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, June 15, 2009

Walking the (Clifton) Walk

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, June 14, 2009 I don’t normally get involved with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...
Monday, June 08, 2009

A Lesson in LIfe

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This is a revised version of a column that originally appeared Sunday, June 7, 2009 I remember seeing him in the surf at Cape Henlopen in De...
Tuesday, June 02, 2009

An Old Fogey Remembers

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, May 24, 2009 This is an apology alert. I am going to apologize to a section of the Chester County...

Watching Out

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, May 31, 2009 You are being watched. Ahem. Perhaps “watched” is not quite the correct word...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Connecting The Dots With Cheryl

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, May 17, 2009 My friend Cheryl has this theory about the universe. Cheryl, who close friends refer...
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Paying Attention

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, May 10, 2009 There are people in any community who go about their lives in a quiet fashion, ruffl...
Tuesday, April 28, 2009

For The Love of Downingtown

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, April 26, 2009 Maxwell Perkins, the New Jersey man who edited Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Lardner and ...
Monday, April 20, 2009

Every Day Is Record Store Day

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, April 19, 2009 The time was 1969. The place was Air-Waye Records on Ludlow Avenue in the Clifton ...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Turning Over An Old Leaf

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, April 12, 2009 Keeping life simple is a concept that many people try to embrace, even though that...
Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Saturday Night (Flashing) Lights

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, April 5, 2009. “So who’s the cook?” To tell you the story behind that quote, I’m going to have to...
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Monday, March 30, 2009

Who Ya Gonna Call?

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, March 29, 2009 This column comes with a warning. I generally respect my readers and try not to de...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

My Hero, The I Choose Hell Guy

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This column originally apeared on Sunday, March 22, 2009 Everybody should have a hero, and George Kalman is mine. I know what you’re saying....
Monday, March 16, 2009

Build A Lake, And I Will Swim.

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, March 15, 2009 Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword has not been paying close enough a...
Monday, March 09, 2009

25 Random Things About a Geo-Political Entity

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, March 8, 2009 Hello Daily Local News readers. It’s me, Chester County. Yes, I realize that it is ...
Monday, March 02, 2009

How to Fight The Winter Blues With a Black Robe

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, March 1, 2009 I know how you feel. It’s finally March, but it still feels like February. You’ve b...
Sunday, February 22, 2009

Sniffing Out Chester County's Sights

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009 Hello tourists! Welcome to Chester County, land of rolling hills, historic battlefi...
Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life, At Last I've Found You....

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009. Constant Reader Ed of West Chester wants to know something, and he wants me to get ...
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Monday, February 02, 2009

Hearts for Megan Redux

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009 Every life involves an amount of tragedy. The portion allotted to us may be larger o...
Monday, January 26, 2009

House Rules

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009. Everyone has rules in life. Call your mother on Mother's Day. Take the shoppin...
Monday, January 19, 2009

Exit Andy

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This column originally appeared on Sunday, Jan. 19, 20009 I had not been working at the Daily Local News for very long when the mana...
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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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