Delaware County
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SCORE Members: “Here’s Why I Volunteer …”
Have you heard about SCORE? SCORE is the largest network of volunteer business experts, now with over 10,000 nationally and 100 members locally in Chester County and Delaware County. SCORE volunteers offer their time, insight, guidance, and skill to help small businesses get off the ground, grow and achieve their goals. SCORE members are professional…
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Give Your Business a Boost in May With These SCORE Programs
SCORE Chester and Delaware Counties has free May SCORE programs, including webinars and workshops to help your small business find its potential. National Small Business Week Virtual Summit Registration for the National Small Business Week Virtual Summit is open! This event, hosted by the U.S. Small Business Administration and SCORE, will run May 2-3, 2023.…
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Neighborhood Nurseries Beckon for Your Spring Gardening
Spring is peeking around the corner and it’s time to get planting. Here are six recommended neighborhood nurseries that have what you need, writes Steven White and Michelle Myers for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Terrain Terrain at 914 Baltimore Pike in Glen Mills has plenty of on-site plants and gardening hardware. You can even eat at…
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Dollars to Doughnuts, 3 Delco Towns are Among Wealthiest in PA
Delaware County is a big place, big enough to have three out of 10 of Pennsylvania’s wealthiest towns, writes Joselynn Chua for Suburbs 101. That’s based on median household income and home prices between March 2022 and March 2023. Villanova was second on a list of 10 for wealth in PA. The affluent suburb of…
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Tucker Carlson Closed His Fox Career Chatting With Aston Pizza Delivery Guy
Tucker Carlson’s final guest before he was let go by Fox News was Tyler Morrell, the Delco pizza delivery driver for Cocco’s who tripped a stolen car suspect fleeing police in Middletown, writes Michael Tanenbaum for Philly Voice. The April 16 incident was captured on video, which went viral. Morrell was making a pizza delivery…
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There Are Signs of This Business All Over Delaware County
Signs by Tomorrow has been part of the local landscape for 25 years, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. In fact, the signs are everywhere. The company on Rt. 420 in Morton is owned by Joyce Carpenter of Brookhaven. It’s been a major supplier of signs, banners, shirts, and more to schools, governments, sports…
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Delaware County Tackles Infant, Maternal Mortality in New Program
Delaware County Black women are nearly four times as likely to die during pregnancy or the months after giving birth than white women. Infant mortality among Black babies has increased in Delaware County, even as it goes down for white babies, said Melissa Lyon, director of the Delaware County Health Department. Now the county is…
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CBS News Investigates Impact of DCMH Closure on Area
Closing Delaware County Memorial Hospital in Drexel Hill has overwhelmed the area’s health care system, said first responders in a CBS News report. “Everybody’s feeling this,” said EMS chief for Haverford Township Jim McCans. “This really hit hard.” CBS News is investigating private equity’s role in the collapse of hospitals serving America’s most vulnerable. Part…
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Public Invited to Give Guideline Input on Proposed Land Bank
The Delaware County Redevelopment Authority has released proposed guidelines on how a new online land bank will work here in Delaware County. A land bank combats neighborhood blight by allowing people to acquire vacant, tax-delinquent properties to turn them into housing, commercial development, and green space. Before all that happens, the Authority needs comments from…
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Sixers Song Finds Life and Brings Fame to 3 Delco Rockers
Three Delaware County guys with dreams of rocker fame instead found their celebrity in a song for the Philadelphia 76ers, writes Mat Breen for the Philadelphia Inquirer. “Here Come the Sixers,” comes from their band Fresh Aire. It’s still played after every 76ers win nearly 50 years after it was written. Randy Childress, an Interboro…
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CCRES Recruiter Discusses Careers In Behavioral Health
If you want to make a difference in residents’ lives in Delaware County or Chester County, a behavioral health career could be the right fit, according to Mercy Alex, Human Resources Recruiter for CCRES Educational and Behavioral Health Services. Alex was featured in a video that appeared on the Chester County Official News & Information…
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Spring Into Action With These April SCORE Business Webinars
SCORE Chester and Delaware Counties has free April SCORE programs, including webinars and workshops to help your small business find its potential. Hybrid Event: Quick Ways to Improve Your Website for Better User Experience and More Conversions This presentation is being offered both online in a webinar and as an in-person event April 25, 6:30…
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3 Delaware County Coalitions Now Fighting for Decent Housing
A movement to provide decent housing in Delaware County is growing. Three coalitions, 83 people, are now fighting barriers that prevent housing access. One is working on for-sale housing issues. One is looking at rental housing, and one is working for people who have no home, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. They’re meeting meet monthly…
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Life Has Been Good to This Comfortable Couple of 50 Years
Kathy and Jim met when Kathy’s friend abandoned her at a 1970 engagement party in Broomall full of strangers. Jim offered her a ride home. That led to a first date and, eventually, marriage, writes Kellie Patrick Gates for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Both came from large Catholic families. In fact, they married at the chapel…
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April SCORE Programs Help Your Business Get Ready for Spring
SCORE Chester and Delaware Counties has free April SCORE programs, including webinars and workshops to help your small business find its potential. Targeting Your Customers and Competition Wondering how to get the data needed to drive your business decisions toward success? On April 17, 6:30 to 7:30 PM, join this webinar to learn more about…
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Expect New Rose Tree Park Playground to be Ready in June
The next stage of improvements for Rose Tree Park became a reality Thursday when Delaware County officials broke ground on a new playground, reports the Daily Times. The playground should be ready for families in June. It’s part of a county expansion of the park at 1671 N. Providence Road in Media, and other open…
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It’s Time for Delaware County’s Health Check Up
It’s a mixed bag when it comes to the 2023 health of Delaware County, according to a nationwide county assessment of health outcomes by the University of Wisconsin. Residents at the moment are experiencing health ranking in the lower middle range among Pennsylvania counties, somewhere between 25 and 50 percent on a 0 to 100…
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Delaware County Population Pretty Much Held Steady in 2022
Delaware County’s population has remained largely unchanged in 2022, with only a minor drop in numbers, writes Eugene Tauber for The Morning Call. Looking at recently released U.S. Census data of county populations in Pennsylvania, Delaware County was down 1,590 people between 2021 and 2022, a mere .28 percent decrease. Delaware County’s population went down…
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