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Loyal, Enthusiastic Customers the Hallmark of Swiss Farms Throughout 50-Year History
Throughout its 50-year history, Swiss Farms, headquartered in Broomall, has always worked hard to balance growth with maintaining its outstanding reputation, writes Angela Hanson for Convenience Store News. The small Delaware County chain has used its strengths to build an enthusiastic and loyal customer base for its signature drive-through markets that have managed to sustain…
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Viral Mustard Challenge from Edgmont Nonprofit Helps Kids Swallow Better Cancer Treatments
It may be a spoonful of silliness to many people, but social media’s viral Mustard Challenge represents the bitter pill too many children have to swallow. Some of the toxic drugs used to treat pediatric cancer patients “were derived from the same chemicals as mustard gas,” according to an ABC News report by Jason Boyd.…
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Philly Tech Week Comes Back to Delaware County with Suburban Innovation
Philly Tech Week comes back to Delaware County, for the third year in a row with the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce. Philly Tech Week: Suburban Innovation is an initiative by the Chamber to host tech events outside the city limits during Tech Week (Friday, April 28 to Saturday, May 6). In an effort to…
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Delco Man Who Once Saved a Cop’s Life Now a Cop Himself
It was the instinct of a boy who grew up playing cops and robbers and serving as a junior firefighter that thrust 17-year-old Joseph Chambers onto the scene of a burning Philadelphia police car in 2014. And it’s the heart of a hero that has taken him from saving that cop’s life to becoming a…
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Yeadon Gets Almost $10 Million for New Sewer Pipes
Pennsylvania is cleaning up the land and water in local neighborhoods with an almost $10 million loan for new sewer pipes in Yeadon Borough. The Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority will loan Yeadon just shy of $9.6 million — a fourth of the statewide $39 million water infrastructure investment across nine counties — to “replace several…
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Harvard Takes Notice of Penn State Brandywine Scholar’s Work
In her spare time, an associate professor of English at Penn State Brandywine has discovered a key figure lost in history. Now, Kimberly Blockett will bring that figure back to life through a sabbatical year of writing. Blockett has been given fellowships by the Women’s Studies in Religion Program at Harvard University and the National…
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Car Crashes on the Rise Yet Again in Delaware County
Recently released PennDOT data is pointing to a troubling trend in Delaware County and the surrounding area that shows car crashes are on the rise again, writes Jason Laughlin for the Philadelphia Inquirer. “Because the economy is better, people are traveling around more,” said Mike Carroll, deputy managing director for the Philadelphia Office of Transportation…
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Rosemont’s Duchesnay USA Partners with Actress to Raise Awareness of Morning Sickness
Rosemont’s Duchesnay USA has partnered with award-winning singer and actress Jana Kramer to raise awareness of Diclegis, the company’s morning sickness treatment. One of country music’s brightest stars, Kramer is also known for her role as Alex Dupre on the One Tree Hill television series. Last year, Kramer spent several months touring and promoting her…
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Overcoming Disabilities, Exemplary Students Receive State Honors for Academics, Service
Best friends Gina DiLuzio and Scott Duffy have learned how to succeed, despite having to contend with disabilities at times. They were recently lauded for their academic prowess and unselfish service to Delaware County Community College and their community. DiLuzio of Ridley Park and Duffy of Collingdale were among 49 community college students statewide named…
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House of the Week: Old-World Elegance on Springton Lake
A stunningly furnished European Renaissance home in the heart of Delaware County is now on the market, and its next buyer will get all the antique and vintage furnishings along with the extravagant 24-karat, gold-leaf accents, hand-glazed moldings, inlays, casings, door trims, and more. At 140 Timber Lake Drive in Media, just off Route 252…
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Cheyney University Eyes Change as Enrollment Declines
While West Chester University has seen its enrollment increase over the last six years, other state schools are experiencing the opposite. Some even fear for their future, writes Sunny Morgan for The Quad, WCU’s student newspaper. Cheyney University had 1,436 students a decade ago. Today, that number has been cut almost in half to 746…
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Popular Actor, Motivational Speaker from Newtown Square Releases Self-Help Book
Michael J. Lyons – who grew up in Newtown Square, after spending three years as a child in Paris, and graduated from Cardinal O’Hara High School – proves that you’re never too old to chase your daydreams. Lyons, an actor who plays the Speaker of the House on the popular Netflix series House of Cards, could be…
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State Finally Shifts Conchester Pike Expansion into Gear
It has been a curse for commuters over the past 15 years, but soon there will finally be something nice to say about Conchester Pike. Construction is now under way on a $260 million, two-phase widening of the highway between Route 1 and Interstate 95, according to a Daily Times report by Rick Kauffman. “This…
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Villanova Bests Penn State, Pitt in These New Rankings
Villanova ranks fifth on the list of best value colleges in Pennsylvania, scoring better than the likes of Penn State, Pitt, Bucknell, and Drexel, according to a report from SmartAsset. To create the list of best value schools, SmartAsset looked at five key factors: tuition student living costs scholarship and grant options retention rate average…
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Sunoco Logistics’ Hard Work Could Pump Up to $3.7 Billion into State’s Economy
The 700,000 barrels a day of propane, ethane, and butane that Sunoco Logistics is preparing to send through its Mariner East 2 and 2X pipelines will spew out up to $3.7 billion of investments into the state’s economy, according to a new study cited in a Daily Times report by Leslie Krowchenko. The study from…
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Delco Leads State in Lives Saved with Anti-Overdose Drug
As drug overdoses surge in the state, Delaware County stands first in the line of defense against the spreading epidemic. Police throughout the county have saved more people from deadly drug overdoses than any other county in Pennsylvania, according to a Daily Times report by Kevin Tustin. The numbers total 545 of the 3,000 statewide…
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Study: Eliminating Property Tax Puts More Burden on Middle-Class Households
An independent analysis entitled “Who Pays for Property Tax Elimination?” by the Keystone Research Center has found that middle-class households will end up paying more in taxes if the proposed bill on property tax elimination passes, writes Evan Brandt for the Daily Local News. The bill proposes to compensate for revenue lost from eliminating property…
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For Some Professions, Including Teaching, Affordable Housing in the Area is Hard to Find
Rising home prices and low inventory are making it even harder for middle-income Americans to buy a home, writes Cheryl Young for Trulia. The typical worker makes around $37,040 annually, according to the national median, while the average house costs about $254,900. This means that a worker on a median salary would have to spend…
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