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Handcrafted Soda Shop Open at Booth’s Corner in Garnet Valley
The Soda Spot had a grand opening on Friday, April 24, and Saturday, April 25, at Booth’s Corner Farmers Market, 1362 Naamans Creek Road in Garnet Valley. The shop features handcrafted dirty sodas, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. It is the area’s first store dedicated to handcrafted dirty sodas, continuing a beverage trend…
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Award-Winning Niko’s Steaks in Clifton Heights is Family-Built
Sometimes it takes a family to win a cheesesteak award. That’s the case over at Niko’s Steaks in Clifton Heights, where the combined efforts of a father, mother, son, and sister led to Niko’s Steaks winning a Best Cheesesteaks in Delco award for 2026 in the March Cheesesteak Madness competition. Bob Kelly of Fox 29…
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Glen Mills Welcomes Ryan’s Rise Up, a Nonprofit Café Creating Jobs for People With Disabilities
More than a thousand people turned out Saturday for the grand opening of Ryan’s Rise Up Café in Glen Mills, with some waiting outside in the morning air just to be among the first through the door. By the time the 9 AM ribbon cutting gave way to cheers and applause, the steady stream of customers showed this was…
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“An American Dream” Debuts at Longwood Gardens June 25 with Symphonic Salute to America250
The making of the Brandywine Valley Symphony’s commissioned patriotic piece for America250, An American Dream by Iowa composer Aaron Fullan, was “a genuine serendipity,” in the words of Symphony Vice President Colin Hanna. The piece will debut at the Symphony’s annual concert at Longwood Gardens on June 25 at 7:30 p.m., capping months of work…
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New Bucks-Ursinus Transfer Agreement Opens a Top 100 Liberal Arts Path With $43,000 in Scholarships
Bucks County Community College and Ursinus College have announced a deal that creates new possibilities for students in the Greater Philadelphia region. The dual admission and core-to-core transfer agreement, signed June 10 in a ceremony at Ursinus College in Collegeville, creates a direct pathway for Bucks graduates at the public two-year college to transfer to…
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Eagles Players Dominate NFLPA Merchandise Rankings for 2025-26 Season
Philadelphia Eagles players Saquon Barkley, Jalen Hurts, and Cooper DeJean all cracked the NFL Players Association’s latest year-end merchandise rankings, reports Conor Smith for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Barkley finished as the league’s third best-selling player overall, while Hurts ranked seventh. The list tracks sales of officially licensed player products purchased between March 2025 and February 2026, like jerseys,…
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QVC Group’s Preferred Shareholders Challenge $6.6 Billion Debt Restructuring Plan in Texas Court
A battle over the future of West Chester-based QVC Group is playing out in a Texas courtroom, where a group of preferred shareholders are fighting to block a bankruptcy reorganization plan they say would wipe out their investment while benefiting creditors, writes Jeff Blumenthal for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Judge Alfredo R. Perez in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court is…
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The Sweetest Stops in Delaware County: Eight Ice Cream Shops Locals Keep Coming Back To
Few summer debates in Delaware County are more personal than where to go for ice cream. Every family has its usual order, and every kid knows the difference between a quick cone and a full-blown, sprinkle-covered event. The shops on this list understand that distinction, and most of them have been perfecting it for years, sometimes…
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3 Italian Restaurants in Delco Make Philadelphia Inquirer List
If you’re looking for a great Italian restaurant with a variety of delicious food options, there are plenty of spots in Delaware County for you to try, writes Hira Qureshi for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Osteria Ama is a wonderful restaurant with tasty fresh pasta dishes and brick oven Neapolitan-style pizzas. Located at 100 Ridge Road…
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A Rock Promoter Saved the Tower Theater From Its Demise
For 50 years, Upper Darby’s Tower Theater has been a premier concert hall. As concert halls go, this former movie theater only seats 3,500, but it’s hosted a legend of performers. The Rollings Stones, U2, Radiohead, Bob Marley, Mary J. Blige, Janet Jackson, The Smiths, Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Oasis, Steely Dan, Eddie Murphy and…
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Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic Medical Group Brings $3M Primary Care Office to Springfield
More than a year after Crozer Health’s collapse left thousands of Delaware County residents scrambling for care, a new provider is moving in to fill the gap. Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic Medical Group is investing $3 million to open a primary care office in Springfield, a bet that there’s plenty of demand in a market still reeling from the loss…
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Springfield Mall Through the Years: A Delaware County Memory Machine
For most of us who grew up in Delaware County, the Springfield Mall isn’t really a building. It’s a feeling. It’s the smell of the food court on a Saturday. The first paycheck from a first job. The annual pilgrimage for back-to-school sneakers, the holiday crush, the aimless teenage laps with no money and nowhere else to be. Like every older mall in…
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Your Future Starts With a Visit. Come See Penn State Brandywine This Summer
There is something that no brochure, website, or virtual tour can fully capture: the feeling of walking onto a college campus and knowing you could be part of the scene. This summer, Penn State Brandywine is inviting high school students, transfer students, adult learners, veterans, and their families to come experience that feeling firsthand —…
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Wilmington University’s Online Esports Certificate: Turn Gaming Into a Career
Careers in esports now extend beyond competitive gaming into areas like digital media, social media management, technology, and event operations. Wilmington University’s online Esports Certificate Program helps students build practical, career-focused skills for the growing esports and gaming industries. Designed for students interested in esports management, digital communication, and technology, the 18-credit certificate program combines coursework in:…
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Explore Widener University’s Graduate & Continuing Studies Twilight Tours This Summer
Choosing a graduate program is too important a decision to make just by reading about it online. Widener University wants you to see up close if its graduate programs are a good fit for your needs. This summer, Widener University’s Continuing Studies Admissions Team is hosting a series of Graduate & Continuing Studies Twilight Tours.…
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A Century-Old Philadelphia Bridge Is Crumbling with No Restoration in Sight
One of Philadelphia’s most architecturally significant bridges is also one of its most neglected, writes Peter Dobrin for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Designed by Paul Philippe Cret, the architect behind the Ben Franklin Bridge, and completed around 1930, the University Avenue Bridge was built as a specimen of the City Beautiful movement, a philosophy that focused on civic grandeur…
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What Should Replace Oxford Valley Mall? More Than 80 Bucks County Residents Weighed In
If Bucks County residents had their way, Oxford Valley Mall would become part restaurant district, part entertainment hub, part town center, and in at least one memorable case, part brothel. It is a wish list that says something real about where this community is, and where it thinks the mall should go. The backdrop matters.…
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Two Norwood Friends Amass Tens of Thousands of Aluminum Can Tabs for St. Eugene Project
When longtime Norwood friends Mark Loomis and Stephen Mellon pulled into the St. Eugene School parking lot last week, they came with a pickup truck packed with bags, boxes, and containers, all filled with tens of thousands of tiny aluminum can tabs, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. It was a haul that would have been…
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