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DELCO Careers – Dunwoody Village
Dunwoody Village is a five-star, not-for-profit continuing care retirement community in Newtown Square, located in a picturesque wooded setting, combining comfort with award-winning, high-quality healthcare and rehabilitation. Dunwoody job positions are for career people who want a “decidedly different career,” people who share a commitment to excellence, and who want to join the team. Qualified applicants are encouraged to…
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Parents Seek State Help in Radnor High AI Deepfake Incidents
PA Gov. Josh Shapiro is asking the Pennsylvania Department of Education to create standards on how schools should respond to students victimized by AI deepfakes, writes Katie Bernard and Maddie Hanna for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Parents of two Radnor High School students spoke at a roundtable Thursday on AI in schools hosted by the governor…
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Imagine Delco: A Conversation About Helping Our Children
Delaware County leaders from different backgrounds gathered March 17 to figure out how to protect the county’s most precious resource: its youth. The Delaware County Chamber of Commerce hosted a World Cafe-style conversation that asks the question, “What kind of county are we building for the next generation—and how do we build it better together?”…
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Experience Napa Country at Napa Kitchen and Wine in Newtown Square
Napa Kitchen and Wine at the Ellis Preserve in Newtown Square offers a different kind of wine-tasting experience, reports Bob Kelly for Fox 29 Philadelphia. The restaurant brings the Napa Valley to Delaware County with wine tastings dispensed from self-serve kiosks, offering 1 or 3 oz samples or a full 5 oz. glass servings of…
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Historic Media Church Among Recipients of $8.5M Grant Program
Thirty historically Black churches nationwide are set to receive a combined $8.5 million for essential preservation work, including Campbell African Methodist Episcopal Church in Media, writes National Trust for Historic Preservation for savingplaces.org. Founded in 1827 by formerly enslaved people, Campbell AME Church of Media is among Delaware County’s oldest active Black congregations. Its Gothic…
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It All Started With David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust at Tower Theater
Marla Kanevsky, all of 14, wrote an honest letter to David Bowie about his concert at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby. The letter was apparently well-received, writes Kristin Hunt for PhillyVoice. Kanevsky wrote she didn’t really care for Ziggy Stardust when she first heard it, but over time, the music was “life-changing.” “And in…
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Villanova Now Pays Athletes as College Sports Model Shifts
Villanova University is now directly paying some of its student athletes as part of a settlement last year of a federal class-action lawsuit over student athlete compensation, writes Susan Snyder for The Philadelphia Inquirer. It joins Temple, Penn State, St. Joe’s, Drexel, and La Salle. The change means that college athletes can no longer be…
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Jackson Street Steaks & Brewpub Brings a New Combo to Media
Jackson Street Steaks & Brewpub in Media has the perfect combination: Cheesesteaks and beer, reports Bob Kelly for Fox 29 Philadelphia. The shop is the creation of three Fishtown entrepreneurs. It’s been open about a month and already has a faithful gathering of customers. Gus and Pete are owners of Pete’s Famous Pizza and Moustaki’s…
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Wildcats Sought Advice From March Madness Vets to Regroup Toward NCAA Tournament
When the season started, it didn’t look like the Villanova Wildcats had a shot at the NCAA Tournament. The women’s basketball team’s record was 2-2 after losing to Fairfield and Princeton in November, writes Katie Lewis for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Wildcats turned to senior forward Annie Welde and senior guard Maggie Grant for advice.…
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Before Salem, There Was a Witch Trial for a Delaware County Woman
Nine years before the infamous Salem Witch Trials took place, a Delaware County woman faced her own witch trial in Philadelphia, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. It was Pennsylvania’s only witch trial. Known as “The Witch of Ridley Creek“, the “witch” in question was a Swedish settler named Margaret Mattson. She lived with her husband,…
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Delaware County in Top 100 Best Counties to Live in Nation, 4th in PA
Delaware County is one of the best counties to live in Pennsylvania as well as one of the top 100 in the nation, according to a new report by Niche. To determine the ranking, Niche compared counties in the country based on relevant metrics, such as public schools, cost of living, job opportunities, and local…
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Celebrating a Delaware County Chicken Invasion 50 Years Ago
The first Chick-fil-A came to Delaware County in 1974, when owner Gene Ontjes of Middletown brought the fast-food restaurant to the Granite Run Mall, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. It’s been 50 years since the Granite Run Mall store opened, and even though the mall is gone, Ontjes keeps the popular franchise going…
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Stitched Satistics: The Penn State Quilt That Tells a Bigger Story
Penn State Brandywine faculty are turning quilt-making into data storytelling. Love Data Week 2026, hosted annually by the Big Ten Academic Alliance, the week of Valentine’s Day, is an international celebration of data in its many forms. Distinguished Professor of Earth Sciences Laura Guertin and Interim Head Librarian Annie Jansen were recognized for their quilt…
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First Responders Thrilled by Delaware County’s New 911 Radio System
Delaware County officially unveiled its new $38 million state-of-the-art 911 radio system Friday, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. The system was tested over the last summer, went online in December, and became fully operational in the new year. The county has switched to a P25 JVC Kenwood system that includes 3,700 digital…
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Pizza Shop Owner Recalls the Glory Days of the Granite Run Mall
Alessandro Spennato owns Sitaly to Go, a small pizza shop in Wilmington, but if he had a choice, he’d still be spinning dough at the Granite Run Mall in Media, once a popular focal point for the Delaware County community. “At one point, they tell stories that the top floor shook from how many people…
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Delaware County Fisherman Discovers Alligator-Like Creature in Philadelphia Park
An alligator-like creature later identified as a caiman was caught Sunday, March 5, by Ike Peyton from Delaware County, writes Neirin Gray Desai for the Daily Mail. Peyton was fishing at FDR Park in South Philadelphia when he spotted the 3.5-foot animal relaxing on the shore at about 10 a.m. He captured it with his…
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A Luxury Lakeside Home Is Available for Sale in Chadds Ford
Amy Trojecki and her husband Joe Dominguez had come back to the Philadelphia region after three years in Chicago and were searching for a special property, writes Laurel Anderson for County Lines Magazine. “I had a vision for this property when I first saw it,” Trojecki said. The secluded waterfront home at 80 Heyburn Road in…
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Every Room’s a Surprise at Hidden Treasures Antique Mall Outside Media
Some hidden treasures were lit up by TV cameras during a recent visit by Fox 29’s Bob Kelly to a Delaware County icon in Gradyville, just outside Media Borough, off Route 352. Hidden Treasures Antique Mall has just about everything you could imagine in its nine rooms. “This is like a throwback in time, before…
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