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Two More Wawa Philadelphia Stores Are Closing This Month
Even as Wawa expands, seemingly everywhere, two more of its Philadelphia stores are closing, writes Michaelle Bond for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The two Northeast stores are within two miles of each other. A store at 6506 Frankford Ave. will close April 22, followed by a store at 6919 Castor Ave. on April 24. The newest…
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Delaware County Among 5 Pennsylvania Counties With the Most Distracted Driving Offenders
Delaware County is among the five top counties in Pennsylvania that have the most distracted driver offenders, writes David Mowery for the Reading Eagle, as printed in the Daily Times. In fact, four counties in southeastern Pennsylvania had the top 10 highest percentage of drivers who were cited for distracted driving between 2020 and 2024,…
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Battery Manufacturer With Folcroft Ties Owes Workers $22M for Showers
An appeals court has ruled that East Penn Manufacturing in Berks County, with listed facilities in Folcroft, owes $22 million in overtime back wages for underpaid showers and changing times for battery factory workers in Berks County. The appeals court agreed with a federal jury verdict issued in Pennsylvania last year that workers should be…
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The Foundation for Delaware County Begins Search for New President
The Foundation for Delaware County is looking to hire a new president by the Fall of 2025 and is now accepting candidate submissions. Frances Sheehan, president of The Foundation for Delaware County, will retire in the fall after eight years leading The Foundation. Sheehan became the Foundation’s first president in January 2017, guiding its transition…
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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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Linvilla Starts Fires to Keep Peaches Safe From a Spring Freeze
Unseasonably cooler temperatures this spring are putting Linvilla Orchard’s peach trees in jeopardy, but the popular Media orchard has a solution, writes Leland Pinder for 6abc. Manager Norm Schultz says warm March temperatures brought the peach trees to life. Now, below-freezing overnight temperatures in April threaten to take that life away, rendering new blooms dead…
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Wawa Tackles I-81 Virginia Corridor in Latest Store Expansion
Those who use I-81 to travel south into Virginia and beyond will appreciate Wawa’s expansion of 60 stores along that corridor in western Virginia in the next 10 years, writes Diane Adam for CSP Daily News. Wawa is excited to enter the I-81 region, a key north-south freight route in Virginia off of Interstate 81.…
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Painting With Heartfelt Note Recalls 2020 Swarthmore College Graduation
A painting with a heartfelt Swarthmore College graduation message from 2020 has turned up in a New Jersey thrift store and found new life online, writes Alice Gibbs for Newsweek. Marina, 37, found the artwork during a regular visit to the 2nd Ave thrift store in Vorhees, New Jersey. The painting was a landscape, a…
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Kevin Willard’s Focus Is to Turn Wildcats Into a Perennial Winner
Villanova men’s basketball head coach Kevin Willard considers his new role as his “last job,” writes Jeff Neiburg for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “I feel like I’m in the prime of my coaching career, I just turned 50,” he said. “This was my wife and I making a decision together where we wanted to spend, technically,…
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How Can Rehabilitation Therapies Help With Multiple Sclerosis?
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease of the central nervous system that is thought to be an autoimmune disorder where the body attacks itself by mistake. MS affects everyone differently, with some having only mild symptoms while others may lose their ability to see clearly, write, speak or walk. While there is no cure…
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$6M Released to Keep Crozer Health Hospitals on Life Support
Another $6 million has been added to keep Crozer Health operations going in Delaware County open while negotiations continue on a deal to bring a new owner on board, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. This time the money is coming from Delaware County and Penn Medicine. Delaware County’s $1 million will go to mental health…
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Delaware County Chamber Coffee Connection April 17 Includes School Supply Collection
The Delaware County Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Coffee Connection Thursday, April 17, 8 AM to 10 AM at Teachers’ Teammates, 777 Henderson Blvd. Building 11, Unit 3, in Folcroft. You can register here. The event is free for Chamber members, $25 for prospective members. Start your morning with coffee, conversation, and community impact.…
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UPS Looking at Reducing Deliveries by 50 Percent for Amazon
Package delivery service company UPS has reached an agreement in principle with Amazon to cut the volume of packages it delivers for the online retailer by more than 50 percent by the second half of 2026. The move by UPS is part of the company’s “better not bigger strategy,” which UPS is hoping will pay…
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Crozer Health’s Hospitals Still Open But More Cash Requested
Prospect Medical Holdings, the bankrupt owners of Crozer Health, had said it would close Crozer Health’s last two hospitals Thursday morning if it didn’t receive another $9 million by 4 PM Wednesday to keep the facilities running, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. However, in a brief statement Wednesday evening, a representative for…
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Here’s How Villanova Quietly Came on the Scene for the Rosemont College Merger
Rosemont College in Rosemont has been planning a merger for a while, years, in fact, writes Ryan Mulligan for Philadelphia Business Journal. Officials brought in a national consulting firm, assembled a list of potential partners, and began talking with several Pennsylvania universities and a local billionaire. Villanova, the university now set to actually absorb Rosemont…
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Rosemary Restaurant in Ridley Park Is a Hit, and Here’s Why
Rosemary in Ridley Park, has opened to rave reviews and large crowds. Much of the credit for Delaware County’s hot new restaurant goes to Philadelphia chef Elijah Milligan, who has worked in some of the city’s best restaurants, writes Victor Fiorillo for Philadelphia Magazine. Milligan learned to cook from his South Philadelphia grandma Vanessa and…
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Upper Darby Food Pantry Feeling Effects of Federal Funding Cuts
A $1 billion cut in assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture is impacting food help organizations in Delaware County, writes Madeleine Wright for CBS News Philadelphia. Gone is $420 million that went to a Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement that helped food banks, and $60 million to Local Food for Schools, a program…
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Lincoln Financial Sells Part of Itself to Bain Capital for $825M
Lincoln Financial is selling part of the company to private equity firm Bain Capital as part of a bigger strategic partnership, writes Jeff Blumenthal for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The life insurance and retirement product provider based in Radnor is selling 9.9 percent of the company to Bain for $825 million. Lincoln Financial and Bain…
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