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Malvern Bank House of the Week: Exceptional Cape Cod in Glen Mills
An exceptional Cape Cod home set on 3.74 stunning acres with five bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms is available for sale in Glen Mills. This two-part Cape Cod residence is approached along an elegant tree-lined driveway. It consists of the main home with its charming front porch and the guest quarters with separate…
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Chesterbrook Resident, Christine Miles, World-Renowned Listening Expert Wins Axiom Business Book Award
Chesterbrook resident Christine Miles, an author and world-renowned listening expert, has earned a prestigious Axiom Business Book Award for What Is It Costing You Not to Listen? The Power of Understanding to Connect, Influence, Solve & Sell. The groundbreaking book discusses why listening is the most powerful communication skill we have and how maximizing our…
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Jay Wright Announces He’s Retiring as Head Coach From Villanova
The greatest coach in Philadelphia college basketball history is retiring. Jay Wright’s Wildcats team won two national championships in 2016 and 2018 and went to the Final Four four times, most recently this month. Now the 60-year-old head coach, after weeks of weighing his decision, has announced he is retiring from coaching, writes Mike…
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New Book by Swarthmore Author Tackles the Humorous Side of Real Estate
After 40 years in the commercial real estate business, Brian Dickens Barrabee has heard a few stories, some of them fairly bizarre, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. Now the Swarthmore resident has decided to put 81 of those humorous, and sometimes inspirational, stories into a book, “Confessions of a Real Estate Man.” The…
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Neumann Professor Partners With Delco Probation Office on Repeat Offender Data
The Delaware County Adult Probation and Parole Office has retained Dr. Leanne Havis, professor of Criminal Justice at Neumann University, as a consultant to help analyze local recidivism data and identify trends to guide decisions that might lower the county’s repeat-offender rate. Currently, the county has what Havis describes as “a great case management system.”…
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Former Trustee and Two Alumni Receive Highest Honors from Harcum College
Harcum College recently honored a trustee emeritus and two alumni representing different generations during the President’s Dinner at the Bryn Mawr Campus. Attending the President’s Dinner were Harcum College President Jon Jay DeTemple and his wife Margi Tucker DeTemple who hosted 160 guests for cocktails and dinner, followed by an awards ceremony, in Klein Hall. …
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Delta’s Trainer Refinery Softens Blow of Rising Jet Fuel Prices
Like other airlines, Delta Air Lines paid higher fuel prices this past quarter, but saved seven cents a gallon by owning its own oil refinery in Trainer, reports The Bharat Express-News. Delta pays an average price of $2.79 per gallon for fuel, up 33% from the last quarter of last year. That cost includes the…
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It Has Been 120 Years Since the First Crude Oil Shipment at Marcus Hook. A Lot Has Changed Since 1902
On March 21, 1902, the first shipment of crude oil was delivered by the S.S. Paraguay to the Marcus Hook Refinery from Texas’s Spindletop oil field. A lot has changed in the last 120 years. The Marcus Hook Terminal is no longer a refinery for breaking down petroleum (crude oil) into lubricating oils, kerosene, or…
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How About Some Wawa Loaded Fries and Pizza to Go With That Wawa Beer?
Happy with Wawa’s ever-expanding menu? Well, don’t look now, but there’s more coming, writes Laura Smythe for Philadelphia Business Journal. Customers will see “a continued drumbeat of innovation around dinner” as well as an amplified handcrafted, specialty beverage category, says Wawa CEO Chris Gheysens. They’ve been trying out a “more traditionally done” 16-inch cheese or…
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Masks No Longer Required on SEPTA Vehicles, Some Airlines
After a federal judge in Florida struck down a national mask mandate Monday for public transportation and airlines, SEPTA and some airlines have stopped requiring masks on board, reports the Fox 29 News staff. SEPTA tweeted that “the wearing of masks aboard SEPTA vehicles and in SEPTA stations & concourses is recommended but no longer…
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Expo Gives Penn State Brandywine Students a Chance to Show the World What They’re About
Penn State Brandywine’s student engagement expo, held April 12 in the campus gymnasium, highlighted the academic, co-curricular, and pursuits of more than 130 students. Students showcased a wide variety of work completed as part of a class, internship, team, research project, or student organization during the 2021-22 academic year, including: Research projects in civic and…
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Widener Economics Professor Emeritus Charles Waldauer Dead at 86
Dr. Charles Waldauer, formerly of Rose Tree and a professor emeritus of economics at Widener University, died April 10, He was 86, writes Gary Miles for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Dr. Waldauer joined the Widener faculty in 1968. He earned the school’s distinguished service award and was interim dean of the school of business, head of…
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The Valley Forge Academy’s Annual Scholarship Golf Classic Is Coming May 2
The Valley Forge Military Academy and College in Wayne is hosting its annual VFMAC Scholarship Golf Classic on May 2 at the St. David’s Golf Club, 845 Radnor Street Road in Wayne. The event includes lunch, golf, dinner and an award ceremony. Registration is at 10:30 a.m. with a lunch buffet starting at 10:45 a.m.,…
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DELCO Careers — CCRES
CCRES, Downingtown, specializes in providing over 1,500 professional, dedicated staff members to meet the needs of children and adults challenged by autism, behavioral health issues, mental illness, intellectual/developmental disabilities, and physical disabilities. It works in collaboration with school districts, intermediate units, and the behavioral health system. There are numerous advantages to a CCRES career, including…
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More Wawa Stores Will Sell Beer in Pennsylvania This Year
Wawa is adding 10 more stores in Pennsylvania that will be seeking a liquor license to sell beer this year, writes Laura Smythe for Philadelphia Business Journal. A store in Hereford, Berks County has applied for a liquor license. Stores in Royersford and Quakertown also have pending beer sales, according to the Pennsylvania Liquor Control…
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Delco Arts Spring Fling, Sponsored by The Foundation for Delaware County, Set for April 30
Delco Arts Spring Fling returns Saturday, April 30, with a variety of activities for kids and adults, including a home gardener’s school, quilt exhibition, painting class, live music, and more, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. Delco Arts Spring Fling is presented by the Delaware County Arts Consortium, comprised of more than 80 cultural…
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Covanta Chester Incinerator Contract With County Has Detractors
Not everyone’s thrilled with Delaware County’s new three-year contract with Covanta Holding Corp. to continue sending trash to an incinerator in Chester, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. “If you don’t deal with the health issues first, and the health ramifications of this thing, then it should be a full stop on everything. Everything,” said Zulene…
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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…
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