Collingdale
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Brookhaven Firm Steps Up to Restore Flood-Ravaged Mount Zion Cemetery in Collingdale
For years, families visiting loved ones at Mount Zion Cemetery in Collingdale have been met with flooded areas and mud. Now, a Delaware County company is stepping in to try to change that, reports Joe Holden for CBS News Philadelphia. Steve Schultz, founder of Brookhaven-based Blue Sky Strategic Partners, first learned of the cemetery’s flooding…
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Spayed Club in Collingdale Expands into Primary/Dental Veterinary Care
Collingdale nonprofit The Spayed Club is broadening its services beyond spay and neuter procedures, now offering primary and dental veterinary care for the public, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. “We’re getting our primary care full-time,” said Mario Marano, The Spayed Club’s practice administrator. “It started in January. We restarted our dental service,…
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Joseph Passaretti, 1 of Delaware County’s Oldest Veterans, Remembered
Joseph Passaretti of Collingdale served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945 in Africa and Europe, receiving a Purple Heart and numerous other medals. Passaretti, considered one of Delaware County’s oldest World War II veterans, has died at the age of 106, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. He passed away on New…
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Collingdale Police Shortages Covered by Pennsylvania Troopers
Collingdale Borough does not have the resources to fully staff its police department overnight, so Pennsylvania State Troopers will be responding to overnight calls starting Oct. 31, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. The troopers from the Media station will be on duty at the borough between 12 AM and 8 AM. The borough’s police department…
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Collingdale’s Bulk Foods Delco Latches on to Dubai Chocolate Bar Craze
A new chocolate bar from Dubai is all the rage on TikTok and it’s putting pressure on one Delaware County company to keep up with demand, writes Jesse Bunch for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The creamy, pistachio butter-filled bar has a crunch effect delivered by a toasted, shredded phyllo. It comes from an Emirates-based chocolatier. Justin…
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Flooded Renters in Collingdale Get Gift Card Help From Community
A Collingdale neighborhood is working to recover two weeks after a storm flooded 18 homes on Florence Avenue, helped by individuals and corporations who came forward with $4,000 in gift cards. A coastal storm overloaded the culvert of Pusey Run, a small stream emptying into Darby Creek back in mid-December, reports Madelene Wright and Will…
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Over 300-Years-Old Collingdale Tree Taken Down After Contracting Fungal Infections
A Penn Charter-era red oak that had existed in Collingdale for hundreds of years was taken down Thursday and Friday after it was diagnosed with two fatal fungal diseases, writes Pete Bannon for the Daily Times. The huge oak was six feet across and 228 inches around. It stood at the corner of Clifton and…
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Collingdale Turns Out to Honor Vet Joe Passaretti on 105th Birthday
It seemed as if everyone in Collingdale turned out Saturday at the Collingdale Community Center to celebrate the 105th birthday of World War II Army veteran Joe Passaretti, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. State and local officials, veterans, friends, and community members all came out to a birthday bash for Passaretti, who officially…
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St. Joseph Place Opens at Former St. Joseph’s School in Collingdale
Saint Joseph Place, the new 50-apartment housing community for seniors, opened Monday in the historic St. Joseph’s Elementary School in Collingdale, which closed in 2010, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. The new affordable community for independent seniors, developed by the Catholic Housing and Community Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, received a warm…
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Nostalgia Mixes with Future at St. Joe’s Parish School Tour
In mid-May, two historic Catholic elementary school buildings in Collingdale will turn into senior housing, but before that happens, alumni of St. Joseph Parish School got one last look around April 4, reports the staff for Catholic Philly. About 200 alumni and friends of the school came out to tour the building.. St. Joseph’s School,…
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Teen Anthony Alexander Up for Young Hero Award Remembered
On President’s Day a year ago, Anthony Alexander Jr. jumped into the frigid waters of a pond in Collingdale Park to help rescue three children who had fallen through the ice. “They really need help,” he said at the time. “I wasn’t going to sit there and let them drown like that.” For his actions,…
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Eden Cemetery Restoring Identities of Those With Untold Legacies
The Negro League Baseball Grave Marker Project at Eden Cemetery is giving recognition to those who have received none, writes Brian Seltzer for KYW Podcasts. Take Daniel McClellan, for example. McClellan, born in 1878, pitched in the Negro League for 12 seasons. “He was the first Negro League pitching great. He also threw the first…
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Max Patkin, ‘Clown Prince of Baseball’, Buried in Collingdale Cemetery
Max Patkin enjoyed a long career as an entertainer in baseball, writes Irwin Cohen for JewishPress.com. Known lovingly by many as the Clown Prince of Baseball, the Paoli man saw his first game as a child with his Hebrew school class. Years later, he become a pitcher in the minor leagues. While he was serving…
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Emma’s Liberian Kitchen Opens New Location in Collingdale
Now you can get a taste of Liberian food in Collingdale with a new location opening for Emma’s Liberian Kitchen, writes Natalie Jason for 6abc.com. Emma Dalieh came to Philadelphia from Liberia armed with a lifetime of recipes. She opened Emma’s Liberian Kitchen in Southwest Philly. Liberia is Africa’s oldest republic. Emma was raised in…
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Teen Honored After Rescuing Children From Frozen Pond in Collingdale
Teenager Anthony Alexander Jr., who rescued three children from a local pond, was honored Monday by Collingdale Borough Council and State Sen. Anthony Williams, reports Fox 29 News. Anthony Alexander Jr., 16, was playing basketball at Collingdale Park when a little girl asked him for help because her friends were drowning in the lake. I’m…
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Creative Ad Man, Barry Magarick, Behind Some of Region’s Favorite Ads, Has Died
Barry Magarick, the creative individual behind many recognizable ads and jingles, has died. He was 83, writes Gary Miles for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The well-known advertising executive grew up in Collingdale. He died at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby. Mr. Magarick was the inspiration for many of the Philadelphia region’s most memorable ads in the…
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Collingdale Teen, Police Officer Rescue 3 Kids Who Fell Through the Ice
Anthony Alexander was with his three friends at Collingdale Park Monday afternoon when he heard screams from the partially-thawed pond, writes Jaclyn Lee for 6abc.com. Two little girls and a boy fell through into the icy water. Alexander tried to pull them out with a stick but then jumped in after them. “It was…
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Groundbreaking Ceremony for New St. Joseph Senior Housing in Collingdale
There was a groundbreaking ceremony Friday for Saint Joseph Place, a new affordable housing community for independent seniors being built in Collingdale, reports mychesco.com. The facility is being created by rehabilitating the historic former Saint Joseph’s Parish Elementary School and its Annex building. A new addition connects the two buildings. Saint Joseph Place is the…
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