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ADVIS Achieves Milestone with Support of Malvern Bank, National Association
Malvern Bank, National Association has donated $30,000 to the Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools (ADVIS) this holiday season. This donation helped ADVIS secure the required 100 percent matching funds for its recent Edward E. Ford Foundation grant award of $100,000. The grant supports ADVIS programming toward transformative collaboration for financial sustainability amongst its independent…
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Bloomberg: Pennsylvania Pipelines Playing Key Role in Nation’s Energy Independence
Pennsylvania and its pipelines are playing a key role in the nation’s effort to become energy independent, writes Javier Blas for Bloomberg. At the end of November, the U.S. became a net exporter of oil for the first time in 75 years. It sold a net of 21,000 barrels per day, finally breaking its dependence…
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Villanova Alum Behind Google’s New ‘Tell Me Something Good’ Function
Ryan Burke, a Villanova University graduate and producer at Google’s Creative Lab, is the originator of Google’s new “something good” function, writes Michelle Caffrey for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The new function can be accessed by saying “Hey, Google, tell me something good” to Google Assistant or to a Google Home smart speaker. The idea…
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Explore a New Language with Your Delaware County Library Card
Pronunciator, a language-learning program, will soon be available free of charge to all Delaware County residents. Founded by a librarian, Pronunciator is committed to serving public, academic, and special libraries. It offers basic to advanced language learning courses in more than 80 languages through activities, drills, quizzes, interactive coaching, and live practice with native speakers.…
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Delaware County Estate Planning Council to Host Program on Charitable Giving, Ethics on Jan. 8
The Delaware County Estate Planning Council will host a program entitled “Charitable Giving and Ethics for Estate Planners and Financial Advisors: You Be the Judge” on Tuesday, Jan. 8 from 5-7:15 PM at the Springfield Country Club. Suzanne Friday, Senior Counsel and Vice President of Legal Affairs at the Council on Foundations, will discuss several…
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Widener University Students Bring Library Back to Elementary School in Chester
Widener University students ensured that children at Stetser Elementary School in Chester have a recreational reading area by reviving the school’s library, writes Kevin Tustin for the Delaware County News Network. The space for the school’s original library was repurposed years ago to accommodate the growing student population. To rectify this, Widener students Melissa Damiani,…
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Radnor Company Partners with Restaurant Consortium to Offer Text-to-Order System
Radnor-based JetSense has partnered with a consortium of restaurants in Washington, D.C., to create an ordering system based on text messaging, writes Kenneth Hilario for the Philadelphia Business Journal. JetSense, which designs integrated chatbot platforms, and the Neighborhood Restaurant Group recently debuted the new text-based system that aims to simplify restaurant dining. The new text…
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Neumann University’s Christmas Gift to Delco
Everyone has heard the Bing Crosby-David Bowie version of Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy, a Christmas favorite. Forty-one years after the debut of this tune, Neumann University has used it as inspiration for a holiday video. In the three-minute production, Dr. Chris Domes, the university’s president, falls asleep while watching the Crosby-Bowie duet and dreams…
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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Affected by the Opioid Epidemic in Pennsylvania
By Kathleen A. Piperno Approximately 2.6 million children are being raised by grandparents in the United States and that number continues to rise. In Pennsylvania, more than 100,000 children are being raised by grandparents or other relatives. Pennsylvania has been hit hard by the opioid epidemic. As of the publishing of this blog, thousands of…
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Radnor-Based eMoney Advisor Inks Deal to Integrate Its Platform with BlackRock’s Retirement Calculator
Radnor-based eMoney Advisor has made a deal to integrate its platform with BlackRock’s retirement income calculator, iRetire, writes Jeff Blumenthal for the Philadelphia Business Journal. This gives financial advisors the ability to move seamlessly between eMoney’s platform, a popular planning tool for independent advisors, and iRetire. With a single sign-on, financial advisors can now build…
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DELCO Careers – Compassus
With a location in Newtown Square, Compassus is a nationwide network of community-based hospice, palliative, and home healthcare services that offers comfort and hope to patients and families facing serious illness with a commitment to compassion, integrity, and excellence. Director Clinical Services This position conducts inter-disciplinary team meetings and manages team members; oversees the development…
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Researchers Aim to Reduce Frightening Number of Area Drivers Using Mobile Devices at the Wheel
A new study by the Travelers Institute has found that three quarters of drivers on Philadelphia-area roads use mobile devices while at the wheel, writes Justine McDaniel for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Reducing that habit has proven difficult. Advocates have already tried effecting change through public information campaigns and promoting legislation that bans phones in cars.…
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In an Era of Technologically-Enhanced Holiday Attractions, There’s Still Nothing Like a Train Display
The Brandywine River Museum of Art in Chadds Ford has been running a miniature train display since the 1970s, and despite all of the technologically-enhanced Christmas displays of the modern day, it remains one of the region’s most popular holiday attractions, writes Bethany Ao for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Paul Hoerner and David Jensen are the…
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It’s Unanimous! Delaware County Council Votes to Decrease 2019 Property Taxes
Delaware County Council voted to approve the 2019 budget during its public council meeting Wednesday night. After months of budget meetings and a public budget hearing, council approved a 2019 budget that decreases property taxes, while maintaining services for county residents. Council approved a general fund budget of $354,877,000 for 2019. The county has successfully…
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DNB First House of the Week: Prized Property Masterfully Restored in Radnor Township
An English manor, one of the most prized properties in Radnor Township, with six bedrooms and four full and two half bathrooms is available for sale in Wayne. The home has been masterfully restored to retain its exquisite detail. Built in 1929 by famed architects Bissell & Sinkler, the home features breathtaking terrace views of…
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Thanks to Wawa’s Increase in Share Price, a Number of Employees Retire as Millionaires
Wawa’s status as being privately owned ensures that the numbers behind its success are not readily accessible by the public. However, a few fun facts explain how the Delco-based chain of convenience stores remains one of the most successful in the region, writes Danya Henninger for Billy Penn. Wawa generated $10 billion in revenue last…
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With an Assist from Franklin Mint FCU, McFadden Group Keeps Its Portfolio Close to Home
The McFadden Group, a real estate development and management company based in West Chester and run by Brian and Ellen McFadden, keeps its portfolio close to home, according to a report in Choices, the official magazine of Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union. Over the last 35 years, the McFaddens have built an impressive portfolio of…
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Martha Stewart Comes to Delco
Martha Stewart traveled to Glen Mills last week to host a holiday cocktail party and promote her new book, Martha Stewart’s Pressure Cooker, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Delaware County News Network. The domestic diva held the event at the restaurant Terrain. Tickets sold out within two hours of going online, with 225 lucky fans…
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