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DNB First Reports Quarterly Results as Its Core Businesses ‘Continued to Perform Well’
DNB Financial Corporation reported net income of $2.0 million, or $0.47 per diluted share, for the quarter ending June 30, 2018, compared with $2.3 million, or $0.53 per diluted share, for the same quarter last year. For the six months ending June 30, 2018, the company reported net income of $4.7 million, or $1.08 per…
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Fights for Control, Snobby Residents Helped to Create Some of Delco’s Strange Borders
Fights for control and snobby residents are two of the reasons Delaware County has a number of municipalities with oddly shaped borders, writes Michaelle Bond for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Upper Darby Township is the best example of this, with East Lansdowne created after Upper Darby Township separated from Darby Township in the late 17th century.…
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LongHorn Steakhouse Opens in Springfield
The LongHorn Steakhouse recently opened its doors at the chain’s newest location in the Springfield Square Central shopping center with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Springfield Press. The ceremony was attended by the restaurant’s managing partner Dale Midgett, a number of local dignitaries, and some of the restaurant’s new staff. The…
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Boeing’s New Five-Year Contract to Bring More Production to Ridley Plant
Boeing has won a five-year contract worth $4.2 billion that will bring more production to the company’s plant in Ridley Park, writes Kevin Tustin for the Delaware County News Network. The contract calls for the construction of 58 tilt-rotor V-22 Osprey aircrafts, which will be used by several branches of the armed forces, as well…
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After New Acquisition, Radnor-Based Qlik Aims to Provide Solutions That ‘Democratize Data’
Qlik, a data analytics company based in Radnor, has purchased Podium Data, a data-management provider based in Lowell, Mass., writes Joseph DiStefano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Podium Data clients include TD Bank, Charter Comm, and Cigna. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Qlik said in a statement that the deal “expands Qlik’s mission, moving…
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Army-Navy Duo Puts Rivalry Aside to Help Grow Rosati Ice in Clifton Heights
Rich Trotter, a West Point graduate, and Navy man Bill Anderson put aside their usual rivalry to help grow Rosati Ice, the century-old Italian ice company based in Clifton Heights, writes Diane Mastrull for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Trotter bought R.S. Rosati a little more than two decades ago, while Anderson is the chair of the…
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Broomall Native, Key Player During Immaculata’s Historic Basketball Run Dies at 65
Broomall native Rene Portland, the former women’s basketball coach at Penn State who was a key player during Immaculata’s championship era of the 1970s, has died at the age of 65, writes Mel Greenberg for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Portland died after a three-year battle with cancer. Her death comes less than a year after being…
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Foundation Gives $20,000 to Support Neumann Health Sciences Center
Nicholas F. Quercetti, chairman of the UNICO Village Foundation, and John S. Di Giorgio, Esq., president of the foundation, recently presented Dr. Chris Domes, Neumann University president, with a check for $20,000 to support the university’s radio station and new Health Sciences Center. The foundation is a local branch of a national Italian-American service organization.…
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Several Members of Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2018 Have Ties to Delco
Boothwyn native Billy “White Shoes” Johnson is one of several members of the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2018 with ties to Delaware County, according to a report in the Daily Times. Other members include Chester native Danny Murtaugh, former Archbishop Carroll girls basketball coach Muffet McGraw, and Villanova football legend Brian Westbrook,…
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Swarthmore College Grad Uses Neuroscience Research to Create Powerful Art Experiences
Dr. Tedi Asher, a graduate of Swarthmore College, is using neuroscience research to create powerful art experiences at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., writes Jackie Mansky for Smithsonian magazine. Asher joined PEM with the help of a Barr Foundation grant secured by museum director Dan Monroe. His goal was to improve the museum’s…
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Episcopal Academy Instructor Named Pennsylvania’s Outstanding Biology Teacher for 2018
Dr. Kelley Bethoney, a science instructor at the Episcopal Academy in Newtown Square, has been recognized as Pennsylvania’s Outstanding Biology Teacher for 2018 by the National Association of Biology Teachers. “I am honored and thrilled to be chosen to receive this award,” said Bethoney. Her instruction results in engaging, challenging, and dynamic science experiences for…
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DELCO Today to Take Vacation This Week; We’ll Be Back in Touch on Monday, July 30
Every hard worker is entitled to a vacation, and that time has arrived for the handful of us here at DELCO Today who work hard to keep you up to date on the positive, upbeat news and events in Delaware County. The employees at DELCO Today are taking a one-week hiatus from July 23-27 to…
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Nine Years and Counting: Delaware County Community College a ‘Great College to Work For’
For the ninth consecutive year, The Chronicle of Higher Education has recognized Delaware County Community College as a Great College to Work For. The results were released as part of The Chronicle’s 11th annual report on the Academic Workplace, for which more than 53,000 employees from 253 institutions around the country were surveyed. Delaware County…
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DNB First House of the Week: Beautifully Converted Barn in Glen Mills
A beautifully converted barn with four bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms is available for sale in Glen Mills. The home, once a part of Fairview Farm, offers charm and character combined with modern living. The original barn doors open onto the top floor foyer leading to an open layout. The gourmet kitchen features…
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Lansdowne Native Renowned as ‘Jelloman’ on Summer Music Festival Circuit
Paul Vile, a West Chester-based mason, was looking for a way to make extra money back in 2008 when he met a woman selling Jell-O shots at a concert in Camden, writes Stephanie Farr for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The woman told Vile she made $400 in two hours. Suddenly, Vile knew the source of his…
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First African-American Woman to Become a Kickboxing Champion Returns Home to Chester
Chester native Fredia Gibbs, the first African-American woman to become a kickboxing champion, recently returned home to be recognized by Chester City Council, writes Kathleen Carey for the Delaware County News Network. Gibbs, now 55, was a track and basketball star at Chester High School, where she earned the nickname “The Cheetah.” She was presented…
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Fate of Darby Borough’s Woodburne Mansion a Topic of Conversation
Conversations concerning the fate of the Woodburne Mansion continue in Darby Borough, writes Kevin Tustin for The News of Delaware County. The 55-room mansion, built in 1906 as a private residence by noted Philadelphia architect Horace Trumbauer, sits on the Darby side of Springfield Road where the borough meets with Aldan, Collingdale, and Upper Darby.…
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Haverford Resident, Renowned Sculptor Dies at 91
Haverford resident Robert Engman, a renowned sculptor and professor of fine arts, has died at the age of 91, writes Bonnie Cook for the Philadelphia Inquirer. For four decades before he retired to his workshop in Haverford in 1992, Engman was very active in the art communities of first New Haven, Conn., and later Philadelphia.…
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