http://www.philly.com/r?19=960&32=3796&7=195387&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fpa%2Fchester%2F Chester County news from the Inquirer. en-us Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 2008-07-08T07:01:00Z en-us http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166801&44=24058099&32=3796&7=195387&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fpa%2Fchester%2F20080708_Man_dies_trying_to_save_girlfriend__child.html Eddie Lane was hanging out with friends on a street corner in Chester late Sunday when he received a cell-phone call from his girlfriend, Shanae Bailey. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT da789ae52c4ee707fe5296c6fdc2694d 2008-07-08T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166801&44=24058094&32=3796&7=195387&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fpa%2Fchester%2F20080708_Two_fatally_shot_in_Pa__are_mourned.html A 21-year-old Coatesville woman who was fatally shot on Sunday had been waiting eagerly for her college diploma to arrive in the mail, her mother said yesterday. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT ef3f158d99e78cd9e411fdf8b85a8b23 2008-07-08T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166801&44=24058089&32=3796&7=195387&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fpa%2Fchester%2F20080708_Bryn_Mawr_Fire_Company_may_get_repairs.html Starting in a few weeks, the Bryn Mawr Fire Company may not be responding to calls from its historic Lancaster Avenue firehouse for the first time in more than 100 years. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT c9fbd182fe980c649a1e0a8f19d3ca4d 2008-07-08T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166801&44=24003759&32=3796&7=195387&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fpa%2Fchester%2F20080707_Pa__House_bill_gives__Taps__new_life.html It only has 24 notes and takes less than a minute to play. Yet when it rings out at the burial of an American soldier or veteran, Taps reverberates with the weight of every national conflict since the Civil War, when it first resounded in Union camps to signal lights out at the close of day. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 880d3426f1f8d0a03b7ee91d71241a5d 2008-07-07T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166801&44=24003754&32=3796&7=195387&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fpa%2Fchester%2F20080707_Online_gym_class__Fitness_or_fakery_.html GREENSBURG, Pa. - Hundreds of teens in the Pittsburgh region are taking cyber gym courses, despite critics who say there is no substitute for real physical education classes. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT bd793f6eadc4db9ad9d0908ab6b6307d 2008-07-07T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166801&44=24003749&32=3796&7=195387&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fpa%2Fchester%2F20080707_Trial_to_begin_for_state_senator_in_boy_s_death.html PITTSBURGH - A state senator goes on trial this week for allegedly contributing to the death of a 14-year-old neighbor found shot to death in the woods with the senator's handgun. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 2a5b39a4ec7e42423979ac7a83e597f9 2008-07-07T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166801&44=23730284&32=3796&7=195387&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fpa%2Fchester%2F20080706_Region_s_5-year_wet_streak_hits_a_dry_patch.html Despite chronic storm threats and occasional drops of actual rain, a brown tide has crept across the region's landscape. While that may signal the onset of a drought, the fact that the dryness has been so noticeable underscores a remarkable period in Philadelphia's weather history. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 9e9ab64dd0b4508a62e95f708cbcf5fa 2008-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166801&44=23730294&32=3796&7=195387&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fpa%2Fchester%2F20080706_George_Washington_slept_______here_.html For decades, George Washington's tent anchored the visitors' center at Valley Forge National Historical Park. Not only did its monumental size dwarf all the other relics in the room, but its very presence could be mesmerizing as visitors imagined Washington huddled inside with his advisers during the harsh Valley Forge winter. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 2c2f73c6ae3d2a60bc711d2ea2b6e7fe 2008-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166801&44=23730289&32=3796&7=195387&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fpa%2Fchester%2F20080706_Sweet_smell_of_success__or_is_that_fries_.html JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - Every business looks for a trademark, and Matthew Danchanko has spent five years toiling to make quality the mark of his general contracting company in Johnstown. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT e9279e28fae10e9f34521416bab36453 2008-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166801&44=23411419&32=3796&7=195387&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fpa%2Fchester%2F20080705_Chris_Satullo__Rush_and_backers_have_much_to_say_about_July_4th_column.html If anyone thinks that in this time of conservative disarray, Rush Limbaugh has lost his audience, he hasn't. I can vouch for that. On Tuesday, my column suggested that Americans perhaps should not celebrate this Independence Day in the usual ways, should instead observe the holiday through reflection and atonement. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT bdd8cbca9ce442395a1493b7ff6712fa 2008-07-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166801&44=23411424&32=3796&7=195387&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fpa%2Fchester%2F20080705_Upper_Perkiomen_students_do_archaeology.html Some teenagers no doubt whiled away the first few weeks of summer vacation at home, headsets on and controllers in hand, doing video combat. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT f35e52f9f3639e00bbda6c71c7aaff17 2008-07-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166801&44=23411429&32=3796&7=195387&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fpa%2Fchester%2F20080705_A_happy_fourth_in_Glenside.html Not even gasoline retailing for more than $4 a gallon could deter more than 600 children, parents and grandparents who gathered at Glenside's Harry Renninger Memorial Park yesterday for a morning of old-fashioned Fourth of July activities, including decorated bike competitions, sack races, hot dogs, and even a peanut toss. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 798628d54b68d6a20bb6a5ad2ada7a63 2008-07-05T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166801&44=22998799&32=3796&7=195387&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fpa%2Fchester%2F20080704_Movie_studio_in_Phila__suburbs_could_happen_soon.html Nearly a year after officials said a big-time movie studio would be constructed in a stagnating Norristown shopping center, the only sign of Hollywood on the scene is a West Coast Video rental shop. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 399856f52a88f7dfd9f4fcbaa0e85e4f 2008-07-04T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166801&44=22998794&32=3796&7=195387&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fpa%2Fchester%2F20080704_Contents_of_alleged_drug_dealer_s_home_auctioned_off.html While Marlon Abrahams cools his heels in cell block G1 of the Montgomery County Correctional Facility, his allegedly marijuana-financed two-story East Norriton ranch house - and everything in it - is being sold off to benefit law enforcement. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 84dfeacfbe50f4b0aeb8d8df8069ee04 2008-07-04T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166816&44=22969804&32=3796&7=195387&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fpa%2Fchester%2Fvoices%2F20080706_Reaching_out_with_message_of_love_and_growth.html It didn't take much to turn a church into a steamy jungle. A tropical painting placed in front of the wall behind the altar. A mosquito net hung over the pulpit. A wooden partition covering the lectern. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 88bff0c1fc8153b33a3649e704ffc7bc 2008-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166816&44=22969814&32=3796&7=195387&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fpa%2Fchester%2Fvoices%2F20080706_Local_band_stays_true_to_roots.html Hoots and Hellmouth, an eclectic band that plays rootsy music and has deep ties to Chester County, is scheduled to play two free concerts here this week, at Anson Nixon Park in Kennett Square on Wednesday and in Phoenixville on Saturday. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 78ad64c68dfd8815f3d7ee8c2c333405 2008-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166811&44=22970054&32=3796&7=195387&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fpa%2Fchester%2Fnabes%2F20080706_Your_Poem_9.html Sunset A fiery radiant red and orange streak blazes across the sky As tender clouds of pink, glide gently on by Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT b222c2b43e31fd9100721d64df0cf46a 2008-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166811&44=22969799&32=3796&7=195387&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fpa%2Fchester%2Fnabes%2F20080706_Student_Spotlight_1.html Educator: Robert Toporek, the founder of Team Children, the Audubon nonprofit that takes donated computers from local companies, refurbishes them, and then sells them at reduced prices ($50 to $275) to low-income families. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT b610bffe836d4659908d41937efc6d85 2008-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166811&44=22969794&32=3796&7=195387&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fpa%2Fchester%2Fnabes%2F20080706_Food_cupboards_caught_in_a_vise.html The Sebra family lives in a three-story white house with red trim in East Whiteland across King Road from Immaculata University, where Beverly, 47, works in food service. Her husband, Ken, 44, is a carpenter; their sons, Kenneth, 16, and Anthony, 13, are enrolled in the Great Valley School District. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 968a059dc155a93bcbf84931228187cc 2008-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166801&44=22970059&32=3796&7=195387&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2Fpa%2Fchester%2F20080706_Things_looking_up_at_Abington_4.html The Abington Art Center does outdoor sculpture in a big way. It's especially effective at locating new sculptures in a woodsy environment along a winding path through its 27-acre Sculpture Park. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT 92b1b4c2d3cf7363b43f705ee340adcf 2008-07-06T07:01:00Z