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Neumann University Offers Businesses Free Research, Marketing Advice on Expansion
As a service to the community, Neumann University business students are offering to work with area executives and small business owners during the spring 2017 semester to develop plans to expand local businesses internationally. From January to May, students will work closely with their professors, who themselves have extensive, hands-on international management experience, to assess…
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Newlywed from Glen Mills Thankful for New Life After Addiction
Wallowing in the pain of divorce, she turned to heroin — and embraced a horrible addiction that took more than treatment and rehab to break free from. But this Thanksgiving, Nicole (Kapulsky) Braclalenti of Glen Mills was grateful for new highs in life that have come heroin-free. “Six years clean in two months,” she wrote…
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Delco Cruisers Deliver Toys, Good Cheer to Crozer-Chester Medical Center
The Delco Cruisers recently visited Crozer-Chester Medical Center as part of the group’s 10th annual “Cruise for Kids.” Members of the organization dressed up as Santa, Mrs. Claus, and elves to help deliver hundreds of toys to pediatric patients at the medical center. Representatives from the Responders motorcycle group, Delaware County Motorcycle Riders, Brandywine Riders,…
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Delaware County Careers – Advanced Mold Diagnostics
Located in Broomall, Advanced Mold Diagnostics is an environmental consulting company that services the entire East Coast from Maine to Florida and as far west as Mississippi and Indiana. The firm provides investigative, consulting, and design services for issues affecting building performance and the comfort, health, and well-being of building occupants. The scope of its services focuses…
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Pearl Harbor Sent Delaware County into Action
Well before the afternoon news of Pearl Harbor’s disaster on Dec. 7, 1941 sent Delaware County and the rest of Philadelphia into a frenzy, local residents had already ramped up the war effort. The Baldwin Locomotive Works in Eddystone and Ford Motor Co. factory in Chester were producing tanks, half-tracks, and jeeps, according to a…
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Become an Elwyn Elf and Create Holiday Magic for Someone Else
Now in its 22nd year, the Elwyn Elves program provides holiday gifts to children and adults in Elwyn programs who might otherwise not receive a gift during the holiday season. Last year, more than 600 wishes were fulfilled, and more than 600 are expected to be granted this season. This year, Elwyn is debuting a…
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Assistant Super from Unionville-Chadds Ford to Lead Radnor School District
Kenneth Batchelor, the assistant superintendent for the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District, has been hired for the top job in Radnor Township, writes Kathy Boccella for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Unionville-Chadds Ford is among the top-performing districts in the state and was the top-ranked high school in the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s School Performance Profile. Batchelor has…
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Malvern Bancorp Hires New Exec to Work with Nonprofits, Independent Schools
Malvern Bancorp, the parent company of Malvern Federal Savings Bank, has recruited Patricia McLennan to join the organization in January 2017, and serve as Senior Vice President and Director of Community Development, dealing specifically with nonprofits and independent schools. McLennan will be working with the CEO and executive management team in handling and coordinating internal…
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House of the Week: Brick Beauty in Haverford
Few if any mansions on the Main Line can boast the elegant detail and extraordinary features of a gorgeous and relatively modest brick Colonial home up for sale in Haverford, writes Sandy Smith for Philadelphia magazine. The 1921 mansion is situated on a beautifully maintained 1.57-acre hillside lot. However, the inviting outside is just an…
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Iron Hill Brewery Donates to Support Children with Cancer on National Brownie Day
Today is National Brownie Day, and Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurant is doubling its donation from sales today of its Triple Chocolate Hill dessert. For every Triple Chocolate Hill brownie sold today, Dec. 8, $1.50 will be donated to CureSearch’s mission to end children’s cancer. Since 2004, Iron Hill has donated a portion of the…
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Delaware County Careers – Aon
Headquartered in London with a location in Radnor, Aon is the leading global provider of risk management, insurance brokerage, and human resources solutions. Through its more than 72,000 colleagues worldwide, Aon unites to empower results for clients in over 120 countries via innovative and effective risk and people solutions and through industry-leading global resources and technical expertise.…
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Swarthmore College Becomes Sanctuary Campus as Officials Vow to Protect Undocumented Students
Following the lead of students both locally and across the nation, Swarthmore College officials have declared the campus a sanctuary for undocumented immigrants. Swarthmore College President Valerie Smith and Board of Managers Chairman Thomas Spock announced Friday that the college would withhold voluntary information and access from immigration officials and not use the government’s E-Verify…
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Politics Halt North Dakota Pipeline of Newtown Square’s Sunoco Logistics
The Newtown Square company trying to complete a 1,172-mile pipeline that would crank open the flow of crude oil out of North Dakota and make it more affordable has seen its effort plugged by a political move from the Obama Administration, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report by Andrew Maykuth. After granting a permit for…
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Crozer-Keystone’s Home Health Department Ranks Among Top 25 Percent Nationwide
Crozer-Keystone’s Home Health department has proven its quality once again by ranking in the Top 25 percent of Medicare-certified home health agencies nationwide, according to a staff report from HomeCare Elite. This is the ninth time in the past 11 years that the Delaware County home health provider has been awarded this prestigious designation. The…
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Delaware County Careers – Don Guanella Village
Founded in 1960, Don Guanella Village’s developmental programs division provides residential services for men over the age of 21, with a primary diagnosis of Intellectual Disabilities. Don Guanella Village is committed to the belief that each individual has the right to strive to fulfill his potential in the physical, mental, emotional, social, psychological, and spiritual…
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East Lansdowne Offers Great Investment Potential
While East Lansdowne might be tiny, covering only 0.2 square miles, its real estate market offers great investment potential, writes Alan Heavens for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The densely populated area offers plenty of single-family detached homes and twins, but very few row houses, according to Barbara Mastronardo, associate broker at Weichert Realtors in Media. When…
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SEPTA Leads Northeast in Train Safety Technology
With a horrific train crash still fresh in the memories of Philly commuters, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority officials are racing down the tracks to make SEPTA the first major railroad system on the East Coast to run on GPS-based positive-train control. SEPTA, the nation’s fifth-busiest railroad with 134,000 riders per day, is already the “only…
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Cubs Outfielder, World Series Winner from Villanova an MVP for Bone Marrow Donation
There was a 1-in-80,000 chance that he’d be able to help anyone, but Chicago Cubs outfielder Matt Szczur’s risky decision to try as a young athlete at Villanova has saved a life and inspired many others. Just one month before his participation in the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft, Szczur, who played football and baseball for the…
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