Gaithersburg, MD
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Maryland’s Jared Bush Takes Home An Oscar For ‘Encanto’ Maryland’s Jared Bush Takes Home An Oscar For ‘Encanto’ Maryland’s Jared Bush Takes Home An Oscar For ‘Encanto’
Maryland’s Jared Bush Takes Home An Oscar For ‘Encanto’ A Maryland native was part of the creative team who scored an Oscar for Best Animated Feature at the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 27. Jared Bush, of Gaithersburg, directed the 2021 Disney animated film, “Encanto" along with co-director Byron Howard. Bush and Howard accepted the award along with storywriters Charise Castro Smith and Jason Hand award Sunday night. “This is a movie about family, and we would not be here without our family,” Bush added before thanking his own wife and kids. So much to be thankful for tonight, but the best was celebrating with La Familia Madrigal.…

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by David Cifarelli
Rivertowns, NY
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Child Swallows Flashlight Battery Prompting Recall, CPSC Says Child Swallows Flashlight Battery Prompting Recall, CPSC Says Child Swallows Flashlight Battery Prompting Recall, CPSC Says
Child Swallows Flashlight Battery Prompting Recall, Cpsc Says Five models of projector flashlights are being recalled because the manufacturer has received reports of children accessing the button cell batteries and in one case swallowing them. The child who swallowed the battery manufactured by Halo, the company issuing the recall, required surgery to remove it, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Halo says the models include its Disney, Pixar, Star Wars, Avengers, and ESPN projector flashlights. They have a key chain on one end and a flashlight projector on the other end. The flashlights were part of a Disney-branded care pack…

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by Joe Gomez
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
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Child Swallows Flashlight Battery Prompting Recall: CPSC Child Swallows Flashlight Battery Prompting Recall: CPSC Child Swallows Flashlight Battery Prompting Recall: CPSC
Child Swallows Flashlight Battery Prompting Recall: Cpsc Halo is recalling five models of its children’s projector flashlights because the company has received two reports of children accessing the button cell batteries and in one case swallowing them. The child who swallowed the battery required surgery to remove it. The company says the models include it’s Disney, Pixar, Star Wars, Avengers, and ESPN projector flashlights. They have a key chain on one end and a flashlight projector on the other end. The flashlights were part of a Disney-branded care package that Starlight Children’s Foundation (“Starlight”) distributed to hospitals and healthc…

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by Joe Gomez
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
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Your New Holiday Vacation Destination Might Be The 'Home Alone' House Listed On Airbnb Your New Holiday Vacation Destination Might Be The 'Home Alone' House Listed On Airbnb Your New Holiday Vacation Destination Might Be The 'Home Alone' House Listed On Airbnb
Your New Holiday Vacation Destination Might Be The 'Home Alone' House Listed On Airbnb Yup, you could be home sweet "Home Alone"  for the holidays in the actual home from the famous film franchise, thanks to a special listing on Airbnb.  This special package is for “mischief makers to let their inner eight-year-olds run free in my childhood home on Dec. 12,” writes Buzz McCallister, the films titular character Kevin’s  (as oldest brother, who is acting as the host of the destination holiday vacation). Buzz McCallister on a wall of family photos.Airbnb Some of the sweet details of the “A Home Sweet Home Alone Holiday” package are perfect if you’re “older and wiser now," bu…

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by Jillian Pikora
Greenwich, CT
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COVID-19: Reporter Leaving Network Due To Company's Vaccine Mandate COVID-19: Reporter Leaving Network Due To Company's Vaccine Mandate COVID-19: Reporter Leaving Network Due To Company's Vaccine Mandate
Covid-19: Reporter Leaving Network Due To Company's Vaccine Mandate A television reporter announced that she is leaving the network after refusing to comply with the company's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.  In a five-minute video posted to Instagram, Allison Williams announced that she will no longer work for ESPN effective next week after her request for an exemption in order to not receive the vaccine was denied by the all-sports network. She said her desire to have another child is a reason she chose not to get vaccinated, citing experiences women have shared with her about symptoms they attribute to the vaccine.  The Centers for Disease Control a…

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by Nicole Valinote
Lower Paxton, PA
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PA Native Scores Recurring Role In The Marvel Cinematic Universe PA Native Scores Recurring Role In The Marvel Cinematic Universe PA Native Scores Recurring Role In The Marvel Cinematic Universe
PA Native Scores Recurring Role In The Marvel Cinematic Universe An actress from Harrisburg has scored a recurring role in the Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe. Lori Livingston grew up on South 13 Street in an area that was once called Hoverter Homes, and now she is a Marvel character, according to abc27. Livingston attended the Milton Hershey School starting at age 12. Her professional career started after she was crowned Miss Harrisburg, according to her biography. She then moved to NYC and worked as a model. Livingston moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting around 2015. Her first major role was in Grey's Anatomy. She was later cast in ‘Capt…

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by Jillian Pikora
Mount Pleasant, NY
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Hudson Valley Disney Store Among Nearly 60 Closing Across America Hudson Valley Disney Store Among Nearly 60 Closing Across America Hudson Valley Disney Store Among Nearly 60 Closing Across America
Hudson Valley Disney Store Among Nearly 60 Closing Across America So long, farewell... Disney is closing nearly 60 of its brick and mortar stores across the US come Sept. 15. DisneyDisney Among them, four in New York. According to the Disney Store website, the following stores are closing in New York: Central Valley, Orange County: Woodbury Common Premium Outlets, 191 Marigold Court Elmhurst: Queens Center, 90-15 Queens Boulevard Lake Grove, Suffolk County: Smith Haven Mall, 313 Smith Haven Mall Road Niagara Falls: Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls, 1900 Military Road After the next round of closings, only 25 stores will remain in operation. Disney…

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by Cecilia Levine
Fairfield, CT
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Disney Store In Fairfield County Among Nearly 60 Closing Across America Disney Store In Fairfield County Among Nearly 60 Closing Across America Disney Store In Fairfield County Among Nearly 60 Closing Across America
Disney Store In Fairfield County Among Nearly 60 Closing Across America So long, farewell... Disney is closing nearly 60 of its brick and mortar stores across the US come Sept. 15. DisneyDisney Among them, two in Connecticut. According to the Disney Store website, the following stores are closing in Connecticut: Danbury: Danbury Fair Mall, 7 Backus Ave. Farmington: Westfarms Mall, 500 Westfarms Mall After the next round of closings, only 25 stores will remain in operation. Disney last March announced at least 60 of its North America stores to focus on online sales.

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by Cecilia Levine
Pittsfield, MA
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Two MA Disney Stores Among Nearly 60 Closing Across America Two MA Disney Stores Among Nearly 60 Closing Across America Two MA Disney Stores Among Nearly 60 Closing Across America
Two MA Disney Stores Among Nearly 60 Closing Across America So long, farewell... Disney is closing nearly 60 of its brick and mortar stores across the US come Sept. 15. DisneyDisney Among them, two in Massachusetts. According to the Disney Store website, the following stores are closing in Massachusetts: Burlington: Burlington Mall, 75 Middlesex Turnpike Wrentham: Wrentham Village Premium Outlets, 1 Premium Outlets Blvd After the next round of closings, only 25 stores will remain in operation. Disney last March announced at least 60 of its North America stores to focus on online sales.

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by Cecilia Levine
Washington Township, NJ
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4 NJ Disney Stores Among Nearly 60 Closing Across America 4 NJ Disney Stores Among Nearly 60 Closing Across America 4 NJ Disney Stores Among Nearly 60 Closing Across America
4 NJ Disney Stores Among Nearly 60 Closing Across America So long, farewell... Disney is closing nearly 60 of its brick and mortar stores across the US come Sept. 15. DisneyDisney Among them, four in New Jersey. According to the Disney Store website, the following stores are closing in the Garden State: Deptford: Deptford Mall, 1750 Deptford Center Road Edison: Menlo Park Mall, 55 Parsonage Road Jackson: Jackson Premium Outlets, 537 Monmouth Road Paramus: Garden State Plaza, 1 Garden State Plaza Blvd. After the next round of closings, only 25 stores will remain in operation. Disney last March announced at least 60 of its North America stor…

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by Cecilia Levine
Massapequa, NY
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Popular Long Island Movie Theater To Reopen Popular Long Island Movie Theater To Reopen Popular Long Island Movie Theater To Reopen
Popular Long Island Movie Theater To Reopen The show will be going on for a popular Long Island movie theater that has been closed for 15 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. PJ Cinemas, the Port Jefferson Station cinema that has been owned by filmmaker Phil Solomon since the 1980s, announced that it is set to reopen as of Friday, May 28 after being forced to close in March last year. Solomon reopened the multiplex last fall, but a lack of movie-goers and dearth of new films being released in theaters forced him to close it again in December. Now, with COVID-19 vaccinations on the rise on Long Island and more businesses reopening, …

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by Zak Failla
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
Obituaries
Hatboro Horsham High School Grad, Nicole Brockwell Dies, 35 Hatboro Horsham High School Grad, Nicole Brockwell Dies, 35 Hatboro Horsham High School Grad, Nicole Brockwell Dies, 35
Hatboro Horsham High School Grad, Nicole Brockwell Dies, 35 Nicole Alicia Brockwell (Yeagley) of Warrington (Bucks County), died on Feb. 17, 2021. She was 35-years-old. Born in Hatboro (Montgomery County), Brockwell worked as an insurance underwriter, her obituary says. Brockwell's obituary remembers her as "a spunky spitfire who had the determination to match." She loved country music and knew the songs from every Disney movie by heart, the obit says. Brockwell was a graduate of Hatboro Horsham High School and Western Governor's University, the obit says. She is preceded in death by her Grandmother Helen Rodriguez; Grandfather Ronald Yeagle…

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by Nicole Acosta