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Bracelet Fundraiser Helps Child Guidance Resource Centers and Encourages Mental Health Awareness
Over the past several months, we’ve all made adjustments to our lifestyle, which is creating a lot of anxiety for people of all ages. Children and adolescents have the stress of school, peer pressure and the stages of growing up that are now impacted by a global pandemic. Marisa Wachs and her mother Stacey wanted…
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1,700 Challenges to Delaware County’s Provisional Ballots All Withdrawn, Except for 1
Only one of 1,700 challenges to Delaware County’s provisional ballots in the Nov. 3 election was upheld at a Friday hearing with the county’s Department of Voter Registration, the Delaware County Board of Elections and legal representatives from multiple parties, reports the digital staff at 6abc.com. The filed challenges were almost exclusively filed by the…
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Nurses at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby Avoid Strike With New Contract Agreement
A new four-year contract has higher wages and better staffing levels, averting a strike by nurses at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, writes Ryan Sharrow for Philadelphia Business Journal. The 260-plus nurses had planned to go on strike next week if a deal wasn’t reached with Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic. They’ve been working without a contract…
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Delaware County COVID-19 Case Total Now Past 16,000, With 831 Deaths Reported
The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reporting 16,340 cases of COVID-19 in Delaware County as of Saturday, Nov. 15, the last day statistics were available. That compares to 15,966 cases reported Nov. 13, pushing the case total above the 16,000 mark. The county death toll from COVID-19 as of Friday, Nov. 13, was 831, according…
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Villanova law school Receives $15 Million Gift Focusing on Entrepreneurial Leadership and Expertise
A $15 million donation has been given to Villanova University’s law school to focus on “strengthening entrepreneurial expertise, innovative thinking and collaboration across the University,” writes Sam Wood for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The donation was given by the Scarpa Foundation through telecom pioneer John F. Scarpa. It quadruples the Foundation’s investment in the law school.…
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SCORE Chester & Delaware County Co-hosts Women’s Entrepreneur Virtual Conference Nov. 17
SCORE Chester & Delaware Counties co-hosts “Challenge 2020: Stay the Course and Seize the Opportunities,” the annual West Chester University Women’s Entrepreneurship Conference. This year’s conference will be a virtual event Nov. 17, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., presented by BB&T Bank, now Truist. It will include national speakers, breakout sessions, an exhibit hall and…
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Appreciating the Grape and More at Penn Woods Winery in Chadds Ford
The ambience of the Penns Woods Winery in Chadds Ford can be credited to Carley Razzi Mack, writes Jenn Ladd for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Mack’s father, Gino Razzi, has owned the winery at 124 Beaver Road since 1999. A wine importer from Abruzzo, he was content just to make his own wine and sell it.…
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A Hike and a Brew: Philly Magazine Pairs Up Ridley Creek State Park and La Cabra Brewing in Berwyn
You can spend your weekends on some great hikes in the Greater Philadelphia area that also happen to be near local craft breweries, writes Gina Tomaine and Caroline Cunningham for Philadelphia Magazine Ridley Creek State Park in Media , with 13 miles of trails, continues to be one of Delaware County’s more popular hiking spots,…
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Delaware County Approaches 16,000 COVID-19 Cases With 15,966 Reported Friday
As of Nov. 13, the Chester County Health Department was reporting 15,966 positive cases of COVID-19 in Delaware County. On Nov. 12, there were 15,746 positive cases reported. One resident from Aston lost their life to complications of COVID-19, bringing the county death toll to 831, according to the Chester County Health Department. Of those…
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Delaware County Officials Urge Responsible Behavior Amid COVID Spike as Hospitals Fill to Capacity
Delaware County officials joined with the Chester County Health Department Nov. 12 to put out a dire warning about spiking COVID-19 case numbers in the county. “There is an alarming high spike in COVID-19 cases across the county, and even more alarming is the ways in which our county is being impacted,” Delaware County Council…
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Radnor High Grad Opens Nick Filet, a Different Kind of Steak Sandwich Restaurant, in Wayne
A new filet mignon sandwich restaurant, Nick Filet, is opening in Wayne this December and it’s owned by a 2016 Radnor High graduate, writes Marlene Lang for patch.com. The restaurant, an affordable, steakhouse quality meal alternative to fast food burgers and cheesesteak shops, will open in the Wayne Square Shopping Center at 313 E. Lancaster…
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Answer: Alex Trebek. What Famous Game Show Personality Visited Delaware County?
Daily Times guest columnist Bette Alburger lamented the passing of “Jeopardy” host Alex Trebek this week and recalled his visit to Delaware County years back. He was the keynote speaker at a Delco Hi-Q academic quiz dinner at the Drexelbrook Corporate Events Center in Drexel Hill. Alburger was covering the dinner and got a last-minute…
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Motivation Took Him From Havertown Dishwasher to Owner of 2 South Philadelphia Restaurants
He was once a dishwasher at Havertown’s Lamplighter Tavern. Today, Kevin Addis owns two successful Philadelphia restaurants, writes Michael Bradley for Main Line Today. His latest endeavor, Mari BYO, a Queen village BYO, was ready to go back in March. “Then corona came and made everything different,” says the 36-year-old Ardmore man. He opened five…
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5 More Delaware County Residents Lose Their Life to COVID-19. Total Cases Now at 15,746
As of Nov. 12, the Chester County Health Department was reporting 15,746 positive cases of COVID-19 in Delaware County. On Nov. 11, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 15,592 cases. Five additional deaths were reported Nov. 12 from Haverford, Chester, Darby Borough, Bethel and Folcroft. The county death toll is now at 830, according to…
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(Video) Hundreds Turn Out in Drive-By Parade to Celebrate Newtown Square Vet’s 105th Birthday
A World War II vet in Newtown Square can always look forward to a unique birthday, since it falls each year on Nov. 11, Veteran’s Day. For this year’s 105th celebration, Eugene Vickers received special honors, as hundreds of first responders turned out for a drive-by parade past his home, reports fox29.com. Vickers was a…
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Malvern Bank House of the Week: 5-Bedroom Tuscan Villa in Wayne
This property at 550 N. Wayne Ave. is available for sale in Wayne. At the end of the long private driveway you will arrive at this imposing five bedroom Tuscan Villa. The exterior walls, in shades of yellow ochre, and slate gray shutters frame the white wood French doors that surround the perimeter of the…
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Msgr. Joseph Corley, Welcoming All at Darby BVM, Remembered at Building Dedication
Msgr. Joseph Corley, former pastor at Darby BVM, is still being remembered and honored a year and half after his death as the parish recently dedicated a building in his name, writes Gina Christian for catholicphilly.com. Msgr. Corley served as pastor from 1998 until his death in June 2019. About 200 gathered Oct. 25 for…
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Neumann University Honors Students Research COVID-Related Issues
Three first-year students in the Neumann University honors program have researched COVID-related topics this fall, focused on issues that connect to their current majors: nursing, math, and education. Madison Lipford, a nursing major who wants to be a pediatric nurse, has investigated whether children should receive a coronavirus vaccine when one is available. She notes that hundreds of thousands of cases have already occurred in children (those under 18) and that experts agree…
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