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Rye BYOB Joins Media’s Restaurant Scene With a Different Dining Approach
Local artwork adds to the décor and the food at Media’s Rye BYOB is layered with texture, color and playfulness, writes Ed Williams for mainlinetoday.com. This recently-opened restaurant foregoes traditional first- second- and third- course descriptions, focusing instead on starters, pastas and proteins. “We prefer that our diners create their own personal pick-and-choose tasting experience,”…
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Washington Post: Delaware County Needs to Work on Its Social Capital, Research Shows
Counties that have a high level of something called social capital had less severe coronavirus outbreaks in 2020, reports The Washington Post. That conclusion was reached in research by Christos Makridis and Cary Wu published in the journal PLOS One. Delaware County did not register high in social capital, according to an index used by…
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Pennsylvania Reports Only 23 New COVID-19 Deaths Statewide for Monday
No COVID-19 county or municipal statistics, including the number of new cases and COVID-19 deaths, were available Monday from the Chester County Health Department because of the President’s Day holiday. State statistics were available from the Pennsylvania Department of Health as of noon, Feb. 15, but no new county statistics have been posted by the state since Friday,…
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Comcast pours $1M into Chester to Build Business Broadband Services
Comcast Business is investing $1 million to install 2.5 miles of broadband infrastructure along the city’s Avenue of the States for businesses there, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. “Focusing on the redevelopment of Chester was on the forefront of our minds,” said Stephanie Kosta, Comcast’s vice president of government affairs. “Chester has…
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Villanova Wildcat Jeremiah Robinson-Earl Is an ‘Old Soul’ Sticking to Basics
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl is an old soul who follows the advice of Kobe Bryant when he’s out on the court with the Villanova Wildcats, writes Joe Juliano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “He talked about, everybody has their own box and how you should dance beautifully in your box,” Robinson-Earl said. Coach Jay Wright is the one…
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Local Doctor’s Invention Helps Cover Unpleasant Mask Odors
Even before the pandemic made masks a necessity, Dr. Mark Pizzini, a Fox Chase Cancer Center anesthesiologist and University of Pennsylvania professor, was working on a way to remove some of the unpleasant odors that can arise from using face covering, writes Lynne Adkins for KYW Newsradio. “There can be lots of challenging scents in…
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Second Marijuana Growing Facility and Dispensary Going Up in Chester
A second medical marijuana growing and processing facility is planned for April 2021 in Chester, writes Julia Mericle and Mike Larson for Philadelphia Business Journal. The Healing Center out of Pittsburgh has bought 50 percent equity interest in Agronomed Biologics, which means further expansion in Pennsylvania. Agronomed Biologics can open a new processing facility and…
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Pennsylvania Department of Health Reports Total COVID-19 Cases Statewide nearing 900,000
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 last available county information available was Friday, Feb. 12, in which 36,318 total positive cases of COVID-19 were reported in Delaware County…
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Neumann Alums Served with National Guard at Jan. 20 Inauguration at the Capitol
Not all of the National Guard troops who served at the U.S. Capitol during President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20 carried weapons. Two Neumann University alumni who were part of the deployment filled key support roles as a chaplain and a journalist. Dontae Phillips, a political science major who graduated in 2010, serves as…
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Villanova’s Ardrossan Estate Makes It on to the Big Screen in the New Film ‘A Call to Spy’
The Ardrossan estate in Villanova, made famous from “The Philadelphia Story” is now the backdrop for a new film from Haverford native Sarah Megan Thomas, writes, writes J.F. Pirro for mainlinetoday.com. In a review of “A Call to Spy”, The Guardian talked about “the considerable effort that has clearly gone into re-creating period interiors and…
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Philadelphia Airport CEO Lobbying Biden and Congress for Airport Funds
Philadelphia International Airport CEO Chellie Cameron has been elected to be a top advocate to Congress and the Biden Administration representing America’s airports as the travel industry continues its struggles from the pandemic, writes Catherine Duhn for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Cameron was elected to a two-year term as chairman of the Airports Council International North…
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New COVID-19 Cases Trending Below 150 Daily in Delaware County, 4 More Deaths Friday
Four additional COVID-19 deaths have been reported as of Friday, Feb. 12 in Delaware County. The COVID-19 death toll in Delaware County stands at 1,236 as of Friday. One death was reported in Yeadon, 1 in Darby Borough, 1 in Bethel and 1 in Edgmont. Of total deaths reported, 788 were in long-term care facilities…
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Brandywine River Museum to Close Until June for Renovations
The Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford is closing temporarily to the public beginning Monday, Feb. 15, for renovations to its second and third floors. Restrooms will be refurbished, making them fully ADA accessible. Their current location will be swtiched with the second floor Strawbridge Gallery. The reimagined Gallery will open into the Museum’s central…
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Media Business Authority Welcomes Dave Fairman as New Executive Director
Dave Fairman is joining the Media Business Authority as its new Executive Director. The lifelong resident of Delaware County is a successful entrepreneur, small business advocate and a seasoned community leader. He begins his tenure March 1. Fairman has spent most of his professional career in Chester County. He opened Fairman’s Skate, Snow & Surf…
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Delaware County Has the Latest Vaccination Information for Residents
The following information on COVID-19 vaccinations in Delaware County is being provided by the public relations office of Delaware County. Delaware County government is one of over two dozen COVID-19 vaccine providers in the county. There are currently 26 vaccine providers in Delaware County who each receive a supply of the vaccine weekly by the…
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Delaware County Graduate of St. Joseph’s Prep Donates Gift of $5 Million
Nick Howley, a St. Joseph’s Prep alumnus who grew up in Delaware County, paid the school back for all it had done for him this week with a $5 million gift, the largest ever received by the private Catholic school, writes Kristen A. Graham for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The lessons Howley learned at the Jesuit…
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Three Havertown Brothers Show It’s Possible to Create Affordable Zero Emission Buildings
Three brothers originally from Havertown have set out to create affordable buildings that generate their own energy and leave no carbon footprint, writes Russell Gold for The Wall Street Journal. Tim, Patrick and John are three principals at Onion Flats, LLC, a Philadelphia-based real estate development/design/build firm. Their latest project is Front Flats, a four-story…
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Acme Goes to Its Own Shopping Delivery Program, Drops Instacart
Acme Markets Inc. is creating its own drive-up-and-go ordering system, dropping its relationship with Instacart, writes Natalie Kostelni for Philadelphia Business Journal. The Malvern grocery chain is creating 60 internal positions at its stores in Philadelphia and the suburbs. “In doing so we are discontinuing the use of Instacart as our curbside pickup partner. Instacart…
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