Erin Mccarthy
Consumer Reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer
Consumer reporter @PhillyInquirer. Product of @Penn_State and Delaware County. Email me: [email protected]
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4 days ago |
mentalfloss.com | Erin Mccarthy |Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
Have you ever looked at a word—like although, for example—and thought: There are just too many letters in this word? If so, congratulations: You have a little something in common with Theodore Roosevelt, author of more than 30 books and 150,000 letters. You know who else thought there were just too many letters in English words? Philanthropist and steel magnate Andrew Carnegie. In 1906, Carnegie created, and financially supported, the Simplified Spelling Board.
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
Dogs show up in Tracy Johnson’s Roxborough backyard at least once a week. With their humans in tow, the pups run around for an hour or more, enjoying the fenced-in space they don’t have at home. These tail-waggers aren’t trespassers. In fact, their owners pay Johnson $15 per dog per hour to use her yard as a private dog park. “I love dogs,” Johnson said.
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1 week ago |
centredaily.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
May 28-Cynthia "Cindy" Arena was supposed to retire next week, ending her 35-year career as a paralegal. But she made those plans before President Donald Trump's global tariffs upended the stock market. In recent months, as Arena watched the balances of her retirement savings accounts fall, some days precipitously, she had second thoughts. "I just started thinking, 'I'm scared,'" said the 66-year-old Phoenixville resident. "I lost a lot of money.""I'm starting to get some of it back," Arena added.
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
Cynthia “Cindy” Arena was supposed to retire next week, ending her 35-year career as a paralegal. But she made those plans before President Donald Trump’s global tariffs upended the stock market. In recent months, as Arena watched the balances of her retirement savings accounts fall, some days precipitously, she had second thoughts. “I just started thinking, ‘I’m scared,’” said the 66-year-old Phoenixville resident. “I lost a lot of money.”“I’m starting to get some of it back,” Arena added.
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
Several former Wawa properties are for sale from Trooper to Egg Harbor. The seven locations were listed for sale earlier this month for a total asking price of $4.125 million, according to the offering memorandum. The properties — four vacant, 3,000- to 4,000-square-foot buildings and three parcels of land — can be bought separately or together.
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