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Survey Reveals What’s Considered the Most-Irritating Driving Habits on Pennsylvania Roads
A Harrisburg Patriot-News survey on bad driving habits on Pennsylvania roads has found that “driving too slowly in the left lane” is what people consider the most irritating. The survey received more than 2,000 votes and 200 comments, the majority of which had something to say about “inconsiderate” and “clueless” Pennsylvania drivers. “Hanging out in…
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Swarthmore Among Growing Number of Colleges Courting Students from Rural Areas
Swarthmore College is among a growing number of institutions of higher education that are looking to recruit students from rural and politically conservative areas, writes Douglas Belkin for The Wall Street Journal. This year, Swarthmore has created Small Town Swarthmore, a new recruiting program aimed at rural students by funding their visits to the campus.…
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Delco Home to Two of the Best Catholic High Schools in Pennsylvania
Niche.com has unveiled its list of the 2018 Best Catholic High Schools in Pennsylvania, and the Academy of Notre Dame de Namur in Villanova checked in at No. 5, while Sacred Heart in Bryn Mawr is 13th. Niche.com ranked the state’s 69 Catholic high schools based on rigorous analysis of key statistics and millions of…
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Delaware County’s Reassessment Process Begins
Delaware County Council has contracted with Tyler Technologies to provide property appraisal services for the county’s 2020 general reassessment. The reassessment, which was ordered by the Court in March 2017, will be effective for the 2021 tax year. The project, which is being implemented through the Delco Treasurer’s Office, will utilize Tyler’s appraisal and street-imaging…
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Delaware County Community College Prof Creates Tutorial on Disability and Society
The Dr. L. Joy Gates Black era at Delaware County Community College began with her being recognized for the outstanding work she did at her previous employer, perhaps foreshadowing the great things that lie ahead for one of Pennsylvania’s premier community colleges. Dr. Gates Black received the 2017 Maury Cotter Leader of Change Award from…
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Former CIA Agent Visits Alma Mater, Discusses How Catholic Education Helped Him as a Spy
Former CIA agent Jack Devine recently visited his alma mater, Monsignor Bonner and Archbishop Prendergast, to talk about how attending a Catholic high school helped him in his career as a spy, writes Lou Baldwin for CatholicPhilly.com. Devine, a 1958 Bonner graduate, worked as a teacher at the Drexel Hill school in the early 1960s,…
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Creating a Walkable Chadds Ford, Where You Can ‘See 300 Years of History’
Chadds Ford supervisors are working with residents and business owners to make the area more walkable, writes Lisa Dukart for Main Line Today. The goal is to lure people outdoors, and create an easier way for tourists to reach popular destinations. The concept began to come to fruition three years ago, when the township partnered…
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Penn State Brandywine Partners with Tyler Arboretum for Lesson in Sustainability
Penn State Brandywine’s Sustainovation Club recently partnered with Tyler Arboretum in Media for an innovative lesson in sustainability, writes Haleigh Swansen for Penn State News. The partnership gave an educational twist to the arboretum’s annual Pumpkin Days festival with a “sustainability research station” run by 26 volunteers from Penn State Brandywine. During the two-day event,…
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Delaware County Council Urges Both Young, Old to Kick the Nicotine Habit
Delaware County Council and the Delaware County Tobacco-Free Coalition urge all county residents, young and old, to quit using any kind of nicotine product, including cigarettes and smokeless tobacco. Every year, on the third Thursday in November, the American Cancer Society and its partners encourage people to give up all tobacco products for one day…
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Brookhaven Couple Proves It’s Never Too Late for Love
Proving it’s never too late for love, Vera Burlew, 90, and Peter Hosler, 91, tied the knot last month in Brookhaven, writes Kathleen Carey for the Daily Times. The young-at-heart couple met at the Brookhaven chapter of the American Association of Retired People. Two years ago, the former Sunoco engineer took the former office manager…
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More Women with College Degrees Marrying Men Without Them
More women with college degrees are marrying working-class men without them, as the divide between males and females with degrees continues to widen, writes Alfred Lubrano for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Women started outnumbering men in colleges nearly four decades ago, with women now accounting for almost 60 percent of students. One of the reasons for…
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Stormwater Authority of Chester to Start Charging Property Owners
Property owners in Chester will soon have to pay a fee to the city’s newest authority, the Stormwater Authority of Chester, writes Rick Kauffman for the Delaware County News Network. The fee will come into effect in December, and will be based on size, meaning that larger business and residences will have to pay more…
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Delco Home to Three of Pennsylvania’s 25 Most Expensive Private Schools
Delaware County is home to three of the 25 Most Expensive Private Schools in Pennsylvania, writes Candy Woodall for the Harrisburg Patriot-News. The yearly tuition that the newspaper used to rank the schools includes boarding costs where applicable and does not reflect financial aid or other discounts that may be available to students. [uam_ad id=”52851″]…
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Strength and Conditioning Experts Coming to Neumann University
Athletic Training students at Neumann University will have a front-row seat as more than 370 professional strength coaches, personal trainers, and athletic trainers from six states discuss current strength and conditioning topics in the Mirenda Center on Dec. 1 and 2. From 12-5 PM on Friday and from 8 AM-5 PM on Saturday, the Mid-Atlantic…
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Villanova Officially Launches Anne Welsh McNulty Institute for Women’s Leadership
Villanova University has officially launched the Anne Welsh McNulty Institute for Women’s Leadership, writes Victoria Berger for The Villanovan. The institute is named after McNulty, who graduated from Villanova as valedictorian in 1975. She became a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs before serving as senior executive of the Hedge Fund Strategies Group. She later founded…
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Battling Adversity, Newtown Square Teen Wins Hearts of 76ers Fans Through Chick-Fil-A
A Newtown Square teenager delighted the crowd at a recent 76ers game by completing the 45-second Chick-fil-A Basketball Challenge, write Matt Mullin and Kyle Neubeck for PhillyVoice. Mike Shelly, 17, won everyone in the crowd a free chicken biscuit from Chick-fil-A by sinking a 3-pointer and half-court shot in the final seconds of the challenge.…
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Cheyney Gets One-Year Reprieve with Probationary Accreditation Extension
Cheyney University has been granted a one-year reprieve after the Middle States Commission on Higher Education decided to extend its accreditation on a probationary basis, writes Bill Schackner for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The Commission cited the university’s progress in dealing with its woes, financial and otherwise, as the reason for the extension. The decision is…
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Cabrini University Opts for Unique Marketing of Online Programs
Cabrini University has opted for a unique marketing campaign for its online courses to ensure it stands out from other Philadelphia-area institutions, writes Jean Dimeo for Inside Higher Ed. Celia Cameron, vice president of marketing and communications for the small liberal arts college, recently turned to the firm Carvertise to create full-body vinyl decals that…
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