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UPDATE (as of 8:03 p.m. Nov. 6) Here Are the Latest 2020 Delaware County Election Results
All mail-in and absentee ballots have been processed in Delaware County and those totals added to the election results on the Delco Votes website. Those results, last updated Friday evening, are shown here. Delaware County began counting about 9,000 provisional ballots Saturday morning at the Government Center in Media. Military ballots are also still being…
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Wayne-Based Pet Valu Closes 358 U.S. stores, as Pandemic Cuts Into Its Sales
Pet Valu Inc. headquartered in Wayne, is closing its U.S. stores and warehouses, another victim of COVID-19, writes Ryan Sharrow for Philadelphia Business Journal. The pet food and supply company has 358 stores in the Northeast and Midwest, with 45 in the Philadelphia area. The company was found more than 25 years ago, but has…
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Twitter Video Purporting to Show a Delaware County Election Staffer Filling in a Blank Ballot Is Misleading, Officials Say
An online video being circulated on Twitter supposedly showing a Delaware County election staff member fraudulently filling in blank ballots is a manipulated video and not accurately representing the activity shown, according to a release from Adrienne Marofsky, public relations director for Delaware County. The video was taken from Delaware County’s official live stream of…
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Welcome to Philly Pretzel Factory International Airport
For a short time last week, the Philadelphia International Airport was a soft pretzel shop, writes Danye Henninger for billypenn.com. With Delaware County and the Philadelphia region getting international attention from its critical vote count in the presidential election, people turned to Google Maps to learn more about our area. On Thursday evening, they learned…
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See Which Delaware County School Districts Have Some of Best Teachers in Pennsylvania
Delaware County is home to six of the Top 50 school districts with the best teachers in Pennsylvania for 2021, according to a recently published ranking by Niche.com. Wallingford-Swarthmore School District ranked highest in eighth place. The district has a student-teacher ratio of 14:1 and an average teacher salary of $91,587. Rose Tree Media School…
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Lansdowne 2020 Graduate of Neumann University Gets Shot at On the Air DJ for WMMR
Lansdowne’s Sean Spence, a 2020 Neumann University graduate, broke into the ranks of on-air talent at one the most popular radio stations in the region when he took over the WMMR airwaves in the early morning hours of October 24 and 25. Spence, a communications and digital media major at Neumann, has been a loyal fan of the radio station since he was 12 years old. When he came to…
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Springfield Mall To Remain Open as Owner Files for Bankruptcy and Begins Financial Restructuring
The owner of the Springfield Mall and 20 other malls in nine states filed for bankruptcy, part of a financial restructuring plan, writes Michael Tanenbaum for phillyvoice.com. The Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) indicated in October that the COVID-19 pandemic had hurt its properties, reporting a net loss of $29 million in the second…
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Reviewer Describes Harrah’s Philadelphia in Chester as ‘one of the best casinos on the East Coast’
Harrah’s Philadelphia offers an Atlantic City type of gaming experience, “so if you’re local, lady luck is already on your side,” writes Bradley Retter for bestuscasinos.org. He described Harrah’s Philadelphia, located in Chester, as one of the best casinos on the East Coast. Harrah’s has evolved from its origins as a racetrack. Built at the…
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Saladworks Opening New Locations in Media and Springfield as Company Expands
Saladworks has decided to expand its restaurants in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, with new stores planned in the coming months for Media and Springfield, according to a Saladworks release reported at WFMZ.com. Saladworks was founded 30 years ago in New Jersey and has its headquarters in Conshohocken. The company has been expanding as it taps…
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COVID Grounds Bonner-Prendergast Friars, Knocking Them Out of the PIAA Football Playoffs
This time they really had a shot. The Friars, Bonner Prendergast’s football team, had two of their best practices of the season and were ready to take on Upper Moreland in the District 1-12 Class 4A regional playoffs, writes Terry Toohey for papreplive.com. Then a Bonner-Prendergast play tested positive for COVD-19 and the Friars had…
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President of Cannabis Company Deep Six Has Delaware County Ties, Brings His Store to Ridley
Deep Six, a CBD boutique that is veteran-owned and women-led is opening in Ridley, reports prnewsire.com. Deep Six combines a Caribbean-inspired smoke shop with cutting-edge Delta 8 THC and CBD hemp cannabis products, available without a medical marijuana card. Customers will see Tiki masks and bamboo on display near a spread of CBD, Delta 8…
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Malvern Bank House of the Week: American Queen Anne-Style Home Was One of the First 100 in Swarthmore
This property at 215 College Ave. is available for sale in Swarthmore. This home, built for a retired farmer in 1881, has stood the test of time. Elaborate brickwork and wide wrap around porch with sustainably harvested IPE wood decking highlight the American Queen Anne elements. The first floor, with tall ceilings and flooded with…
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Harcum College’s Socktober Drive Collects 790 Pairs of New Socks for Local Nonprofit
A small caravan of Harcum College employees recently traveled to Phoenixville to deliver 790 pairs of new socks, which were collected during Socktober, the college’s month-long drive to collect socks for the homeless. The socks were dropped off at a warehouse operated by The Joy of Sox, a nonprofit founded 10 years ago by Radnor…
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New Kiln Project Keeps Wallingford’s Community Arts Center on Track Despite Pandemic
The pandemic has wreaked havoc on the 2020 events and project schedule at the Community Arts Center in Wallingford, but one important project made it through, writes Constance McBride for chaddsfordlive.com. Building a wood fired kiln. “It’s the only thing that stayed on schedule this year because it was already funded and it was outside,”…
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77-Year-Old Inmate at Chester Prison Facility Succumbs to COVID-19
A 77-year-old prisoner has died of COVID-19 at the State Correctional Institute at Chester. The unnamed prisoner tested positive for the virus after he was hospitalized Oct. 25 for unrelated issues, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. He died Monday at a local unnamed hospital. The man entered the prison system May 29,…
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Haverford College Students Strike in Response to Suggestion They Avoid Protests for Walter Wallace Jr.
For more than six days, some Haverford College students have refused to attend class, do course work or perform college jobs. Organizers say the strike now involves hundreds of students, and some faculty who have cancelled classes in solidarity, writes Susan Snyder for The Philadelphia Inquirer. They are protesting the college administration’s response to protests…
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Delaware County’s New Normal Seems to Be 100 or More COVID-19 Cases a Day
New cases of COVID-19 in Delaware County are still coming in at 100 or more a day, with 101 new cases reported Wednesday. Total for the county is now 14,320, according to the Chester County Health Department. Four residents (one from Yeadon, 2 from Chester, and 1 from Aston) have lost their lives to COVID-19…
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Dunwoody Village Resident Authors Humorous Poem About COVID-19 Cabin Fever
Dunwoody Village resident Francie Hubbard, like many of us, has had some extra time to herself this year, as the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing shutdown have forced most of society to spend more time indoors than usual. A native of Kentucky who raised her four children with her husband in Rye, N.Y., the 80-year-old Hubbard…
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