on GET Café, Narberth’s uniquely welcoming coffee shop

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In the heart of this holiday season comes a feel-good film about a business brimming with heart.

“Brewing Possibilities” takes you inside GET Café, the Main Line’s most inclusive coffee shop, where neurodiverse and differently-abled adults make artful lattes, work the grill and run the register. These aren’t make-work positions, they’re real jobs.

Valley Forge Military shrinks again … this time by half. Eastern U. is the buyer

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Eastern University has inked a deal to buy nearly half of the remaining campus of Valley Forge Military Academy and College, some 33 acres – including its football stadium, track, fieldhouse and pickleball courts as well as multiple apartment buildings that will house Eastern students, according to a statement released today.