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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Town Hall on Gun Regulations, Legislation Wednesday

Local and state representatives will answer resident questions and provide gun safety advice.

Local and state representatives will meet with residents Wednesday night to talk about gun regulations, common sense gun laws and gun safety in response to Lower Merion residents' concerns in the wake of the Newtown, CT shooting. The town hall meeting, hosted by Lower Merion Township Commissioner Rick Churchill (Penn Wynne/Wynnewood), will be held at Penn Wynne Library at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The full release is reprinted below: Lower Merion Township Commissioner Rick Churchill will host a town hall meeting on February 27 to clarify current gun regulations in Pennsylvania and to provide a question-answer session for constituents. The meeting, to be held at the Penn Wynne Library starting at 7:30 p.m., comes in reaction to constituents’ …

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Run For Reading at Penn Wynne Library 5K

The event, to be held Oct. 13, will help the library maintain its collections.

Runners and bookworms alike will take to the streets of Penn Wynne on an upcoming October morning: Penn Wynne Library will hold its 12th annual 5K race on Oct. 13, with all proceeds from the race benefiting the library. The race begins at 9 a.m. at the library (130 Overbrook Parkway), and participants can walk or run the course. The top three male and female finishers will receive trophies, with a medal for the top finisher in each age group. But even if you're not quite as speedy, the first 200 people to register for the 5K will get a free t-shirt—plus, all kids get an award, too. According to a press release, the 5K festivities go beyond the race, and will include arts and crafts, therapeutic massage, face painting, and a moon bounce in …

Monday, May 23, 2011

Penn Wynne Library Welcomes Summer

The Penn Wynne Library's first Welcome Summer Wine Party fundraiser was classy, casual, and conversational.

After five years of hosting their Dickens of a Dinner Dance, Penn Wynne Library board members and event attendees decided it was time for a change. The dinner dance had been slightly exhausting because of the extensive nature in planning the event so a change was welcomed. The Welcome Summer Wine Party was classy, yet casual. Tickets were only $30, which was less then the Dinner Dance. One of the library board members who works in real estate arranged to have the event at a model home in the posh Haverford Reserve development. Guests enjoyed live jazz, light hors d'oeuvres, and wine. A small buffet was set up in the kitchen so it felt more like a family party than a fundraiser. Guests mingled throughout the luxuriously decorated home. The …

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Penn Wynne Library Plans a Summer of Science and Stories

Penn Wynne Library has a great list of events for your little ones this summer.

The Penn Wynne Library is celebrating Children's Book Week with a few activities for the little ones, but the fun doesn't end on Saturday. This library—this very tiny library—is a great source for free events for children throughout the summer. Bonnie Davis, children's librarian of Penn Wynne, is working toward having projects or educational events at least once a week throughout their summer reading program, which runs from June 20 through mid-August. For Children's Book Week, Penn Wynne Library has teamed up with the Main Line Arts Center to do a Spring Craft Workshop.  Today (May 4) at 4:15 p.m., children will be working on creating their own spring gardens using a blend of different mixed materials. Katie Groppi, of Main Line Arts …

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