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7 New Traditions for a COVID Thanksgiving
By Wendi Rank To say October through December is my favorite time of year understates my sentiment. I would spend the year – all three hundred and sixty-five days of it – living Halloween to Christmas on an endless cycle. My husband says it’s depressing to spend nine months of the year longing for the other three. But he doesn’t load the dishwasher properly. I don’t really expect him to understand. I…
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No Delaware County Tax Hikes Planned in 2021 Budget as Council Looks to Cut Positions
Delaware County taxpayers won’t see their county taxes go up next year, but the trade-off is that the county council will eliminate 241 positions to make up for a $23 million shortfall, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. A $352 million preliminary budget will receive a first reading on Dec. 2 followed by…
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Delaware County Native Creates Free Blockbuster Boxes, Where Neighbors Share Free DVDs
You’ve seen the little free library public boxes popping up all over that invite you to take a book. Now the same thing is happening with DVDs, writes Stefanie Farr for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Former newspaper honor boxes are being converted to Free Blockbuster boxes, an homage to the old Blockbuster video stores. People can…
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240 Cases Added to Delaware County COVID-19 Case Total Since Saturday
The total number of COVID_19 cases continued to climb in Delaware County, with 18,412 cases reported as of Monday, Nov. 23. On Saturday, the county total case count was 18,172, according to the Chester County Health Department. Four residents have died from COVID-19 since statistics were last reported Friday. The residents were from Haverford, two…
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Some of the Best Takeout Options in the Region Are Right Here in Delaware County
Those who prefer to eat at home during these challenging times have plenty of top-notch takeout options to choose from not far from home, write Lisa Dukart and Ed Williams for the Main Line Today. Delaware County is home to seven of the 14 restaurants that offer the best to-go meals in the region. 333…
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Win a Gift Card: Delaware County Business Promotion Asks Customers to ‘Keep the Cheer Here’
Delaware County has launched a social media campaign to encourage support of local businesses, writes Max Bennett for patch.com. The Keep the Cheer Here campaign asks residents to visit a Delaware County shop or restaurant wearing a mask, then post a picture or check-in using the hashtag #ShopDelco on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn and…
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Penn State Brandywine Staves Off Student Hunger With On-Campus Food Pantry
Students, faculty, and staff at Brandywine Penn State have created a campus food pantry to help combat student hunger, writes Mike McDade for news.psu.edu. The pantry is a collaboration between Brandywine’s Center for Ethics & Civic Engagement and the Office of Student Affairs. “At Brandywine, we want to make sure that the most basic needs…
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Think Your Kids Are Bored of Being in Lockdown? Read This!
By Wendi Rank Every puzzle has been assembled. Every banana has been baked into bread. Every episode of The Mandalorian has been watched. Every book on Amazon has been read. Every trail has been hiked. After seven months of hanging with COVID, my teenagers wear their boredom like a ratty bathrobe. It clings to them,…
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NeuroX in Radnor Tests Older Drug That Could Prevent COVID-19 Respiratory Failure
NeuroRX in Radnor and Wilmington is revitalizing a drug shelved 20 years ago that now shows promise in preventing respiratory failure for patients with COVID-19, writes Queen Muse for phillymag.com. Jonathan and Daniel Javitt founded NeuroRX in 2015 to build on existing effective therapies, bringing new treatments to market more quickly and cheaply. NeuroRX and…
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Pandemic Triggers a Record Sale of Million Dollar Homes in the Philadelphia Region
One side effect of the stay-at-home pandemic is that people are willing to pay a higher price for homes that have space, writes Brian X. McCrone for nbcphiadelphia.com. That, coupled with low inventory and low-interest rates on mortgages, means it’s a sellers’ market right now, with million-dollar homes a hot commodity in the Philadelphia suburban…
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West Chester Woman Has Food Fun in a Box with Charcuterie Chic
If you’re a big fan of cheese boards and appetizers, antipasto, and finger food, but don’t want to go to the trouble of putting it all together, Charcuterie Chic is waiting to take your order. Charcuterie Chic, owned by Chester County native Sarah Frank and business partner Farah Farag, have a box of artfully arranged…
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Delaware County Symphony Offers ‘The Sounds of Strings’ in Its Golden Anniversary Virtual Concerts
The Delaware County Symphony continues its Golden Anniversary Season with the second of six virtual “Concerts on Demand” series on YouTube and Facebook. This two-part program “The Sounds of Strings” features strings in a string chamber orchestra comprised of 10 players (three first violins, three second violins, two violas, and two cellos) and a piano…
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Philadelphia’s Championship Team This Year Could be Chester’s Philadelphia Union Soccer Team
With the Supporter’s Shield win, the Philadelphia Union soccer team in Chester are legitimately Major League Soccer’s regular season champions, writes Jon Marks for section215.com. That may be the best it’s going to get for Philadelphia’s sports teams in 2020. Being the best during the regular season doesn’t have much traction in other American sports,…
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Energy Transfer Awards West Chester’s Fame Fire Company $25,000 Grant for Station Enhancements
Fame Fire Company No. 3 of West Chester recently accepted a $25,000 grant from Energy Transfer, through its First Responder Fund, to aid in renovations and enhancements to the fire station. Energy Transfer is one of the largest and most diversified energy logistics companies in the country, with approximately 3,000 miles of pipeline infrastructure and…
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Delaware County Continues Efforts to Contain Virus as 256 Cases Added to Friday’s Total
There were 17,756 total COVID-19 cases reported in Delaware County on Friday, Nov. 20, according to the Chester County Health Department. The day before, the health department reported 17,500 cases for the county. There were also two additional COVID-19-related deaths reported Friday in Middletown and Darby Township. Total deaths now number 838. Of those, 634…
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Where to Get the Best Thanksgiving Pies From Delaware County Top Bakers
By Christine Tarlecki We know that Thanksgiving is all about the pie, not the turkey. Dessert after a full meal of turkey, stuffing, and gravy is what we wait for all year. Here are just a few of our favorite Delco bakeries* that offer top desserts of cakes, cookies, pies, rolls, and more! Linvilla Orchards…
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It’s Now Just a $50 Health Code Fine to Possess a Small Amount of Marijuana in Delaware County
In Delaware County, it will now cost you $50 if you’re caught in possession of less than 30 grams of marijuana, writes Max Bennett for patch.com. Delaware County Council unanimously voted Nov. 4 for ordinance 2020-8, which decriminalizes possession of a small amount of marijuana and turns it into a health code violation. Buying and…
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With COVID Cases Exploding, Delaware County Council Seeks Additional Ways to Reign It In
In response to alarmingly high COVID-19 cases in Delaware County, the county council on Nov. 18 passed a resolution by a 4 to 1 vote asking the Pennsylvania Department of Health and Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf to enact additional COVID-19 mitigation strategies in the county. Without a health department, the county cannot implement the new…
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