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It’s 10 degrees Fahrenheit on a February morning in Lander, and Tara Friday climbs into a manhole to thread fiber optic cable through plastic conduit. After a few days of sub-zero temperatures, today’s conditions are more manageable for working outside. 

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UPPER PROVIDENCE — Penncrest’s Ruby Schwelm and Haverford High’s Ethan Fingerhut were destined to be runners. Both come from running families. Schwelm’s father, Bob, became an accomplished distance runner after playing soccer in college at Franklin & Marshall and is the co-owner of the Bryn Mawr Running Club. “It’s nice having him there, my own […]

In addition to Runners of the Year Ethan Fingerhut of Haverford and Ruby Schwelm of Penncrest, the All-Delco team includes: Therese Trainer, Notre Dame: The junior earned All-Delco honors for the second time in her career and is just one of two repeat selections from 2019, the last time the team was selected. She is […]

UPPER PROVIDENCE — The Haverford High boys team and the Strath Haven girls needed to make a point at the Delaware County Cross Country Championships Saturday afternoon at Rose Tree Park. Haverford, which placed second to Penncrest in a 2019 meet that was decided by the sixth runner tie-breaker, had its top three runners finish […]

This story starts with the late Jim Momolevu and his village of Navoci in Fjii. NBR owners Todd and Jackie Scott have been visiting Fiji for more than a decade, and Jim was typically their driver when they needed to get to and from the airport and the like. Since his sudden death five years ago, the Scotts continued a close connection with Jim’s village and family and, in particular, his twin brother Tim, helping out with money and food when they could. The Scotts returned to Fiji to live ea...

Boozhoo, relatives. A lot of news out there, especially with the recent discovery of 751 unmarked graves at another residential school in Canada (more below).

Readers letters Cycle lanes have proved beneficial in lockdown - Credit: Tim Ireland/PA Images Benefit of People Friendly Streets Tash H, Islington, full name and address supplied, writes: As Lockdown 3.0 was announced, one of the first things I noticed was the number of people outdoors going for walks and cycle rides. With gyms shut and lockdown restrictions in place, getting outdoors is the main way many people are getting their exercise. For some people, it is currently their only way of hav...

Want to read more? At the start of the pandemic in March we took the decision to make online access to our news free of charge by taking down our paywall. At a time where accurate information about Covid-19 was vital to our community, this was the right decision – even though it meant a drop in our income. In order to help safeguard the future of our journalism, the time has now come to reinstate our paywall, However,  rest assured that access to all Covid related news will still remain free...