September, 2015 - CLOSE UP Video Interviews

Enthusiasts whack pickleballs on game’s 50th anniversary

Aficionados gathered on Saturday at the Water Tower Recreation Center in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia to play "pickleball" to mark the sport's half century mark. The sport, a…

September 22, 2015

CARS AND VEHICLES Sports Young Adults

Girl softballers wash cars

The Impact girls fast pitch softball team in Roxborough hand washed cars, including your correspondent's not-too-dirty sedan, this past Saturday on a pay-what-you-want basis to raise money so they can…

September 22, 2015

CARS AND VEHICLES HOBBIES TECHNOLOGY

Air stunts with RC Helicopter

A pilot friend introduced Patrick years ago to the hobby of flying remote controlled miniature helicopters. He got hooked and now flies a high end German model. At the Allens…

September 17, 2015

ANIMALS DISABILITY Elderly

52 paws delight nursing home residents

Marjorie Shoemaker brings her "Paws of the Spirit," to nursing homes and other venues. Her passel of animals include an easygoing white Labrador retriever service dog named Archie who, she…

September 10, 2015