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TLC Leadership Academy Honors Seniors
The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth’s Leadership Academy hosted a Graduation Ceremony for their Class of 2022 students at the John James Audubon Center on June 1, 2022. The Academy, located in Audubon, is an accredited and licensed private academic school providing education, coaching, and counseling to students in grades 7 through 12. The…
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Sports Betting Brings Harrah’s Philadelphia in Chester $3M in April
Harrah’s Philadelphia Casino in Chester recorded total revenue of more than $3 million in April as sports betting in Pennsylvania entered the slow season, according to a staff report from PlayPennsylvania. Overall, Pennsylvania’s online and retail sportsbooks dropped to $572.8 million in wagers in April. This is 20 percent under $715 million in March. However,…
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Lifeguard Shortage Spares Chester, but Closes Some Pools and Jersey Beaches
The pools will be open in Chester this summer but elsewhere, a shortage of lifeguards is threatening beach and pools throughout the Philadelphia region and New Jersey, writes Erin McCarthy for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The municipal pool in Chester has had no problem hiring and retaining lifeguards, said Duane Lee, the city’s deputy director of…
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Glen Mills Aviator Lauren Heisey Preps for 2,500-Mile Air Race
Glen Mills pilot Lauren Heisey will fly with Melissa Shrewsbury in the Air Race Classic, writes Jane Bellmyer for Cecil Whig. This June 21-24 race for women aviators has been taking place for 45 years, starting as the Women’s Air Derby in 1929, with Amelia Earhart one of its first competitors. It was The Powder…
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2nd Grader Wants to be a Police Officer 1 Day. Radnor Police Made Him Chief
Dominic Glenn is only 8, but the Ithan Elementary School student already knows he wants to be a police officer one day. The Radnor Police gave him a sense of what that might be like when they recently made him honorary police chief for the day, writes Matteo Iadonisi for 6abc. Dominic’s swearing-in was followed…
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Valley Forge Military Academy Graduates Class of 2022
Valley Forge Military Academy has awarded 36 Cadets with their high school diplomas as part of the 94th annual commencement ceremony. The Cadets have been accepted to more than 30 colleges and universities to begin studying for their bachelor’s degrees. “We are so proud of this class,” said Col Stuart B. Helgeson, USMCR (Ret), president…
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Hospitals in Delco Area See Patient Surge With Crozer, Tower Closures
Capacity and high patient volume alerts have been going out at Main Line Health as other hospitals take the load from Crozer Health shutdowns in Delaware County and Tower Health closures in Chester County. Affected area hospitals are Riddle Hospital, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Lankenau Medical Center and Paoli Hospital, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. Main…
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Springfield Mall Owner PREIT Brings Down Debt with $35M in Land Sales
PREIT, owner of the Springfield Mall, Plymouth Meeting Mall and Willow Grove Park Mall, has made progress on its debt payments with $35 million in land sales, writes Matthew Rothstein for Bisnow. The Philadelphia-based REIT signed agreements to sell 11 outparcels at its properties for $32.5 million. There is also a separate agreement to sell…
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Popularity Surges at 2 Delco Golf Clubs in a Post-Pandemic World
Before March 2020, membership at places like the Llanerch Country Club Haverford was strong, writes Michael Bradley for Main Line Today. Llanerch saw 20,000 rounds of golf played annually. When the pandemic struck it looked like golf, with everything else, would take a major hit. But warmer weather brought isolated restless people wanting to get…
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9 Delaware County Firms Make List of Best Places to Work for 2022
Workers look for companies these days that match their values and culture, writes Lisa Dukart for Philadelphia Business Journal. Diversity, equity and inclusion, environmental responsibility and social causes are being integrated into company cultures to attract workers. Philadelphia Business Journal, partnering with Quantum Workplace, has identified 76 companies from across the region identified as Greater…
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Investors’ Back Radnor Firm’s Development of Blood Pressure Drug
Mineralys Therapeutics in Radnor is getting a $118 million investment from biotech investors in six nations to develop a new blood-pressure drug, writes Joseph N. DiStefano for Philadelphia Business Journal. The 15-person firm is using a different approach it hopes will help African Americans and others who have lower response rates to drugs developed in…
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Media Borough Takes on Active Role to Protect Native Bees
Welcome to Bee City, USA, known to the locals as Media Borough. The county seat is now an official Bee City, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. On June 2, it joined forces with 300 towns, cities and college campuses to protect native bee species through the Bee City USA initiative. The initiative comes from the…
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Pandemic Anxiety Puts Student on a Path That Ends With a Neumann Scholarship
The regular high school route just wasn’t working for Vincent Varallo, writes Mark Zimmaro for South Philly Review. Varallo suffered from anxiety before the pandemic and the shutdown made it worse. “Prior to, and especially during the pandemic, I didn’t feel my brick-and-mortar school was allowing me to be myself and reach my full educational…
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Malvern Bank House of the Week: Spectacular Fieldstone Colonial in Media
A spectacular fieldstone colonial home with six bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms is available for sale in Media. Perfectly situated on a serene cul-de-sac, this lush property straddles Ridley Creek State Park. The home impresses from the start with its sweeping spiral staircase in the entrance foyer, which leads into a formal living…
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Owner of County Line Pharmacy, Frances Foti of Haverford, Has Died
Frances Pignoloni Foti of Haverford Township, who ran the popular Ardmore neighborhood drugstore County Line Pharmacy long before CVS and Rite Aid, died April 27. She was 97. “She tended to hire women,” her son Lawrence Foti said, because, in her words, “‘I wanted to give women a chance.’ She was ahead of our time.…
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Wawa Expansion Effort Continues With 40 More Stores in Nashville
Wawa plans to open its first Nashville location in 2025, writes Julia Masters and Laura Smythe for Philadelphia Business Journal. Wawa, which already employs more than 35,000 people, is considering up to 40 locations in Nashville, continuing “the most aggressive growth” plan in company history, according to CEO Chris Gheysens. Wawa has 54 more stores…
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It’s Instant Accept Week June 20-24 at Valley Forge Military College
Qualified students can ease the sometimes confusing college admission process during Instant Accept Week at Valley Forge Military College. During Accept Week June 20 to 24, VFMC will provide instant acceptance to qualified students prepared with their official transcripts. Pew Research has found that college graduates earn 50% more than those with a high school…
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Couple Remodeled Home Into Award-Winning Modern Farmhouse in Ideal Chadds Ford Spot
A few years back, Brian Niles wanted to live in a rural area with his wife, Adrienne and their 5-year-old son, writes Paul Jablow for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Brian owns a Havertown-based coffee roasting business; wife Adrienne is the enrollment director at Malvern Prep. But whether it was existing homes or empty lots to build,…
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