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Media’s HeadRoom Promotes Innovation with Small Business Competition
HeadRoom has announced that Comcast Spotlight will be the Presenting Sponsor for the 2nd Annual Innovating Small Business competition. The competition will create a forum for entrepreneurs, inventors, and small business owners to spotlight how they implemented a process, product, or service that enables them to serve customers in a different way. The winner of…
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Delaware County Careers – VWR
Headquartered in Radnor, VWR is the leading, global, independent provider of products, services, and solutions to laboratory and production facilities. With sales in excess of $4.3 billion in 2015, VWR enables science for customers in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, industrial, education, government, and healthcare industries. Senior Systems Engineer This position is responsible for the design, configuration,…
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Media Mom, Educator Launches Conversation Cards to Spark Parent/Child Communication
Media resident Kat Rowan, a mother and former educator, has launched TiffinTalk, an innovative product to help parents and children strengthen their relationships through one-on-one, face-to-face interactions. Available for children in preschool through high school, TiffinTalk Parent – Child & Teen conversation cards come in seasonal boxed sets filled with 65 daily cards arranged in…
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Villanova Tops National List of Most Homes for Sale with Green Features
Villanova officially has the highest number of homes for sale with energy-saving or “green” features, according to a survey by online brokerage firm Redfin, writes Sandy Smith for Philadelphia Magazine. The survey found that environmentally friendly features were included on 57 percent of home listings, placing Villanova at the top of “The Top 10 Neighborhoods…
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Wawa Welcomed with Open Arms in South Florida
Wawa has received approval to open a store in Deerfield Beach, Fla., writes Elizabeth Roberts for the South Florida Sun Sentinel. The approval comes five years after the Delaware County-based chain moved into Florida, and only five weeks after breaking ground on its first two stores in South Florida. This expansion is part of the…
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Newest Member of Delco’s Court Team Has Four Legs, Offers Furry Comfort
Being in a courthouse can be an intimidating experience for people of any age, but for a child, it can be downright scary. The Delaware County Court of Common Pleas in Media has added a new “employee,” Frangelica, whose gentle, tail-wagging presence is intended to calm children and their families, and ease their fears while…
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Radnor’s Safeguard Scientifics Backs MedCrypt to Tune of $750,000
Safeguard Scientifics, Radnor’s IT and medical investment firm, has provided $750,000 in backing to medical-device software security developer MedCrypt, writes Joseph DiStefano for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The cash influx will be used by Safeguard founders Mike Kijewski and Eric Pancoast and MedCrypt tech founder and Chief Scientific Officer Brett Hemenway to build commercial pilots to…
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Delaware County Careers – Mobiquity
With a location in Wayne, Mobiquity is a rapidly scaling, digital engagement player with more than 400 colleagues around the world. It envisions, designs, creates, and optimizes compelling, game-changing digital solutions across all channels, combining its strengths in strategy, data science, and engineering. Mobiquity works within a wide variety of industries and has deep expertise…
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Delaware County’s Doctors, Patients Reaping Benefits from HealthShare Exchange
The HealthShare Exchange of Southeastern Pennsylvania is already bringing significant benefits to patient care in Delaware County and the region as a whole, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The nonprofit was started in 2011 through funding from area hospitals, health insurers, and state grants. It improves patient care by connecting the electronic…
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United Way of Greater Philadelphia Kicks Off Annual Fundraiser, Names Campaign Leadership
The United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey has kicked off its 2016-17 annual fundraising campaign. Daniel J. Hilferty, president and chief executive officer of Independence Blue Cross, will serve as chair of the campaign, and Christopher Cashman, former executive vice president and president of commercial markets at Independence Blue Cross, will serve…
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Springfield Native, Cardinal O’Hara Alum Wins Backup Quarterback Role for NFL’s Houston Texans
Springfield native and Cardinal O’Hara High School graduate Tom Savage has wrapped up the backup quarterback position for the NFL’s Houston Texans. The 26-year-old, whose whirlwind college career including stints at Rutgers, Arizona, and Pittsburgh, led all Houston quarterbacks in touchdown completions throughout the preseason and showed the coaching staff that he’s up for the…
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Free Program at Neumann University to Focus on Embedding Culture of Safety in Daily Life
The Delaware County Partnership for Public Safety has announced that it will host a public program for local businesses, academic and healthcare institutions, and non-profit organizations on strategies for entities to embed safety as part of their daily culture. The program, which is free and open to the public, will take place on Tuesday, Oct.…
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House of the Week: Classy Colonial in Haverford
A Colonial Revival home in Haverford is the perfect example of the preservation of a picturesque traditional home while keeping it updated and in sync with changing times and tastes, writes Sandy Smith for Philadelphia Magazine. And unlike many other Main Line Colonials the layout of this 116-year-old, five-bedroom, three-and-a-half bath home is informal, making…
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Delaware County Careers – The Haverford School
For more than 130 years, The Haverford School, located on the Main Line, has been dedicated to teaching boys and to helping them grow – in academics, the arts, athletics, and in moral character. Graduates of The Haverford School have consistently had national and international impact in government, business, technology, education, and more – all…
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Miss Cheyney University, a Boothwyn Native, Crowned White House HBCU All-Star
Her recent crowning as the 2016 Miss Cheyney University is likely to become just a snapshot of the attention that junior Anitra Jackson will soon experience. The three-sport queen chasing down two Cheyney degrees in three years has also been named an all-star by the White House Initiative for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Cheyney’s…
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Owner of Upper Darby’s Girls Auto Clinic Repair Center Throws Wrench into Auto Industry
Don’t let the red stilettos fool you. Patrice Banks can wield a pretty wrench under the hood, and she’s throwing that wrench into the traditional auto industry by bringing a wildly popular phenomenon to Upper Darby with her revolutionary Girls Auto Clinic Repair Center. “I didn’t grow up in the auto industry. I’m not here…
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Penn State Brandywine to Host Speed Networking Event
On Sept. 28, Penn State Brandywine’s Office of Career Services is hosting its annual “speed networking” event in partnership with local Penn State alumni to help students gain confidence as networkers, writes Haleigh Swansen for the college’s website. During the event at the Tomezsko Lounge at 12:15 PM, students get to interact with Penn State…
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Sisters of Saint Francis Organize Bargain Sale in Aston to Help Orphans in Kenya
The Sisters of Saint Francis organized a bargain sale over the weekend at their Aston Township Motherhouse to help orphans in Kenya, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Delaware County News Network. Local residents who stopped by 609 South Convent Road in Aston from Friday through Sunday were able to get a great bargain on jewelry,…
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