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Cityteam Ministries in Chester Helping Mothers in Need
Chester’s Cityteam Ministries, through its Mother-Baby Care program, provides food and diapers for more than 1,000 families every year, writes Peg DeGrassa of Delaware County News Network. Two times a week, moms in need can walk into Cityteam Ministries and get the diapers, food, clothing and formula that they need for their babies and other…
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Glen Mills’ Resident and President of Marketing Firm Helps Small Retailers Expand
In today’s competitive world, the crucial challenges of brand messaging include improving brand awareness and building a base of well-informed customers that embrace brand loyalty. A direct link to building successful businesses is the amount of a brand’s visibility in the marketplace. Joe Purifico, a resident of Glen Mills and the president and general counsel…
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Radnor’s VWR Foundation Gives Back to Science Community, Distributes $85,000 in First-Quarter Grants
The VWR Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to giving back to the science community, distributed 10 grants totaling more than $85,000 during the first quarter of 2016. The Foundation is the philanthropic arm of VWR International, a Radnor-based company involved in the distribution of research laboratory products. The Foundation supports organizations and programs that are…
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With Three Stores in Delco, Church’s Auto Parts Celebrates 40th Anniversary
Church’s Auto Parts – with locations in Ridley, Springfield, and Drexel Hill – recently celebrated its 40th anniversary with auto-trade show and customer celebration at the Springfield Country Club, writes Peg DeGrassa of Delaware County News Network. The company began in 1976 when brothers Rich, Ray, and Roger Church of Norwood opened up a small…
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Delaware County Careers – Boeing
The Boeing Company is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, and satellites. It also provides leasing and product support services. Boeing is among the largest global aircraft manufacturers, is the second-largest defense contractor in the world, and is the largest exporter in the United States by dollar value. It…
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Nigerian Immigrant and Swarthmore Graduate Receiving Acclaim for Her Art
Njideka Akunyili Crosby, who immigrated to Swarthmore from Nigerian when she was 16 and later graduated from Swarthmore College, is receiving critical acclaim for her art. The 32-year-old’s paintings tell subtle, complicated stories about her homeland, herself, and colonialism, writes Ryan Steadman of the Observer, a Manhattan-based weekly newspaper. According to Steadman, Crosby came to…
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TripAdvisor.com Senior Contributor Touts Fly Fishing at Ridley Creek
Joe Zlomek, a TripAdvisor.com senior contributor and the managing editor of the Pottstown Post, recently touted the fly fishing aspects of Ridley Creek in Middletown Township in a recent column. You can practice fly fishing year-round in the protected and regulated – but highly entertaining, sportsmen say – catch-and-release area that extends for slightly more…
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BizzBuz: Four Writing Tools for Social Media Content
By Judith Lee If you create social media posts for your company, you know how challenging it is to create original posts – over and over! Of course, for social media engagement, it’s important that you do. Below are four good writing tools that will help you maintain quality social media content. WriteRack If you…
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Cabrini College to Become Cabrini University
President Donald B. Taylor has announced that Cabrini College will officially become Cabrini University effective July 1, 2016. The Pennsylvania Department of Education granted Cabrini approval to become a university after its application was submitted earlier this year. Cabrini will launch a new logo and brand identity on July 1 and begin to transition the…
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DELCO.Today Celebrates Delaware County’s Quality of Life and Economic Diversity
Today, May 2nd, marks the official debut of DELCO.Today, a web-based NewsHub telling Delaware County’s story of commercial prosperity, diverse cultural opportunities, and community involvement every day. DELCO.Today celebrates Delaware County’s quality of life and economic health by publishing short, concise, easy-to-read summaries about the events that shape the county. The site aims to drive…
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Brandywine River Exhibit will Memorialize the Life of Frolic Weymouth
The unmistakable spirit of George A. “Frolic” Weymouth will fill the Brandywine River Museum of Art in Chadds Ford one more time when the essence of his creative and fun-loving personality is put on display to memorialize a life lived to the full. “The nickname ‘Frolic,’ given to him in childhood, perfectly embodied the joy…
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Delaware County Community College Meets Needs of Its Diverse Communities
Delaware County Community College facilitates learning by providing quality educational programs and services that are student-focused, accessible, comprehensive, and flexible to meet the educational needs of the diverse communities it serves. With campuses in both Delaware and Chester Counties, the college focuses on student success by delivering quality, affordable, and responsive educational opportunities in a…
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Thrillist: Wayne is Philly’s Coolest Suburb
The editors of Thrillist, the premier site for Millennials trying to figure out what to do with their money, chose Wayne as the coolest suburb in the Philadelphia region, writes Sandy Smith of Philadelphia Magazine. Thrillist picked what it calls the coolest suburb in each of America’s 35 biggest metro areas. “When we undertook this…
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Upper Darby Among Nation’s Top 30 in Hipster Home Flips
RealtyTrac, the nation’s leading source for comprehensive housing data, recently released its 2015 U.S. Home Flipping Report, and it reveals that Upper Darby ranks 28th in the country in what it calls hipster home flips. Using average flipping returns along with demographic data from the U.S. Census, RealtyTrac identified the Top 30 hipster zip codes…
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Upper Darby Native and French Fashion Consultant Provides Fashion Tips for Older Women
Marie-Therese Norris may have grown up in a community, Upper Darby, that’s as American as apple pie. However, with a French father and French-American mother, she was a product of a bilingual and bicultural household. Using her European background and passion for fashion, Norris, an Upper Darby graduate, started her own business as a consultant,…
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Sunoco Logistics Ships First Exports of Marcellus Shale Ethane
Approximately 173,000 barrels of Marcellus Shale ethane set sail Wednesday, marking the first export shipment of the liquid used in plastics manufacturing that is derived from natural-gas production. According to a Philly.com report, the shipment from Sunoco Logistics Partners’ Marcus Hook terminal is bound for a petrochemical plant in Norway. The barrels, which had been…
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Wallingford’s Ship Bottom Brewery Set to Expand to Jersey Shore
Delaware County’s Ship Bottom Brewery is now equipped to take its business to the next level. According to a report in the Philadelphia Business Journal, Robert Zarko, the owner of the Wallingford-based brewery he named after the borough in Long Beach Island, has received a sum of $650,000 to lease a production facility in Beach…
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Copy of Learn from WSFS Bank How to Protect Your Small Business from Asset Loss and Fraud at June 27 NoonZOOM
Recent events in banking have brought new attention to the financial services industry and have business leaders wondering if they are taking the right steps to ensure their money is safe. Join a pair of experts from WSFS Bank to learn the several ways to safeguard against threats like fraud or market volatility. On Tuesday,…
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