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Study Reveals Student Population Growth Negatively Affects Local School Districts, Property Taxes
School district enrollment levels have dramatically shifted in Pennsylvania over the past 25 years, writes Kevin McCorry in a fascinating report for NewsWorks that reveals the inequity of the state’s school-funding formula for the last quarter-century. More than a third of the state’s 500 districts have either grown or shrank by more than 25 percent…
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Pennsylvania Turnpike, America’s First Limited Access, Divided Superhighway, Turns 76
The number 76 is special to those of us who live in the Delaware Valley. The digits call to mind the signing of the Declaration of Independence and Philadelphia’s past as our nation’s capital. Seventy-six is also how old the Pennsylvania Turnpike turned this month. This birthday of the first limited access, divided superhighway in…
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Upcoming Workshop from Achievement Unlimited Offers Swift Kick Toward Success in 2017
The inertia of the daily grind and the strangle of bad habits are slow and painful success killers, and it often takes a swift kick to break free in a new direction and achieve full potential. That’s the promise of a new workshop coming to the Penn State Great Valley Conference Center in Malvern on…
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Wayne’s FGX Group Wins Design Award for ‘Greening’ Elementary Schoolyard
The Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) recently honored the winners of the 2016 Philadelphia Design Awards at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts with 350 architects and guests in attendance. The annual gala honors the best and brightest shaping the built environment in the Philadelphia region and beyond. This year’s…
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Delaware County Careers – Airgas
Headquartered in Radnor, Airgas, Inc. is the largest American distributor of industrial, medical, and specialty gases (delivered in packaged or cylinder form), and hardgoods (welding, safety, and related products). The industries that Airgas serves – manufacturing, construction, medical, chemical, utilities, food, and research, among others – are essential to the U.S. economy and American infrastructure. Corporate Paralegal…
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Delco Paints Better Picture of Employment Than Rest of State
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry released its employment situation report for September 2016, and it reveals that Delaware County (5.1 percent) currently has a lower unemployment rate than the rest of the state. Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate was unchanged from August at 5.7 percent. However, the state’s rate remained above that of the nation,…
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With Playoffs Looming, Philadelphia Union the Embodiment of Chester, Delaware County
Delaware County’s professional soccer team is the can’t-help-but-root-for union of a rough and gritty work ethic with Major League Soccer talent. “Embodying Philadelphia – or Chester, as it may be – is about embracing that hard-working, blue-collar identity,” Jeff Kassouf writes for FourFourTwo, an international soccer magazine. “It means pressing every team, whether at home…
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Local Life Science Innovators Make Greater Philadelphia One of the Best
Throughout an industry in which regions across the nation constantly jockey for prominence, Greater Philadelphia has remained a life science innovator that can be depended on. Greater Philadelphia boasts 90 colleges and universities, 100 hospitals, 1,600 life sciences companies, 11 million square feet, and the hearts and minds of up-and-coming millennials, according to the Philadelphia Business…
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Tour of Historic Art in Chadds Ford Impresses
Delaware County has one of the Northeast’s most prized art attractions in Chadds Ford, where the display of art by the Wyeth family continues to impress people near and far. Travel writer Martha Steger detailed her Chadds Ford weekend immersion “in the arts and sites showcasing works of the Wyeth family and the Brandywine School…
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Havertown Car Gang Relives Its Glory Years
The only thing better than the days they hung out in the parking lot of the Havertown Burger King and talked all things cars back in the 1970s was the day they came back to relive those memories. “Back in the day, we lived in this parking lot,” Garnet Valley’s George Moore said in a…
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Delaware County Careers – Boeing
With a location in Ridley Park, Boeing 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…
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Wall Street Journal: Delco an Area Targeted for Precise Data Voter Sifting
The improvement in data analytics, which allow political consultants to identify and target persuadable voters, has been especially prominent in southeastern Pennsylvania this election cycle, writes Michelle Hackman for The Wall Street Journal. Last month, the super PAC of the liberal group League of Conservation Voters announced it would be knocking on voters’ doors in…
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Haverford College Launched Career of Top Corporate Investigator
She tracks down the truth behind elusive business hacking, fraud, scandal, and other illegal activity for a living, and she got her start in challenging history courses at Haverford College. One of the few female leaders in the global corporate investigation industry, Lisa Silverman, the Managing Director of Chicago-based K2 Intelligence, is living proof that…
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Delaware County Briefly: Springfield Educational Foundation, Devereux Foundation, and CASA Youth Advocates
Springfield Area Educational Foundation The Springfield Area Educational Foundation will host the Philadelphia Boys Choir for a seasonal, full-length concert on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016 at 3:00 PM at Springfield High School. The Emmy-winning and Grammy-nominated PBC – renowned for its commanding musicianship, intelligence, and interpretative abilities – will be joined onstage by the Springfield…
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Delaware County Careers – Wawa
Wawa, the Delco-based chain of convenience stores, is a staple in the lives of Delaware Valley residents and beyond. Almost 700 Wawa stores – more than half of which sell gasoline – are located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Central Florida. They offer built-to-order hoagies, freshly brewed coffee, hot breakfast sandwiches, specialty…
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Appropriately Named Student at Marple Newtown Defies Odds in School, Life
Defying the medical struggles that brought him to America as a Kenyan infant, Lucky Wavai has thrived at Marple Newtown High School, and the senior is only getting started on a life of success. “My mother originally thought she had only one chance, and that’s how I got my name,” Wavai said in a Marple…
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Find Out the Median Salary Earned by Alumni of Delaware County’s Colleges
The U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard has ranked the nation’s colleges and universities by the median salary earned by alumni – who received financial aid – 10 years after they first began taking classes at the school. Here’s how Delaware County’s institutions of higher learning stack up: Villanova University – $73,900 Haverford College –…
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Delco Councilmen Try to Retain Gaming Tax Funds from Harrah’s by Testifying in Harrisburg
The Pennsylvania legislature has little time to fix a portion of the state’s gaming law to ensure that Delaware County residents are not hit with a big loss in revenue from its only casino. Delaware County Council Chairman Mario J. Civera Jr. and Councilman John McBlain traveled to Harrisburg this week to speak up to…
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