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Southwest Philadelphia Refinery to Close Following Explosion, 1,000 Face Layoff
Philadelphia Energy Solutions is closing its South Philadelphia refinery by next month following an explosion and fire last week, writes Kennedy Rose for Philadelphia Business Journal. “I’m extremely disappointed for the more than one thousand workers who will be immediately impacted by this closure, as well as other businesses that are dependent on the refinery…
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Pa. House Passes Budget With No Tax Increase; No Minimum Wage Increase, Either
Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives passed a $34 billion 2019-20 budget June 25 that includes no tax increase, but also no minimum wage raise, writes Jan Murphy for pennlive.com. The budget has more school money, new agricultural investments and a healthy deposit in the state’s Rainy Day Fund. The Senate is expected to vote on it…
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Washington Post: O’Hara Grad’s Basketball Comfort Zone Helped Her Find Her Voice
Natasha Cloud, 27, a Cardinal O’Hara High graduate, would be the only Washington Mystics player addressing the media after the game June 14. She read a statement on behalf of the team on gun violence, writes Ava Wallace for the Washington Post. Cloud’s public action culminated a long journey and a level of comfort in…
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Portrait Honors Villanova Peace Activist Who Opposed Vietnam War
The Rev. Daniel Berrigan, a legendary peace activist who led protests against the Vietnam War and nuclear weapons that landed him in jail, has been memorialized in a portrait by a Philadelphia-born artist unveiled recently at Villanova University, writes Melanie Burney for the Philadelphia Inquirer. A Jesuit priest and poet, Berrigan was known for defiant…
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Upper Providence 8-Year-Old Girl Awaits Donor for Heart Transplant
Emma Tipping, 8, a third-grade student at Rose Tree Elementary School, is like most other little girls her age, writes Peg DeGrassa for Delaware County News Network. But life changed for Emma three years ago when she was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy. The condition weakens heart muscles which can no longer pump blood effectively, leading…
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Child Guidance Resource Center Therapy Focuses on Parent/Child Interaction
Child Guidance Resource Centers offers Parent-Child Interactive Therapy (PCIT), an evidence-based, research supported therapy model for children ages 7 and under. (PCIT) is a combination of play therapy and behavioral therapy for young children and their parents or caregivers. The adults learn and practice new skills and techniques for relating to children with emotional or…
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Public Input Needed on Five New Voting Systems That Offer Paper Trails
Delaware County will be required to use voting machines that have a paper trail that can be verified by voters and audited, according to a county press release. The new system will need to be in place by the 2020 primary election. Residents are being asked to weigh in on five new voting systems that…
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Rooftop Dining May Be Coming to Wayne
Those who enjoy dining alfresco when the weather is pleasant may soon be able to sit on a rooftop in Wayne, writes Linda Stein for Main Line Media News. The Hemcher Family Partnership, which owns the Great American Pub, asked the Board of Commissioners at a recent meeting to change the township zoning code to…
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Secret Service Teaches Safe School Initiatives at Neumann University
Hundreds of educators and emergency personnel from around the region were schooled by the U.S. Secret Service June 19 on some of the best practices to promote safe schools in their communities, writes Kevin Tustin for the Daily Times. Neumann University hosted the federal law enforcement agency’s first East Coast presentation of its Safe School…
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Parents Really Like Working at This Newtown Square Company
SAP in Newtown Square ranked 23rd on a national list of the top 50 places for parents to work in the United States, reports greatplacetowork.com. The information company’s 19,157 employees gave the company a 92 percent rating as a great place to work. “It’s a family oriented environment—when I needed, I could take time off…
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Memoir Takes an Intimate Look Inside Life at Ardrossan Estate
For decades, Janny Scott’s grandmother, Helen Hope Montgomery Scott, and her husband, Edgar, presided over Ardrossan, an 800-acre Villanova estate established by the Montgomery family in 1912, writes Melissa Jacobs for mainlinetoday. It was the Main Line’s Downton Abbey, a 50-room manor laden with art and antiques, where glamorous people lived glamorous lives. Ardrossan was…
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Pa. Governor, Legislators Consider State Police Fee for Residents of 7 Delaware Communities
Governor Tom Wolf is once again pushing for a fee on residents of municipalities that use Pennsylvania State Police for full-time police, writes Kevin Tustin for the Delaware County News Network. Two of his Democratic colleagues in the general assembly are also trying to make it law. Chadds Ford, Concord, Edgmont, Middletown and Thornbury, and…
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Delco Officials Worry About Changes Coming to Pennsylvania’s Medical Transit Program
Angela Lisa is legally blind, living in a Folcroft row house, and has to travel to a slew of doctors, writes Michaelle Bond for the Philadelphia Inquirer. She uses Pennsylvania’s Medical Assistance Transportation Program. Part of a coordinated shared-ride system that one proponent called a “national model” for efficiency, it became a lifeline for Lisa…
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Upper Providence Hotel Continues Delco’s Hotel Boom
Upper Providence Council approved the preliminary plan for a 58-room hotel at the former Little Inn site, 7-13 State Road, writes Susan Serbin for the Daily Times. A final plan submission is pending for the $7 million project. The Avid Hotel is a new brand of the Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG). Architect Bob Linn has…
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Philadelphia Pays $8.4 million Toward Cleanup of Clearview Superfund in Southwest Philly, Delco
The City of Philadelphia has agreed to pay $8.4 million in a lawsuit settlement toward the federal government’s cleanup of the Clearview Landfill, a Superfund site that contaminated a part of Delaware County and parts of the Eastwick section of Southwest Philly, writes Frank Kummer for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The landfill was an unlicensed dump…
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Clifton Heights Says It Will Keep Fighting to Stop Proposed Middle School
Building a school on the Clifton Heights Athletic Fields is in limbo and is not going to happen as far as the borough is concerned, writes Linda Reilly for the Daily Times. Meanwhile, the Upper Darby School District has submitted plans to build a $60 million structure to address overcrowding in its existing two middle…
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Pharmaceutical Business Sale Means Sharon Hill Plant Closing, 35 Jobs Eliminated
Acro Pharmaceutical Services is eliminating 35 positions in Delaware County next month as a result of the closure of its plant in Sharon Hill, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. Earlier this month, Acro’s parent organization, Premier of Charlotte, N.C., agreed to sell its specialty pharmacy business to a CVS Health subsidiary, ProCare Pharmacy,…
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Elwyn’s Mission Remains the Same as It Adapts to Changing Times
The world would be a more limited and dark place for many special needs individuals were it not for the services of Elwyn. For 167 years, Elwyn, with roots deep in Delaware County, has been pursuing its mission to provide “distinctive, meaningful lives” for individuals with diverse challenges. Now Elwyn is taking its mission to…
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