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First Bank House of the Week: Historic Tudor in Newtown Square
A beautiful Tudor home at 35 Harrison Drive in Newtown Square, on 2.48 lovely acres with seven bedrooms and six and a half bathrooms, is available for sale. This remarkable residence, designed by renowned Philadelphia architect Frank Furness in the late 1800s, blends historic charm with contemporary elegance. Among the standout features on the main…
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Phillies Pitcher Matt Strahm Donates Scoreboard to Angels of Newtown Square
Phillies pitcher Matt Strahm is a fan of the Angels of Newtown Square, an adult baseball team with functional needs that plays every Sunday night at Gable Park in Newtown Square, writes Matt Breen for The Philadelphia Inquirer. When he can, Strahm attends their games. “It just captures you. And you want to be a…
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Widener’s Joana Rodriguez Honored with Promising Professional Award
The Pennsylvania Association for College Admission Counseling has honored Joana Rodriguez with its esteemed James McKeever Promising Professional Award. Rodriguez is senior admissions counselor in the undergraduate admissions office at Widener University. The award recognizes early-career professionals who demonstrate outstanding job performance and meaningful services beyond their institutions. The award was presented at the association’s…
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DELCO Careers: Freedom Village at Brandywine
Find your Freedom Village career at Freedom Village at Brandywine, a Life Plan Community in West Brandywine, that has served seniors for more than 25 years. Freedom Village provides active senior living with resort-inspired services, amenities, social activities, chef-prepared cuisine, and onsite care that includes personal care, skilled nursing, memory care, and rehabilitation services. Be…
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Chemical in Use at Trainer Refinery, Elsewhere Triggers EPA Lawsuit
The Clean Air Council, Communities for a Better Environment, and the Natural Resources Defense Council are suing the EPA to ban or more strictly regulate the use of hydrogen fluoride in refineries, including at the Trainer oil refinery, writes Sophia Schmidt for WHYY. Hydrogen fluoride is used in about 40 refineries across the country, including…
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Jared Coyle, a Former Physicist, Is SAP Americas’ First Chief AI Officer
Jared Coyle, SAP America’s first AI-focused exec, is a former physicist who was once SAP’s “Awesome New Stuff” officer, writes Patrick Kulp for Tech Brew. Coyle’s team examined emerging AI technologies and their potential applications within the German enterprise software giant. The Awesome New Stuff group even proposed an early GPT model for customer service…
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Chester Boy Paralyzed in Accident Returns Home to Hero’s Welcome
An 8-year-old Chester boy left paralyzed from a hit-and-run crash was welcomed home as a hero Monday, writes Madeleine Wright for CBS News Philadelphia. Ny’Leek was getting off a SEPTA bus Feb. 4 when he was struck at the intersection of 9th and Tilghman streets. He was critically injured. The driver was arrested weeks later…
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Michael Kellerman Named New President of The Foundation for Delaware County
The Foundation for Delaware County has selected Michael Kellerman as its next President, effective October 1, 2025. Following a national search led by Kittleman & Associates, LLC, the Board of Directors unanimously approved Michael to lead the Foundation into its next phase of growth and community impact. Michael will succeed Frances Sheehan, the Foundation’s inaugural…
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State Legislation, Abby’s Law, Seeks to Regulate E-Scooters Following Aston Accident
State Sen. Tim Kearney (D-Delaware) is introducing e-scooter safety legislation known as Abby’s Law in response to the death of 12-year-old Abigail Gillon following an e-scooter accident on June 14 in Aston, according to a release from Pennsylvania Senate Democrats. Gillon and her close friend Isabella Jones, 11, were injured when they were thrown from…
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Delaware County Reporting Prison Population Down 40 Percent
In five years, Delaware County’s prison population has dropped by 40 percent, according to Chief Public Defender Chris Welsh. Welsh presented the statistics for the George W. Hill Correctional Facility to Delaware County Council at a July 16 meeting, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. The prison population on January 1, 2020, was…
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Upper Darby Native Tina Fey Is Producing a New Movie
Upper Darby native Tina Fey is always on the move. Now she’s producing a film based on the Tony-nominated Broadway play “John Proctor is the Villain,” writes Bedatri D. Choudhury for The Philadelphia Inquirer. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Fey and Marc Platt will produce the film adaptation of the play that was inspired by Arthur…
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Philadelphia Union Keeps Winning Despite Some Low Team Salaries
The second-lowest payroll in Major League Soccer belongs to the Philadelphia Union, writes Isaac Avilucea for Axios Philadelphia. Based on the Philadelphia Union’s performance, the situation shows that you don’t have to spend a lot of money on players to get wins. The Union ranks third in the MLS Eastern Conference. Its total team…
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The Arc of Chester County Honors Diane Speroff with 2025 President’s Award
The Arc of Chester County announces that Diane Speroff, speech-language pathologist and dedicated advocate, has been awarded the 2025 President’s Award. This honor, presented by Lisa Albany, president of the Board of Directors, recognized Diane’s exceptional 40+year career of service to children and adults with disabilities. The President’s Award is reserved for those who have…
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Here’s Delaware County’s Emergency Response — Minus Crozer
Delaware County is operating without its highest-level trauma center at Crozer-Chester Medical Center, writes Susan Gantz for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Ambulance blood transfusions are now used by VMSC Emergency Medical Services to improve a patient’s chance of survival when a high-level trauma center is no longer minutes away. VMSC is also training residents on how…
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Chester Firefighters Now Get an Early Warning of an Unsafe Building
Chester firefighters have an early warning system to tell them if a vacant building is too structurally dangerous to enter, writes Madeleine Wright and Rory Hardenstine for CBS News Philadelphia. Placards will now mark vacant and structurally compromised buildings so firefighters will be alerted to potential dangers inside. It’s an initiative paid for with a…
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Community Rallies to Save Juliette Warren’s Drexel Hill BBQ
Juliette Warren is an independent woman, a government worker, and a marathon runner who has also been blind since age 23, writes Victor Fiorillo for Philadelphia Magazine. On Saturday, she hosted a barbecue at her Drexel Hill home for 45 people with disabilities. Warren hired a cook so she could socialize. Then on Saturday morning,…
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Giant Warehouse Coming to Property Near Philadelphia Airport
A half-million square-foot industrial distribution RMR Group warehouse is set to replace a vacant office building on a 31.5-acre property on Tinicum Blvd. across from the Philadelphia International Airport, writes Paul Schwedelson for the Philadelphia Business Journal. RMR Group, a Massachusetts firm, plans to demolish the existing building that was previously occupied by PNC Bank.…
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DELCO Careers: The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth
Founded in 1970 by a behavioral health hospital and incorporated as a nonprofit in 1983, The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth is an entrepreneurial social enterprise committed to transforming lives and communities. Headquartered in Audubon, TLC operates across multiple states, providing K-12 alternative education, comprehensive mental and behavioral health services, coaching, counseling, and trauma-informed…
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