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Saturday, February 2, 2013

A Patch Q&A with Heidi & Cole Hamels

The Phillies pitcher and his wife, Newtown Square residents, debuted the Bryn Mawr office of their charitable foundation Friday night.

Bitingly cold, Friday night was no time to loiter on a sidewalk. But pedestrians at Lancaster and Merion avenues in Bryn Mawr, one after another, couldn't help themselves. There, conducting press interviews behind a storefront window, stood one of the most recognizable couples in the Delaware Valley: Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels and his wife, Heidi Hamels, founders of the Hamels Foundation charity. The Hamelses were throwing a private party at 880 W. Lancaster Ave. to celebrate the opening of the foundation's new office and retail shop, formerly located in Center City. Beginning Monday, fans can browse and purchase merchandise between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays. Proceeds benefit the five-year-old foundation and its education projects—…

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Hamels Cooks on Bravo TV Wednesday Night

The Phillies pitcher and teammates appears on "Life After Top Chef".

Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels, a Newtown Square resident whose charitable foundation is moving into Bryn Mawr, appears at 10 p.m. Wednesday on an episode of the Bravo television program "Life After Top Chef", the Hamels Foundation announced Tuesday. From the foundation's director of Philadelphia operations, G-N Kang: In April, Phillies Cole Hamels and wife, Heidi, hosted a foundation dinner with Chef Jennifer Carroll. The event was filmed for an episode of Bravo TV's "Life After Top Chef' reality show. Watch Phillies Ace Pitcher cooking in the kitchen, alongside Chef Carroll to prepare a four course dinner for sponsors and even his teammates! Proceeds benefited The Hamels Foundation. Joining Hamels on the program are his wife, Heidi Hamels…

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Felonies Dismissed in Bryn Mawr Hospital Emergency Room Scuffle

Shanelle Finigan of Newtown Square will still face several charges in Norristown Feb. 29.

The emergency room patient accused of attacking Bryn Mawr Hospital security guards and Lower Merion police officers and threatening to infect people with HIV Dec. 3 learned Thursday she is no longer facing three aggravated assault charges, the most serious of the counts against her. Shanelle Finigan, 26, of Newtown Square appeared in Magisterial District Court in Ardmore, where Judge Kathleen Valentine accepted Lower Merion Officer John Mick's recommendation that the three second-degree felonies be dismissed. The judge scheduled Finigan to face the remainder of the charges—including simple assault, harassment, disorderly conduct, public intoxication, resisting arrest and escape—at a formal arraignment 9 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 29, in the …

Peggie Heller

2:10 pm on Friday, December 14, 2012

what a shame & how sad....sounds like you should lock her up & throw away the key! really 26 years old? ...please don't hold her accountable for her behavior oops sorry....let's not "ruffle her feathers"; let's wait 'til she really injures someone then ask....why? lesson learned ...all bartenders should double check to be certain their bar stools have sides & a seat belt . It's apparent to me …   more ›

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