Ben Silver

1 month ago | mainlinetoday.com | Ben Silver

With brick row homes and tree-lined streets, downtown West Chester features some of the most authentic small-town vibes on the East Coast. Nearly 20,000 residents live in this city founded 226 years ago in 1799, and with them come a myriad of brilliant boutiques for window shopping, cafés for mid-afternoon munching, hundreds of years of history and restaurants for fine dining.

1 month ago | mainlinetoday.com | Ben Silver

Tyler Arboretum is one of the most historic properties in the western suburbs. In fact, its history stems from before William Penn even set foot in the New World to a “lease and release agreement” signed by Penn in agreement with an English Quaker named Thomas Minshall. His descendants occupied the land for eight generations until 1944 when Laura Tyler arranged for the property to be left in trust as the John J. Tyler Arboretum, in honor of her late husband, which it was upon his death in 1946.

1 month ago | mainlinetoday.com | Ben Silver

Few people go to sleep expecting their life to change in the morning. Yet that’s precisely what happened to Zack Wannawong. When he woke with excruciating pain in his right foot on April 8, 2024, he immediately went to the hospital for a suspected blood clot, but what the doctors found was far worse. Surgeons opened his right foot to find a rare infection called necrotizing fasciitis that was advancing rapidly.

2 months ago | mainlinetoday.com | Ben Silver |Mike Sielski

Relax in your comfiest chair, find that perfect spot on the porch or curl up in bed this season with one of these releases from authors around the Main Line. From thrillers to romance to sports stories, there’s something for everybody by writers in the region. Sit back and get lost in another world with these spring reads you won’t want to put down. Release Date: February 4Villanova history professor Judy Giesberg is an expert on the U.S. Civil War, and her latest book covers a heavy topic.

2 months ago | mainlinetoday.com | Ben Silver

As spring kicks into gear and the weather warms up, spending time outside on the Main Line becomes a special treat. With trees about to bloom and the scent of flowers filling the air, it’s about time to move your next shopping spree outdoors. Ardmore’s Suburban Square, a local fixture for nearly a century, is one of our favorite all-in-one afternoon stops. With nearly 60 retail outlets, many of which are locally owned, where better to support your region and smell the fresh air this season?