New voting machines in DelCo

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A volunteer from the League of Women Voters discusses the new voting machines to be used in Delaware County this year.

Delaware County will be using new voting machines this year and the League of Women Voters held a brief demonstration on the units in Concord Township Monday. It’s actually a two-part system. Voters fill out paper ballots at a table with privacy barriers using pens provided at the polls. They then take their paper ballot and insert it into the machine. It doesn’t matter whether…

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Drama and music celebrate women at BRM

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The Justice Bell was created in the image of the Liberty Bell and was used in suffrage parades across the country. This replica was a commission to bring the suffrage story to a modern generation.

The Brandywine River Museum of Art celebrated International Women’s Day Sunday with song, drama, interactive art and two galleries devoted to the historical struggle to vote. “People have been surprised by this exhibition,” said Amanda Burdan, curator of Votes for Women: A Visual History. “But it fits perfectly with Brandywine Museum’s strong background in illustration.” The exhibit marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of…

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Adopt-a-Pet March 9

The following animals are ready to be adopted from the Brandywine Valley SPCA in West Chester. Diana Diana enjoys all the fun things you’d expect with a hound – time outside with her people, long walks with lots of sniffs and settling inside with some snuggles. She does well with other easy-going dogs in the shelter’s dog playgroups and would be open to meeting any…

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