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Penn State Brandywine Giving Tuesday Campaign Underway
Penn State Brandywine is starting its Giving Tuesday campaign ahead of Nov. 29, accepting donations for its Education Abroad and Brandywine Athletics programs. Visit the links below to learn more and show your support. Brandywine Education Abroad Brandywine students come from a diverse population and many face financial challenges. Having the opportunity to travel and…
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DELCO Careers: Qlik
Based in King of Prussia and operating in more than 100 countries, Qlik helps enterprises around the world move faster, work smarter, and lead the way forward with an end-to-end solution for getting value out of data. Its platform is the only one on the market that allows for open-ended, curiosity-driven exploration, giving everyone — at any…
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Celebrity Poster Lands Chester Springs Man on Hit TV Show ‘Pawn Stars’
Keith Stahl of Chester Springs found himself in the national spotlight on Nov. 2 after appearing on an episode of the popular TV show Pawn Stars, writes Bill Rettew for The Daily Local News. Stahl had his Jimi Hendrix poster appraised by the show’s hosts. “Seeing yourself on national TV is a unique experience that…
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Gifted Students Across the U.S. Reap Benefits at Radnor High
There’s a unique Community Schools program at a Radnor Victorian home that gives 10 gifted students from around the country a chance to attend Radnor High School, writes Wakisha Bailey for CBS Philadelphia. “I’m here to just have better opportunities in life, like a better education,” said ninth-grader Malachai. “Back home in Chicago, the system…
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Cooks Who Care Release Cookbook Supporting Mental Health
Cooks Who Care, a not-for-profit organization based in Media founded by Maria and Scott Campbell, supports the health and well-being of food and beverage industry workers, reports New Jersey Stage. Now it’s selling its first-ever cookbook, the Cooks Who Care Community Cookbook: Entertaining for Mental Health (Philly Edition). Book sales will support mental health support…
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Tree Plantings in Upper Darby This Weekend Have Ties to Phillies
Thousands of trees are being planted across the Delaware Valley, including in Upper Darby this weekend thanks to the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, PGW and the Phillies, writes Beccah Hendrickson for 6abc. About 2,000 trees are being planted. “So we can reduce the temperatures in the summertime, to reduce the effects of the heat island that’s…
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Weekend Wanderer: Mother Nature Is Cruel. Just Ask My Purse
I complain about the cabin a lot. The cabin. The Cabin. I don’t own it. That honor goes to my husband and father-in-law. It was my husband’s grandfather who built it. And because he’s the one that built it, I don’t hate it. Most of the time I’m neutral about it. It’s the way I…
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Harcum College Hosts Personalized Fall Open House on Nov. 19
Harcum College, the College of Possibilities, welcomes prospective students and families to a Personalized Fall Open House at the Bryn Mawr Campus on Nov, 19, with two check-in times available: 9:30 AM and 10:30 AM. Students interested in starting classes as early as January 2023 or Fall 2023 (or later) are encouraged to attend. The…
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5 Delaware County Towns Host PA’s Highest-Valued Homes
Five Delaware County towns made a list of 30 communities with the most highest-valued homes in Pennsylvania, reports Stacker. Stacker used data from Zillow for its list, based on the Zillow Home Values Index as of September 2022. The state’s average home value was $268,984. Coming in at No. 30 was Boomall. A typical…
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Chester Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Filed by State Receiver
Chester’s state-appointed receiver made it official Thursday. He filed for bankruptcy on behalf of the city of Chester, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. Michael Doweary hopes that by filing for Chapter 9 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, it will give Chester protection against creditors while it tries to fix its debt problems. He expects the…
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Phillies Fever Turned Aston Mom Into an Entrepreneur
The Phillies playing in the World Series has led to some entrepreneurial work for Aston mom Ellen Paskill, writes Jennifer Joyce for Fox 29. Paskill makes sweatshirts for family and friends as a hobby. She had already made a sweatshirt to highlight her son’s football team. “This is the one that started it all,” Ellen…
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Cobbs Creek Golf Course Restoration Plan Back on Track
Renovating the historic Cobbs Creek Golf Course, which rests in Upper Darby and West Philadelphia, appears to be back on track, writes Sophia Schmidt for WHYY. The city-owned public course welcomed players of color decades before the PGA, but closed after it fell into disrepair. The Cobbs Creek Foundation had a lease agreement with the…
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Craig LaBan’s Delco Hoagie Tour Highlights Some Favorite Shops
Food critic Craig LaBan from The Philadelphia Inquirer completed a restaurant tour of Delaware County and gave the scene high marks. But no trip to Delaware County is complete without a hoagie circuit. Part of his tour included trips to several hoagie shops in the county. That includes the DiConstanza family in Boothwyn, who have been…
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Get Ready for Thanksgiving Week Travel Crowds, They’re Going to be Big
If you’re thinking of flying in or out of Philadelphia sometime during Thanksgiving week, expect to share your air travel experience with about 867,000 other travelers, writes Erin McCarthy for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Nationally, Thanksgiving week is expected to be the busiest travelers have seen in the past 20 years. From Wednesday, Nov. 23, through…
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Malvern Bank House of the Week: Historic Echo Valley Farm in Newtown Square
Historic Echo Valley Farm with a five-bedroom, six-full-and-two-half-bathroom main home is available for sale in Newtown Square. This 1.83-acre Echo Valley Farm property is part of the original William Lewis Farmstead. It offers rural serenity and five dwellings, including the main house, renovated barn, a secondary barn, and the original hay and milk houses. Each…
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Project W Scholarship Grants to Aid P.I.T. Women Nursing Students
The Pennsylvania Institute of Technology (P.I.T.) in Media has received a $12,000 grant from Project W that will provide academic scholarships to women nursing students at P.I.T. who are living in Delaware County. Project W is “a women’s giving circle that harnesses the power of collective giving to address the needs of women in Delaware…
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Attention, Employers! New Overtime Regulations Will Soon Be Here. Are You Ready?
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor have gone back and forth regarding overtime regulations, and specifically how much a salaried employee must be paid in order to be exempt. In 2016, the DOL passed regulations raising the salary threshold from $455 per week ($23,360 per year) to $913 per week…
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Disinterested in Black Friday Shopping? Maybe Instead Play in a Pebble Beach Golf Tourney — Sans Huge Travel Costs
Black Friday shopping isn’t for everyone. Local golfers, for example, might want to swap the bag-toting crowds, jammed parking lots, and picked-over stock for nine holes on the famed Pebble Beach course. Best of all, meeting this challenge involves no weather delays, no sunburn, no tipping a caddy, and most appealing, no travel expenses to/from…
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