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Penn Professor from Upper Darby Earns National Teaching Award
The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese has named Upper Darby native Maria Paredes Fernandez as the 2016 Teacher of the Year at college level, writes Madeleine Lamon for The Daily Pennsylvanian. Fernandez, a lecturer in the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Romance Languages for the past six years, also serves as a…
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Where Are the Best Places to Buy a Home in Delaware County?
Spring is here, and with the change in season, people often take some time to consider the benefits of moving into a new home, according to a staff report for the Philadelphia Business Journal. To help with this, Niche.com has a compiled a list of the best places to buy a home in Greater Philadelphia.…
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Actress from ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Credits Upper Darby Summer Stage for Her Success
Monica Horan Rosenthal, best known for her role as Amy in the popular television sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, credits the Upper Darby Summer Stage for fostering her love of performing, writes Marissa Stern for the Jewish Exponent. According to Horan Rosenthal, a Darby native and Archbishop Prendergast graduate, it was one of the theater program’s…
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Three Raffaele Puppio Attorneys Named 2017 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers; One a Rising Star
Raffaele Puppio, a full-service law firm based in Media, has announced that three of its attorneys have been named 2017 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and another a Rising Star. Michael A. Raffaele, Michael V. Puppio Jr., and Gabrielle C. Sereni have been named Super Lawyers, while Robyn E. Musi has been named a Rising Star. Raffaele…
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Pay Package for SAP’s CEO Causes Stir with Shareholders
The annual compensation package for Bill McDermott, SAP’s Newtown Square-based CEO, is causing some controversy with shareholders, writes Joseph DiStefano for the Philadelphia Inquirer. His $17 million, cash-and-stock package is nowhere near the largest in the industry. However, it has been under scrutiny as SAP is Germany’s most valuable company, and one of Europe’s largest…
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Honorary Degree Rights Decades-Old Wrong for Chester Basketball Star Forced Out of College
It was the second college in the nation to go co-ed and second again to admit African-American and Native American students, yet progressive Alfred University in western New York forced out a black star athlete from Chester for dating a white administrator’s daughter. The 1959 scandal was hushed for decades … until new university president…
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Delaware County Community College Receives $200,000 Grant for Technology Training
Delaware County Community College received a nearly $200,000 state grant to augment training for adult students interested in pursuing technology careers. The college was one of 14 higher education institutions statewide to receive one of the tech grants from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. The grants were awarded recently to educational institutions that…
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Traumatic Brain Injury, Three Surgeries Can’t Stop Havertown Resident from Earning College Degree
Havertown resident Dana Reigner, a member of Arcadia University’s Class of 2017, will graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry on May 19, only a short five years after suffering from a traumatic brain injury that left her partially disabled. In 2012, at the age of 17, Reigner contracted a bacterial infection that spread…
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Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, Neumann University Explore Affiliation Agreement
In May 2016, the Board of Trustees at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood recommended – and Archbishop Charles J. Chaput accepted – that the seminary explore the possibility of a feasible plan to affiliate the seminary with a local Catholic college or university. The board asked that this first step in the study process…
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Sixteen-Year-Old from Nigeria Set to Graduate from Chester High
Deborah Ekwale, a 16-year-old native of Nigeria who immigrated to Delaware County two years ago, will soon graduate from Chester High, and she plans to further her studies in college, writes Rick Kauffman for the Daily Times. Ekwale hopes to pursue a degree in women’s studies at Bryn Mawr College, a goal that has been…
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Willistown Conservation Trust Receives Grant to Advance Watershed Protection
The Willistown Conservation Trust, the founders of which have overseen the protection of more than 7,200 acres of open space in the Willistown area since 1979, has received a two-year, $410,000 grant from the William Penn Foundation to increase its capacity for watershed protection. The Crum Creek is one of four major tributaries to the…
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Upper Darby Resident, Ex-Con Achieves the Dream at Delaware County Community College
More than 1,400 degrees and certificates will be conferred to students at Delaware County Community College’s commencement on Thursday morning at The Pavilion at Villanova University. This year’s commencement ceremony comes at a very special time, as the college is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Each graduate has traveled a unique path to success, and included…
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D.A. and County Council Partner with Crozer to Install Medicine Drop Box
District Attorney Jack Whelan and Councilman Dave White, co-chairs of the Delaware County Heroin Task Force, joined Michael Curran, president of Crozer-Chester Medical Center, on Monday to unveil the newly installed, permanent Medicine Drop Box at Crozer-Chester Medical Center. The Drop Boxes are a secure location for residents to dispose of unused, unwanted, or expired…
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Little-Known Tradition at Haverford College Yields Evening of Insight, Inspiration
A little-known Haverford College tradition recently brought together current seniors and graduates from 50 years ago for a night of shared insight, hope, and history, writes Jeff Gammage for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The tradition began at the end of the Civil War by members of the Class of 1867. They made a pact to return…
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Axalta of Glen Mills Announces Winner of Inaugural Sustainable Star Award
Axalta – the worldwide supplier of liquid and powder coatings that has its North American headquarters in Glen Mills – has announced that Marshall Auto Body in Wisconsin is the winner of its inaugural Sustainable Star Award. The award recognizes refinish customers in North America that implement sustainable initiatives that benefit the bottom line and…
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National Movement Designed to Engage People in Open Dialogue Comes to Delco
On the Table, a national movement first launched in Chicago in 2014, is a forum designed to engage area residents in an open dialogue, foster new relationships, and inspire solutions to strengthen communities. On Tuesday, May 23, On the Table is coming to Philadelphia and, by extension, Delaware County. Delco residents will have the opportunity…
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Legally Blind Teacher at O’Hara Sees Brighter Future, Thanks to Technological Breakthrough
After spending most of his adult life virtually blind, Cardinal O’Hara High School teacher and Morton resident, Ed Allen, is able to see again, thanks to the help of an eSight device, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Springfield Press. Legally blind from Stargardt’s disease since he was 15, Allen’s peripheral vision meant he had to…
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Election Technology Crisis Could Force Future Changes
Funding shortages, state control, and the periodic nature of elections in America have fostered a disconnect in the election technology industry, and the nation’s often-outdated tech is fast creating a crisis. “There’s a crisis in voting technology — that across the country voting technology is literally falling apart,” said doctoral student Matthew Caulfield in a…
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