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Collingdale’s 2 Volunteer Fire Companies Will be One in the New Year
Collingdale’s two volunteer fire companies have agreed to merge, writes Pete Bannon for the Daily Times. The fire companies now provide fire and ambulance service to Collingale and Aldan boroughs. The new company will be known as Collingdale Fire Co., Station 33. It will dispatch Jan. 1 out of the Clifton Avenue station and its…
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DELCO Careers – The GEO Group
The GEO Group is a provider of diversified correctional and community re-entry services at 141 facilities across the world, including the George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Thornton and SCI Chester in Chester. Unit Supervisor (SCI Chester) This position supervises all counselor activities and provides disciplinary and/or coaching sessions as needed; oversees security checkpoints and…
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Area Law School Enrollment Going Up, Bucking National Trends
The recession caused first-year enrollments at area law schools to drop, but that trend now is reversing, writes Jeff Blumenthal for the Philadelphia Business Journal. First-year enrollment rose for the second year in a row, bucking a national trend. The six Philadelphia region law schools saw new students increase by 2.6% for 2019-20, after a…
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Chester Children’s Chorus Brings Support, Music Education to Its Members, Beautiful Music to Everyone Else
More than 100 underserved children and teens in Chester have found a musical outlet through the Chester Children’s Chorus that gives them a voice in a safe, supportive space, writes John McDevitt for kywnewsradio.radio.com. “We get to come together, talk, laugh, have fun,” said 17-year-old Shamir Bryant, “Music is a gateway or an outlet for…
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Former Train Conductor Brings Holiday Joy with Brandywine River Museum’s Model Train Display
Paul Hoerner, a former train conductor and the Brandywine River Museum of Art’s model train specialist, brings joy to many each holiday season with “Brandywine Christmas,” the museum’s model train display, writes Lisa Dukart for Main Line Today. More than three decades ago, Hoerner began working on his display of nearly 2,000 feet of track…
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Greg Lingo Swore He Was Done With Upper Darby. Nope.
So what possessed Greg Lingo to make a film about Upper Darby, a town he swore he’d never look back on, as his career propelled him toward being a successful Main Line developer? asked Maria Panaritis for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Upper Darby stayed with him. It created who he was, even when he left for…
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Delco DA Copeland Was Living With Her Parents in Iran During the 1979 Islamic Revolution. And Her Whole Life Changed
Delaware County District Attorney Katayoun “Kat” Copeland was 12, attending school in Shiraz, Iran, when the Islamic revolution broke out in 1979, writes Linda Stein for Main Line Media News. I went to an international school with children all over the world,” she said in recent remarks to the Radnor League of Women Voters. “It…
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At 250 Games, He’s Brandywine Penn State’s Winningest Coach
Penn State Brandywine women’s basketball Head Coach Larry Johnson has the most wins of any coach in Brandywine’s history, reports psu.edu. On Dec. 11, he earned his 250th win with the team’s victory over Bryn Mawr, Johnson’s in his 14th season with a 250-120 record. He has been selected as the Penn State University Athletic…
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United Soccer League Club Bethlehem Steel FC Gets New Name But Stays Put at Talen Stadium
The Philadelphia Union’s United Soccer League club known as Bethehem Steel FC, will still play at Talen Energy Stadium in Chester next year, but it’ll have a new name, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The club, which competes in the USL Championship division, is becoming the Philadelphia Union II. The Union had…
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With Two Adoptions, Essington Couple Rebecca and Eric Brumble Create Their Family
Rebecca and Eric Brumble married in 2013 after first living in an Upper Darby town house, then a home in Essington, writes Anndee Hochman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Rebecca’s came from a large Italian family and wanted children. She had to talk Eric into having children, worried about the responsibility and being older parents. “It…
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Freight Rail Improvemnts Coming to Delco Could Make Us a Major Mover of Goods in the Northeast
The state has approved a $14.4 million project to improve freight rail lines in Delaware County, writes Phil Heron for the Daily Times. State Rep. David Delloso, D-161 of Ridley Park made the announcement Friday. “After talking to experts during the last several years, I’m convinced our region has the skilled workforce and infrastructure in…
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DELCO Careers – Villanova University
Villanova, founded in 1842, is the oldest Catholic university in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Villanova is a growing and leading national university focused on serving its students and the surrounding community. Assistant Program Director, VISIBLE This position plans and executes a review of policies that impact equity among the faculty; assists with data collection and…
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Havertown Woman Part of Equal Pay Class Action Lawsuit Involving 3,000 Women
Allison Gamba was a success in the investment business at Goldman Sachs, writes Alexia Fernandez Campbell for vox.com. She went to business school. She sat on the New York Stock Exchange. She turned mediocre stocks into top-performing investments. She put in nine years at the company and was doing the job of managing director, overseeing…
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Digital Project at Villanova University’s Falvey Library Hopes to Preserve Main Line’s Past
Historical newspapers like the Wayne Weekly Signal and other early Main Line publications are being preserved in a public digital archive at Villanova University, writes Faith Scrivo for The Villanovan. Villanova University’s Falvey Memorial Library has partnered with the Radnor Historical Society to digitize the documents. “These digital partnerships enable us to make these historical…
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From Terror to Award Winner, Darby Man Talks About Overcoming Public Speaking Fear (Video)
Aaron Beverly had a paralyzing fear of public speaking. Today, the Darby man is the winner of the Toastmasters 2019 World Championship of Public Speaking, writes Carmine Gall for Forbes. Beverly is a manager at JPMorgan Chase. He overcame his fear through dedicated and consistent practice. After Beverly writes a speech, he records himself delivering…
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Brandywine Conservancy Receives $80,000 Grant for Brandywine Creek Greenway
Chadds Ford will be one of 25 communities in the Brandywine Creek Greenway to receive park, open space and community trail work through a Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources grant. The $80,000 grant was received by The Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art for outreach and technical assistance to communities within the Brandywine…
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In Delco, Here’s the Degree Programs and Colleges That Offer the Highest First-Year Salaries
Villanova and Lehigh Universities tied for the most top-paying degree programs, writes Kennedy Rose for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Students with degrees related to computer science, engineering, business and finance rank among the highest-paid in the first year after graduating. The magazine ranked the top 50 undergraduate degrees at local universities by students’ median earnings…
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Who’s Coming to the New Clifton Heights Middle School? Residents Express Concern.
A meeting Tuesday night about a new middle school in Clifton Heights shifted focus to the students who would be going there, reports Kimberly Davis for cbslocal.com. The Upper Darby School District presented preliminary plans of the $65 million middle school to be built on an athletic field off Springfield Road. Students from Garrettford, Westbrook…
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