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Airport’s Propane-Driven Bus Fleet Will Remove 730,000 Pounds of Carbon Dioxide From Atmosphere
Colonial Airport Parking has switched its shuttle buses from gas to propane to reduce carbon emissions and help the environment, writes Kevin Tustin for Delaware County News Network. For that effort, the Tinicum business was lauded with the Environmental Excellence Award by the Eastern Pennsylvania Alliance for Clean Transportation (EP-ACT) for converting its fleet of…
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Traveling Women’s Museum Earns Awards for Aston Woman
An enterprising young Aston woman has founded a Traveling Women’s History Museum with items displayed from colonial times to the 1970s, writes Ruth Rovner for the Daily Times. Rachael McCullough, 18, the women’s museum founder, will be honored today, Aug. 15, by the National History Museum as one of 13 “Young Heroes.” McCullough was also…
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State Investment Would Help Boost Region’s Innovation Economy, Report Says
Pennsylvania’s innovation economy could use a boost in state investment, writes Michelle Caffrey for Philadelphia Business Journal. Infrastructure and resources exist to fuel a vibrant innovation economy, but a lack of state investment holds it back, stated a Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program report. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh were well above the rest of the state…
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Beloved for Helping Restore Mount Moriah Cemetery, Paulette Rhone Gets a Sign
Cleaning up and restoring the abandoned Mount Moriah Cemetery, spanning part of Delaware County in Yeadon Borough and Philadelphia, was Paulette Rhone’s mission, writes Katie Park for The Philadelphia Inquirer. To those who knew her, or even just passed by 61st Street and Kingsessing Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia, Rhone defined Mount Moriah and cared deeply…
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Marisa Pilla Goes from Philadelphia Union TV Host to National Stage
Marisa Pilla has been the Philadelphia Union’s host for three years but now she’s making a national leap to Fox Sports 1,writes Jonathan Tannenwald for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Pilla grew up watching Italian soccer games on TV in Bucks County with her late father. She knew in high school she wanted to get into sports…
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Dog Found Tied to Train Tracks Reported in Good Condition
A young black and white dog left tied to train tracks in Darby late last week has no injuries and seems “like a happy boy”, according to a spokeswoman for Providence Animal Center, writes Kevin Tustin for the Daily Times. Providence Humane Officer Ron Riggle received a call about the young black and white, pit…
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Washington Post: Chester Man in His 80s Teaches Gentle Art of Aikido
Almost 80, this gentle man, born in Chester, trains students to be good martial artists and good people, writes Marina Affor for the Washington Post. Rick Berry’s martial arts career began when he was 27 years old. Fifty years later, he teaches martial arts and has belts in multiple forms of martial arts, all defensive.…
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Radnor Artist and Media Ad Man Takes on AI in New Novel
Radnor artist George Rothacker enters the realm of science fiction with a new novel that he wrote and illustrated, writes Linda Stein for Main Line Suburban. The premise of “Singularity 1.0” asks what will happen when artificial intelligence links together, becoming smarter than the people who created it? Rothacker did research into computer science, history…
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Delco and Philadelphia Region Sees Explosion in Industrial Development
Construction of new industrial space — much of it being built on speculation — remains unabated across the region as demand continues to be strong and developers find they are able to lease the space they are building, writes Natalie Kostelni for Philadelphia Business Journal. In Delaware County, Alliance HSP plans to develop a 775,600-square-foot…
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Newtown Square Resorts Firm Expands Into Spain, Looks to 9,000 Rooms
Six new resort management deals for Newtown Square’s Apple Leisure Group (ALG), means the opening of its first property in Spain,reports hotelbusiness.com. The deals were reached through its affiliated brand AMResorts. Its collection of brands currently features 66 all-inclusive resorts in its portfolio with an additional 23 branded properties, representing nearly 9,000 rooms, in various…
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Washington Post: A Lansdowne Facebook Site Offers Free Stuff and Friendship
When she needed a blue dress, she turned to Lansdowne’s Buy Nothing Facebook page, writes April Hall for The Washington Post. The page is devoted to the exchange of free goods and services. “I’ve seen a stranger help move a dresser, another mow the lawn of a very pregnant woman and a third visit a…
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Philadelphia Union Head Coach Jim Curtin Points Franchise in the Right Direction Hoping Philly Will Follow
Jim Curtin doesn’t get glamour being head coach for the Philadelphia Union, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t putting his all into his job, writes Kerith Gabriel for Philadelphia Weekly. In July, Curtin locked up a multi-year contract with the franchise, which made him the club’s longest tenured head coach and provided proof that hard…
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Haverford Police Officer Helps Along a 7-Year-Olds Dream of Being a Cop
Haverford Township’s Austin Pickering, 7, got special help this year at his school’s career dress up day, writes Chandler Lutz for CBS Philly.com. Austin really wants to be a cop, so it’s no surprise that he wore a police officer uniform for career day. “I was driving, just doing my routine checks, and I saw…
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Missionaries Tour Local Churches to Talk About Their Critical Work in Zambia
Mission co-workers Charles and Melissa Johnson are enlightening 57 groups at churches around the Delaware Valley about their work in Zambia, writes Leslie Krowchenko for the Daily Times. The couple worked with the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian’s Zambia Synod (CCAP) in expanding its ministry of community development, food security and improved health. The Zambian…
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7 Delco School Districts Ranked Among Top Districts in Pennsylvania
Seven Delaware County School Districts have made the list of top 40 districts in Pennsylvania, according to Niche.com. The districts were, in descending order of rank: #2 Radnor School District. Overall rating, A+ Student-teacher ratio: 13 to 1 Math proficient: 80 percent Reading proficient: 89 percent #6 Wallingford-Swarthmore School District. Overall rating, A+ Student-teacher ratio:…
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Philadelphia Union’s Alejandro Bedoya Game Response to Mass Shootings Goes Viral
Philadelphia Union’s midfielder Alejandro Bedoya was moved to send a message from an on-field microphone during a Sunday game following the shootings in El Paso and Dayton, writes Grant Wahl for Sports Illustrated. He implored Congress to “Do something now. End gun violence. Let’s go”. His remarks, carried during the nationally televised game, went viral…
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Hiker Spots Hundreds of Spotted Lanternflies Covering Ridley Creek State Park Trees
The invasive Asian insect known as a spotted lanternfly has been discovered at Ridley Creek State Park , reports Jennifer Joyce for Fox20 Philadelphia. The lanternfly has the potential to destroy trees and kill crops. It was first discovered in Berks County but has spread. A Sunday hike in Ridley Creek State Park took a…
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Wawa Agrees to Pay $1.4 million Settlement in Overtime Dispute
Some Wawa assistant general managers who claimed they should have been paid overtime will be receiving money as part of a class action settlement, writes Jim Walsh for the Courier-Post. Assistant general managers who worked between January 2014 and the end of 2015 will receive an average of $4,268.29, part of the $1.4 million settlement.…
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