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Thursday, April 11, 2013

Last Chance: Vote For Biggest Baseball Fan

Voting ends at 10 a.m. Friday.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Vote: Who's the Greatest Baseball Fan?

We've narrowed it down to the finalists. Now cast your vote for the best.

Baseball season is in full swing. The teams are competing, and so are Patch's baseball fans. We’ve narrowed the list down to the greatest fan in each our Patch towns, and now it’s time to see who is the greatest among them. The winner will get a prize package valued at $250, including sporting gear, signed baseball memorabilia, and time at the batting cage. See below for the details. The local winners are (Click to read more about the local winners): All you need to do to vote is let us know your favorite in the comments area. Tell us the Patch in which your favorite won. (Each photo is labeled in the caption area.) Just a reminder that you can only vote once per day and any negative comments will be removed and not counted as votes.   …

Jan

11:32 am on Sunday, April 14, 2013

The Baileys from Bala Cynwyd.   more ›

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Learn About The Biggest Baseball Fan in Ardmore Patch

Jeanne Ozzimo and her whole family are huge Phillies fans.

Jeanne Ozzimo sent in this photo to be named Ardmore Patch's greatest baseball fan. The photo, taken last summer, is of Ozzimo and her dad. The whole family is full of Phillies fans, and for her dad's 80th birthday, the family celebrated by going to a game, and got the chance to sit in the Hall of Fame section. The Phillies were losing the whole game, but ended up coming back to win it, Ozzimo recalls. "My dad got me into the Phillies as a child and took me to many games and I am so grateful that at his age of 80, I now am able to take him!" she says. Ozzimo says her photo deserves to win because she's a faithful fan. "I support the Phillies no matter how they are doing, good or not so good!" Ozzimo's photo is now in the running to be …

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Baseball Fans: Upload Photos, Win Prizes

The deadline to enter is Friday at 4 p.m.

Monday, March 25, 2013

Baseball Fans: Show Us Your Spirit, Win Big

Upload your picture, get voted Patch’s greatest baseball fan. Win the title, the adoration of your own fans and prizes.

Are you the greatest baseball fan in Ardmore-Merion-Wynnewood Patch? Have you turned your backyard into a baseball field or your basement into a dugout? Do you dress in Phillies gear all year round? We want to see. Upload your picture to this article and you could win prizes.Just click on the Upload Photos and Videos button above the picture and attach your photo. **Editor's Note: The entry deadline has been extended from Friday at 4 p.m. to Saturday at 11:59 p.m. Once we have your entries, we’ll ask you and your neighbors to vote for the greatest fan. The winner will then be entered into a regional contest and get a chance to win the following prizes (not to mention being named Patch’s Greatest Baseball Fan for 2013). Prizes: Here’s a …

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Cutest Couple Winner Named

Find out who won Patch’s Cutest Couple contest.

The votes are in and Heather McFeeley and her boyfriend John Lorentson have been named Patch’s Cutest Couple. McFeeley’s mother, Patty McFeeley, entered the couple in the Springfield Patch contest. In the voting, Sheri Joseph called them “Such an adorable couple!!” and Claire Carroll said “heather and john have got it going on!!!” Terry Hudson said, “Heather and Jon adorable and so nice too!” McFeeley and Lorentson will receive: Second prize goes to Laurie and Jason Bull, of Bryn Mawr. Deborah czapka said of Laurie and John, “every family should have a couple like both of u in their family. What joy and laughter u bring to everyone!” Click here to read more about Laurie and Jason. The Bulls win our second prize package of We had so many …

Bette

10:28 pm on Wednesday, February 13, 2013

I talked to Mel & June Robbins, Marple Newtown's Cutest Couple, who congratulate the winners, and said they were honored to have particapated with such great couples! Congrats to ALL!   more ›

Monday, February 11, 2013

Vote: Who’s the Cutest Couple?

You’ve chosen your local cutest couple, now they go up against cute couples from around the Delaware Valley. Cast your vote for the cutest.

Congratulations to the winners of Patch’s Cutest Couple for each Patch, now it’s time to vote for the regional winner. The regional winner will be awarded our prize package valued at more than $500. Ardmore-Merion-Wynnewood Patch: Michelle and Patrick Parrish, of Wynnewood Bryn Mawr-Gladwyne Patch: Laurie and Jason Bull, of Bryn Mawr Narberth-Bala Cynwyd Patch: Michael and Shannon Morak, of Bala Cynwyd Haverford-Havertown Patch: Jeffrey Hilferty and Loryn Fallon, of Havertown Roxborough-Manayunk Patch: Julie and Karl, of Manayunk Chestnut Hill-Mt. Airy Patch: Michelle and Melissa Marple Newtown Patch: Melvin and June Robbins, of Broomall Media Patch: Shelle and Jack Houser, of Media Radnor Patch: Jen & Paul Shillingford, of Wayne …

Friday, February 8, 2013

Vote: Cutest Couple in Ardmore, Merion and Wynnewood

Valentine’s Day Bonanza: The winning couple gets a chance at more than $500 in prizes, including a couples massage at Envy Massage Spa in Ardmore, flowers, chocolates, dinner, theater tickets and movie tickets.

The entries are in and now it’s your turn to vote. Who is the Cutest Couple in Ardmore-Merion-Wynnewood Patch? Here’s how you vote: The cutest couple in Ardmore-Merion-Wynnewood Patch will then be entered in the Patch regional contest for cutest couple with 13 other winners and have a chance at the first or second place prize packages. Voting for the regional winner will take place between 5 a.m. Monday, Feb. 11 and 10 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12. The regional winner will be named the cutest couple the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 13, and the first place couple will win a prize package valued at $537. The first prize couple will win: The second prize couple will win dinner and a show: Here are the overall contest rules: Note to entries: If you …

Friday, February 1, 2013

Enter Cutest Couple Contest, Win $500 in Prizes

Are you and your partner the epitome of cute in Lower Merion? Upload your picture to win a chance at a couple's massage, dinner, theater tickets, roses and chocolates.

Do you and your spouse still hold hands after all these years? Do you exemplify commitment, loyalty and friendship? Then enter Ardmore-Merion-Wynnewood Patch's Cutest Couple Contest. If you and your partner would make even Saint Valentine blush, enter your photo now for a chance to win. Just upload your photo by 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 7 and don’t forget to include your names and hometown in the caption. (To upload your photo, make sure you are logged into your Patch account, then click on "Upload Photos" at the top of this story.) Once all the nominations are in, our users will choose the cutest couple in Ardmore-Merion-Wynnewood Patch, by voting in the comments between 5 a.m. Friday, Feb. 8 and 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10. The cutest couple …

Sunday, December 2, 2012

3 Tips to Photograph Ardmore, Merion, Wynnewood Holiday Lights

Capturing Christmas lights on your camera can be a challenge. Get some tips. Photograph your lights. You could win $100,000.

  We put up holiday lights to see how pretty they look when it gets dark. You want to capture those lights on your camera, but getting those lights to look right in your pictures can be more of a challenge than you bargained for. Professional photographers have lot of experience and cameras with all sorts of settings that most of us wouldn’t know what to do with. Here are three tips for the amateur photographers out there.   Use these tips to take a picture of your holiday lights. Post the picture to Ardmore-Merion-Wynnewood Patch’s Deck the Halls contest page and you could win $100,000 for your school district. Want to get more technical than that? Here are some other resources for taking holiday photographs.

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