• Malvern Bank House of the Week: Media Colonial With Historic Charm

    Malvern Bank House of the Week: Media Colonial With Historic Charm

    A beautiful historic farmhouse on 1.87 acres with five bedrooms and four bathrooms is available for sale in Media. This 19th-century historic farmhouse features historic charm enhanced with tastefully done modern upgrades. The home impresses from the start as the entryway opens to a stunning full-of-light great room with hardwood floors, built-in stereo system, and…

  • Valley Forge Military College Wins Coveted Ranger Challenge

    Valley Forge Military College Wins Coveted Ranger Challenge

    Cadets at Valley Forge Military College emerged victorious as the number one military junior college at this year’s Spartan Ranger Challenge held at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The Ranger Challenge is an annual senior Army ROTC competition testing the mental and physical toughness of Cadets from military schools across the nation. “The teamwork on display from…

  • Can Wildcats Still Make the Cut As a ‘Blue Blood’ Program?

    Can Wildcats Still Make the Cut As a ‘Blue Blood’ Program?

    With Jay Wright retired and Kyle Neptune now coach of the Villanova Wildcats, Pennsylvania sports betting is taking a “wait and see” approach to see if the team can keep its Blue Blood status, writes Christopher Boan for Penn Stakes. Pennsylvania sports betting sites are listing the Wildcats at +5000 to win it all in…

  • SCORE Celebrates Veteran-Owned Small Businesses

    SCORE Celebrates Veteran-Owned Small Businesses

    As we honor Americans who served in the military and their families on Veterans Day this November, SCORE shines a light on the nation’s almost two million Veteran-owned small businesses. Many Veterans feel the military experience prepared them well for small business ownership, based on SCORE 2020 and 2021 national surveys with entrepreneurs.  The most…

  • Prominent Artist in the Golf World Receives Devon Prep’s 2022 Alumni Achievement Award

    Prominent Artist in the Golf World Receives Devon Prep’s 2022 Alumni Achievement Award

    Devon Prep has honored Lee Wybranski, the proprietor of Lee Wybranski Art & Design (LWAD) and one of the premier artists in the golf world, with its 2022 Alumni Achievement Award. Wybranski, a member of Devon Prep’s Class of 1987, has been a professional artist since 1992. He formed his company in Philadelphia in 1995…

  • No Sibling Rivalry on This Notre Dame Field Hockey Team

    No Sibling Rivalry on This Notre Dame Field Hockey Team

    The field hockey roster of the Fighting Irish at the Academy of Notre Dame in Radnor is an anomaly, writes Terry Toohey for the Daily Times. There are six sets of siblings on the varsity roster. Of the 21 players, 12, or 57 percent, are sisters, including one set of twins. “I never had anything…

  • Gaetano’s Pizza & Steaks in Clifton Heights Closes Its Doors

    Gaetano’s Pizza & Steaks in Clifton Heights Closes Its Doors

    Monday night gave us Halloween activities, a rain-delayed World Series and the last night for Gaetano’s Pizza and Steaks in Clifton Heights, writes Matt Petrillo for CBS Philadelphia. The news had the phones ringing off the hook at Gaetano’s as customers rushed to get their last pizza orders in. Customers lined up outside the door…

  • Swarthmore College Part of Student Mental Health Services Trend

    Swarthmore College Part of Student Mental Health Services Trend

    Colleges and universities are actively seeking out mental health services these days to help their students cope with academic assignments, depression, and suicidal thoughts, writes Melissa Korn for The Wall Street Journal. Swarthmore College, for example, has joined Talkspace which offers virtual, online, and mobile therapy to lessen the burden on campus-based counseling centers. Talkspace…

  • Shedding Its Virtual Past, the 2022 National Dog Show Embarks Unrestricted in Oaks

    Shedding Its Virtual Past, the 2022 National Dog Show Embarks Unrestricted in Oaks

    The 2022 National Dog Show sponsored by Purina is back for Nov. 19–20, 2022, at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks. For the first time in two years, the public is welcome onsite, free of pandemic-related restrictions or limitations. The Kennel Club of Philadelphia (KCP), event presenter since 1879, has stated that it eagerly…

  • 2 Local Studios Cater to Your Wedding Invitation Personality

    2 Local Studios Cater to Your Wedding Invitation Personality

    Wedding invitations are the first clue of what your Big Day will be like. Those invitations show off your personality and taste with a particular font, color, or design style that could set the tone for the whole wedding, writes Kayla Cotter and the Philadelphia Magazine staff. Here in Delaware County, there are two shops…

  • TLC – Trust and Authentic Engagement Pt. 1: “A Restorative Approach to Student-Counselor Trust”

    TLC – Trust and Authentic Engagement Pt. 1: “A Restorative Approach to Student-Counselor Trust”

    Current realities that school counselors face make it extremely difficult for them to build sufficient rapport and trust with students, making the goal of authentic engagement seem unattainable. Fundamental recommendations to build a baseline of rapport can be helpful, but how can school counselors move deeper to meaningfully connect with students while navigating the demands…

  • A Delaware County Autumn Beer Makes the Cut on Top 10 List

    A Delaware County Autumn Beer Makes the Cut on Top 10 List

    Colder weather brings darker, heavier, and stronger beers to Philly, ushered in by fall pumpkin flavors, writes Henry Savage for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The beer flavors range from a sweet, malty Marzens to a pale, crisp festbier more commonly found in Germany. A top 10 list of Oktoberfest and fall-flavored beers from our region includes…

  • Jane Win Jewelry in Wayne Keeps Growing Year by Year

    Jane Win Jewelry in Wayne Keeps Growing Year by Year

    Jane Paradis beat the odds with her Wayne jewelry company, Jane Win Jewelry, seeing 145 percent growth during 2020, a pandemic year, writes Lisa Dukart for Philadelphia Business Journal. Growth continued into the triple digits in 2021 and this year it’s expected to grow another 50 percent as Jane Win Jewelry approaches its fifth anniversary.…

  • Ben Feld Carved a Path Through Springfield to Play Ultimate Tourney in Amateur Golf

    Ben Feld Carved a Path Through Springfield to Play Ultimate Tourney in Amateur Golf

    Ben Feld worked his way to the ultimate event in amateur golf, the U.S. Amateur Championship in Paramus, New Jersey, through the Rolling Green Golf Club in Springfield, writes Matt Leon for KYW Newsradio. Feld has been the head men’s golf coach at Drexel University since 2016. He won the July 13 qualifying tournament at…

  • The Art of Christmas Comes to Life with Botanical Splendor at Longwood Gardens

    The Art of Christmas Comes to Life with Botanical Splendor at Longwood Gardens

    When industrialist Pierre S. du Pont purchased a small farm near Kennett Square in 1906 to save a collection of historic trees from being sold for lumber, who would’ve imagined that Longwood Gardens would become one of the world’s greatest horticultural displays? The much-anticipated time of year has arrived when Longwood’s towering trees glimmer with…

  • Malvern Bank Sponsorship of Ardmore Rock N’ Ride Helps Local EMS Provider

    Malvern Bank Sponsorship of Ardmore Rock N’ Ride Helps Local EMS Provider

    Malvern Bank was a sponsor of this year’s Ardmore Rock N’ Ride held on Aug. 20, 2022, in Ardmore. The annual event – a bike ride and music festival – raised funds to purchase a new ambulance to serve 150,000 community members in Lower Merion, Narberth, Haverford, Conshohocken, and West Conshohocken.  “We couldn’t have reached…

  • Cabrini University Cuts Top Administrators to Balance Finances

    Cabrini University Cuts Top Administrators to Balance Finances

    Cabrini University President Helen G. Drinan announced the Radnor university is coping with declining enrollment and a mounting deficit by eliminating some senior academic leadership posts, writes Susan Snyder and Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The cuts are expected to save the private Catholic university nearly $1 million this year. That is being matched…

  • Allison Mintz & James Tomosky: A Shore Thing

    Allison Mintz & James Tomosky: A Shore Thing

    James and Allison met during a West Wildwood summer visit with friends, writes Kellie Patrick Gates for The Philadelphia Inquirer.   Allison, from East Lansdowne and Havertown; and James, also from East Lansdowne, hit it off that weekend. “He’s really cute, really nice, and really funny,” Allison thought to herself. James thought the same about…