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Sober Curious? So were these Main Line moms; Plus, BIG changes ahead for Berwyn? A peek at Malvern’s hip new gathering Grove; Huge signing at KOP Town Center; Crime news & lots more

August 8, 2019 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

As many new mothers do, Emily Lucking jumped into post-pregnancy imbibing with gusto. Being able to drink again while out socializing with friends felt fun and celebratory. And, well, normal.

“I was used to being the life of the party,” says Lucking. “I missed being the ‘fun friend.’”

Then one night, the Villanova mom over-indulged just enough to feel out of control.

And the next day, after a not-so-great-feeling morning, she asked herself a painful question: Was being the popular party girl more important than being her best self for her three-month-old daughter?

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 30-Day Sober PowerGroups, alcohol-free lifestyle, Ales Ciccotelli, Berwyn accountant, Berwyn Apartments, Berwyn Square, Berwyn Village, Bomba Tacos & Rum, Buck Buchanan, bulldog yoga, Christina Carlin-Kraft, Cornerstone Tracy, David Della Porta, DP Partners, Easttown Zoning, Emily Lucking, Frank Wang, gun control, gun violence, Handels Ice Cream, Happy Place, Jason Dempsey, Jon Cummins, Joseph Ferrer, King of Prussia Town Center, Kooma, Laura Taylor, Level 7 Tennis Academy, lifestyle centers, Linda Orff, Love ALL, Main Line crime, Main Line model, Main Line Wardrobe, Malvern, Margate, Marybeth Christiansen, Mingle Mocktails, mocktails, MOMS Demand Action, Monica DeSanctis, My Salon Suite, Navarro, nondrinking, Ocean City seagulls, Opal Designs, power center coaching, Silver Linings Boutique, Sly Fox Brewery, Sober curious, Spavia, strangulation, Suburban Square, Swirsding, The Grove, Todd Pohlig, Tredici, Williams Sonoma

Tredyffrin man’s shocking death; Revolting charges in Radnor; Lights Out at People’s Light; Remembering domestic violence victim Ellen Robb & more

October 17, 2017 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

“We’re looking at it from all angles.”

That’s all Philadelphia police will say about their investigation into the stunning death of high-profile Tredyffrin resident Philip Reitnour, whose body was pulled from the Schuylkill last week.

Perhaps best known as the local guy who went on Shark Tank, Reitnour, 58, had reportedly been shot once in the forehead. His corpse was found floating under the Walnut Street Bridge Thursday morning.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, PLAY, Uncategorized Tagged With: Agnes Irwin School, Bill Spingler, Brian Zwaan, child pornography, domestic abuse, domestic violence, Ellen Robb, EmergenSee, Gary Gregory, Laurel House, Leslie Roy, Malvern, murder, Paoli Business and Professional Association, Philip Ahr, philip reitnour, Project Ensonga, Radnor, Radnor Board of Commissioners, Rafael Robb, Sandi Gorman, Shark Tank, St. David's Episcopal Church, T & E Care, Tredici, Tredyffrin, William Spingler

New sexual abuse suit vs. Conestoga – most damaging of all? Plus, Tredici debuts, two Nova bars close in Bryn Mawr; Catholic ed back in Berwyn & much more

June 27, 2017 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

The Tredyffrin/Easttown School District is absorbing yet another fusillade – this one, an utterly explosive federal lawsuit that, in effect, blames Conestoga, its culture and staff for the months-long sexual abuse of a 15-year-old female student by 67-year-old TV studio aide Arthur Phillips.

Revolting.

To bolster its case, the suit details T/E’s “recent history of sex-related scandals”:

  • School aide/coach Christine Towers’ affair with a 15-year-old male student. Arrested exactly one year to the day before Phillips, Towers is in jail for her crimes.
  • The “No Gay Thursday” locker room hazing allegations that officials attributed to lax supervision.
  • The middle school sexting/cyberbullying charges.

The suit says the three scandals show a “pattern of deliberate and reckless indifference to signs of ongoing sexual harassment and sexual abuse” in the district.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, PLAY, Uncategorized Tagged With: Ardmore, Ardmore restaurants, Arthur Phillips, Betsy Bartos, Bryn Mawr, Bryn Mawr Village, Catholic school, Conestoga High School, Devon, Devon Orthodontics, drug addiction, Erin's Pub, Haverford, Hummingbird yoga, Maloney's Pub, Recovery yoga, Regina Luminis Academy, RLA, sexual abuse scandal, St. Monica's, surrey services, teacher's aide scandal, Tredici, Tredyffrin-Easttown School District

La Colombe is here! More hip spots to follow in suddenly chic Bryn Mawr; A lupus miracle & Dad’s Day ideas

June 16, 2016 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Coffee geeks are bouncing off the walls this week.
And not just from caffeine.
They’re jazzed because the Main Line’s first La Colombe Café has opened.
At last.

The place is a knockout – a hip makeover of the old Bryn Mawr Garage with soaring ceilings, skylights, original brick and handcrafted wood seating.
Industrial chic done right.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, PLAY, SHOP, SOUL, STYLE Tagged With: Bryn Mawr, Bryn Mawr Village, coffee, fashion boutiques, Father's Day, la colombe, lacrosse, lupus, Main Line restaurants, sarcoma, Todd Carmichael, Tredici, Zavino

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