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Floral Designer Creates Formal Winter Wonderland in Her Newtown Square Home
For Christmas, floral designer Nicol Segel created a formal winter wonderland in silver and white inside her Newtown Square home, writes Sally Downey for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Two years ago, Segel and her husband Alan downsized to a three-bedroom townhouse from a large home in Bryn Mawr. In their previous residence, Segel had three trees…
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DNB First House of the Week: French Colonial in Newtown Square
A French Colonial with four bedrooms and five full bathrooms on a secluded cul-de-sac is available in Newtown Square. The 2.37-acre property is located near Ridley Creek Park and overlooks the Springton Reservoir. The home, which recently underwent a complete makeover and boasts an open floor plan, is entered through a sweeping, grand-marble foyer. It…
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Media-Based Logistics Company Takes Full Advantage of Boom in Online Shopping
The boom in online shopping shows no signs of abating, and one Delaware County logistics company is taking full advantage of the trend, writes Sam Wood for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Media’s Pilot Freight Services specializes in delivering the bulkiest and heaviest items. The company employs hundreds of trucks and has a network of 75 warehouses…
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Judge Issues Recommendation in Gerrymandering Case … and Both Sides Praise Decision
The Commonwealth Court judge hearing the high-profile gerrymandering case has recommended that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court uphold the state’s controversial map of congressional districts, writes Jonathan Lai for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Judge P. Kevin Brobson found that, while partisanship was a factor in drawing the map, it did not violate the state’s constitution. In his…
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Chester’s Health Mats Sponsors Eagles Autism Challenge
Health Mats, a Chester-based company dedicated to helping its regional customers manage walkway safety with a clean mat program, is sponsoring the Eagles Autism Challenge. On May 19, Team Health Mats will join the entire Philadelphia Eagles organization and thousands of supporters as they collectively ride, run, or walk to raise funds for innovative research…
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Delaware County Chamber of Commerce to Host Women in Leadership Power Luncheon
The Delaware County Chamber of Commerce will present its third installment of the Women in Leadership Power Luncheon on Tuesday, Jan. 9 from 11:30 AM-1:30 PM at the Drexelbrook Special Events Center. The luncheons empower others to embrace their voices, lead confidently to break glass ceilings, and to change the narrative of leadership. This installment…
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Neumann’s Pact with Delaware County Community College Benefits Criminal Justice Majors
Delaware County Community College and Neumann University have signed an agreement that will enable the latter’s students to earn a criminal justice degree faster and at less cost by attending the former’s Municipal Police Academy. The agreement is the first that Delaware County Community College’s 40-year-old Municipal Police Academy has entered into with a four-year…
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With Democracy at Stake, Struggling Newspaper Industry Reaches Out to Big Tech
Today, as much as 80 percent of the money that used to go to newspaper advertising has ended up in the pockets of tech giants like Google and Facebook, writes Henri Gendreau for Wired. Even when newspapers went online and started making gains in digital advertising, it wasn’t enough to make up for the losses…
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Literary Magazine Looks Back on Year Celebrating Centennial of Andrew Wyeth’s Birth
Chadds Ford’s Andrew Wyeth, the brilliant but highly polarizing painter, was widely celebrated last year, the centennial of his birth, writes James Panero for The New Criterion, a New York City-based literary magazine. Adored by his fans but infuriating to his critics, the painter provided a popular alternative to the onslaught of modernity with his…
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As Cigarette Ads Continue to Profile, Lincoln and Cheyney to Ban Tobacco on Campus
Lincoln and Cheyney universities are joining a growing list of colleges that are banning tobacco on campus, writes Sara Hoover for WHYY. Currently, less than half of the nation’s 102 historically black colleges and universities and only a third of community colleges have official smoke-free or tobacco-free policies. Now, an initiative started by the CVS…
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Washington Post: New Wawa Customer in Washington: ‘It’s a Lunch Fantasy’
Wawa’s largest store, not to mention its first-ever in Washington, D.C., is a big hit with new and old customers alike, writes Justin Wm. Moyer for the Washington Post. The 9,200-square-foot store opened last week at 1111 19th St. NW in Washington’s central business district. “I get everything in one place,” said new customer G.…
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Despite Cooking for the Elite, Executive Chef from Morton a Blue-Collar Guy
Executive chef Martin Hamann, a Morton native, has no illusions about his profession, writes Alfred Lubrano for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Hamann, executive chef at the Union League of Philadelphia, has spent many years standing in front of hot ovens, hoisting 50-pound bags of potatoes, performing endless culinary calisthenics, and working 14-hour days. “This is hard-core…
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With Chainsaw and Chisel, Havertown Man Turns Ice into Art
Havertown resident Don Lowing works magic with a chainsaw and chisel, turning blocks of ice into frozen pieces of art, writes Maria Panaritis for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Lowing, 43, has performed his craft before students at local schools and at Linvilla Orchards in Media, sculpting characters such as Olaf and Elsa from the Disney film…
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Folcroft Family Continues Four-Generation Tradition of Making Pierogi
For the Kosloski family from Folcroft, the week following Thanksgiving means it’s time to gather for its annual pierogi-making party, a tradition that has continued for four generations, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Delaware County News Network. The tradition started in the home of Steve and Floss Kosloski and their eight children on Primos Avenue…
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Two Delco-Based Companies Among Glassdoor’s Top 20 Best Places to Work in America
Two Delaware County-based companies are among the nation’s Top 20 Best Places to Work, according to employee reviews on Glassdoor, writes Heather Thompson for Philadelphia magazine. Software giant SAP is the highest-ranked company from the Greater Philadelphia region at No. 11, up four places from last year. More than 6,600 employees left reviews, with the…
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Scientists Exhume 19th-Century Serial Killer from Cemetery in Yeadon
Scientists have exhumed the body of Herman Webster Mudgett, better known as 19th-century serial killer H.H. Holmes, from Holy Cross Cemetery in Yeadon to determine if it is actually him, writes Frank Burgos for PhillyVoice. The exhumation was done for the History Channel documentary American Ripper, following the suspicions of the killer’s great-great-grandson, author Jeff…
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Happy Holidays from DELCO Today; See You in the New Year!
All of us here at DELCO Today and American Community Journals would like to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. We will be taking next week off to spend the holidays with family and friends, and thus, will not be publishing any new stories until Tuesday, Jan. 2. Thank…
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DNB First House of the Week: Charming Cape Cod in Haverford
A charming Cape Cod with four bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms and surrounded by beautiful flora is available for sale in Haverford. Located in the heart of the Main Line, the two-story entrance foyer features a bright, open staircase and loft landing overlooking the main entrance. The home is filled with wood-trim detail,…
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