Delaware County
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SCORE Webinars Help Small Business Owners Get Ahead in the New Year
SCORE Chester and Delaware Counties are offering the following upcoming free SCORE small business webinars. Master Your Social Media with Time-Saving Tools & Techniques Is keeping up with your commitment to your social media calendar overwhelming? Then this Jan. 12 webinar is for you. From 10 to 11:30 AM, this workshop will show you how to…
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Aunt Mary Pat’s Doing a Farewell Tour, Ending Live Shows
The personification of Delaware County, Aunt Mary Pat, is stepping down from live performances, the character’s creator, Troy Hendrickson, announced. The comedic character, created in 2018 as a loving tribute to the Eagles and Hendrickson’s mother, has generated a huge following over the years, writes TaRhonda Thomas for 6abc. Hendrickson talked about Aunt Mary Pat’s…
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Delaware County Hopes to Move Properties From Blight to Prosperity
Blighted and abandoned properties in Delaware County could be transformed in 2023 into affordable housing, commercial development, and green space, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. The Delaware County Redevelopment Authority is voting on policies and procedures early in the new year for a new land bank. A land bank is a municipal tool to combat…
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Looking Back at Delaware County’s 2022 Achievements
Delaware County Council has outlined the investments and achievements made in 2022, from January’s swearing-in of the most diverse Council in the county’s history to the 2022 Alternative Fuel Leadership Award presented in December to the Sustainability Office. “This year represented the transition from promises and plans to implementation and unprecedented change at the County…
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Delco Yarn Collection Gets to Ukraine-Helping Grandma
The Delaware County community is keeping one grandmother, Galyna Grigoriyevna, in yarn and helping to deliver gloves and socks to orphans and soldiers in Ukraine, writes Madeleine Wright for CBS Philadelphia. Every Christmas, Paul Kostyukov from Springfield presents a gift of yarn to his grandmother, Galyna Grigoriyevna. This year, though, was extra special. “I’m moving…
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A Delaware County Home Made 2022 List of Attention-Grabbers
The housing market in 2022 came in like a lion and went out like a lamb but that didn’t stop people from checking out the wealthiest properties around, including one in Delaware County, writes Ryan Mulligan for Philadelphia Business Journal. The Philadelphia region saw 261 million-dollar home sales through the first quarters of 2022, according…
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In 2018: Some of the Region’s Best Pasta was Found Right Here in Delco at These Two Italian Restaurants
Those craving some exceptional pasta don’t have to travel far to indulge their appetite, as two Italian restaurants in Delaware County offer some of the best pasta in the Philadelphia area, writes Sinead Cummings for PhillyVoice. In honor of National Pasta Day on Oct. 17, PhillyVoice compiled a list of the region’s best Italian restaurants…
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Zero Waste Options Coming to Delaware County in 2023 Report
Delaware County has set a goal in the new year of working toward zero solid waste, writes Kenny Cooper for WYYY. To get there, it’s hired Zero Waste Associates to come up with a way to keep trash out of landfills and incinerators. Its report is due out in early 2023. At the moment, Delaware…
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Craig LaBan Gives a Nod to Delco in Best 2022 Dining Scene Review
The Delco dining scene made it onto a list of the Philadelphia Inquirer’s best dining scenes for 2022, writes Inquirer food critic Craig LaBan. “After our Center City furnace went kaput in January, we spent a tasty week in Delco exploring the culinary draws of the region’s most underappreciated food county, from scrapple fries to…
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1 Delaware County University Saw Endowments Come Out Ahead, Others, Not So Much
College and university endowments took a ride with the capital market slumps felt in 2022, though in Delaware County, one university came out ahead, writes Ryan Mulligan for Philadelphia Business Journal. Villanova brought in $77.7 million in gifts this fiscal year, compared to $44.4 million the previous year, boosting its endowment. It saw a 3.8…
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Food Insecurity Is on the Rise in Delaware County
The pandemic continues to impact the lives of many Delaware County residents who face food insecurity and need more mental health service help than before the pandemic began, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. “I’m sure you can imagine that with the fact that everything — whether it’s the heating cost or food costs or housing…
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Remembering Charlie Gracie, Philly’s First Rock and Roll Star
Charlie Gracie, whose music impacted the Beatles in the 1960s, died Friday in Aldan. He was 86, writes Dan DeLuca for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The South Philadelphia singer and guitarist had a 70-year music career. He lived in Drexel Hill with wife Joan before moving to Springfield this year. Considered Philadelphia’s first native son rock-and-roll…
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From a Sound Stage to a Sportsplex, Grants Fund Delco Projects
Sun Center Studios in Aston, Delaware County’s film and production center, is getting a new sound stage and offices with the hope of attracting more film and television projects to the area, writes Ryan Mulligan for Philadelphia Business Journal. The work is being paid for with a $10 million state grant from the Redevelopment Assistance…
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This Family of Postmasters Keeps the Mail Flowing
The twin Keller brothers, who both serve as local postmasters with the U.S. Postal Service, followed the example of their father when looking to do a good job, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. Joe Keller is postmaster of the Morton Post Office. His twin brother Mike is postmaster of Swarthmore Post Office and…
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First Resource Bank Provides $260,000 in Educational Funding to Local Schools, Organizations
First Resource Bank recently donated $260,000 to local schools and organizations under Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program. This is the bank’s 12th year participating in the program, which allows qualified businesses to transform tax dollars into scholarships and educational improvement opportunities, providing greater support for local students in need. Since 2011, First Resource…
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Prospect Medical Requests Negotiations With County Over Hospital
Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. wants to negotiate with Delaware County over Delaware County Memorial Hospital, according to Delaware County Solicitor William F. Martin. The request came just as CBS News aired an investigation into Prospect’s finances and the situation at DCMH. The Dec. 6 CBS report cited a ruling by Rhode Island Attorney General Peter…
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Delco Council Chair Monica Taylor Named to PA Board of Education
The Chair of Delaware County Council, Dr. Monica Taylor is now also a member of the Pennsylvania Board of Education on its Council of Basic Education, according to a press release from Delaware County. The council’s duty is to develop a master plan for basic education throughout Pennsylvania. “I’m truly honored to serve on this…
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Local Parks Get a Boost With Latest County Green Ways Grants
Lots of parks and trails in Delaware County will benefit from $5 million that has been rewarded in the latest round of Delco Green Ways grants. This is the third time grants have been distributed for projects and programs that advance the county’s 2035 Open Space, Recreation and Greenway plan goals. Those goals are to…
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