• Here’s the Delco Garden to Visit This Spring Among 14 Spots in the Philly Area

    Here’s the Delco Garden to Visit This Spring Among 14 Spots in the Philly Area

    Spring is the ideal time to enjoy gorgeous blooms at the Philadelphia region’s many gardens and arboretums, and luckily for us, one of the most stunning among them is right here in Delaware County, write Sandy Hingston, Laura Swartz, Emily Leaman, and Ashley Primis for the Philadelphia Magazine. Tyler Arboretum in Media offers something for everybody. This…

  • Rooftop Dining Favorites Includes This Media Borough Restaurant

    Rooftop Dining Favorites Includes This Media Borough Restaurant

    It’s taking its time but the weather is gradually warming up and thoughts are turning to rooftop dining and drinks, writes Jilian Wilson, Bethany Ao, and Grace Dickinson for The Philadelphia Inquirer. There are more outdoor dining and drinking options now than ever in the Philadelphia region. That’s one of the upsides of the pandemic’s…

  • Penn State Brandywine Hosts 2022 Commencement Exercise Saturday

    Penn State Brandywine Hosts 2022 Commencement Exercise Saturday

    Penn State Brandywine will celebrate the achievements of its spring 2022 graduates — as well as recognize 2020 graduates — at its commencement ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 7, on the campus lawn. In the case of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held in the campus’ Commons/Athletic Center gymnasium at 10:30 a.m. “Commencement…

  • Malvern Bank House of the Week: Stunning Custom-Built Colonial in Media

    Malvern Bank House of the Week: Stunning Custom-Built Colonial in Media

    A stunning custom-built colonial home with five bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms is available for sale in Media. The residence is nestled on 1.47 gorgeous acres perfectly situated on a quiet cul-de-sac street that is surrounded by more than 14 acres of open space. The quarried stone front and stucco home is sun-filled…

  • Choose The Right Fireplace For Your Home With Hometown Hearth at New Showroom in Media

    Choose The Right Fireplace For Your Home With Hometown Hearth at New Showroom in Media

    As springtime arrives here in the Northeast, many homeowners are beginning their spring cleaning and getting ready for time spent outdoors this summer. Believe it or not, this is the best time of year to consider upgrading or installing a new fireplace for those cold Fall and Winter months. With a brand new showroom opening…

  • They Survived Open Heart Surgery as Youngsters; Now, They Empower Adults with Congenital Heart Disease

    They Survived Open Heart Surgery as Youngsters; Now, They Empower Adults with Congenital Heart Disease

    Retired attorney William Causey was born with “blue baby syndrome” — a condition in which there is not enough oxygen in the blood — and it later caused him to undergo heart surgery in 1949, when he was just a few years old. The first operation of its kind had happened just five years earlier…

  • Penn State Brandywine Ball May 13 Benefits Brandywine Future Fund

    Penn State Brandywine Ball May 13 Benefits Brandywine Future Fund

    Penn State Brandywine is hosting a Ball Friday, May 13, 6:30 to 10 p.m., to benefit the Brandywine Future Fund. Proceeds support the modernization of workspaces and student support offerings at the Student Success Center in the Vairo Library on the campus of Penn State Brandywine in Media. Join members of the local Penn State…

  • From P.I.T.: Top 10 tips on how to study smarter, not longer

    From P.I.T.: Top 10 tips on how to study smarter, not longer

    The Spring Term is now underway at the Pennsylvania Institute of Technology in Media. To help students with their course work, P.I.T. presents this post from Kathiann Kowalski at sciencenewsforstudents.org on the study habits that work best. 1. Space out your studying Nate Kornell “definitely did cram” before big tests when he was a student…

  • Felicia Blue Credits P.I.T. With Igniting Her Nursing Career Passion

    Felicia Blue Credits P.I.T. With Igniting Her Nursing Career Passion

    Felicia Blue, a wife and mother of two, credits her time at the Pennsylvania Institute of Technology (P.I.T) in Media studying nursing as a chance to form the “essential foundation for my personal and work-related goals.” “P.I.T ignited the passion that is my career in nursing. It rooted my life with purpose and direction,” she…

  • Penncrest TOPS Shop in Media Gives Special Needs Workers a Place to Grow

    Penncrest TOPS Shop in Media Gives Special Needs Workers a Place to Grow

    “I want to pursue stuff in life and I will not let autism get in the way of making me achieve my dreams,” said 19-year-old TOPS Shop employee Zachary Paikoff, writes Matteo Iadonisi for 6abc.com. Paikoff and his brother, Ezra sell Penncrest High merchandise at the TOPS Shop. It is run by current and former…

  • Proud Student Pursues Nursing Career at Pennsylvania Institute of Technology

    Proud Student Pursues Nursing Career at Pennsylvania Institute of Technology

    Jabrisha Osbourne, a nursing student at the Pennsylvania Institute of Technology in Media has received a scholarship to help her toward her eventual goal of earning a BS degree in nursing. She has dreamed of becoming a nurse since she was a little girl. After watching her father battle lung cancer, she decided to get…

  • Malvern Bank House of the Week: Impressive Colonial in Media

    Malvern Bank House of the Week: Impressive Colonial in Media

    An impressive colonial home set on one beautiful acre, a private retreat with five bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms is available for sale in Media. The property welcomes you with lush landscaping and a paver walkway leading to the beautiful home. This opens into a bright two-story foyer with marble flooring and detailed…

  • P.I.T. in Media Hosts March 28 Information Session on Its Nursing Programs

    P.I.T. in Media Hosts March 28 Information Session on Its Nursing Programs

    The Pennsylvania Institute of Technology in Media is hosting a virtual information session Monday, March 28, 5 to 6 p.m., on its Spring semester nursing programs for anyone interested in finding out more about the programs. During the session, you can gather program-specific details about the admission process, including how to transfer credits, what documents…

  • Claire McGeehan, Devoted to Teaching and Media Fellowship House, Dies at 72

    Claire McGeehan, Devoted to Teaching and Media Fellowship House, Dies at 72

    Claire McGeehan, a retired Media Elementary School teacher who served as a board member at the Media Fellowship House died March 12. She was 72, writes Valerie Russ for The Philadelphia Inquirer.  “Something that made her unique was the immense amount of respect that she had for all of the young people in her life,…

  • Penn State Brandywine Gave First-Year Student Confidence to Lead Thousands in New Student Orientation

    Penn State Brandywine Gave First-Year Student Confidence to Lead Thousands in New Student Orientation

    Rabia Rafiqzadah would not describe herself as an extrovert. “Honestly, I’m a really shy person,” Rafiqzadah admitted. Which makes it that much more incredible that in the fall, the Penn State Brandywine junior found herself welcoming thousands of incoming first-year students throughout the Penn State campuses, writes Amanda Ayako Ota for Penn State Brandywine. “What…