From Main Line Media News
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Jury convicts King of Prussia woman in straw purchase scheme involving 2 guns
An Upper Merion Township woman was convicted by a jury of charges she relied on a straw purchase scheme to illegally buy two firearms which she then transferred to other individuals who were prohibited by law to possess weapons.
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Montgomery County commissioners take to the road for meetings
Members of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners have plans to hold their next meeting outside of the county seat.
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Main Line Banter: ‘Ahh, the policeman’s lot is not a happy one.’
For almost a quarter of a century, the Kiwanis Club of the Main Line has annually honored a Lower Merion Township Police Officer of the Year, so it was that earlier this month (during National Police Week) Officer Michael Pleasants, a 16-year veteran of the largest township police force on the Main Line, joined the list of outstanding officers who have earned the singular respect and distinction of his colleagues throughout those years and the ensuing Kiwanis recognition.
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Norristown man admits to sexually assaulting two underage girls
A Norristown man faces several years in prison when he’s sentenced later this year after he admitted to sexually assaulting two underage girls while they visited his residence and they were in his company.
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Montgomery County Community College nursing pinning ceremony honors new graduates
Montgomery County Community College celebrated the achievement of 42 nursing students with a ceremony
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Variety – the Children’s Charity holds annual Black Hat Bash at Water Works
Variety – the Children’s Charity of the Delaware Valley held their annual Black Hat Bash at the beautiful Water Works, situated between historic Boathouse Row and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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Child mental health forum to be held in Norristown
Children First and Healthy NewsWorks are hosting a community event on Thursday, May 23, to talk about mental health help for MontCo kids
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Montgomery County high school student describes ‘life-changing’ experience as youth poet laureate
Evan Wang reflected on his time as Montgomery County’s inaugural youth poet laureate fondly after settling into a new leadership role as program director.
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Shipley’s Grayson Wingerter is Main Line Boys Athlete of the Week (May 13-19)
The senior golfer and second-year team captain won the Friends’ Schools League tournament on May 8 with a one-over par 73 on the Paxon Hollow Golf Club. During his high school career he has posted a 28-3 record in matches. His father, James Wingerter, used to play golf professionally on the Canadian tour. Shipley golf […]
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Radnor’s Arden Jansen is Main Line Girls Athlete of the Week (May 13-19)
The senior goalie, an All-Main Line girls lacrosse selection last spring, made nine saves, including a huge one in the closing minutes of a one-goal win against Conestoga that gave the Raptors the Central League title. Radnor girls lacrosse head coach Lis Zuern said, “Arden is the backbone to our defense, and an extremely hard […]
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Montgomery County author pays tribute to her mother by turning poetry to children’s books
Lydia Cohn’s tribute to late mother Joan Yingling (1930-2008) is an evolving series of children’s books, an eponymous website and a writers’ networking group.
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Montgomery Township man sent to prison on child porn charges
David W. Shull, 44, most recently of the 100 block of Stafford Circle, Montgomery Township, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to 1½ to 3 years in a state correctional institution after he pleaded guilty to a felony charge of dissemination of child pornography in connection with incidents that occurred in 2021 in Upper Moreland.