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Pointing the way at Calder Gardens

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Super seniors: Philly centenarians ‘always find a way to get it done’

A celebration of centenarians earlier this week at the Simpson House highlighted five extraordinary women, including one who, much like “Rosie the Riveter,” was a welder during World War II.

“Centenarians are the new middle age,” joked Rev. David Kegler during the event. And they have much to teach all of us, Billy Penn’s Heather Chin reports. Continue reading …

100 year-old Mary Brown and her niece Linda Earland, who visits and helps Brown manage her medical care, at the Simpson House’s Centenarian Day, September 22, 2025. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Help pick landmarks for a new Philly-centric Monopoly game coming in 2026

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