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Drug Firm Headquartered in Radnor Hires Lindsey Vonn as Spokesperson
Four-time Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn is the latest celebrity spokesperson for Idorsia’s insomnia treatment, Quviviq, writes Isabel Tehan for Philadelphia Business Journal. Idorsia is a Swiss pharmaceutical company with its U.S. headquarters in Radnor. Vonn will share her personal experiences with insomnia and talk about how Quviviq, has helped her. Quviviq is Idorsia’s first US…
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Unexpected Inlet Incident Interrupts Lafayette Hill Beachgoer’s Reading Session
Of the things that could have interrupted her quiet shore day (errant beach ball, hungry seagull, quick-moving storm), Lafayette Hill resident Anna Habel never expected to be startled by something so significant. Trish Hartman, 6abc, sifted the story of what caused Habel to abandon her book. Habel and her beachgoing friends were stretched out near…
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Emma’s Liberian Kitchen Opens New Location in Collingdale
Now you can get a taste of Liberian food in Collingdale with a new location opening for Emma’s Liberian Kitchen, writes Natalie Jason for 6abc.com. Emma Dalieh came to Philadelphia from Liberia armed with a lifetime of recipes. She opened Emma’s Liberian Kitchen in Southwest Philly. Liberia is Africa’s oldest republic. Emma was raised in…
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Delaware County Ranks Near Top in Purchasing Power in PA
Delaware County has ranked among the top ten in Pennsylvania in SmartAsset’s recently published eighth annual study on the places with the most purchasing power. To find places where the average living expenses are most favorable to the people who live there, SmartAsset looked at the cost of living relative to income to determine the…
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N.C. Wyeth Washington Painting for Sale by College Amid Protest
A decision by Thomas Edison State University in New Jersey to sell the NC Wyeth’s famous painting of George Washington’s visit to Trenton in 1789 has generated protest from the Trenton Historical Society, writes Isaac Avilucea for The Trentonian. The painting was gifted to the university by Wells Fargo in 2019 on the condition they…
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General Recreation: Learn More About Inclusive Playgrounds and How to Build One
Well-designed inclusive playgrounds and parks welcome people and especially children of all abilities to play, learn and grow together, writes General Recreation Inc. of Newtown Square. But more than that, an inclusive playground can be multi-generational, meaning adults can actively engage with children in their care, and become a true community gathering place. They are…
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Housing Program HOPE Receives More Than $550K in Grants
The Foundation for Delaware County announced that the Housing Opportunities Program for Equity (HOPE) has received two grants to help it continue to respond to the COVID-19 crisis and to determine the barriers still in place preventing safe and equitable housing in Delaware County. HOPE received a $75,000 from the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services…
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Wawa’s Got a Shore Thing–Shore Tea for the Summer
There’s a new spiked iced tea, Shore Tea, being brewed by Wawa and the Cape May Brewing Co., writes Ryan Mulligan for Philadelphia Business Journal. Shore Tea is brewed with Wawa peach iced tea but also contains alcohol by volume of 4.5%. Six packs became available July 21 at 15 select Wawas in Pennsylvania where…
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New Wawa Regional Rail Station Set to Open End of Summer
The Media/Elwyn regional rail line has been successfully extended 3.5 miles west of Elwyn to the new Wawa station and is set to open at the end of summer, reports the Fox 29 staff. With the extension comes a name change for the regional rail line from Media/Elwyn to Media/Wawa. The multi-year extension project is…
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Malvern Bank House of the Week: A Benson Company Colonial in Garnet Valley
A lovely new construction Benson Company colonial home on 0.73 professionally landscaped acres with five bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms is available for sale in Garnet Valley. This executive-level home was built in 2005 and is now ready for only its second owners. The home welcomes you with an attractive front-to-back center hall…
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Here Are the Top 5 SCORE Webinars So Far in 2022
Small business owners can always use some guidance and expert advice on how to make their businesses even better and SCORE is there to help. Here are the top 5 SCORE webinars so far in 2022 that can help your business grow. Finance and Capital How to Find Grant Opportunities for Your Small Business Get…
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Historic Radnor Stables Could Get Facelift, New Purpose
A study is looking at renovating and repurposing historic horse stables at Fenimore Woods Park in Radnor Township, writes Richard Ilgenfritz for the Daily Times. The stables, built in the early 20th Century, are at the township-owned Fenimore Woods Park on Eagle Road in Wayne. The park is named for Francis Fenimore, a Radnor landowner…
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Wawa Settles With 7 States Over Data Breach
Wawa will pay $8 million in a settlement agreement of a lawsuit filed by seven states, including Pennsylvania, over hacked customer payment cards, writes Brian X. McCrone for NBC 10. Hackers used malware to access Wawa’s payment processing servers between April and December 2019, potentially exposing information from 9.1 million payment cards. Attorneys general from…
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General Recreation: Young Woman’s Project Made Playground More Accessible
Maria Ciao earned a Girl Scout Humanitarian Award and the Girl Scout’s Gold Award for working to install accessible play equipment at North Park’s Flagstaff Grove playground in Allegheny County. She was helped in her effort by General Recreation, Inc. of Newtown Square. General Recreation doesn’t usually have an opportunity to work with young people…
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For Over a Century, This Camp Has Positively Impacted Region’s Youth Amidst Nature
Paradise Farm Camps in Downingtown has a long history of positively impacting youth amid the nature in the region, writes J.F. Pirro for Main Line Today. That includes one boy from Glenolden, Steve Molineux, who went to the farm camp as a boy and went on to serve on its board of directors. The farm’s…
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2 Delco Leaders Make Forty Under 40 List for Pennsylvania
Two officials in Delaware County, a state representative, and a county council chairman, made the 2022 City and State Pennsylvania magazine’s Pennsylvania Forty Under 40 list, writes the City and State staff and freelance writer Hilary Danailova. Jennifer O’Mara Rep. O’Mara, 32, represents the 165th District that includes Media, Morton and Swarthmore boroughs, as well…
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DELCO Careers — CCRES
CCRES, Downingtown, specializes in providing over 1,500 professional, dedicated staff members to meet the needs of children and adults challenged by autism, behavioral health issues, mental illness, intellectual/developmental disabilities, and physical disabilities. It works in collaboration with school districts, intermediate units, and the behavioral health system. There are numerous advantages to a CCRES career, including…







































