Delaware County
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Residents Get an Eyeful of Hollywood as HBO Series Films in Delco
Delco residents are spotting some celebrities in town, reports Alex George for Fox29.com. Kate Winslet and Evan Peters are starring in the HBO series “Mare of Easttown” and a film crew has been filming around Delaware County and Philadelphia. One of their locations was Boothwyn and Don’s Deli was able to get in on the…
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Wawa Care Packages for Local Soldiers Overseas Includes Coffee, Peanut Chews and Twizzlers
Fifty volunteers gathered last week at Wawa’s headquarters to assemble 5,000 care packages for “Operation Taste of Home.” This is the 10th year for the program, writes Pete Bannan for Delco News Network. The care packages contained donated packages of Wawa coffee, Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews, Twizzlers, Orbit gum, and salted nuts. They are given to…
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Course Gives Local Doctors Help With the Business Side of Healthcare
Doctors may know a lot about medicine, but may be on less secure ground with the business side of healthcare, writes Tom Avril for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Drexel University professor David E. Stein hoped to remedy that with a series of 10 monthly courses for physicians in the Crozer-Keystone Health System. The program focuses specifically…
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Delco Kicks Off Holiday Season with Theater Shows, Concerts, Parades, Disney Fun, and More
Throughout November, Delaware County will be bursting at the seams with seasonal and holiday parades, festivals, magical Nutcrackers, and even deliciously “cheesy” winery events – and that’s just the beginning. While Santa may be making a list and checking it twice, Visit Delco, PA has its own November Top 10 List of Things to See…
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Her Great Aunt Was Delco’s ‘Most Catholic Mother’ in 1950. Who Knew?
The President of Elizabethtown College had no idea her great aunt was once voted “Most Catholic Mother of Delaware County” in 1950 until a college freshman told her, writes Samantha Galvez for fox43.com. Eric Schubert, 18, cracks hundreds of ancestry and adoption cases all from his Elizabethtown College desk. He’s been diving into genealogy work…
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So What’s Up With All Those Tornado Warnings Anyway?
Late Halloween night, Delaware Countians received a cellphone tornado warning as a tornado whipped through Thornbury, writes Dana Bate for WHYY.org. Some went back to sleep. Others rushed to basements. Still others wondered, “OK, so … what am I supposed to do now?” Simple answer, said Montgomery County Outreach Coordinator Tim Elberston: Heed the warning.…
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Tornado in Thornbury Was Biggest for Delaware County in 45 Years
The Halloween tornado that touched down in Thornbury was the strongest the county has seen in 45 years, writes Kevin Tustin for Delco News Network. The last F-2 tornado occurred June 29, 1973, carving a two-to-three mile path in Egdmont, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information. It caused $25,000 worth of property damage.…
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Here are the Unofficial Election Results in Delaware County’s General Election
The following is a quick rundown of the unofficial election results in Delaware County: Judge of the Superior Court (Vote for Not More Than Two): Delaware County voters came out in force on Election Day, with an estimated 40 percent turnout, unprecedented for a local election. Numbers indicate that the Democratic majority of registered voters…
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Voters Shift Delaware County Political Landscape to Blue for First Time in 150 Years
For the first time since the Civil War, Democrats are sitting at the head of Delaware County’s government, writes Dana Bate and Laura Benshoff for WHYY. Voters made history this past Election Day when they voted in three Democrats to county council, adding to the two already seated, shutting out the Republicans. “This is a…
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Delaware County Leadership: Arthur Weisfeld, director Senior Community Services
Arthur Weisfeld is director and one of the founders of Senior Community Services, a Delaware County non-profit which provides activities, information and support to older persons throughout the county. Mr. Weisfeld is himself a youthful 72 years old. DELCO.Today recently spoke to Arthur Weisfeld about his work with Senior Community Services and about the role SCS…
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Delco Man Feels He’s a Target as Philadelphia Police Grapple With Racial Profiling Issues
Jamel Workman from Delaware County has been stopped seven times by Philadelphia police driving to a barbershop he owns in West Philadelphia because his car has tinted windows to keep the car interior cool, writes Samantha Melamed for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The 38-year-old is also black. He’s been stopped, searched two or three times, and…
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Giving Circles Offer a New Way to Pool and Target Charitable Giving
People like dietitian Dania Green of Wallingford are donating these days to women’s giving circles, a newer concept in charitable giving, writes Lini S. Kadaba for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Giving circles pool membership fees to make larger donations possible and they give control to its individual members over where the money goes. The 46-year-old Wallingford…
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New Indie Thriller Is Full of Delaware County Personality, Like Its Creators
Joshua Coates of Upper Darby has brought the flavor of Delaware County to the big screen with his new indie thriller, “Hollywould,” writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. The film’s idea was conceived and shot in Delco. Several residents and business owners appear and executive producers Mitchell Bass, Marcia Bass and Steven Bass are…
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No Right Answer: Communities Weighed Trick or Treat Postponements With Threat of Bad Weather
Fear of heavy winds and rain caused some communities in the Philadelphia and New Jersey region to cancel Trick or Treating Halloween night, or relocate it to Friday. Other townships left it to parents to decide, writes Anna Orso for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “I’m seeing more people saying, don’t cancel it. Growing up, we never…
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Former Delco Man Helped Create Nittany Lion Shrine and Led WWII Engineers to Allied Victories
Col. David Pergrin, formerly of Delaware County, helped create the Nittany Lion Shrine and led one of the most decorated U.S. Army engineering units of World War II, reported news.psu.edu. Pergrin played for the Nittany Lions at Penn State. He headed the committee that commissioned Penn State’s stone sculpture of a Pennsylvania mountain lion, the…
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Firefighter Crisis Makes it to the State House; 23 Bills Introduced to Address Shortages
Helping emergency responders cope with the stress of their work is one of the actions being considered by the state legislature as it addresses a growing shortage of volunteer and career firefighters and EMS providers, writes Jan Murphy for pennlive.com. “How would you feel if you had a fire or an accident or a life-threatening…
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Delco’s New Voting System Combines Paper Ballots and Electronic Scanning (see video)
A new scanner that uses paper ballots will be at the Delaware County polls in time for the Pennsylvania April 28, 2020 Primary. Delaware County Council unanimously voted Oct. 23 to purchase the Hart Verity 2.3.4 Voting System. According to an online demonstration video, voters fill out a paper ballot and insert it into the…
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Delco Olympic Soccer Gold Medalist Heather Mitts Pushes for State Senate Bill Banning Puppy Mill Animals
Delaware County resident Heather Mitts is urging Pennsylvania legislators to support a bill that would prohibit pet stores from selling dogs, cats and rabbits unless they come from shelters or rescues, writes Jan Murphy for pennlive.com. Mitts visited the Pennsylvania Capitol this week hoping her status as a three-time Olympic gold medalist in women’s soccer…
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