Michael P. Columns

This is a place where you can read the columns that I write for the Daily Local News, the West Chester, Pa., newspaper of which I am a senior staff writer.

Monday, May 26, 2008

Pooling One's Interest

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, May 25, 2008 Word has it that the Chester County Commissioners are taking suggestions for what sh...
Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Change That Matters

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, May 18, 2008 My friend Rich Henson, of the West Chester Hensons, once found himself pulling into ...
Monday, May 12, 2008

Amish Housing Dispute Update

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This article originally appeared on Sunday, May 11, 2008 An Amish landlord discriminated against a black family from Chester County when he ...

Wawa Hoppers

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This column originally appeared on May 11, 2008 The story that I enjoy the most from the saga of the Wawa Hoppers is the episode in which An...
Monday, May 05, 2008

And Now For Something Completely Different ...

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This column originally apared on Sunday, May 4, 2008 Readers of a certain age will remember fondly the cartoon “The Rocky & Bullwinkle S...
Monday, April 28, 2008

Goodbye, and Good Luck

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This is a revised version of a column that originally appeared on April 27, 2008 Now that they are gone, don’t you miss them? I’m speaking, ...
Monday, April 21, 2008

I Know Nothing...

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, April 20, 2008 Behold the glory of spring in West Chester. The sounds of birds chirping outside y...
Tuesday, April 15, 2008

The Luck of the Draw

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This column originally apeared on Sunday, April 13, 2008 You, the folks who live in Chester County who are reading this, don't know how ...
Monday, April 07, 2008

A Bridge Out of Place

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This column originaly apeared on Sunday, April 6, 2008 There are a few things that strike you as if not out of place, then certainly just th...
Monday, March 31, 2008

The Truth About Pat

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, March 30, 2008 Allow me to clear up a few misconceptions about Pat Morley. I would have done this...
Monday, March 24, 2008

All I Need Is....

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This column originally appeared on March 23, 2008 Some time ago, I voiced the opinion that the municipality known as Chadds Ford had mistake...
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Monday, March 17, 2008

Where Have All The Snowflakes Gone?

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This column originally apeared on Sunday, March 16, 2008 It is 9 a.m. Saturday and the temperature is hovering in the low-50s. A little whil...
Monday, March 10, 2008

A Primer For Hills and Barry

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, March 9 2008 They tell me that it is going to get fairly intense over the next few weeks as Hilla...
Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Hey, Wait! That's My...

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This story originally appeared on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 WEST CHESTER – Something looked familiar to Frank Nagy. Specifically, the chain s...
Monday, March 03, 2008

Sunrise, Sunset...

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, March 2, 2008 I would say that the folks who live on Highview Road in Tredyffrin are perhaps the ...
Monday, February 25, 2008

Coffee Shop Memories

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008 Friday morning brought just enough snow to make you think there wasn’t really a nee...
Monday, February 18, 2008

Goodbye, Sugar

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008 All that was left on Friday night of the tree that towered across from my home on S...

Neither Plastic Nor Paper

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008 When it comes to movements, social or political, I’m more of a leader than a follow...
Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Love! In The Name Of Stop (Signs)

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008 You will please excuse us if we seem a little giddy here in West Chester. We’ve been...
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Monday, January 28, 2008

The Zen of Wa

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This column initially appeared on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008. (For those of you unfamiliar with the subject, Wawas are the Penn-Jersey-Del conve...
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About Me

Michael P. Rellahan
I started working at the Daily Local News in West Chester, Pa., in 1982, three years after graduating from Earlham College, a Quaker oriented school in Richmond, Ind. In 2004, I was asked to begin writing a column once every other week, focusing on out-of-the-way subjects concerning Chester County, Pa., and more specifically, West Chester. In 2006, I began writing the column every week. In October, 2007, after 25 years on the job, I went back to reporting. I started this site to give my friends and family a chance to see what I've been thinking and writing about.
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