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Friendship Is the Name of the Game for Ridley Park Wiffleball League
Fifteen years has taken the Ridley Park Wiffleball League a long way. It started when some buddies in a Ridley Park backyard decided to play some Wiffleball. Today, it’s a bona fide national league with a draft, schedules, team uniforms, live-streamed games, a trophy, and lots of trash talk, writes Matt Breen for The Philadelphia…
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Power Home Remodeling in Chester Continues National Expansion With Las Vegas Office
Power Home Remodeling, now a billion-dollar home remodeling company, is adding two new offices as it continues its westward national expansion, writes Ryan Mulligan for Philadelphia Business Journal. The Chester-based company has new locations in Las Vegas and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The company’s goal is to debut facilities in two new metropolitan areas each year.…
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Delaware County Locale Inspired a Song on Eliza Hardy Jones’ Latest Album
“War on Drugs” keyboardist and guitarist Eliza Hardy Jones hails from West Philadelphia, but she’s got Delaware County familiarity. The Eliza Hardy Jones song “Long Winter Shadows” on her new album “Pickpocket” was inspired by the John Heinz Wildlife Preserve in Tinicum, writes Ben Silver for Philadelphia Magazine. Released in April, “Pickpocket” was her second…
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DELCO Careers: CCRES
CCRES in Downingtown,, a provider of staff to work with children and adults with various behavioral health needs, announces several job openings. CCRES staff work in schools, homes, and the community. They provide more than 1,500 professional staff to meet the needs of children and adults challenged by autism, mental illness, intellectual/developmental disabilities, and physical disabilities.…
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Certara Moves Corporate Headquarters From Princeton to Radnor
Certara, a technology company that specializes in biosimulation software which helps with drug discovery and development, has moved its corporate headquarters to Radnor, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Its 15,672 square-foot headquarters are located on the third floor of Brandywine Realty Trust’s Four Radnor Corporate Center. The headquarters had previously been…
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Swarthmore College Grad Chris Edley Influenced Presidents and Transformed a Law School
Chris Edley, a Swarthmore College graduate, made a huge impact as dean at the UC Berkeley School of Law, and held White House positions under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, writes Mallika Seshadri for EdSource. Edley died May 10, according to a message released Friday by the current UC Berkeley Law Dean, Erwin Chemerinsky.…
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‘Track Sisters’ at Episcopal Academy in Newtown Square Are the School’s Most Decorated Athletes
Episcopal Academy‘s track stars Avery Elliott and Saige Forbes hold 19 combined school records and helped the school win its first PISAA girls’ track title since 2016. Elliott excels in the hurdles, high jump, long jump and pentathlon. Forbes is a star sprinter and jumper, writes Aaron Carter for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “I think it’s…
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The Foundation for Delaware County Awarded 5-Year Healthy Start Grant
The Foundation for Delaware County announced it has received a five-year $5,041,665 Healthy Start grant award, one of just six awarded in Pennsylvania. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded more than $105 million in grant funding to more than 100 community-based organizations across the…
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Delaware County Burgers Still a Bargain Even With Rising Prices
It seems even Charlie’s Hamburgers in Folsom has felt the effect of rising beef prices, writes Erin McCarthy for The Philadelphia Inquirer. In January, Charlie’s Hamburgers, a nearly 90-year-old Delaware County institution, raised prices on its 2-ounce smash burgers by 10 to 15 cents. Charlie’s meat costs have risen about “20 cents a pound, which…
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Jason Kelce Gets His Own Jeopardy! Category, Delivers Clues
Jason Kelce made a special pre-recorded appearance on the ‘Jeopardy! Masters’ finale, when he read the clues for a unique first-round Jason Kelce Jeopardy category, “The World Revolves Around Jason Kelce.” The retired Philadelphia Eagle rapped a Salt-N-Pepa song and recited a Mummers poem, writes Franki Rudnesky for Philly Voice. “I’m Jason Kelce,” Kelce said…
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Another Mare of Easttown Actress Said She’d Return to the Series
There’s at least one actress who wouldn’t hesitate to return to Mare of Easttown, writes Jack Smart for People Magazine. Julianne Nicholson would “100 percent” reprise her character and rejoin Kate Winslet and Jean Smart if the original writers and cast members want to do more with the series. “If there were one and Kate…
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Suburban Community Hospital in East Norriton Gets Downsized
California-based Prime Healthcare Foundation, the East Norriton medical center’s owner and operator, is changing Suburban Community Hospital to focus more on emergency care, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. The hospital will now include a full-service emergency department open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The department will be staffed with board-certified…
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Popular Pastry Pants Bakery Has New Shop in Center of Swarthmore
If you’re in need of a Portuguese Custard Tart and you happen to be In Swarthmore, there’s a pastry shop that can take care of you. Pastry Pants Bakery had a grand re-opening as a new shop with specialty pastries in Swarthmore Sunday, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. Previously, it was a home-based…
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A Shopping Trip for a Chester Nail Salon Led to RareFootage Sports
Two years ago, Shawn Rodgers and his wife, Egypt, were shopping at a Best Buy for a television to put in Egypt’s Chester nail studio. Instead, Egypt picked up a digital camera and snapped a picture of her husband. “I was like, ‘Dang, this looks good,’ so we bought the camera,” Rodgers said. “And I’ve…
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Delaware County Legally Challenges Marple in Delco Woods Open Space Zoning Decision
A n April decision by Marple Commissioners that rezones Delco Woods zoning as open space triggered two legal actions May 14 from Delaware County, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. One action appeals the commissioner rezoning with the Marple Township Zoning Hearing Board. The other, in Common Pleas Court, challenges Marple’s procedures during…
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Meet Ed Brown, Upper Darby Township’s First Black Mayor
Upper Darby’s first Black mayor, Ed Brown, was sworn in on Jan. 2 during the township’s annual reorganization meeting. He becomes the first Black mayor of Pennsylvania’s eighth-largest municipality. Brown follows former Democratic Mayor Barbarann Keffer who opted not to run for re-election. Brown, a Democrat, defeated Republican Brian Burke, the sitting president of the…
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New Intown Golf Club Brings Year-Round High-Tech Golf to Radnor
The Atlanta-based Intown Golf Club is coming to Radnor this fall and it’s bringing some high-tech for a high-end indoor sporting and social experience, writes Michael Bradley for Main Line Today There will be 10 Trackman simulator bays with 150 golf courses available, a great room, a pro shop, merchandise, member tournaments, lessons, locker rooms,…
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Incyte Moving 300 Chadds Ford Jobs to Wilmington in Expansion
Biopharmaceutical company Incyte is relocating 300 jobs from Chadds Ford to Wilmington, Delaware following the purchase of two buildings there, writes Pau Schwedelson for Philadelphia Business Journal. Incyte has a Chadds Ford location at 100 Mighty Oak Lane. Staffers there will be relocating to two former bank buildings in downtown Wilmington as part of a…
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