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DNB First House of the Week: Model Home in Garnet Valley
The Darlington Country Manor with five bedrooms and three full and two half bathrooms is available for sale in Garnet Valley. This stunner is the builder’s model home that was completed in August 2016. It impresses from the start, with its siding exterior, stone accents, and architectural details. The entry is through a grand, two-story…
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New CEO of Radnor-Based Qlik Plans to Focus on Large, Enterprise Clients
Mike Capone, the new CEO of Qlik, plans to scale the Radnor company and primarily focus its operation on large, enterprise clients, writes Michelle Caffrey for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Qlik, which was founded in Sweden in 1993 before it was moved to Radnor 12 years ago, employs more than 2,000 people worldwide. Capone’s appointment…
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Washington Post: The Unflappable, Imperturbable Jay Wright Has Villanova on Cusp of Another Final Four
Villanova basketball coach Jay Wright prefers to look at the season from start to finish, instead of focusing just on the NCAA Tournament, writes John Feinstein for The Washington Post. “The way I’ve come to look at it is the NCAA Tournament is just that, a tournament,” said Wright. “But we all know that things…
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Parents in Haverford Township Struggle to Find After-School Child Care
Parents in Haverford are struggling to find child-care solutions while they are at work, since the after-hours program at the township’s elementary schools left many of them scrambling, writes Maria Panaritis for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The program for next fall filled up mere hours after registration began, and it will leave around 100 children without…
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From CHESCO: Westtown School in National Spotlight with Release of New Basketball Documentary
Most of us living here in Chester County are familiar with the Westtown School because of its stellar academic reputation, as well as its 600-acre, slice-of-heaven campus that includes a lake, arboretum, and organic farm tucked away in West Chester. Now, the rest of America, particularly sports fans, will soon learn of the school for…
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Donor’s Challenge Grant Results in $100,000 of Support for Delaware County Community College
As outlined in the Spring 2018 edition of yourConnection, a newsletter for alumni and friends of Delaware County Community College, the college is fortunate to have donors who make major commitments to its Educational Foundation that result in a doubling of their gifts. Like any challenge grant, time is of the essence because they are…
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NCAA Lacrosse Champions Visit Nick’s House in Swarthmore
The defending NCAA men’s lacrosse champions from the University of Maryland visited Nick’s House in Swarthmore ahead of their recent game with Villanova, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. The newly opened home for cancer patients and their families was envisioned by the late Nick Colleluori, a star lacrosse player at Ridley High School…
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Blindness Doesn’t Prevent Monsignor Bonner Grad from Broadcasting Hockey Games
Blindness hasn’t prevented Matt Wallace from covering the University of Pennsylvania women’s hockey team with his broadcasting partner, Sam Fryman, writes Maria Panaritis for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Fryman does a play-by-play of the games, painting a picture for Wallace, who adds relevant information and stats from his mind. He also provides a high level of…
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Through Office in Chester, EDSI Matches Region’s Skilled Workers with Employers
As the skills gap continues to widen and create more problems for employers looking for qualified labor, EDSI (Educational Data Systems, Inc.) is doing its part to help both companies and employees, writes Lini Kadaba for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The company has spent the last four decades helping to place disadvantaged and laid-off workers in…
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Former Fleer Executive, Frank Mustin of Lansdowne, Dies at 94
Frank H. Mustin, a former executive of the Frank H. Fleer bubble-gum company, recently died at the age of 94, writes Bonnie Cook for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Mustin was the grandson of Frank Fleer, who founder Fleer in 1885. The company produced the first commercially successful bubble gum (Dubble Bubble) in 1928. It was known for…
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Delco Home to ZIP Code with Most Disposable Income in Greater Philadelphia
Eight Delaware County ZIP Codes are among the Top 50 in Greater Philadelphia with the most disposable income, with Villanova on top, according to rankings compiled by the Philadelphia Business Journal with data from the Environmental Systems Research Institute. Disposable income is defined as the amount each household has after all taxes have been paid.…
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GOP’s Challenge of New Congressional District Map Rejected by Federal Judges and U.S. Supreme Court
The Republican challenges of the new Pennsylvania congressional district map have been rejected by federal District Court and the U.S. Supreme Court one day before congressional candidates filed their nominating petitions, write Jonathan Lai & Liz Navratil for Philly.com. Republicans were asking to block the new map from going into effect for the primary that…
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Wallingford Native’s New Documentary Focuses on Orthodox Jewish Powerlifter
A new documentary directed by Wallingford native Jessie Auritt focuses on a young, Orthodox Jewish powerlifter, writes Nick Vadala for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Naomi Kutin, now 16, the subject of Supergirl, hails from Fair Lawn, N.J. She’s known for breaking a powerlifting record by lifting 215 pounds when she was 10 years old. The record…
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“You Are Enough: Keeping It 100 With Yourself” Empowers People to Overcome Traps from Their Past
“You Are Enough: Keeping It 100 With Yourself” by Lisa Wright Bryant is a book/ journal that encourages people to face their past and present problems and live life to the fullest, writes Bill Rettew for Daily Local News. The Chester author’s aim is to empower people by giving them strategies to help overcome their…
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Philadelphia Union Welcomes New Minority Owner
The Philadelphia Union has a new minority owner in Richard Leibovitch, the founder of Arel Capital in New York City, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. “This was a unique opportunity to become part of the Union ownership and to join with majority owner Jay Sugarman and the other owners in building on…
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SAP One of the Top Companies to Work for in California’s Bay Area
SAP America, which is headquartered in Newtown Square, has been named one of the Top 45 companies to work for in California’s Bay Area, according to Fortune magazine. A subsidiary of SAP SE, a multinational software corporation based in Germany, SAP America represents the company’s business operations in the U.S. It employs 18,379 people at…
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Garnet Valley Senior Wins $175,000 for Her Research on Vaping
Natalia Orlovsky’s research on the effects of electronic cigarettes and other “vaping” devices recently won the second prize, $175,000, at the national Regeneron Science Talent Search in Washington, D.C., writes Tom Avril for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Vaping, which one-third of high school seniors say they’ve tried, is a hot topic where much remains unknown. The…
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Companies and Gun Control a Complicated Issue
The #NeverAgain campaign launched by survivors of the shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., has resulted in some major companies acting on the issue of gun control by cutting ties with the NRA, while others are resisting, according to Knowledge@Wharton. Whether it’s the right decision for a company is unclear. For example, Delta…
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