![]() ![]() I also grew up in and still live in Newtown Square so this particular rail line is especially interesting to me. I love how railroads helped shape the development of communities and how their right of ways still play a role in routing of roads and potential public-use rail trails. ![]() This was no ordinary trail, though… it was the old right of way for the Newtown Square Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad! I’m a huge local history buff and I’m not gonna lie… that mile of trail was the primary reason we ran this race. The race began at Haverford Middle School and we wound around a few neighborhoods before spending a mile or so on a long, straight trail. The 8:30am race kicked off Haverford Township Day, a local festival with a parade, craft vendors, a flea market and live music. ![]() Admission is FREE, Donations encouraged.Yesterday morning Matt and I ran a mixed surface road/trail 5K in Havertown, PA. Haverford Music Festival (a WXPN Welcomes Event) will also feature original music from these 16 artists, playing Jazz, Rock, Pop, Folk, Country and Blues! There will be food booths and trucks, vendors, kids’ activities, beer and wine gardens, and fun for the whole family. A York, PA native, Devix writes and performs music that spans alternative, indie and pop. Multi-instrumentalist DEVIX, AKA Eric Torres, was a Top 13 contestant on NBC’s The Voice. They will be joined for this appearance by guitarist Kurt Bloch, formerly of Seattle’s The Fastbacks, and drummer Brad Elvis of The Romantics and The Elvis Brothers. THE SPLIT SQUAD, features guitarist Keith Streng of The Fleshtones, and lead singer, bassist and principal Michael Giblin, formerly of The Parallax Project. ![]() Fuchs starred as Janis Joplin in the off-Broadway musical Love, Janis, and starred in the Golden Globe-nominated film Across the Universe. in Havertown will headline DANA FUCHS, who, with her feet planted on both sides of the blues-rock divide, is one of the fiercest voices in modern-day roots music. Blues rocker Dana Fuchs, Power-pop Supergroup The Split Squad and ![]()
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