UPPER MERION âGeorge Washington Slept Hereâ was the name of a funny and well received theatrical film released in 1942 starring famed 20 th century comedian Jack Benny in the lead role. By that year the popular, well worn phrase had become a bit of a source of amusement as it seemed all sorts of places throughout the country were erroneously claiming the illustrious honor of having hosted our first president.
And so it continued for the better half of the 20th century. But all of that changed as over the decades the phrase seemed to fade away along with many of the erstwhile claims of the late presidentâs visitations.
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Yoav Perry is extremely enthusiastic about cheese. You’d have to be to do what he’s doing in Olde Kensington right now: In a reclaimed shipping container inside a raw production space on Hancock Street, Perry is busy separating curds from whey, ladling fresh cheese into molds, and flavoring drinkable yogurts and whey “tonics” with salted caramel and pistachio. With his forthcoming creamery, Perrystead Dairy, Perry will join a robust community of cheese people in Pennsylvania, eager to do justice to the commonwealth’s dairy history.
Separating curd from whey at Perrystead Dairy
In making his cheeses, yogurts, and kefir, which will be available for purchase this spring, Perry will only work with local dairy farms in the surrounding counties, like Montgomery and West Chester. That decision is motivated by what Perry calls a “disaster” in Pennsylvania dairy farming. “We went from [being] the number four state in dairy production to number
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When Mason Corrado, 4, went into a seizure at home, Lower Merion Police Officer Michael Aluise was the first officer on the scene. He, along with the other officers who responded, took care of Mason until paramedics arrived. When Mason came home from the hospital, Aluise stopped by the house to give her a special gift. (Charles Fox/Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)
A police officer’s kindness, with an assist from a unicorn, touches a community’s heart
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