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Historical Marker to Celebrate Coatesville Doctor Who Aided Wright Brothers in Achieving First Flight
A new marker in West Brandywine Township will recognize George Spratt, a Coatesville doctor who helped the Wright brothers achieve the first flight, writes Marlene Lang for Phoenixville Patch. Spratt was a pioneer in aviation design who chose farming and amateur aeronautics over practicing medicine. He was a good friend of the Wright brothers, and…
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Radnor Equity Firm Invests in Broomall Mortgage Technology Company With Runaway Revenue
A Radnor-based private equity firm now has a majority share in a mortgage technology platform with ties to Broomall, writes Jeff Blumenthal for Philadelphia Business Journal. Lovell Minnick Partners out of Radnor has purchased the majority shares for UniversalCIS, which provides online credit data to the mortgage industry. Former U.S. Speaker of the House Paul…
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President Joe Biden Goes to Chester Business to Launch Rescue Plan Campaign Tour
President Joe Biden came to Chester first to start his national information tour about his economic relief plan, writes Julia Terruso for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Biden stopped at Smith Flooring, a Black-owned business in Chester Tuesday afternoon, meeting with owners Kristen and James Smith, and with Democratic elected officials. The Smiths started their flooring company…
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Delaware County Had 89 New Cases of COVID-19 for Tuesday, With 3 More COVID-19 Deaths
Three additional COVID-19-related deaths were reported Tuesday, March 16 in Delaware County: 1 from Middletown 1 from Marple 1 from Glenolden The Chester County Health Department is reporting a total of 1,308 fatalities. Of those, 805 were in long-term care facilities and personal care homes, according to the latest statistics from the Chester County Health…
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Keep Those Shorties Coming: Wawa Adapts to a New Pandemic Lifestyle
Wawa’s continued expansion and experimentation with its menu and style of delivery are strong indications that they’re capitalizing on our stay-at-home pandemic lifestyle, writes Ashley Gurbal Kritzer for the Philadelphia Business Journal. For example, in January, 10 months into the pandemic. Wawa debuted its first drive-thru only location in Bucks County. A second opened a…
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AEC Win for Hartford Team Gave Coach From Broomall a Chance to Put Things Right
On Saturday, the Hartford Hawks and their head coach, Broomall native John Gallagher, got a second chance. For the first time, the Hawks took the America East Men’s Conference Championship. The team was supposed to play in the America East Conference last year, but COVID shut them down, writes Mike Sielski for The Philadelphia Inquirer.…
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A Dream Led Upper Darby Woman to Her Grandfather’s Negro League Career
Tulleesha Burbage, an Upper Darby social worker, suffered a case of sleep paralysis after dreaming about running through an open field near an old shed, writes Stephanie Farr for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Her friend concluded her ancestors were trying to send a message and researched her family history. He discovered something that Burbage’s father had…
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Local Organizations Spearhead Efforts to Keep Birds Safe By Dimming Philadelphia’s Skyline at Night
Audubon Mid-Atlantic and the Valley Forge and Wyncote local chapters of Audubon Society are among area organizations spearheading efforts to keep birds safe by making Philadelphia’s skyline go mostly dark starting from April 1, writes Frank Kummer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. They are the initiators of the Bird Safe Philly program, which is endorsed by…
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More Vaccine Flows to Delaware County as Governor Further Eases Restrictions
Pennsylvania delivered more COVID-19 vaccines to Delaware County this week after receiving complaints from local, state, and federal representatives that the county was being shortchanged, reports Marcus Espinoza for www.fox29.com. At an Upper Darby High mass vaccination site Sunday, more than 1,200 eligible residents lined up to get a COVID-19 shot, thanks to a tripling…
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Number of COVID-19 Deaths Dropping. Weekend Saw 265 New Case in Delaware County
No additional COVID-19-related deaths were reported Monday, March 15 in Delaware County: The Chester County Health Department is reporting a total of 1,305 fatalities. Of those, 804 were in long-term care facilities and personal care homes, according to the latest statistics from the Chester County Health Department. COVID-19 fatalities have been reported in 46 of…
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Judge Transfers Juveniles From Delaware County Detention Center Amid Abuse Investigation
Delaware County President Judge Kevin Kelly ordered this past weekend that children housed at the Delaware County Juvenile Detention Center be immediately transferred amidst an investigation into abuses at the facility, writes Samantha Melamed for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The order came after the county’s public defender sent a letter to the county about claims of…
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Woman Brewer Celebrity Judge from Canada’s Shark Tank Talks at Neumann on Successful Entrepreneurship
The public is invited to attend an online free presentation on how to become a successful entrepreneur. The program is offered Thursday at 1 p.m.. It is sponsored by Neumann University. You can advance register for the program at www.neumann.edu/business. The program will be given by Manjit Minhas who runs the 10th largest brewery in…
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From SCORE: Crisis Creates Startup Boom.What does it take to get a new business off the ground?
Millions have taken the time during the COVID quarantine to start small businesses at an unprecedented rate. More side-gigs are emerging while employees hold their ‘day jobs.’ Many of these startups are home-based retail sales and consulting financial services that can be done online without bringing customers, vendors, and others into a home office. The…
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Gov. Wolf Has End-of-Month Goal to Have Vaccine Appointments for Everyone in Phase 1A
Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf announced March 12 plans to have Phase 1A COVID-19 vaccination appointments in place in all counties by the end of March before moving on to Phase 1B. Phase 1A focuses on nursing home residents, health care personnel , those 65 and older, and those under 65 with high-risk health conditions. The governor…
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New Positive Cases of COVID-19 Dropped This Past Week in Delaware County
No COVID-19 county or municipal statistics, including the number of new cases and COVID-19 deaths, were available over the weekend from the Chester County Health Department or the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The health department has released a summary of the past month’s COVID-19 case activity in Delaware County with this past week the most…
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President Makes Reference to Yeadon Campaign Stop in March 11 Speech
Kirsten Hess, a bookstore owner, was one of four small business owners meeting with Joe Biden in Yeadon Borough on June 17 at Carlette’s Hideaway, a soul food restaurant. On March 11, the president mentioned her in his prime time address, writes Julia Terruso for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Here’s a link to the story about…
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Haverford High Graduate Creates Opportunities for Staff as They Clean Up
The first professional cleaning job Haverford High graduate Donna Allie did back in 1982 yielded a day’s work and compensation of only $10, writes Michael Bradley for Main Line Today. “I looked at it as 10 more dollars than I had before the day started,” says Allie. She was desperate to support herself and a…
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President Biden Visits Delaware County With Good News, but Vaccine Shortage Looms
President Biden will be in Delaware County Tuesday, his first public appearance outside the White House, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. The visit comes following passage Thursday of the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package known as The American Rescue Plan. But he’s also visiting Delaware County at a time when federal, state…
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