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Aston Native, Retired Navy Captain Advances Women in Defense Industry, Academia
Growing up in Aston and graduating from Sun Valley High School, Patricia Woody Reeves never thought twice about following her brother into engineering. But the Navy submarine captain who rose to chief engineer of the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center at the Philadelphia Navy Yard soon found herself without many female peers. “Young girls and…
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Check Out Where Your ZIP Code Ranks Among Delaware County’s Most Affluent
American City Business Journals, the largest publisher of metropolitan business newsweeklies in the U.S., recently compiled affluence ratings for 22,568 ZIP code territories across the nation. Included in the ratings are territories that had populations of 1,000 or more as of 2015. The 2017 affluence ratings are based on ACBJ’s 12-part formula, which includes: per-capita…
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HEADstrong Makes a Home in Swarthmore for Families of Cancer Patients
It’s fighting for the families whose loved ones are fighting for their lives. And despite a Delaware County Court lawsuit, the HEADstrong Foundation’s new $700,000 home for visiting cancer patients and their families is winning the battle. HEADstrong is converting the 5,000-square-foot, seven-bedroom mansion in Swarthmore to a free home away from home, modeled after…
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As State’s Population Shrinks, ‘Its Urban-Rural Divide One of the Most Brazen in America’
Pennsylvania’s population has shrunk for the first time in more than three decades, with deaths and move-outs outnumbering births and move-ins by 8,000, writes Joseph DiStefano for the Philadelphia Inquirer. This puts Pennsylvania in the bottom four states that have lost more people than they have gained over the last year. It also drops Philadelphia…
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Where Does Your Dry Cleaner Rate in Terms of Quality, Price?
Finding a good dry cleaner can often be a time consuming and frustrating process that could also cost you a treasured outfit in the process, writes Kevin Brasler for the Philadelphia Inquirer. To make the choice easier, Delaware Valley Consumers’ Checkbook has ranked around 200 dry cleaners in the Greater Philadelphia area. The ratings measure…
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Price Right for School of Rock as New CEO Brings Wawa-esque Passion to Job
He helped stoke customers’ fanatic passion for Wawa as chief operating officer in the early 2000s, and now Rob Price aims to play that same tune on a new instrument. This week, Price became CEO of the School of Rock and its 185 franchise locations – including Center City, Berwyn, and Downingtown – according to…
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Radnor Property Group Transforming the Cityscape One Apartment Complex at a Time
School’s out for the summer, but Radnor Property Group is still cramming for a test of its strategic investment in apartment developments next to area universities. Just as it finishes up building View32’s 164 apartments on 16 floors for $56 million at the edge of Drexel University, Radnor Property is digging into land near the…
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Turnpike’s Toll Scofflaws Given Fair Warning
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has warned drivers with at least six unpaid tolls or outstanding violations of $500 or more to pay up by Aug. 4, or risk having their vehicle registrations suspended, writes Mari Schaefer for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The new law came into effect on July 5. However, the Commission says that if…
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Lansdowne Commuter Monitors SEPTA’s Performance
Very soon, SEPTA riders in Delaware County will know exactly where their bus, trolley, or train is at and how quickly it’s coming down the line. A $5.6 million investment in new technology is set to provide 30-second updates by the end of the summer, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report by Jason Laughlin. SEPTA’s…
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Monroe Energy in Trainer Pumping Out Better-Than-Expected Profit Margins
Profits are flowing faster than expected through Monroe Energy’s oil refinery in Trainer, despite the fact that lower oil prices have derailed cheap supplies from North Dakota. Greater gas and diesel demand from Latin America and a narrowing of the price spread between heavy crude oil and Monroe Energy’s light sweet crude oil – because…
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Valley Forge Military Academy Turns Boy Headed for Life of Crime into Renowned CEO
Two men named Wes Moore were raised in high-crime, big-city neighborhoods. Today, one is serving a life sentence in prison, while the other is serving a lifelong passion to help kids thrive as CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation, a renowned New York City nonprofit. The difference between the two is merely one mentor from…
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This Delco Exec Ranks Among Greater Philadelphia’s 20 Highest-Paid CEOs
Dennis Glass, CEO of Radnor’s Lincoln National, is the lone representative of a Delaware County company on the list of the 20 highest-earning CEOs in Greater Philadelphia, writes Fabiola Cineas for Philadelphia magazine. Published by the Philadelphia Business Journal, the list ranks 160 CEOs in the region by their total compensation in 2016. Glass ranked…
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Knowledge@Wharton: Kick Incivility Out of the Workplace
Lack of civility in the workplace is a growing problem that, left unchecked, can lead to serious problems for both the company and its employees, said Christine Porath, author and associate professor of management at Georgetown, during an interview with Knowledge@Wharton. Rampant incivility not only makes the work environment tense, but can also lead to…
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New Study Identifies Which Industries Are the Main Employers in Delco
The boom in the health industry and the expanding education workforce in Philadelphia is having a positive impact on the suburbs, according to a report in the Philadelphia Business Journal. According to a study from Data USA, these industries are now the main employers in Delaware County. The data shows that with 85,623 employees, educational…
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Ouch! Pennsylvania Rates Poorly on List of Best & Worst States to Start a Business
In an in-depth report by WalletHub that analyzes the Best & Worst States to Start a Business in 2017, only five states ranked worse than Pennsylvania. Each state was evaluated in three key areas: business environment, access to resources, and business costs. Business environment was worth up to 50 points, while the other two provided…
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Axalta of Glen Mills Taking Restored 1958 Impala from American Graffiti on Tour
Color experts from Axalta Coating Systems in Glen Mills brought the shine of one of America’s most cherished classic cars back to life when they refinished the 1958 Chevrolet Impala from the 1972 movie American Graffiti for legendary NASCAR crew chief Ray Evernham. “The paint was more than 40 years old and hadn’t been maintained.…
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Two CPA Firms in Delco Merge to Fend Off Bigger Competition
Two local CPA firms are teaming up to write off the threat of bigger, out-of-town competition in an increasingly crowded accounting marketplace. Steger Gowie & Co. of Chadds Ford and Merves Amon & Barsz of Media have agreed to a merger that will bring together all of their 35 employees as the new Barsz Gowie…
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Fieri Christens Guy’s Philly Kitchen & Bar at Harrah’s Casino in Chester
In his debut appearance at the still-new Guy’s Philly Kitchen & Bar inside Harrah’s Casino in Chester, Food Network star Guy Fieri served up a heaping helping of personal attention, life stories, and encouragement. “The people here will carry my brand, cook my recipes, and serve my food,” he said in a Delaware County News…
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