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The Heck with Disney World! Olympic Gymnast to Celebrate with Trip to Wawa
Some athletes celebrate their success with a bottle of champagne or even a trip to Disney World. For gymnast Laurie Hernandez of Old Bridge, N.J., she is headed straight to Wawa, the Delco-based chain of convenience stores she has an affinity for, when she returns home today from Rio de Janeiro. The 16-year-old won a…
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Crozer-Keystone at Broomall to Host Summer’s Final Movie Night on Tuesday
Crozer-Keystone at Broomall will host its third and final movie night of the summer on Tuesday, Aug. 23, when Inside Out (2015) starts at approximately 8 PM. The movie, rated PG, will be shown on an inflatable production screen in Crozer-Keystone’s front parking lot, located on Lawrence Road, near the intersection of the Blue Route…
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Aston-Based Maguire Products to Introduce New-Generation Controller in Germany
With six facilities located in Aston, Maguire Products – the global technology leader in material management systems for plastics molding, extrusion, and compounding – will soon introduce a new-generation controller in Germany. The company has developed the product, which has much more processing capability than the previous controller, for its widely used gravimetric blender, writes…
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September Dedicated as History Month in Delaware County
During its Aug. 17 meeting, Delaware County Council welcomed members from the Delaware County Historical Society and members from various historical and preservation societies from around the county to recognize September as History Month in Delaware County. The month is dedicated to shining a spotlight on the county’s rich history. Council also announced that the…
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Delaware County Careers – Teleflex
Headquartered in Wayne, Teleflex is a global provider of specialty medical devices used for a range of procedures in critical care and surgery. It serves hospitals and clinicians in more than 130 countries with well-known, trusted brands in vascular access, general, and regional anesthesia, urology, respiratory care, cardiac care, and surgery. Teleflex’s products are designed…
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Villanova Professor Taking CIA to Court Over Classified Documents
David Barrett, a political science professor at Villanova and expert on the Bay of Pigs Invasion, is taking the Central Intelligence Agency to court to try to obtain the final volume of documents on an event the government would rather forget, writes Victor Fiorillo for Philadelphia Magazine. Barrett, the author of two books on the…
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After Latest Expansion, King of Prussia Mall Now the Eighth Wonder of the World
The British have Stonehenge. The Italians have the Colosseum. The French have the Eiffel Tower. Shopaholics have the King of Prussia Mall. Like that trio of European landmarks, the latter can now stake its claim to being the Eighth Wonder of the World. Thursday morning, before a throng of media, Simon, a global leader in…
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Penn Wood Alum’s Olympic Bid Ends in Qualifying Round
Darrell Hill’s Olympic bid ended Thursday morning in Rio de Janeiro when he failed to advance to the medal round of the shot-put competition. The Penn Wood High School and Penn State graduate finished 12th overall in the Group A qualifying round with a put that measured 64-feet, 2-inches. Overall, Hill placed 23rd out of…
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Wayne’s Teleflex Launches Second-Generation Surgical System
Wayne’s Teleflex has announced that it has launched a second-generation surgical system to make laparoscopic procedures even less invasive, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Laparoscopic surgery allows medical instruments, along with a camera and light source, to be inserted through three small incisions in the abdomen. The surgeon is then able to…
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Chester Basketball Legend Keeps Racking Up Accolades in Twilight of Career
The collective bargaining agreement between the National Basketball Association and its players’ union allows for roughly 400 athletes to call themselves NBA players in any given year. Basketball is truly an international sport, trailing only soccer in global popularity. The last NBA season tipped off with exactly 100 foreigners (representing 37 different countries and territories)…
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Delaware County Careers – Relay Network
Located in Radnor, Relay Network is a venture capital-funded technology company that connects businesses and people through a unique private messaging application. Its mission is to create more valuable and lasting customer relationships by changing the way businesses communicate. Millions of people use Relay every month to connect and communicate with businesses within healthcare, financial…
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CEO of Folcroft’s Scrub Daddy Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Aaron Krause, the CEO of Folcroft-based Scrub Daddy, has won the Ernst & Young 2106 Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Consumer Products category in Greater Philadelphia. Scrub Daddy, a line of the world’s most innovative cleaning products made of a proprietary unique and exclusive material, first gained the world’s attention on ABC’s Shark…
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SAP Ditching Annual Performance Reviews of Employees
The dreaded performance review form that annually ends up on many people’s desks may eventually become a thing of the past, according to a staff report for NBC News. Germany’s SAP, the software giant with a North American headquarters in Newtown Square, is ditching annual performance reviews, following a trend that began in the U.S.…
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Dynamic Children at Elwyn’s Therapeutic Camp Raise Money for Alex’s Lemonade Stand
The dynamic children who attend Elwyn’s Summer Therapeutic Activities Program – or T-camp as it is lovingly referred to by the kids and their families – have done their part in trying to find a cure for all youngsters with cancer. The children, all with a diagnosis of special needs on the Autism spectrum, recently completed…
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Aston Teen’s Business Success Illustrates Power of Young Entrepreneurs Academy
In just two years, Shreyas Parab of Aston went from a shy, unassuming teenager to a confident businessman, whose novelty ties have sold for almost $17,000 and declare him a chick magnet. All before his 16th birthday. Parab has sold nearly 600 of his ties, tapping into a market where whimsy is popular, writes Diane…
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Chester’s Power Home Remodeling Encourages Upside-Down Mentoring Strategy
It turns out that the latest workplace shift is to encourage millennials to mentor their older co-workers in more efficient ways of using technology to help grow the business, according to a staff report for APRO, an online tool for the rent-to-own industry. Chester’s Power Home Remodeling is already on the cutting edge of this…
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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, and reinsurance brokerage, and human resources solutions and outsourcing services. 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…
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This Fine Wine & Good Spirits Store in Delaware County Now Open on Sundays
The Fine Wine & Good Spirits store located in the MacDade Shopping Center on MacDade Boulevard in Holmes is now open on Sundays. Pennsylvania’s bipartisan liquor reform signed into law by Governor Tom Wolf this past spring is now in effect. As part of this reform, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is opening more stores…
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