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Local artists painted a colorful rainbow to celebrate the LGBTQ month.

I am a local editor at Patch.com reporting on news in eastern Chester County, including Tredyffrin and Easttown townships; and West Chester, Phoenixville, and Malvern boroughs, and Norristown Borough, Montgomery County. I worked at several newspapers in the Philadelphia region and South Jersey. I graduated from Boston University with a degree in journalism and American history. My hobbies include swimming, running, movies, reading and Philadelphia sports. You may not know this, but my first job was at a bubble gum factory in Havertown, PA
Local artists painted a colorful rainbow to celebrate the LGBTQ month.

The administration and school board spent nine months preparing the budget, which also includes hiring new staff.
Alexis Boaz, 35, of Royersford, is convicted by a jury of punching and kicking a resident in the head.
The budget also includes funding for 25 new positions, including seven teachers.
State police said this morning that one tractor trailer failed to stop while another was already stopped to avoid debris in the roadway.
Montgomery County sheriff's department, Norristown police and fire departments are in a friendly competition to give blood.
The students completed the required simulated exercises Monday required to serve as volunteer firefighters in Chester County.
There were 2,600 winners of college-sponsored scholarshipwere selected by the colleges they students are attending.
Audrey E. Solomon earns a National Merit Scholarship from Vanderbilt University.
A 10:45 a.m. crash closed eastbound lanes of Pennsylvania Turnpike for five hours in Uwchlan Township.
Steven A. Sweeney is in Chester County Prison awaiting a preliminary hearing on two theft charges.
Advocates call on lawmakers to either protect children or resign from office.
A plant sale is among the highlights on closing day of the country fair, which also features giftables lemon sticks, fudge and more.
Michael Goldner was found guilty by a federal jury of failing to pay millions of dollars in taxes while living an upscale lifestyle.
Cellphone use remains biggest problem even though people know they shouldn't do it, a Governor’s Highway Safety Association report says.
255 juveniles fulfilled community service hours volunteering at the animal shelter.
Police arrested suspects on charges of burglary, drunken driving and public drunkenness from May 15 to 29.
McLain Ward has a special affinity for the Devon Horse Show, a ring he calls “home.”
An investigation disclosed an unidentified woman held officers at gunpoint when one officer fatally shot the woman.
The plane is being taken to a storage facility in Claymont, Del., for further study, police said.