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Here Are the Top 5 SCORE Webinars So Far in 2022
Small business owners can always use some guidance and expert advice on how to make their businesses even better and SCORE is there to help. Here are the top 5 SCORE webinars so far in 2022 that can help your business grow. Finance and Capital How to Find Grant Opportunities for Your Small Business Get…
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Historic Radnor Stables Could Get Facelift, New Purpose
A study is looking at renovating and repurposing historic horse stables at Fenimore Woods Park in Radnor Township, writes Richard Ilgenfritz for the Daily Times. The stables, built in the early 20th Century, are at the township-owned Fenimore Woods Park on Eagle Road in Wayne. The park is named for Francis Fenimore, a Radnor landowner…
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C&N Bank Donation Helps Pathway School Make Inroads with Students
C&N Bank has donated $30,000 to Jeffersonville’s Pathway School, under the Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program (EITC). The school is a nonprofit special education school. Founded in 1961, it serves students ages 5–21 with autism spectrum disorders, intellectual disabilities, emotional disturbances, and other neurological impairments. The school’s mission is to build academic, social, and life…
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West Chester-Based Tech Company Helps to Grow Local Healthcare Businesses
When it’s time to ask for help with your mental or physical health, many people don’t know where to start. There are hundreds of similar businesses, all claiming they are the best. With a plethora of healthcare options to choose from, local technology consulting company, IT Edge, is helping local healthcare professionals make their message…
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General Recreation: Young Woman’s Project Made Playground More Accessible
Maria Ciao earned a Girl Scout Humanitarian Award and the Girl Scout’s Gold Award for working to install accessible play equipment at North Park’s Flagstaff Grove playground in Allegheny County. She was helped in her effort by General Recreation, Inc. of Newtown Square. General Recreation doesn’t usually have an opportunity to work with young people…
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For Over a Century, This Camp Has Positively Impacted Region’s Youth Amidst Nature
Paradise Farm Camps in Downingtown has a long history of positively impacting youth amid the nature in the region, writes J.F. Pirro for Main Line Today. That includes one boy from Glenolden, Steve Molineux, who went to the farm camp as a boy and went on to serve on its board of directors. The farm’s…
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Balancing Studies, Varsity Sports Leads 22 Harcum Student-Athletes to Receive NJCAA Academic Awards
The National Junior College Athletics Association (NJCAA) has recognized 22 Harcum College players with All-Academic Student-Athlete Awards in 2022 for earning top-tier GPAs while also playing a varsity sport. Harcum student-athletes across five Men’s and Women’s varsity sports were recognized in the following categories: NJCAA athletes with a perfect 4.00 GPA received a First Team…
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2 Delco Leaders Make Forty Under 40 List for Pennsylvania
Two officials in Delaware County, a state representative, and a county council chairman, made the 2022 City and State Pennsylvania magazine’s Pennsylvania Forty Under 40 list, writes the City and State staff and freelance writer Hilary Danailova. Jennifer O’Mara Rep. O’Mara, 32, represents the 165th District that includes Media, Morton and Swarthmore boroughs, as well…
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As an Award-Winning Construction Company, Pancoast & Clifford’s Fingerprints Are All Over Delco
As a general contracting and construction management company that employs more than 25 professionals, maintains a network of skilled subcontractors, and regularly generates more than $25 million in annual revenue, Pancoast & Clifford’s fingerprints are all over Greater Philadelphia. For all the high-profile construction projects that the West Chester-based firm has overseen, and for all…
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High School Seniors Explore Augustinian Values of Love at Villanova Program
Villanova University has been hosting 14 Philadelphia-area high school seniors in July for its three-week “Civitas Through Caritas: Cultivating Love, Cultivating Citizens” Program on campus. The “Civitas through Caritas” program invites students to explore how the Augustinian values of love (caritas) and community can impact what it means to be an engaged citizen in civic…
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Is Buying Stock in Start-Up Companies a Reliable Way to Save for Retirement?
It’s open knowledge at this point that retirement is less stable than it once was. Retirement ages are being pushed back, social security is looking in doubt for future generations, and even a 401(k) doesn’t have workers feeling as financially secure. Per the New York Times, this has prompted some to think outside the box…
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Qlik Lands $46 Million Contract with Navy to Provide a Business Intelligence Solution for Ship Maintenance
King of Prussia-based Qlik and Grey Matters Defense Solutions have been awarded a contract to implement the Naval Maritime Maintenance Enterprise Solution Business Intelligence Platform (NMMES-BIP) for the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) ship maintenance mission. The five-year, $46 million contract is through the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic’s Information Warfare Research Project (IWRP). Qlik and Grey…
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Penn State Brandywine appoints director of innovation and entrepreneurship
Roger Lee, an experienced business leader and higher education professional, has been named director of innovation and entrepreneurship at Penn State Brandywine in Media. He began his role July 5 and will lead priority initiatives in the campus’ strategic plan and direct the Brandywine LaunchBox. “We are so excited to have Roger join the Penn…
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Crozer Health CEO Looking for Some Staff, Stability
Anthony “Tony” Esposito, the new CEO at Crozer Health, says finding the staffing it needs will stabilize operations at Crozer Health and bring back services which were suspended because of employee shortages, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. Esposito was named CEO earlier in July. He takes over just as the health system…
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US Census: New Home Construction Up in the Suburbs
There is a massive boom in suburban homebuilding across the nation and the counties surrounding Philadelphia are not lagging behind, writes Erin Davis for the Axios. Between July 2020 and July 2021, Delaware County recorded growth in housing units of 0.1 percent. While it did not manage to beat out the national average growth rate…
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Neumann University Receives $102,000 Scholarship Grant
The W.W. Smith Charitable Trust has awarded Neumann University a grant of $102,000 to fund undergraduate student scholarships in 2022-23. Scholarship funds between $2,000 to $10,000 per year may be used to cover tuition, room, board, or books for students who meet the eligibility requirements. The grant will assist between 11 and 51 Neumann University…
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Introducing Andrea Griffith, TLC’s First-Ever Chief Development Officer!
On July 25, 2022 The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth (TLC) crossed an important threshold as it welcomed Andrea Griffith as its first-ever Chief Development Officer (CDO). For over half a century, TLC has provided innovative education, coaching, counseling, and consulting services to individuals, families, school districts, and universities in the Greater Philadelphia Area.…







































