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Unstoppable Student at Delaware County Community College Wins Prestigious Business Competition
Newtown Square resident Colleen McCloskey, a student at Delaware County Community College, recently won another prestigious competition for her company, Elite Pureed Meals, which provides people with swallowing difficulties pureed meals that look, smell, and taste like the real thing. An evening student at the college for nearly a decade, McCloskey won first place at…
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How Many Millionaires Live in Delaware County and How Much Taxes Do They Pay? Find Out Here
Delaware County ranks fifth among all Pennsylvania counties in the number of residents who filed as millionaires in 2014, the year with the most recent data available, writes Kenneth Hilario for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Montgomery, Allegheny, Chester, and Bucks counties comprise the top four in that order. According to the data, Delaware County is…
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Find Out Which Local Communities Donated the Most to Clinton’s, Trump’s Campaigns
In the race to win the White House this year, Hillary Clinton has drawn a dozen times more money into her campaign coffers from suburban Philadelphia donors than Donald Trump. Through Sept. 1, Clinton had accumulated $2.4 million across Philly while Trump, whose strategy has focused on free media and who hasn’t asked much from…
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Delaware County Plans No Tax Hike; Council Pleased to Hold Line for 2017 Budget
Delaware County Council is pleased to inform residents that there will be no tax hike for 2017, as the county holds the line on spending for the third consecutive year while maintaining crucial services. On Tuesday, Nov. 2, as required under the Delaware County Home Rule Charter, Executive Director Marianne Grace delivered the proposed $351…
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Crozer-Keystone Community Foundation Names Veteran Nonprofit Leader to Serve as First CEO
The Board of Directors of the Crozer-Keystone Community Foundation has announced that Frances M. Sheehan has been named as the organization’s first President and Chief Executive Officer. Sheehan will assume her position effective January 2, 2017. As President and CEO, Sheehan will guide the activities of the new, independent foundation dedicated to the health, education,…
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Swiss Farms Invites Customers to Further Define Its Iconic Rooster, Give Him Formal Name
Swiss Farms, the iconic Delaware County drive-thru market, is asking customers of all ages to help name the Swiss Farms Rooster. Starting now, all customers are welcome to participate by completing a Mad Libs-style letter via the company’s website. The Swiss Farms Rooster has been prominently featured in the market’s branding and logo for almost…
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Media’s Sterling Pig Brewery to Celebrate First Anniversary
By Shannon Maria Jones On Sunday, Nov. 20, at 11:20 AM, Sterling Pig Brewery in Media will celebrate its one-year anniversary with a special party and bottle release of Big Gunz double IPA, brewed with a powerful punch of five hop varieties. Sterling Pig fans and guests are asked to line up at the garage door…
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Broomall Native Leads Massive CalAtlantic Merger in Philly
Broomall native Chris Gillen’s 22 years of homebuilding experience prepared him just in time to lead the nation’s new fourth-largest homebuilder through its opening chapter. Gillen arrived at Ryland Homes just a year and a half before it merged with fellow giant Standard Pacific last year, creating a leader in 26 real estate markets with…
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Political Talk Show on Neumann University Radio a Breath of Fresh Air This Election Season
What happens when two psychology professors, one conservative and the other liberal, talk politics on college radio? Your Brain on Politics. Since early October, Dr. Colleen McDonough and Dr. Ramona Palmerio-Roberts have set aside one hour each week to discuss politics on WNUW 98.5, Neumann University radio. They have different views, opposing political philosophies, and…
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Online Education at Delaware County Community College Ranks Among State’s Best
West Chester University ranked sixth out of 117 four-year colleges in Pennsylvania that offer online classes or degree programs, while Delaware County Community College checked in at No. 8 on the list of two-year schools. The analysis was conducted by OnlineColleges.com, a website that provides reliable information about top online colleges and degree programs by…
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Sunoco Logistics Announces 46th Consecutive Quarter of Cash Distribution Increases
Sunoco Logistics Partners has continued its astonishing record of providing a cash distribution increase for the 46th consecutive quarter. The company announced that its partner, Sunoco Partners, has declared a cash distribution for the third quarter of $0.51 per common unit, or $2.04 annualized. This will be paid on Nov. 14 to unit holders of…
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Widener Opens State-of-Art Finance Lab Where Students Can Become Bloomberg-Certified
The Widener University School of Business Administration has opened a state-of-the-art learning environment for students interested in wealth management. The new Finance Lab features the same technology used by financial planners and investors. Students use the space for coursework, individual study, and to manage the Money Club’s Student Managed Investment Fund. Twelve computer stations are…
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Discovery Channel Series to Showcase Paint from Axalta of Glen Mills
Axalta Coating Systems, which has its North American headquarters in Glen Mills, is partnering up with the heavy-duty truck body shop Texas Chrome for the next season of Texas Trocas, a television series on the Discovery Channel. One of the show’s projects was to rebuild a 2000 Kenworth W900 heavy-duty truck, which was then finished…
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Two Investment Companies Acquire Majority Stake in Media’s Pilot Freight Services
Two investment companies have purchased a majority stake in Media’s Pilot Freight Services, which will give the air cargo and package carrier the chance to implement its service and growth objectives, according to a staff report from Transport Topics. While the company has not disclosed the exact terms, the majority stake was acquired by private…
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Newtown’s Square’s Sunoco Logistics to Educate Pipeline Workers on Biosecurity
Newtown Square’s Sunoco Logistics Partners and Harrisburg’s PennAg Industries Association are partnering to create a biosecurity training module, writes Christine Manganas for the Pittsburgh Business Times. The module aims to educate and train contractors and employees on the basics of farm safety when working on pipeline construction. It will be available on the PennAg website…
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Radnor’s Brandywine Realty Trust Announces Positive Third-Quarter Results
The Radnor-based Brandywine Realty Trust has reported positive results for the third quarter of 2016 and announced that this year’s objectives of same store growth, rental mark-to-market, and capital costs are being successfully met. “We have achieved 99 percent of our 2016 speculative revenue target,” said Gerard H. Sweeney, President and CEO of Brandywine Realty…
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Vanguard Experts: U.S. Economy Continues to Grow at Modest Pace
According to the experts at Vanguard, the U.S. economy continues to grow at a modest pace. In the following video, Chief Economist for the Americas Roger Aliaga-Díaz and Senior Investment Strategist Andrew J. Patterson discuss their expectations for the economy as we head into 2017 and what that means for investors. “We have a lot…
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Boston Globe: Election Blurring the Lines in Philly Suburbs
As political pressure continues to build in Philadelphia’s suburban counties, the unprecedented juxtaposition of candidates is squeezing out new kinds of voters for this election. Republicans and Democrats alike are switching parties or holding their noses to vote for “the lesser of two evils,” a Boston Globe article by Tracy Jan reported. Some are even…
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