Delaware County
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Aug. 7 Session for Non-Profit Professionals Talks About Making the 2020 Census Fair and Accurate
Find out how you can ensure a fair and accurate 2020 Census at a free learning event Wednesday, Aug. 7, at Fellowship Hall, 350 W. State Street in Media. The Foundation for Delaware County and The Nelson Foundation for non-profits is sponsoring the session, led by Jo Lin, Coalition Manager of Keystone Counts at PA…
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Providence Friends Meeting in Media Was a Stop on the Underground Railroad
Sam Lemon recently recalled the importance Providence Friends Meeting members and location played in his life and to 19th Century freedom seekers, as part of a program on the Media property’s role as a stop on the Underground Railroad, writes Susan Serbin for the Daily Times. His great-great-grandmother, Martha Jane Parham (1840-1919) escaped bondage with…
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Washington Post: DEA Database Shows 164 Million Prescription Pain Pills Found Their Way to Delco
From 2006 to 2012, there were enough prescription pain pills in Delaware County to provide 42 pills per person per year, reported the The Washington Post. In those seven years, there were 164,134,934 prescription pain pills supplied to Delaware County. A Drug Enforcement Administration database that tracks the path of every pain pill sold in…
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Say It Ain’t So: Wawa Now the Official Baltimore Ravens Hoagie
Wawa’s taking some hits from Philadelphia Twitter users over its “multi-year” agreement to become the “official hoagie” and “proud partner of the Baltimore Ravens,” writes Patricia Madej for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Wawa officials say they are just trying to expand its brand and presence in Maryland. Marylanders don’t eat our beloved hoagies. They eat subs.…
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Scrappy One-Man Startups Picking Up Local News Coverage Once the Sole Domain of Traditional Media
Small daily or weekly newspapers have traditionally supplied hyperlocal news. But these outlets now produce less journalism as hedge fund-backed media companies slash-and-burn staff to optimize revenue, writes Laura Benshoff for WHYY. Between 2007 and 2018, newsrooms nationwide lost nearly a quarter of their staff, with newspapers taking the biggest losses, according to the Pew…
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Crozer-Keystone Owner Sees Future Growth From Trust’s $1.55 Billion Investment
Medical Properties Trust will invest $1.55 billion in Prospect Medical Holdings, which owns Crozer-Keystone Health System in Delaware County, through a sale-leaseback of the hospital management company’s real estate assets in Pennsylvania, Connecticut and California, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. Prospect will use the funds to retire the company’s existing term-loan debt and…
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Local Industry Played Its Part in Moon Landing: Widener Professor Recalls Life in the Space Age
As we observe the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing this Saturday, July 20, it’s important to note that Delaware County was also part of the action back in the 1960s, writes Colin Ainsworth for the Delaware County News Network. The Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company in Chester produced the nation’s largest rocket…
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Delco Honors 680 Senior Athletes Who Competed in This Year’s Senior Games
Anne Shuster of Havertown, 90, has participated in the annual Senior Games for the past 29 years. Now she’s retiring and moving from the area, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. This summer, the gold medal winning nonagenarian went out on top, participating in horseshoes, billiards, shuffleboard, five swimming events and nine Track and…
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Journey Across Delco! Students Are Invited to Visit All 28 Delco Libraries This Summer
Children in Delaware County can pick up a free passport style booklet at their local library and journey across Delco to all 28 member libraries in the county this summer. Journey Across Delco is geared toward children in pre-school and early elementary school. Booklets are currently available at all Delaware County Libraries (DCL). Students can…
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Sewer Fee Concerns: DELCORA Proposes Aqua Wastewater Merger to Deal With Costly EPA Regs
The county’s water treatment authority, DELCORA, and Aqua Pennsylvania Wastewater are considering a merger to help the authority with expensive U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations, writes Kathleen Carey for the Daily Times. The two are entering six weeks of negotiations. “Over the last year, I’ve kind of been looking at different options for the authority…
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The Foundation for Delaware County Welcomes 3 New Board Members
The Foundation for Delaware County announces the election of three new board members; Cyrise L. Dixon, Michael B. Magnavita and Kate Zidek, to the Foundation’s Board of Directors. Cyrise L. Dixon, a resident of Chester, was the first female patrol officer in the city of Chester and currently serves as the chief of staff…
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Surprise! More Than 200 Turn Out to Give Paper Ballot, Voting Machine Input
More than 200 people came out July 9 for a discussion of voting machines, writes Jodine Mayberry for the Daily Times. Some were members of good government groups, like the League of Women Voters. Some were local Democratic or Republican leaders. But many in the crowd were poll workers – the judges of elections, machine…
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Johns Hopkins Study to Examine Delco’s State of Health
Delaware County Council approved $91,877 last week to examine the delivery of health services in Delaware County, writes Kathleen Carey for the Daily Times. The year-long study, conducted by Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health, will include recommendations on how to enhance and strengthen those services. Topics include access to health care, cultural…
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Nature Preserve in Concord: Council OKs Buy of 17-acre Former Christmas Tree Farm
Concord Township Council recently approved plans to preserve a 17-acre site, formerly a Christmas tree farm owned by the Hall family, located at Featherbed Lane and Bethel Road, writes Peg DeGrassa for Daily Times. The new nature preserve is being planned by the township as passive open space and over 1.5 miles of meadow trails,…
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The Foundation for Delaware County Announces 2019 Grant-making Cycle
The Foundation for Delaware County has launched its second competitive grant-making cycle and has posted a formal Request for Proposals (RFP) on its website www.delcofoundation.org. Letters of intent will be due online on July 26, 2019 and organizations will be notified Aug. 19, 2019 if they are selected to submit a full proposal. Invited…
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Delco Invites You to Celebrate Summer by Planting Yourself in a Garden, Kayak, or Soccer Stadium
Located in the heart of America’s Garden Capital (36 gardens within 30 miles), Chanticleer Garden is the only Main Line Estate that is still open to the public. It was named one of North America’s Most Beautiful Secret Gardens by National Geographic Traveler magazine, perhaps because of the Alice-in-Wonderland nature of the estate. There’s a…
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Public Input Needed on Five New Voting Systems That Offer Paper Trails
Delaware County will be required to use voting machines that have a paper trail that can be verified by voters and audited, according to a county press release. The new system will need to be in place by the 2020 primary election. Residents are being asked to weigh in on five new voting systems that…
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Secret Service Teaches Safe School Initiatives at Neumann University
Hundreds of educators and emergency personnel from around the region were schooled by the U.S. Secret Service June 19 on some of the best practices to promote safe schools in their communities, writes Kevin Tustin for the Daily Times. Neumann University hosted the federal law enforcement agency’s first East Coast presentation of its Safe School…
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