Delaware County
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You’ll Find Him in the Ozarks, But Bruce Davison’s Roots Are in Delco
Veteran character actor Bruce Davison is in the new hit Netflix series Ozark, but he was once a familiar face here in Delaware County, writes Victor Fiorillo for Philadelphia Magazine. Davison’s the guy you’ve seen in hundreds of TV shows, from Star Trek: Enterprise, to Law & Order, to SUV. He’s been in X-Men and…
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Foundation for Delaware County Celebrates Anniversary With Endowment Incentive
The Foundation for Delaware County has found a unique way to honor and celebrate its 5th anniversary. It is offering qualifying nonprofits in Delaware County a 1:5 match on endowments they set up through the foundation. CASA Youth Advocates, Inc., which provides volunteer advocates for abused and neglected children, was the first to take advantage…
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Here’s How Much Delaware County Will Get From a $1B Opioid Settlement
Each county in Pennsylvania will receive a portion of a $1 billion opioid settlement for drug treatment and prevention negotiated with four companies by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro and other state attorneys general, writes Catherine Dunn and Felicia Gans Sobey for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Counties in the state are expected to receive the funds…
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Crozer Health Partners with ThirdEye on Mixed Reality Glasses for First Responders
Crozer Health has formed a partnership with ThirdEye Gen out of Princeton, N.J. to use mixed reality software and X2 MR Smart Glasses so that doctors and first responders can treat patients immediately anywhere in the world, states a ThirdEye Gen release. This will be the first time mixed reality technology will be used in…
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Delco’s Impaired Streams Bad for Fish, Drinking, Recreation, Study Finds
Delaware County, along with most of Southeastern Pennsylvania, have the most polluted, or “impaired” streams in Pennsylvania, according to a new report by the state’s Department of Environmental Protection, writes Frank Kummer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Delaware County ranked second in the region among the counties with the highest percentage of streams impaired for aquatic…
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Delaware County Looks Within for Help With the COVID Hospital Crisis
When COVID patients fill hospitals to capacity; when staff shortages are everywhere, where does Delaware County turn? To itself, writes Dann Cuellar and Bryanna Gallagher for 6ABC. Some of the county’s 1,700 active volunteers from the Medical Reserve Corps are now providing extra help to an exhausted staff at four county hospitals: Crozer Chester Medical…
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SCORE Event: Website Planning 101: Take Your First Step to Website Success
SCORE Chester and Delaware County announces a free live online event Wednesday, Jan. 26, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Jessica Baldwin, co-founder of Cardsetter, shows how to design a new website for small business owners. “Website Planning 101: Take Your First Step to Website Success” shows you how to build and maintain your website to…
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Center for Nonprofit Excellence Brings Delco Nonprofit Leaders Together
One of the key roles of The Foundation for Delaware County is to help nonprofits in the county expand and improve services. One way it does that is by connecting donors and nonprofit organizations with grants to help them fulfill and grow their mission. But the Foundation also helps these local nonprofits with professional development,…
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P.I.T. Graduates Find Success at Crozer Health Hiring Event
The Pennsylvania Insitute of Technology (P.I.T.) in Media announced that 46 of 91 P.I.T. graduates that attended a recent hiring event hosted by the Crozer Healthcare System have formally expressed an interest in working for the healthcare provider and have completed the required application to move forward there. “We wish them luck as they take…
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A Challenge of COVID and a Golden Future of Personal Health for Delaware Countians
Delaware County Health Director Melissa Lyon has her hands full this week as she started her role today as the county’s new health director, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. Lyon takes the reins as COVID numbers and syphilis cases are both running high. The health department, still awaiting state approval to open,…
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$8,000 Grant Will Help With Expenses for Crozer Keystone Lung Cancer Patients
The Foundation for Delaware County, headquartered in Media, announces an $8,000 grant received from Ride Hard Breathe Easy will help meet the urgent financial needs of patients receiving lung cancer care at the Crozer-Keystone Health System. The funds can be used to help patients pay for rides to appointments or to pay utility bills, for…
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Jim Pappas Ends 4-Year Mission Today With 1,000th Cheesesteak in Essington
Four years ago, he pledged to eat 1,000 cheesesteaks. Today, Jan. 13, Jim Pappas fulfills that pledge, writes Tayler Bunge for philly.eater.com. Pappas, a Delaware County native, got into cheesesteaks big time after he lost his job in 2008. It was a bad year. He had been diagnosed with Leukemia and was going through a…
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7 Townships Ask Courts to Stop County Takeover of Health Inspections
Seven townships have filed a court injunction to prevent Delaware County’s new health department from taking over municipal health inspections, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. “Townships cannot effectively manage their budgets with the lack of certainty that exists around their staffing needs and whether they will be able to recoup those costs…
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DELCO Careers: Delaware County Planning Department
Delaware County’s Planning Department is looking for several qualified applicants to join its professional planning team. There are six openings available to Delaware County residents or those willing to relocate to the county within three months of starting their position. Delaware County is made up of a complex group of 49 municipalities home to a…
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Delaware County’s Prison Stops Being Privately Run on April 6
Delaware County will take over operations of the George W. Hill Correctional Facility from GEO Group Inc. on April 6, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. The county Jail Oversight Board voted 6-2 in September to end its contract with GEO Group, Inc. In a prepared statement, GEO said it is working cooperatively…
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Here’s an MLK Day of Service List Courtesy of Foundation for Delaware County
There are a lot of different volunteer, charity and service activities planned in Delaware County to honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on and around MLK Day Jan. 17. Here are some MLK Day events compiled by the Foundation for Delaware County: Natural Lands Hildacy PreserveJan. 17, 9:00 – 11:30 a.m.Volunteer Opportunity:…
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SCORE: 2022 New Year’s Resolution–Connect With a Business Mentor
At SCORE, the power of mentor and mentoring relationships is easy to see year after year. More than 10,000 professionals with a passion for helping small businesses across the US serve as SCORE volunteer mentors. Locally in Chester and Delaware Counties, SCORE has more than 70 mentors and subject matter experts (SMEs) supporting small business…
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Misunderstandings Could be Triggered by Delco Emergency Radio Vulnerabilities
Delaware County’s emergency radio system is vulnerable to attacks like one that happened last year in Chester when a voice suddenly spouted racial slurs and warnings, threatening to kill an officer on patrol and his family, writes Vinny Vella for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The transmission came from a resident with a cheap, handheld radio who…
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