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Not Forgotten: Philly Area Native Among Thousands Killed At Pearl Harbor Not Forgotten: Philly Area Native Among Thousands Killed At Pearl Harbor
Not Forgotten: Philly Area Native Among Thousands Killed At Pearl Harbor Of the more than 2,400 Americans killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor exactly 81 years ago, at least one was a native of Delaware County.  Michael Savinski, a 23-year-old Seaman First Class from Chester, was stationed aboard the famous USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on the day the Japanese Empire launched a surprise attack, according to federal war records.  The Arizona, coincidentally a Pennsylvania-class battleship, was sunk after a Japanese bomb landed on its munitions storage room, causing an explosion and killing 1,177 sailors, the National Parks Service says.  Savinski went dow…

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by Mac Bullock
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PA Detective Gives HBO Police Show 'Authentic Feel,' Report Says PA Detective Gives HBO Police Show 'Authentic Feel,' Report Says
PA Detective Gives HBO Police Show 'Authentic Feel,' Report Says A Pennsylvania detective is doing her part to help an HBO police show feel that much more authentic. Chester County detective Christine Bleiler has been working with Kate Winslet, who plays a detective in "Mare of Easttown," based in the suburbs of Philadelphia, the DelCo Times reports. The show follows the small-town detective investigating a homicide while trying to keep her life from falling apart, IMDB says. Bleiler, previously of the Oxford Police Department, began working with the show's directors in 2018 and has since formed a close working relationship with Winslet, the DelCo …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Upper Darby School Goes Into Lockdown After Teacher Hears Students Talking About Guns Upper Darby School Goes Into Lockdown After Teacher Hears Students Talking About Guns
Upper Darby School Goes Into Lockdown After Teacher Hears Students Talking About Guns Upper Darby High School was on lock down for nearly an hour Tuesday morning when a teacher overhead students talking about guns, district officials said. Two students had been talking about a fight that occurred last week when a teacher overheard them mention something about a gun, not understanding the context around it, Upper Darby School Director of Communications Dr. Aaronda Q. Beauford said in a DelCo Times report. Police searched the school and deemed the incident unfounded. The lockdown was lifted around 10:40 a.m. Click here for more from the DelCo Times.

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by Cecilia Levine