Professional Services
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Tickets On Sale Now for Senior Community Services Nov. 7 Awards Gala
Tickets and sponsorships are available now for Senior Community Services’ Inaugural Awards Gala Thursday, Nov. 7, beginning 6 p.m., at the Springfield Country Club, 400 W. Sproul Rd, Springfield. The Gala will recognize three prominent figures within the Delaware County aging services community. The evening begins with a cocktail hour at 6 p.m., where guests…
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Share a Meal and Your Ideas Thursday to Make Your Community Better at On the Table
On the Table events are happening Thursday, Oct. 17, around Delaware County to bring residents together to share food and talk about ways to strengthen communities and make them better places to live, work and play. This year, the Foundation for Delaware County is underwriting several On the Table gatherings. The following events are scheduled:…
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State Officials: Fire Volunteers, EMS Workers Needed to Keep Communities Protected
Tax credits, a rewards program and free state or community college were some incentives considered recently to attract more volunteer firefighters and EMS workers, writes Josh Popichak for sauconsource.com. Finding volunteer firefighters and EMS workers was the topic of a hearing called by State Sen. Tim Kearney (D-26) and the Pennsylvania State Senate Democratic Policy…
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DELCO Careers – Elwyn
Since its beginning in 1852 as one of the nation’s first schools for children with intellectual disabilities, Elwyn has continued to be at the forefront of developing unique, innovative services for people with disbilities. Program Manager, Day Programs This position oversees the daily operations of assigned adult day support services including meeting budgetary guidelines, client billing, and…
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Chase Bank Celebrates New Upper Darby Branch With Grand Opening Sept. 27
Chase Bank has opened its newest branch at 101B S. 69th Street in Upper Darby. A grand opening took place Friday, Sept. 27. The branch reflects Chase Bank’s more comfortable approach to banking. It features a living-room style set up designed to make the space less intimidating and more welcoming. Attending the grand opening to…
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Surrey Services for Seniors Celebrates Opening of New Havertown Location
Surrey Services for Seniors recently held a grand-opening party at Annunciation BVM Parish in Havertown that brought together a variety of people, like a wedding with guests celebrating a happy future. Nearly 150 people enjoyed hors d’oeuvres, beverages, and entertainment at the nonprofit’s newest location. “Surrey’s mission is to serve older adults,” Bob Madonna, Surrey…
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Senior Community Services: Nov. 7 Gala Pays Tribute to Those Who Serve the Aging
Senior Community Services, Delaware County’s largest nonprofit senior services agency, will pay tribute Nov. 7 to three crucial figures in the aging services community. The honorees are: The late Edward E. Baum, longtime SCS board member and volunteer; Denise V. Stewart, director of the County Office of Services for the Aging; SAP North America, a…
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Senior Community Services: Keeping Older Adults Independent, Active and Informed
Senior Community Services had a humble beginning 42 years ago, starting in a single room at a Yeadon senior center. Today, it is Delaware County’s largest nonprofit senior services agency, employing 60 people and overseeing 400 volunteers and a $3.5 million budget. Its mission is to help seniors live independent and meaningful lives. SCS works…
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New Broomall Firehouse Is Finished and Ready for Firefighters
A new station on Malin Road for Broomall Fire Company is ready to open after 20 years of planning, writes Pete Bannon for the Daily Times. Fire Company President Jim Capuzzi said they hope to be in the new station by the end of the month. “The old station was not big enough, it was…
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Recovered Treasure: Workers in Folsom Return Bag of Money Accidentally Tossed Into Trash
Three Folsom Township Public Works employees retrieved about $700, credit cards, a driver’s license and medical cards mistakenly thrown away as trash, writes Barbara Ormsby for the Daily Times. The employees sifted through a truck full of trash last July 30 looking for the bag containing those items. After the frantic resident called the township…
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An Experiment in Police Community Relations Has Four Legs and Enjoys Playtime
Upland Police have a new community relations person who makes everyone feel better just by wagging her tail, writes Kevin Tustin for the Delaware County News Network. A pit bull-type dog named Halo was adopted by the Upland Police Department in the spring. He’s not an official K9 unit dog but you’ll find her at…
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Folcroft Architectural Firm Makes Major Move to Center City
Formcraft, an architectural firm in Folcroft, has decided to relocate its headquarters in November to Two Commerce Square in Philadelphia and bring 31 jobs to the city, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The move comes after the company opened a Philadelphia satellite office in 2016 at 1515 Market St. “Our goal at…
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Tending Golf Courses Is in His Blood, Going Back to the 1956 PGA Championship at Llanerch
It was the first year of his new job as superintendent of two golf courses at the Royce Brook Golf Club in Hillsborough, New Jersey. Elizer “Eli” Rodriguez was stymied by a plague of dollar spot fungus, writes Rick Woelfel for Golf Course Industry. An agrochemical product soon had him back on track. Another golf…
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Couple Retires Together From Years of Service to Widener University
Bill and Tracey Swanson, with their combined 71 years of service to Widener University, came to the university at a fortuitous time when it was expanding its physical plant and graduate programs, writes Colin Ainsworth for the Daily Times. Swanson had worked for Sun Ship for 12 years but was laid off when the shipyard…
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Delco Ambulances Hold Record for Fastest Response Time in Pennsylvania
Delaware County’s ambulance response is the fastest in the state, writes Kathleen E. Carey for Delaware County News Network. Delaware County’s emergency medical service providers had the quickest response time out of 67 counties, according to a 2018 report from the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s Bureau of EMS. Responders were safely on location at emergencies…
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Beloved for Helping Restore Mount Moriah Cemetery, Paulette Rhone Gets a Sign
Cleaning up and restoring the abandoned Mount Moriah Cemetery, spanning part of Delaware County in Yeadon Borough and Philadelphia, was Paulette Rhone’s mission, writes Katie Park for The Philadelphia Inquirer. To those who knew her, or even just passed by 61st Street and Kingsessing Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia, Rhone defined Mount Moriah and cared deeply…
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Newtown Square Resorts Firm Expands Into Spain, Looks to 9,000 Rooms
Six new resort management deals for Newtown Square’s Apple Leisure Group (ALG), means the opening of its first property in Spain,reports hotelbusiness.com. The deals were reached through its affiliated brand AMResorts. Its collection of brands currently features 66 all-inclusive resorts in its portfolio with an additional 23 branded properties, representing nearly 9,000 rooms, in various…
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Haverford Police Officer Helps Along a 7-Year-Olds Dream of Being a Cop
Haverford Township’s Austin Pickering, 7, got special help this year at his school’s career dress up day, writes Chandler Lutz for CBS Philly.com. Austin really wants to be a cop, so it’s no surprise that he wore a police officer uniform for career day. “I was driving, just doing my routine checks, and I saw…
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