• Wife of Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles Opens Up About Dealing with Rare, Debilitating Disorder

    Wife of Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles Opens Up About Dealing with Rare, Debilitating Disorder

    Tori Moore, the wife of Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles, opened up about dealing with the rare but debilitating disorder known as postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or POTS, at the annual meeting of Dysautonomia International, writes Rita Giordano for the Philadelphia Inquirer. During the event, Moore explained that for her and many other POTS sufferers,…

  • As Manufacturing Makes Its Comeback, Here’s the ‘Single Greatest Threat to the Industry’

    As Manufacturing Makes Its Comeback, Here’s the ‘Single Greatest Threat to the Industry’

    While the manufacturing industry is making a comeback, the lack of skilled workers is creating a serious challenge for the growth of area manufacturers, writes Kennedy Rose for the Philadelphia Business Journal. “That’s the single greatest threat to manufacturing right now,” said Steve Jurash, president of the Manufacturing Alliance of the Greater Philadelphia Region. However,…

  • Facing Increased Competition from Ride-Share Businesses, SEPTA to Revamp Its Bus Network in City

    Facing Increased Competition from Ride-Share Businesses, SEPTA to Revamp Its Bus Network in City

    SEPTA plans to revitalize its bus network in Philadelphia to deal with the issues of slow service, shrinking ridership, and increasing competition from ride-share businesses, writes Jason Laughlin for The Philadelphia Inquirer. A revitalized bus network could be “different from anything Philadelphia has seen in anybody’s memory,” said Jarrett Walker, a nationally recognized transit expert…

  • Raffaele Puppio Attorney Speaks at Special Education Law Symposium

    Raffaele Puppio Attorney Speaks at Special Education Law Symposium

    Gabrielle C. Goham, a special education lawyer with Media-based Raffaele Puppio, recently presented at Lehigh University’s 2018 Special Education Law Symposium. Goham participated in a session entitled “Restraints, Seclusion, and Abuse: Aversive Legal Consequences?” The discussion focused on the need for safe environments for students with disabilities, based upon sound, research-based techniques of instruction and…

  • Fascinating New Study on Life Expectancies Reveals Huge Disparities Among States

    Fascinating New Study on Life Expectancies Reveals Huge Disparities Among States

    A new study shows that there are huge disparities among states when it comes to average life expectancy, as Pennsylvania ranks 30th at 76 years, writes Bill Murphy Jr. for Inc. magazine. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, is different from other major studies, because it approached life expectancy on…

  • Delaware County’s Swim Clubs Become Community Centers During the Summer

    Delaware County’s Swim Clubs Become Community Centers During the Summer

    Swim clubs throughout Delaware County open their doors to everyone during the summer, turning them into community centers, writes Kevin Tustin for the Delaware County News Network. Beginning with Memorial Day weekend, swim clubs become safe havens that unite neighbors, friends, and newcomers to the community. Primos-Secane Swim Club President Patti McNally said that for…

  • DELCO Careers – Energy Transfer Partners

    DELCO Careers – Energy Transfer Partners

    Following its merger with Sunoco Logistics, Energy Transfer Partners owns and operates one of the largest and most diversified portfolios of assets in the United States, including crude oil, natural gas liquids, and refined product transportation and terminalling assets. Senior Terminal Accountant (Marcus Hook) This position tracks and reports inventory receipts, deliveries, and transfers by…

  • Chester’s Power Home Remodeling Takes #PhillyWantsLeBron Campaign Sky High

    Chester’s Power Home Remodeling Takes #PhillyWantsLeBron Campaign Sky High

    Chester-based Power Home Remodeling took its #PhillyWantsLeBron campaign sky high with three aerial billboards flying above Brooklyn ahead of the NBA Draft, writes Roberto Torres for Technical.ly Philly. The remodeling services company was already in the news and went viral with a trio of billboards outside Cleveland. They called for LeBron James to drop the…

  • Delaware County Community College’s Board of Trustees Selects New Leadership Team

    Delaware County Community College’s Board of Trustees Selects New Leadership Team

    Delaware County Community College’s 13-member Board of Trustees have unanimously elected new trustee leaders, including: Donald L. Heller, chairman Kevin B. Scott, vice chairman Stephen F. Gambescia, re-elected secretary Each board member serves a term of six years. Trustees are not compensated and must reside in one of the college’s 12 sponsoring school districts in…

  • Step Aside, Harvard and MIT. Penn State Places Second in Number of Graduating CEOs

    Step Aside, Harvard and MIT. Penn State Places Second in Number of Graduating CEOs

    Penn State is one of the most popular schools for future executives, as it places second, behind only Stanford, in number of graduating CEOs, writes Zameena Mejia for CNBC. Penn State counts several leaders of Fortune 500 companies among its alumni, including Nike CEO Mark Parker, Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier, and CH2M CEO Jacqueline Hinman.…

  • Upper Darby, Like 75 percent of State’s School Districts, Intends to Raise Property Taxes

    Upper Darby, Like 75 percent of State’s School Districts, Intends to Raise Property Taxes

    School board members in Upper Darby, where local taxes are already among the region’s highest, have approved a 2.5 percent increase in real estate tax, writes Meghan Bobrowsky for the Philadelphia Inquirer. This means that property owners in the Upper Darby School District will pay, on average, $67 more a year. Upper Darby officials have…

  • Chester Native, Owner of Aston-Based Insurance Brokerage Self-Publishes Novel

    Chester Native, Owner of Aston-Based Insurance Brokerage Self-Publishes Novel

    Anthony “Tony” Iacone – a Chester native and the owner of K&I Associates, an insurance brokerage based in Aston – has self-published a novel entitled Mario, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Delaware County News Network. The book, recently released through Page Publishing, focuses on the title character, a second-generation Italian-American born and raised in an…

  • Delaware County Council Seeks Public Input on Health Study

    Delaware County Council Seeks Public Input on Health Study

    Delaware County will be seeking a proposal from an accredited institution of higher learning to conduct a study of the health and public health needs of residents and the public health services available to residents of the county. Before the proposal is released, Delaware County is seeking the input of residents in order to ascertain…

  • Springfield Resident, Retired Philadelphia Firefighter Turns His Work Journal into a Book

    Springfield Resident, Retired Philadelphia Firefighter Turns His Work Journal into a Book

    Springfield resident Robert Marchisello has turned his work journal from almost four decades as a firefighter into a book entitled A Firefighter’s Journal, writes Stephanie Farr for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Marchisello, who recently retired from the Philadelphia Fire Department, took notes on events during his shifts as a firefighter, from cadet to deputy chief. “I…

  • Radnor High School Students Learn Government Lessons from Board Game

    Radnor High School Students Learn Government Lessons from Board Game

    Combining fun and learning, Radnor High School teacher Paul Wright recently used the popular board game Catan to teach students about the inner workings of government, writes Max Bennett for the Radnor Patch. Catan, previously known as Settlers of Catan, is a board game created by Germany’s Klaus Teuber. Using the game, students in Wright’s…

  • DELCO Careers – Mobiquity

    DELCO Careers – Mobiquity

    With a location in Wayne, Mobiquity is a rapidly scaling, digital engagement player that envisions, designs, creates, and optimizes compelling, game-changing digital solutions across all channels, combining its strengths in strategy, data science, and engineering. Program Manager This position maintains consistent and highly successful delivery across all work streams; ensures that project teams are staffed with desired…

  • Army Lists Philadelphia Among Five Finalists for New Command Center

    Army Lists Philadelphia Among Five Finalists for New Command Center

    Philadelphia is one of the five cities announced by the U.S. Army as finalists for its new Futures Command Center, write Marc DeRoberts and Alison Burdo for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Futures Command Center is the new fourth command of the Army. The military branch has expressed an interest in being close to experts…

  • Delaware County Community College’s Municipal Police Academy Graduates 48 Cadets

    Delaware County Community College’s Municipal Police Academy Graduates 48 Cadets

    Delaware County Community College’s Municipal Police Academy has broken another record. Twelve female cadets – the most to have ever graduated at one time from the Police Academy – were among 48 students lauded at the Academy’s graduation ceremony held recently at Ridley High School. The female cadets join the 10 women who, last year,…