• First Woman Dean at Temple’s Medical School Grew Up in Broomall

    First Woman Dean at Temple’s Medical School Grew Up in Broomall

    Broomall’s Amy Goldberg is a trauma surgeon who has worked at Temple University Hospital for 30 years, She’s also Temple’s first woman dean at its 120-year-old Lewis Katz School of Medicine, writes Abraham Gutman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Goldberg is making the most of her post to elevate other women. She celebrated her one-year anniversary…

  • DELCO Careers: CCRES

    DELCO Careers: CCRES

    CCRES positions are available to those looking to improve the lives of children and adults challenged by behavioral health issues. CCRES staff work in schools, homes, and the community. CCRES, Downingtown, provides over 1,500 professional behavioral health career staff to meet the needs of children and adults challenged by autism, behavioral health issues, mental illness, intellectual/developmental disabilities,…

  • Busiest Holiday Air Travel in the History of Aviation Predicted

    Busiest Holiday Air Travel in the History of Aviation Predicted

    If you don’t like crowds, you might not want to fly out of Philadelphia International Airport anytime after Dec. 21. The airport expects to see nearly 1.1 million travelers over 14 days of the holiday travel period starting Dec. 21 and lasting until Jan. 3, writes Emma Dooling for Philadelphia Business Journal. Passenger levels are…

  • Kelce Family Holiday Card Brings You Love and Chaos

    Kelce Family Holiday Card Brings You Love and Chaos

    Jason, Kylie, and the children sent out their Kelce family holiday card via Instagram and Minted, an online marketplace that offers design goods created by independent artists and designers. This is their fourth holiday season with Minted. Rounding up everyone to get the card made was a challenge, according to Jason and Kylie. “It’s going…

  • Chester Trophy Company, Who Served the Famous for 70 Years Is Sold

    Chester Trophy Company, Who Served the Famous for 70 Years Is Sold

    A trophy company in Chester is ending a 70-year legacy of engraving plates for a worldwide clientele of celebrities in sports, entertainment, and politics. Sandrose Trophies at 1 W. Ninth Street has been acquired by Spikes Trophies of Philadelphia, writes Colin Ainsworth for the Daily Times. The three-generation family business survived natural disasters and personal…

  • Widener Students Complete Inaugural International Scheer Institute Innovation Sprint

    Widener Students Complete Inaugural International Scheer Institute Innovation Sprint

    Widener’s growing partnership with the August Wilhelm Scheer Institute for Digital Technology continues to find new ways to prepare students to be leaders in any field. Recently, students participated in the first-ever Scheer-Widener Innovation Sprint – and came together in diverse groups that worked together to solve a real-world problem through business innovation.  “This partnership…

  • Autism-Friendly Skating Event at Flight on Ice Aids Eagles Foundation

    Autism-Friendly Skating Event at Flight on Ice Aids Eagles Foundation

    Autism and the Eagles Autism Foundation were on the minds of ice skaters Tuesday evening at Flight on Ice in Newtown Square. Many Delaware County families turned out to raise money for the Eagles Autism Foundation at the autism-friendly skating event, writes Dawn Timmeney for Fox 29. “A lot of times at a skating rink,…

  • DHL Teamsters From Sharon Hill Honored Ohio Picket Line

    DHL Teamsters From Sharon Hill Honored Ohio Picket Line

    A picket line from the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport included DHL teamsters from Sharon Hill and 14 other cities last Wednesday, writes Lizzy Ravitch for The Philadelphia Inquirer. About 200 unionized employees at international shipping giant DHL Express, which has a location in Sharon Hill, stopped working on Wednesday, Dec. 13, honoring a picket line…

  • Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Hear Case on Closing of DCMH

    Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Hear Case on Closing of DCMH

    The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal over Prospect Medical Holdings Inc.’s closing of Delaware County Memorial Hospital in Drexel Hill, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Crozer Health is the largest healthcare provider in Delaware County, and the closing of DCMH has impacted local patients. The hospital was closed by…

  • Villanova University Quarterback Launching Training App

    Villanova University Quarterback Launching Training App

    Villanova University freshman quarterback Tanner Maddocks is launching a sports tech startup featuring a training app, Athlete Squared, for young athletes, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Athlete Squared was inspired by his own high school athletic experience The 19-year-old was a quarterback at Fleetwood High School outside of Reading. With only limited…

  • SCORE: From Concept to Commerce; the Idea Transformation

    SCORE: From Concept to Commerce; the Idea Transformation

    SCORE Chester and Delaware Counties has a free Dec. 19 webinar on the idea transformation. Hear insights and experiences on Dec. 19 at 1 PM from a panel of experts. They pitched their products on the hit show Shark Tank and survived to tell you the tale! Join this informative webinar featuring this panel of Shark…

  • Havertown Author Gregory Tino Is a Voice for the Nonverbal

    Havertown Author Gregory Tino Is a Voice for the Nonverbal

    Autism and apraxia prevented Havertown author Gregory Tino from speaking for several years. Now he’s written a book to describe his first-hand experience of being autistic, hoping to make others understand those who are nonverbal, writes Nick Iadonisi for 6abc. Because of his inability to communicate verbally, Tino was thought to have the intellectual equivalency…

  • Amada Radnor Restaurant an Excellent Main Line Addition, Reviewer Reports

    Amada Radnor Restaurant an Excellent Main Line Addition, Reviewer Reports

    Now that a newer tapas-style Amada has opened in Radnor, joining its sister restaurant in Wayne, the Main Line is enjoying more Spanish food options, writes Michele Gargiulo, Main Line Tonight’s food and wine critic.  In a review of the restaurant, she was happy to see an offering of sparkling water that came from Cuenca…

  • Here Are Some of the Best Places to Ice Skate in Delaware County

    Here Are Some of the Best Places to Ice Skate in Delaware County

    For ice skating fans, it’s no longer necessary to wait for a local pond to freeze over. Here are some of the best places to ice skate in Delaware County, writes Cierra Williams and Micah Zimmerman for Philadelphia Magazine. Flight on Ice at 4894 West Chester Pike is in Newtown Square for another year. The…

  • Your College Kids Are Home for the Holidays. Stay Cool.  

    Your College Kids Are Home for the Holidays. Stay Cool.  

    For 24 hours, there will be a joyous reunion between you and your college-age son or daughter returning home for the holidays. After that, for helicopter parents, the inevitable micromanaging of your kids’ lives will start again, writes Alfred Lubrano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “This is the crazy time of year,” said Maria Kefalas, a…

  • General Recreation: Community Build Gives Everyone a Stake in a New Playground

    General Recreation: Community Build Gives Everyone a Stake in a New Playground

    School and community playgrounds don’t always have to be built just by professional contractors. Community and school volunteers can lend a hand as well. General Recreation Inc. in Newtown Square provides “Community Build” services. Community Build playgrounds utilize a group of volunteers to organize and install a commercial playground. A Community Build will be built…

  • P.J Whelihan’s Eyes a Third Delaware County Location

    P.J Whelihan’s Eyes a Third Delaware County Location

    Delaware County’s getting another PJ Whelihan’s Pub but the company isn’t saying where just yet, writes Emma Dooling for Philadelphia Business Journal. PJW Restaurant Group is opening at least two new restaurants in Greater Philadelphia in 2024, the Delaware County site and another in South Jersey. There are also plans for a new P.J. Whelihan’s…

  • PIAA Rules Devon Nelson Ineligible to Play, so He and Mom Seek Other Options

    PIAA Rules Devon Nelson Ineligible to Play, so He and Mom Seek Other Options

    Christine Clark and her son, Devon Nelson, are considering their options after a PIAA appeal hearing ruled the 16-year-old is ineligible to play basketball at Bonner-Prendergast this season, writes Aaron Carter for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The administration at Upper Merion challenged Nelson’s transfer in November, alleging it was motivated by athletic reasons that violate PIAA…