Clifton Heights
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Plans Unveiled for New Middle School and Athletic Fields in Clifton Heights
Plans for a new middle school and athletic fields in Clifton Heights were recently presented to local community members and elected officials, writes Kevin Tustin for the Delaware County News Network. Dan McGarry, the acting superintendent of the Upper Darby School District, and KCBA Architects principal Michael Kelly unveiled a preview for the new school.…
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Gaetano’s Pizza & Steaks in Clifton Heights Closes Its Doors
Monday night gave us Halloween activities, a rain-delayed World Series and the last night for Gaetano’s Pizza and Steaks in Clifton Heights, writes Matt Petrillo for CBS Philadelphia. The news had the phones ringing off the hook at Gaetano’s as customers rushed to get their last pizza orders in. Customers lined up outside the door…
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Take a Tour of Delaware County’s Neighborhood Delis
A Delco tour of neighborhood delis lets you experience an Americana that is slowly dying, writes Maria Panaritis for Philadelphia Inquirer. Delis often die when their founders do. With fast-growing Wawa and supermarkets corporatizing our cold-cut options, mom-and-pops are harder to keep around. A recent Dietz and Watson delivery tour included Westbrook Market on Springfield…
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Look No Further Than Clifton Heights for Good Drinks
The Philadelphia region has plenty of variety when it comes to wetting your whistle, whether it’s a cutting-edge cocktail, a bone-dry wine, or a really good beer. A more traditional no-frill cocktail drinking experience can be found at the Original Clam Tavern in Clifton Heights, the only Delaware County restaurant to make a list of…
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Lidl Celebrates Grand Opening of Clifton Heights Store on June 22
Lidl US will have a grand opening for its new store on Wednesday, June 22, in Clifton Heights at the site of the former Kmart store off Baltimore Pike. The grand opening at 713 E. Baltimore Ave. will include a ribbon-cutting at 7:40 a.m. from local leaders. The first 100 customers in line before the…
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New Lidl Store Is Just Part of Clifton Height’s Revitalization
The Lidl Food Market that officially opened Wednesday morning in Clifton Heights is part of a bigger revitalization happening in the borough, according to borough Mayor Mark J. Campbell. The new store opened at the former Kmart property and sits next to the Big Lots at 713 East Baltimore Pike in Clifton Heights, writes Pete…
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Captured Black Bear Safely Released to State Game Lands in Dauphin County
A black bear captured in a Clifton Heights yard has been safely transported to State Game Lands in a less populated area in Dauphin County, reports the CBS 3 staff. The drowsy bear that had been hit with a tranquilizer dart was hanging from a tree in the yard of Adriana Fernande and slowly made…
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Rosati’s in Clifton Heights Releases Special Flavor to Aid Fundraiser at Ukrainian Church in Swarthmore
Rosati’s in Clifton Heights is releasing a limited-edition water ice flavor, ‘I Stand with Ukraine,’ to raise money for a Ukrainian church in Swarthmore, writes Noah Zucker for Philly Voice. The flavor, released Sunday, combines lemonade and blue raspberry water ice, resembling the Ukrainian flag. A portion of its sales will go to Holy Myrrh-Bearers…
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Original Clam Tavern in Clifton Heights Makes PA Eats Oyster Bucket List
Eating an oyster is an experience all its own. Take the Original Clam Tavern at 339 E. Broadway Ave. in Clifton Heights. This community favorite is packed with locals nightly and reminds you of the seafood joints of yesteryear, writes Emily Kovach for paeats.com. This old-school restaurant with an old fishing boat nautical décor serves…
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Everyone Wins: Agreement Allows Clifton Heights School and Borough Fields
A formal agreement was signed Tuesday evening between Clifton Heights and the Upper Darby School District that transfers a renovated youth athletic field to the borough while also allowing construction of the new Clifton Heights Middle School. Clifton Heights Mayor Mark Campbell and Clifton Heights Borough Council participated in the signing at Clifton Heights Borough…
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Professional Dealer Brings His Unique Brand of Texas Hold’Em to Delco Taverns
Butch Cordora has brought his bar poker dealership skills and style to Delaware County, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. The openly gay professional dealer has run bar poker at clubs and restaurants for 15 years. Now you can find him running his “Bluffin’ w/Butch” Texas Hold’Em tournaments Sunday afternoons at Chaser’s Tavern in…
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A New Deal: School Will Be Built and Clifton Heights Gets Its Field
Upper Darby School District and Clifton Heights Borough are ending an 18-month battle, allowing a new middle school to be built at Clifton Field, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. Thirty to 40 residents, many from the Clifton youth league teams, cheered the agreement. Back in 1972, a deal was struck giving Upper Darby…
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Taste With Tori: Original Clam Tavern Remains an Anchor in Clifton Heights Community
At the Original Clam Tavern in Clifton Heights, planks cover the walls, a captain’s eyes are on watch and there’s plenty more than clams to eat, reports Vittoria Woodill in an installment of Taste with Tori at CBSphilly.com. “A good friend of mine came here one night and he said, ‘you hear that Tony?’ I…
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With a Proud Spring in Their Step, Slinky Workers Are Back on the Job
Slinky was invented in Clifton Heights, but it was manufactured for decades in a factory outside Altoona, Pennsylvania—until the factory closed earlier this year, writes Alaina Johns for keystoneedge.com. Now the Slinky is back on the assembly line at the Hollidaysburg factory. Global toy company Just Play, based in Pennsylvania, has acquired the operation. “Every…
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Rosati Ice in Clifton Heights, Hit by Pandemic, Starts Crowd Sourcing Campaign to Keep Workers Employed
Rosati Ice really didn’t want to furlough its 20 workers even though business has slowed with the pandemic, so it started a GoFundMe page to keep workers on the payroll through the slow season, writes Peg DeGrass for the Daily Times. Between Labor Day and March, the 100-year-old company does a lot of business, about…
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A Lidl Grocery Store Is coming to Clifton Heights
The discount grocery store Lidl US is coming to East Baltimore Avenue in Clifton Heights as part of an expansion along the East Coast, writes Eric Mandel for Philadelphia Business Journal. Fifty new stores are being added in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware by the end of 2021. In Pennsylvania, along with Clifton Heights, stores…
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Clifton Heights Dry Cleaner Hopes Grant Can Reverse Damage From a ‘Dress Casual’ Pandemic
The pandemic pretty much ended the need to get dressed up. Dry cleaners were particularly hard hit as tuxedo-driven proms, weddings and more were cancelled, writes Jan Murphy for pennlive.com. Now Chris Viviani, co-owner of Viviani Bros. Professional Garment Care in Clifton Heights, is hoping a state grant will jump start his 28-year-old business. “The…
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Modell’s Sporting Goods to Close in Upper Darby, Clifton Heights, Media
Modell’s Sporting Goods announced this week it has filed for bankruptcy and is closing its remaining 115 stores nationwide. That includes Modell’s in 69th Street, Upper Darby; on Baltimore Pike in Clifton Heights, and at the Promenade at Granite Run in Media, writes Anne D’Innocenzio writing for the Associated Press as reported in The Philadelphia…
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