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Delco’s Hospital Super-Utilizers on the Decline
A new report by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council shows that Delaware County is successfully reducing its rate of hospital super-utilizers. Super-utilizers are patients who are admitted to a hospital five or more times a year, creating a strain on health care resources. In 2016 alone, there were 21.7 super-utilizers per 10,000 residents…
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Suburbs Turn to Small Office Growth
A surge in new proposals for small office buildings in the Philadelphia suburbs may be tipping off the market that there’s big business to be had in an underserved niche. The trend is popping up simultaneously in business-centric suburbs Wayne, Conshohocken, and Radnor, according to a Philadelphia Business Journal report by Natalie Kostelni. [uam_ad id=”50739″]…
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Pair of Delco High Schools Among State’s Top 10 for STEM Education
A pair of Delaware County schools rank among the Top 10 public high schools for STEM education in Pennsylvania, according to a report in the Philadelphia Business Journal. Niche.com analyzed public high schools across the state to find those that create the best foundation in science, technology, engineering, and math. The rankings were based on…
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Morton Borough Wants Recognition in Potential School District Name Change
A simple addition to the name of the Springfield School District could potentially alleviate chronic confusion, embrace residents on the edge of the district, and enrich its reputation with the legacy of a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Talk of proposing a name change to the Springfield-Morton School District is currently circulating within Morton…
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Two Locations in Delco Granted Licenses to Dispense Medical Marijuana
The state health department recently granted licenses to dispense medical marijuana products at 10 locations in Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties, writes Evan Brandt for the Pottstown Mercury. The dispensaries will be the locations where patients with a doctor’s prescription can purchase medical marijuana products created at the state’s 12 grow and processing locations. According…
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Delco at Center of America’s Natural Gas Boom
With Sunoco Pipeline’s Mariner East 2 pulsing through its communities, Delaware County is already at an epicenter of the American natural gas boom, and it’s just getting started. The American Petroleum Institute just released a 268-page report that details how the industry is poised to grow jobs nationwide by 50 percent over the coming 25…
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Crozer-Keystone Adds Two National Recognitions to Long History of Achievement
The Crozer-Keystone Health System’s renowned Nathan Speare Regional Burn Treatment Center at Crozer-Chester Medical Center recently added two more national recognitions to its long history of achievement. First, the burn center’s co-medical director, Linwood Haith Jr., has assumed the presidency of the American Burn Association (ABA) for a one-year term. Secondly, the Crozer Burn Center…
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UNICO Village Foundation Donates $10,000 to Support Neumann University Radio
Nicholas Quercetti and John Di Giorgio – chairman and president, respectively, of the UNICO Village Foundation – recently presented Neumann University president Dr. Rosalie Mirenda with a check for $10,000 to support the university’s radio station. UNICO Village is the largest Italian-American service organization in the U.S., and the purpose of its nonprofit foundation is…
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Twins from Wallingford Pouring Their Sauces onto Grocery-Store Shelves One Case at a Time
Grandma’s cooking is usually the best, but the Vesper family recipe perfected over a Wallingford stovetop for decades was somehow topped by twin grandsons John and Bill Vesper. And the result has been a delicious gravy train that has allowed them to close up their delis. What started as a simple 2012 display at the…
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Sunoco Pipeline Committed to Helping Deliver Next Generation of Highly Skilled Employees
The Delaware Valley has been a manufacturing hub for more than a century. “As innovators change the manufacturing landscape, educators are responding to the growing need for a specialized workforce,” NBC 10’s Tracy Davidson said in a recent Growing Greater Philadelphia episode. “Here in Greater Philadelphia, one community college is delivering the next generation of…
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Four Delco Organizations Receive Grants to Help Prevent Underage, Reckless Drinking
Four Delaware County organizations have received grants from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to help in their efforts to reduce underage and reckless alcohol consumption. The PLCB’s 2017-19 Alcohol Education Grant Program has distributed a record $2.3 million to 66 organizations in 33 counties across the state. Recipients include schools, community organizations, law enforcement, and…
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Wawa Stakes Its Claim in South Jersey Turf War
One of the newest additions to the Wawa legacy is a new convenience store in Cherry Hill, which is becoming a sort of battleground for three C-store chains. With seven stores in Cherry Hill, three in Pennsauken, and more on the way in Brooklawn, the Delaware County-based chain has staked its claim in South Jersey…
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Which Delco ZIP Code Ranks Among the Hottest Housing Markets in the Philly Area?
Delaware County’s Folcroft ranks among the Top 15 hottest housing markets in Greater Philadelphia, writes Kenneth Hilario for the Philadelphia Business Journal. According to data from Zillow on 256 ZIP Codes in Greater Philadelphia, Folcroft’s 19032 ranked 14th based on activity from both buyers and sellers. Folcroft’s current median home value is $96,000, a 7.87…
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Amherst-Bound Softball Player from Broomall Named Foot Locker Scholar Athlete
Broomall native RonnieMarie Falasco, a star softball player and recent graduate of Delco Christian, is one of just 20 students chosen from a nationwide pool of 37,000 applicants to become a 2017 Foot Locker Scholar Athlete. The Foot Locker Foundation, the charitable arm of the popular athletic retailer that has stores in 23 countries, has…
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Neumann University’s Retiring President Granted President Emeritus Status
The Neumann University Board of Trustees recently granted President Emeritus status to Dr. Rosalie M. Mirenda, whose retirement after 21 years as university president will become official on July 16. “Dr. Mirenda meets all of the criteria for this distinguished status,” said James Delaney, chairperson of the Board. “She has been the CEO, spiritual leader,…
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They May Have Stumbled, but They Didn’t Stay Down: Local Students Earn GEDs
They stumbled once early in life, but they didn’t stay down. Last week, more than three dozen Delaware County students cleared a major obstacle in their career paths by earning their GED. The high school equivalency diplomas were handed out at Delaware County Community College to 19 graduates from PathWays PA, 10 DCCC grads, and…
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Crozer-Keystone, Prospect Medical Holdings Agree to Patch Up Differences
A disagreement over how much Prospect Medical Holdings has paid so far to buy the five hospitals in the Crozer-Keystone Health System has cut deep, but a new breakthrough last week promises to bandage up those differences. Prospect and Crozer-Keystone have agreed to arbitration in order to settle a disputed $21.5 million that Crozer-Keystone Community…
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Radnor’s Brandywine Realty Unveils Job Creation Initiative as Part of U-City Development
The Radnor-based Brandywine Realty Trust has announced a $5.6 million job creation and community engagement program as part of Phase I of its Schuylkill Yards development in University City. In developing this program, Brandywine worked collaboratively with neighborhood groups and stakeholders to create Philadelphia’s largest and most innovative neighborhood engagement initiative to date. Through a…
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