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Malvern Bank House of the Week: Newly Constructed Colonial in Swarthmore Borough
A newly constructed colonial on a 0.33-acre lot with four bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms is available for sale in Swarthmore. This beautiful residence is nestled in woods that back up to a babbling brook and a private wooded lot. Inside, the enormous great room includes a kitchen, dining room, and living room…
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Actors and Filmmakers Collaborate Over Movies, TV at Swarthmore Co-op
The Actor’s Co-op in Swarthmore opened in the fall and it’s a gathering place for local actors and filmmakers, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. The Co-op on Park Avenue was created by co-owners Pete Postiglione of Springfield and Val McAdoo of Wallingford, based on a shared vision. Both have been in films, television…
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Swarthmore College Men’s Basketball Coach Landry Kosmalski Keeps It Simple and the Team Keeps Winning
Swarthmore College’s basketball team is having a very good season under the coaching of Landry Kosmalski and his unique approach, writes Bob Ford for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Stick to the fundamentals. This academically exceptional school could give in to fancy schemes, but it hasn’t. “Keep it simple,” Kosmalski says. “When I was growing up, I…
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Find Out Which Towns in Delaware County Made the Top 50 List of Best Places to Live in PA
The website HomeSnacks recently ranked the 50 best places to live in Pennsylvania in 2020, with Swarthmore and Ridley Park listed in the top 10 and Media making the top 50 , reports Kara Seymour for patch.com. The website used numbers from new census data and FBI statistics. They also looked at home values, median…
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Pa. State Rep. Jared Solomon Graduated Swarthmore and Villanova but Started Off Above a Butcher Shop
State Rep. Jared Solomon (D-202) is a cum laude graduate from Swarthmore College with a law degree from Villanova University, but he grew up over a butcher shop on Rutland Street in Philadelphia, writes John Baer for inquirer.com. It was his great-grandparents’ shop and he lived with his public school teacher mom. The 40-year-old Democrat from…
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She Liked the ‘Swarthmore’ Part of the Queen Anne Home; The Victorian Part, Not So Much
The 1888 five-bedroom home was one of the first built in Swarthmore, but Cindy MacLeod and her husband, Doug Harnsberger, both historic preservation experts, couldn’t agree about its Victorian style, writes Paul Jablow for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Harnsberger, an architect, loved the lines and bones of the 1888 Queen Anne/Stick Style house. His wife was…
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Chester Children’s Chorus Brings Support, Music Education to Its Members, Beautiful Music to Everyone Else
More than 100 underserved children and teens in Chester have found a musical outlet through the Chester Children’s Chorus that gives them a voice in a safe, supportive space, writes John McDevitt for kywnewsradio.radio.com. “We get to come together, talk, laugh, have fun,” said 17-year-old Shamir Bryant, “Music is a gateway or an outlet for…
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In Delco, Here’s the Degree Programs and Colleges That Offer the Highest First-Year Salaries
Villanova and Lehigh Universities tied for the most top-paying degree programs, writes Kennedy Rose for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Students with degrees related to computer science, engineering, business and finance rank among the highest-paid in the first year after graduating. The magazine ranked the top 50 undergraduate degrees at local universities by students’ median earnings…
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Swarthmore College Basketball Team Ranked No. 1 in Country in Division III
Swarthmore College is certainly known for its academics, but sporting a men’s basketball team that’s starting off No. 1 in the country in Division III? No one from 10 years ago would have seen that coming, says columnist Mike Jensen for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Something started happening in 2014-15, when their game wins left the…
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See Which Eight Delco Schools Scored in the Top 50 in the 2019 Keystone Exams
Eight Delaware County high schools placed in the top 50 for 2019 Keystone Exam scores in the Philadelphia region, reports the Philadelphia Business Journal. Students were scored in Algebra I, literature and biology. Delco schools on the list are (lowest rank to highest rank): Marple Newtown High School, 48th. Scores: 83.8% in literature; 79.9% in…
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Swarthmore Fraternity Followup: Investigation Showed No Evidence of Wrongdoing by Current Fraternity Members
Swarthmore College banned fraternities based on leaked internal fraternity documents describing horrendous behavior, and following student protests. But two investigations into the protests show no evidence of wrongdoing by current fraternity members, writes Susan Snyder for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The investigations also indicated some protesters used aggressive tactics that made administrators fearful. Students forced open…
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Sports Writer Gives Up the Chiefs to Support an Old Swarthmore Friend, and His Daughters
Vahe Gregorian gave up a Kansas City Chiefs game to officiate a special Swarthmore wedding, he writes for The Kansas City Star. The wedding of Kelsey Hansen and Dylan Terenick. In 1973, Gregorian was a young Swarthmore teen who befriended Becky Brown, then Cris Hansen, who later became a fireman and paramedic. Becky and Cris…
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Think You’re So Smart? See Where the Best Educated People in Delaware County Live
Seven Delaware County places are among the ZIP codes with the highest percentage of adults that have advanced degrees in Greater Philadelphia, writes Kennedy Rose for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Most of the areas with the highest percentages were found in Philadelphia’s wealthy neighborhoods. Haverford is Delaware County’s highest ranked ZIP Code in fifth place,…
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Local Universities Are Getting Into the Hotel Business in a Big Way
Schools like Swarthmore and Villanova have opened new hotels or renovated old ones to create a new hotel experience in line with their individual college brand, writes Andrew Sessa for bloomburg.com. “Everyone is looking to do hotels right now,” said Matthew Arrants, an executive vice president at hospitality consultancy Pinnacle Advisory Group. “You had properties…
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See Which Three Delaware County Schools Topped WalletHub’s Best Colleges and Universities for 2020
Two of Delaware County’s colleges, Swarthmore and Villanova, cracked a top 100 list of best universities and colleges in the nation for 2020, reports the personal finance website WalletHub. A third, Haverford, was just on the outside of the top 100, at 101, according to the report. WalletHub compared 1,003 higher-education institutions in the U.S.…
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Douglas E. Carney of Swarthmore Leaves Children’s Hospital Real Estate Legacy, Heads to Boston
It would be hard not to notice the achievements of Douglas E. Carney. He oversaw real estate development and facilities at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for the past eight years as senior vice president, writes Natalie Kostelni for Philadelphia Business Journal. Under Carney’s watch, CHOP’s real estate footprint grew to 7.5 million square feet. It…
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Swarthmore Folk Singer’s Song on Obama’s ‘Amazing Grace’ Went Viral. Now There’s a Children’s Book
Folk singer-songwriter Zoe Mulford of Swarthmore was visiting an aunt in the Philadelphia suburbs June 26, 2015 when nine people were shot and killed in a Charleston church, writes Natalie Pompillo for The Philadelphia Inquirer. She was transfixed watching President Barack Obama eulogize one of the nine people then, unexpectedly, begin to sing “Amazing Grace”.…
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Edmund Jones, 101, Was Part of World History and Local Politics
Edmund Jones assisted with the Nuremberg Trials, founded a bank, was mayor of Swarthmore, was elected to Delaware County Council and served as state representative for the 161st District. He died Sept. 14 at the age of 101, writes Bonnie L. Cook for The Philadelphia Inquirer. A nine-decade Swarthmore resident, Mr. Jones joined his father…
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