Upper Darby
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Prospect Park’s Mark Marano Brings You History Up Close and Personal at ‘Once Upon a Nation’
Mark Marano of Prospect Park is just as comfortable telling a story at a bench outside a Philadelphia historic landmark as he is performing in a musical at Upper Darby’s Summer Stage, writes Ruth Rovner for the Daily Times. A professional actor, Marano has had varied experience in theater, including Summer Stage, and regional theaters…
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Upper Darby’s Tower Theater Sign Comes Down, Museum Gets Iconic Sphere and Letters
The Tower Theater’s radio tower sign, a landmark for 69th Street in Upper Darby, is unsafe and is being removed, writes Joseph A. Gambardello and Dan DeLuca for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Live Nation, the theater’s owner, said inspections by company engineers determined the signage atop the 92-year-old building had deteriorated, according to Upper Darby Mayor…
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The 69th Street Carhouse: Where Mechanics Toil to Keep Your Subway Commute Safe
People ride the El every day like clockwork with no thought about who keeps the train rolling. In fact, the Market-Frankford Line provides over 160,000 daily rides to passengers. Hidden away inside the 69th Street Carhouse there’s a team of mechanics like 31-year veteran Ritchie Byers who makes sure your daily commute runs as smooth…
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Making Local Schools Safe: Requests Made for Cameras, Trauma Kits, Sensors and Student Mental Health Support
Security cameras. Door alarms. Trauma training. School districts are getting into security and safety big time, writes Avi Wolfman for WHYY.org. Locally: Haverford School District wants trauma kits to treat life-threatening injuries. Upper Darby School District needs airlock sensors for doors and mental health supports for students. Chester School District could use some staff/student ID…
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Radnor Artist and Media Ad Man Takes on AI in New Novel
Radnor artist George Rothacker enters the realm of science fiction with a new novel that he wrote and illustrated, writes Linda Stein for Main Line Suburban. The premise of “Singularity 1.0” asks what will happen when artificial intelligence links together, becoming smarter than the people who created it? Rothacker did research into computer science, history…
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Delaware County Leadership: State Sen. Tim Kearney
State Sen. Tim Kearney, 58, represents the 26th District, which covers 18 Delaware County communities as well as Easttown and Willistown in Chester County. In 2018, he defeated Republican Tom McGarrigle in an upset to become state senator, the first Democrat to represent the 26th district since 1978. DELCO.Today recently spoke to Sen. Kearney about…
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Seven National Night OUt Events in Delco Aug. 6 Focus on Safe Neighborhoods
Seven police departments in Delaware County are hosting events at this year’s annual National Night Out Aug. 6. This community-building campaign, held the first Tuesday in August, promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie with the goal of making neighborhoods safer. Events are planned at the following locations: Upper Darby: 6 to 8 p.m., Upper Darby…
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Upper Darby Artist Creates Featured Works Thanks to Vision Thru Art Program
Rhonda Gray-Upsey, 47, of Upper Darby likes to create functional art. In 2010 she lost her vision completely for a year due to intercranial hypertension. She regained some vision after surgery but lacks peripheral vision and has limited depth perception. Nevertheless, thanks to the Vision Thru Art program in Mt. Airy, she and dozens of…
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Prendie Campus Project Getting Up and Down Votes From School Boards
Delaware County Community College officials are visiting the college’s 12 sponsoring school districts to convince them to support a $55 million capital improvement bond for a new campus at the former Prendergast High School, writes Kevin Tustin for the Daily Times. The support of two-thirds of the college’s sponsoring school districts is needed to create…
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From Upper Darby, She Was at Stonewall Inn the Night of the Uprising 50 Years Ago
The Stonewall uprising is a source of inspiration for the modern transgender right movement. Some accounts of the riots say that trans women led the resistance against police. For a long time their stories weren’t well known, but that’s beginning to change, writes Tim McLaughlin for KYW Newsradio. Nance Lomax grew up in Upper Darby.…
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Upper Darby Student From Liberia Got Into Penn State With Non-Profit’s Help and a Leap of Faith
An organization in Philadelphia is helping some first-generation college students break down the barriers that keep them from getting a higher education, reports CBS 3. If anyone understands what it means to take a leap of faith, it’s Lestine Paye and her family. “My parents were born in Liberia, so was I,” Paye said. “My…
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Former New York Jets Linebacker Al Atkinson Has Delco Roots
Linebacker Al Atkinson’s journey to the Jets wasn’t easy, but it certainly paid off, writes Jim Gehman for NYJETS.com He played high school ball at Monsignor Bonner and in 1965 played tackle at Villanova. He signed with the Buffalo Bills but in training they made him a middle linebacker and he only got to play…
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Major Alleyway Makeovers Planned in Upper Darby
Forty two miles of residential alleyways in Upper Darby will be repaved over five years, announced Upper Darby Mayor Tom Micozzie at a June 5 Upper Darby Council meeting. “The dilapidated condition of some of the residential alleyways in our neighborhoods is one of the top issues I hear about from residents who call my…
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Workshop Explores How to Confront and End Bullying
More than 30 years ago, Claudio Cerullo, Ph.D. was a teenager targeted by bullies, writes Kevin Tustin for the Delaware County News Network. Today, Cerullo and his wife, Daniela, run the Delco-based non-profit organization called Teach Anti-Bullying Inc. Cerullo reached out to the Upper Darby community with a recent anti-bullying workshop at the Tower Theater.…
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New Drexel Hill Hotel Completes Family’s Catering Mission
A ribbon cutting Thursday officially opened Drexelbrook’s Holiday Inn & Suites, concluding a family’s hospitality mission. William Kay II, general partner for Drexelbrook Associates, owner of the $16 million hotel, thanked everyone for celebrating “another milestone in our long and storied history.” The ribbon cutting included receptions and tours of the ultra-modern H4 hotel, the first…
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Upper Darby Turns to Clifton Construction, Aronimink Expansion to Fight Overcrowding
The Upper Darby School Board looked at traffic impact and environmental studies May 28 tied to a proposed new middle school in Clifton Heights and an expanded Aronimink Elementary School in Drexel Hill, writes Kevin Tustin for the Daily Times. KCBA Architects shared a traffic impact and phase 1 environmental impact study. New turn lanes…
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Community College Seeks OK in $55 Million Bid for Former Prendergast High School
Delaware County Community College is asking its 12 sponsoring school districts for a $55 million investment to buy the former Archbishop Prendergast High School building in Drexel Hill, writes Kevin Tusin for the Daily Times. The resolution allows the college to purchase and renovate the building at 403 N. Lansdowne Ave. owned by the Archdiocese…
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2 Delco Business Owners Grateful to Small Business Champion For Help Provided
A “small business champion” has spent 25 years helping women in the Philadelphia area start businesses, including two in Delaware County, writes Diane Mastrull for philly.com. Lynne Cutler, who grew up in Wallingford and Swarthmore, is founder and president of Women’s Opportunities Resource Center, (WORC). She was recently named the SBA’s Eastern Pennsylvania Small Business…
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