Brookhaven
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Brookhaven Shop Makes List of 8 Best Hoagies Not in Philadelphia
It’s been said many times but not often believed. The best hoagies and cheesesteaks don’t all come from Philly. We know that because there’s a National Hoagie Day out there, even though different locales around the U.S. call their sandwich brand something else, writes Jen O’Mara for The Keystone. Sandwiches built on long rolls filled…
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Brookhaven Shop Stays on Top on Another Best Hoagie List
Once again, a Parkside hoagie and steak shop with a Brookhaven post office address is getting noticed. This time, it’s on this year’s list of the best 8 hoagies in Southeastern Pennsylvania “that aren’t from Philly.” Phil & Jim’s join shops as far afield as Lititz, Royersford, and Phoenixville and as close as Ardmore on…
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Delaware County Retired Couple Keep Coffee, Community Flowing
A retired Delaware County couple is “brewing community one cup at a time” from their online coffee shop based in Brookhaven, writes Tamala Edwards for 6abc. Mark and Beth Kessler co-founded Third Horse Coffee about three years ago. They sell specialty coffee, artisan roasted from Golden Valley Farms, a family-owned West Chester roaster. “It’s really…
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Keep Music Alive in Brookhaven Named 2025 Nonprofit of the Year
The husband and wife team of Vincent James and Joann Pierdomenico are working hard to instill the love and benefits of music in children and adults. They run the nonprofit Keep Music Alive out of Brookhaven. Their mission promotes music in children’s education, in therapy, and for our overall happiness. Their efforts have earned them…
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Family Homeless Shelter in Brookhaven Closing by End of June
A homeless shelter in Brookhaven set up for families is closing by the end of June, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. The Saint Joseph’s Family Hope Center in Brookhaven Borough is one of only two shelters in Delaware County that are designed to take in entire families. The closure will impact struggling families,…
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Brookhaven’s Family Hope Center Shelter Can Stay Where It Is
Brookhaven Borough Council has decided that the Saint Joseph’s Family Hope Center doesn’t have to move, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. The Center is one of only two family homeless shelters in Delaware County and faced eviction Oct. 31 after the borough acquired the property where the shelter is located. The borough has since amended…
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Delaware County Close to Losing 1 of Only 2 Family Homeless Shelters
St. Joseph’s Family Hope Center in Brookhaven, one of only two homeless shelters for families in Delaware County, could close as early as Oct. 31, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. The building was sold by Our Lady of Charity Parish to Brookhaven Borough. The center has operated at 245 Upland Road for eight years. Brookhaven…
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2 Eagle Scouts Beautify Butterfly Sanctuary in Brookhaven
The Hallie Christine Jackson Butterfly Sanctuary in Brookhaven received some tender loving care recently when Eagle Scouts Bennett and Andrew McManus of Rose Valley Scout Troop 272 enhanced the beauty of the sanctuary for visitors, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. The projects were part of a requirement to attain the rank of Eagle…
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Brookhaven Nonprofit Takes Music on the Road to Kids and Adults
It’s never too early or too late to learn to play a musical instrument. That’s the philosophy and message behind “Keep Music Alive,” a husband-and-wife nonprofit founded in 2014 out of Brookhaven, writes Wakisha Bailey for CBS News Philadelphia. “Our mission is to help more kids and adults reap all the educational, therapeutic, and social…
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TAFF Treats in Brookhaven Sells Freeze Dried Candy With a Delco Theme
TAFF Treats, a new store in Brookhaven, is riding an internet trend making freeze-dried candy, but throwing in a bit of Delaware County into the mix, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. On Thursday, Aug. 10, Chris and Katie Malenich opened TAFF Treats, their freeze-dried candy store at 8 W. Brookhaven Road in Brookhaven.…
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Cookie Designer in Brookhaven Loves the Challenge
Looking for a Delco-centric cookie? How about a get-well cookie for someone recovering from bunion surgery? Chrissy Pascua-Povey in Brookhaven at Pomp and Splendor is the lady to see, writes Amanda Brady for abc11.com. Pascua-Povey owns Pomp and Splendor by Chrissy, an online artisanal decorated sugar cookie shop. She started Pomp and Splendor a year…
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Brookhaven Mom Receives Donated Car to Help Her Care for Her Family
A Brookhaven mom needed a car to help take care of her family and find adequate housing for them. Thanks to the efforts of The National Auto Body Council (NABC), Hertz and CARSTAR Fred Beans Doylestown, she now has a refurbished 2019 Chrysler Pacifica. The vehicle was donated via the Recycled Rides program, writes the…
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Do You Live in the Delco Town That Made a List of Top 20 Earning Cities in PA?
The amount of your annual income depends heavily on your education, race, ethnicity, gender and location, reports wfmz.com. Now Stacker has compiled a list of the 20 top earner communities in Pennsylvania. On that list is Delaware County’s Brookhaven, coming in at No. 17. Brookhaven Borough, located in the southwest part of the county,…
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Admirers Send Retiring Paramedic Larry Worrilow Off in Style
After 44 years as a Crozer Health paramedic, Larry Worrilow of Brookhaven is retiring, reports Ashley Johnson for 6abc.com. He shared a last shift with friends that included hugs, pictures and reminiscing. There was the final radio call and clap out ceremony, and then it was over, except for a loud parade. “He’s a proud…
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Aston Woman Proves If You Can Dream It, You Can Bake It
Kit Spayd, owner of West Branch Baking Co. in Brookhaven, wasn’t going to put off her dream any longer, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. “Some people thought I was nuts to open a business in the midst of the pandemic,” Spayd said. “But I figured that was just another excuse to delay following…
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Brookhaven School Goes Virtual for Last Days Following Major Gas Spill Nearby
A major gas spill in Brookhaven is disrupting some end-of-year school activity at Coebourn Elementary School in Brookhaven, reports Corey Davis for 6abc.com. Students will end the last three days of the school year virtually as gasoline odors and cleanup efforts continue at and near the school. The school building is closed. A kindergarten graduation…
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Washington Post: Trump Support Among White Women Voters Has Weakened
Nin Bell from Brookhaven is part of a group of working class White women who didn’t vote for Hillary Clinton in the last election but are now determined to vote for Joseph Biden, reports the Washington Post, as reprinted in the Longview News Journal. White women have said in interviews they’re concerned about Trump’s recklessness,…
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Her Sisters Made a Video With 200 Friends and Family to Help Her Through Leukemia Treatments
When Hope Wells, 23, was diagnosed with leukemia in 2018, she didn’t have to tackle the disease on her own. She had her five sisters to rally around her, writes Rita Giordano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The six former students of The Christian Academy in Brookhaven have done everything together. Charity, 25; Faith, 24; Joy,…
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