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Double Issue: Why a top teacher’s not returning to T/E (with video); Shoplifting at Devon (oh, no); Double Jeopardy, O shots (!), ALDI, HipCityVeg, Shore things, HomeCooked, SAVVY Steals & more

June 12, 2019 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

School’s out for summer.

As of this week, it’s out forever … for star Stoga teacher Deb Ciamacca.

For years, the former Marine and beloved U.S. Government teacher has urged her students to get off the sidelines. “Democracy’s not a spectator sport,” she’d tell them.

After speaking out about gun safety here – and on national and international TV – she put her career where her mouth was.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, PLAY, Uncategorized Tagged With: Aldi, Avalon, Avalon park, Axia Women's Health, beach park, Berwyn Fire Co., bio-identical hormones, birth control, botox, Brendan Roach, Capt'n Chucky's, Catalyst, CHOP, Claire Guarino, Conestoga High School, Day of Beauty, Day Spa by Zsuzsanna, Deb Ciamacca, Debra Ciamacca, Devon Horse Show, digital billboard, Dips, Emma Boettcher, Fratelli's, Gregory Bolton, gun violence, Gusto Brew Co. La Costa Lounge, gynecologist, Happy Bird, Harriton pitcher, HipCityVeg, HomeCooked, hormone replacement therapy, HRT, ignite purpose, Impact Center, IUD, Jeopardy, Josei Kelly's Public House, Kiefer Sutherland, Kunda Beverage, Lauren Hart, Louella, Main & Vine, Main Line Health, Margate, McConnell & Associates ob/gyn, Merion Mercy Academy, Microneedling, Millennium Hair & Day Spa, Misfits, Misfits Market, Nom Nom, O shot, organic produce, P shot, Paoli, Paoli Village Shoppes, Patricia McConnell, Polka Dots, Polpo, PRP, Reeds at Shelter Haven, Revel Ride, school safety, Sean Herrmann, shoplifters, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Suburban Square, Surfside Park, Tennessee Avenue Beer Hall, Three Crazy Ladies, Tilton Square, ugly produce, vampire face lifts, vampire facial, vegan restaurant, Woodlynde School, Workhorse Brewing, Zsuzsanna Beyer

Undocumented on the Main Line; Louella heads east & lots of comings & goings around town

March 8, 2017 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

They live among us, hiding but in plain sight.
They mow our lawns, mind our kids, cook our food, clean our homes.
They are Mexicans, living and working on the Main Line.
Some, of course, work under the table.
Others receive paychecks, have payroll taxes withheld, and file yearly U.S. tax returns.
Just like us.
But in many ways, not like us at all.
Because they are here without papers and have little reason to believe they’ll ever get them.
One such family – living in a rented, single-family home on the western Main Line – asked us to share their story.
They wanted us to put a human face on the immigration crisis.
But, of course, we cannot.
At least, not literally.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, PLAY, SHOP Tagged With: boutique, Bryn Mawr, fashion, HHGregg, illegal immigrants, immigration, Lisi Lerch, Louella, Main Line, Mexican immigrants, Paoli, Polka Dots, Sara Campbell, Undocumented, Wayne

The Goat’s Beard debuts in Wayne; Remembering Polka Dots’ Susan Randels & other news around town

June 9, 2016 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

The Main Line never really warmed up to Xilantro, its cold, neon vibe better suited to South Beach than Central Wayne.

But its North Wayne successor, the new Goat’s Beard, well, he’s a whole ’nother animal.

Warm. Fuzzy. Friendly.

Upscale but not uppity.

It helps, too, that the guys behind the Goat are local lads Sean Coyle and Mike “Mac” MacCrory, pals since their Malvern Prep days.

The food biz in his blood, Sean handles operations. (His parents had the TexMex mainstay Binni & Flynn’s; his sister, Meridith, owns Aneu Catering and Paoli’s Fresh Ideas Market.)

Mac’s the money guy – commercial real estate exec by day, goat-herder by night.

The two buddies think they’re onto something.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, PLAY, STYLE Tagged With: Devon Ladies Day, gastropubs, Jim Sanders, Main Line restaurants, Polka Dots, quadriplegic, seminary, state stores, Susan Randels, The Goat's Beard, Wayne

Heroin strikes again: RIP Tyler McCloskey (Stoga ’12); Phoenixville’s Colonial Theatre goes BIG time; baby- & dog-napping news

April 4, 2016 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

The Tredyffrin and Conestoga communities are mourning yet another young life tragically lost.

Tyler McCloskey, 22, died of an apparent heroin overdose over the weekend.

Tyler was the younger brother of Reilly McCloskey, the 2010 Stoga grad/photographer who only a few weeks ago shared his own addiction struggles with SAVVY Main Line.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, PLAY Tagged With: Colonial Theatre, dognapping, Heroin overdose, kidnapping, King of Prussia mall, Phoenixville, Polka Dots, Tredyffrin Township, Tyler McCloskey

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