Upper Darby
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‘Last Call,’ a Film Comedy With an Upper Darby Focus, Opens in March
“Last Call” a movie with its roots deep in Upper Darby and Delaware County, is scheduled to open March 19. The movie is loosely based on the experiences of Upper Darby High School Class of 1990 graduate Greg Lingo, executive producer and co-writer with director Paolo Pilladi, reports Dawn Timmeney at fox29.com. The film stars…
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Looking to Revitalize, Upper Darby Brings New Community Center to Stonehurst
A new community center is the first step toward a new development standard in Upper Darby that officials hope will attract regional investors, writes Kenny Cooper for whyy.org. Construction is expected to start next year in Stonehurst, with hope of revitalizing a traditionally underserved neighborhood. A $1 million grant from the state’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital…
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Har Jehuda Cemetery in Upper Darby Facing Hard Times as Business Declines
Har Jehuda Cemetery, a Jewish cemetery off Lansdowne Avenue in Upper Darby, is being tended to by a skeleton staff, writes Andy Gotlieb for Jewish Exponent. The crew does the best it can but Har Jehuda President Larry Moskowitz admits there are more complaints these days about things looking run down and overgrown. Economics is…
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Tina Fey on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon: ‘I’m a SEPTA Bitch’
Tina Fey’s a “SEPTA bitch.” That’s how she described herself to Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show” Thursday., writes Michaela Winberg for billypenn.com. Being from Upper Darby, SEPTA of course would have figured in Tina Fey’s transportation plans. She’s only just purchased her first car. Here in Upper Darby, she went around on buses, subways…
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Virtual Classes Or Not, When It Snows, This Kid Wants to Play
Upper Darby School District students can thank an outspoken kindergartener for having a snow day today, reports David Chang for nbcphiladelphia.com. With coronavirus cases on the rise, Upper Darby students have been learning virtually at home. Upper Darby School District Superintendent Dr. Daniel P. McGarry was considering having online classes Thursday since the snow fall…
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Advocates Ask That Charges be Dismissed Against Immigrant Arrested at 69th Street Looting
Advocacy groups are asking Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer to show leniency against a Guatemalan immigrant arrested at the May 23 scene of protests and looting in 69th Street, writes Laura Benshoff for whyy.org. Juan Chub-Funes, 20, and four others were seen by police leaving a woman’s clothing store with merchandise, according to the…
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Upper Darby Mayor Joins 11 Other Pennsylvania Mayors With an Opinion on a Biden Presidency
It was Pennsylvania that first gave Joe Biden the electoral votes need to win the presidency, reports Sandra Shea, Elena Gooray, Kevin Riordan, and Abraham Gutman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Twelve mayors from across Pennsylvania, including the mayor of Upper Darby, were asked what a Biden administration should do to improve the lives of their…
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We Love Our Restaurants and the People Who Run and Work in Them. It’s Time to Show It.
Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Maria Panaritis feels the pain of dining establishments trying to ride a continual wave of COVID-19, The struggles these restaurant families and workers are feeling could have been her family, she writes in The Philadelphia Inquirer. She wonders what would have happened if the pandemic had hit in 1985, when she was…
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Upper Darby Modernizes Township Parking With Passport Smartphone App
Starting next year, Upper Darby will modernize its parking operations by allowing drivers to pay for parking directly from their smartphones, reports wfmz.com. The township has partnered with Passport Parking to manage mobile pay parking, parking enforcement and digital permitting. The Passport app will be introduced in 2021 for use by drivers at over 1,200…
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Upper Darby Family Remembers Mom in Traditional Halloween Dance
An annual dance tradition at Halloween for an Upper Darby family took on special meaning, reports 6abc.com. Five Heistand family siblings lost their mom earlier this year. She was the one who would choreograph the moves for each Halloween dance. The kids grew up with this annual tradition, performing the dances in their back alley.…
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Former Upper Darby High Physical Education Teacher and Olympian Dianne R. Fischer Dies at 77
A former 32-year physical education teacher at Upper Darby High School who played for the U.S. Olympic Field Hockey team has died, reports capegazette.com. Dianne R. Fischer died Oct. 25 at her Lewes, Del. home. She was 77. Born Aug. 19, 1943 in Darby, she attended Upper Darby High School and was an excellent athlete,…
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Limited Space in Upper Darby Schools Makes It Harder to Stay COVID Safe
Bringing kids back into the classroom in Upper Darby is a little trickier than at other districts, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. Upper Darby has outdated buildings and overcrowding that make it hard to set up safe distancing and flexible classroom time. Efforts are underway to upgrade buildings and create new spaces but…
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GreenHorn Gardens at Arlington Cemetery Joined by Musicians and Other Vendors at Pop Up Market
Sean and Stacey McNicholl broke new ground a couple years ago when they y grew organic vegetables and flowers for charity and profit out of an abandoned Arlington Cemetery greenhouse. Now other vendors are hanging out as well, writes Kevin Riordan for The Philadelphia Inquirer. GreenHorn Gardens grows cherry tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, herbs and flower…
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Local Towns Like Upper Darby Letting Families Decide on Trick or Treating
Officially, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is discouraging “traditional trick-or-treating,” calling the tradition of handing treats to children door to door a “high-risk activity,” writes Erin McCarthy for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Across the Philadelphia region, most local officials have erred on the side of letting families decide for themselves whether they’re comfortable trick-or-treating.…
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Pica’s in Upper Darby Gets Unique ‘One Bite’ Review From Dave Portnoy at Barstool Sports
Somebody told David Portnoy about Pica’s pizza in Upper Darby. The pizza was featured and reviewed on Portnoy’s “One Bite” YouTube pizza review blog. “This is a very good pizza,” the Boston native said. He also took some friendly pokes at Delco and the folks who live here. “Delco people love being from Delco. I…
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Upper Darby Fire Department Has Its First African American Fire Chief
Upper Darby welcomes its first African American fire chief, Derrick Sawyer, the former Philadelphia fire commissioner, writes Maria Panaritis for The Philadelphia Inquirer. His hiring represents an effort to bring the township’s public safety infrastructure closer in line with the diversity of the Upper Darby community. That said, Sawyer, 61, is the only Black man…
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Brooklyn Firm Plans Residential Units, Retail at Two 69th Street Properties
Two properties in the Upper Darby 69th Street commercial district have been purchased by a Brooklyn company and are being converted into residential units on the upper floors, with retail space below, writes Natalie Kostelni for Philadelphia Business Journal. Riverside Abstract of Brooklyn has paid $3.52 million for the Upper Darby Wellness Center, at 6800-6816…
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Wynnewood Barber Closes 60-Year-Old Shop Due to Pandemic
Unable to make it through the COVID-19 pandemic, barber John Troncelliti will be closing his 60-year-old barber shop in Wynnewood Shopping Center, writes Frank Fitzpatrick for The Philadelphia Inquirer. After closing for 15 weeks at the onset of the pandemic and reopening in late June, Troncelliti will be closing the iconic barber shop, that’s serviced…
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