Upper Darby
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Jordan Spieth Donates Putting Green to Cobbs Creek Golf Course
Thirteen-time PGA Tour winner Jordan Spieth led some young golfers in a golf game on May 5 using a $250,000 putting green his foundation recently donated to the Cobbs Creek Golf Course. Spieth spent part of his day at the course mentoring students on the new junior golf putting green donated through the Jordan Spieth…
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Upper Darby Closes Charles Kelly School, Students Impacted
The Upper Darby School Board voted last week to close Charles Kelly Elementary School in Drexel Hill at the end of the 2025-26 school year, writes Mark Nemirow for the Daily Times. There are 285 students at the school, which opened in 2007 at the former St. Charles Borromeo Catholic School building on Dennison Ave.…
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Fresh Capital Comes in for Cobbs Creek $150M Golf Course Project
Another $14.05 million has been raised through a debt sale by the Cobbs Creek Foundation to support its current $150 million renovation and expansion of the Cobbs Creek Golf and Education Campus in West Philadelphia and Upper Darby, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The foundation has raised more than $100 million for…
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Exactly What Does Chef Gordon Ramsay Have in Mind for Wilson’s Secret Sauce?
Ever since television chef Gordon Ramsay was spotted mid-March in Upper Darby near Wilson’s Secret Sauce barbecue restaurant there’s been speculation that the restaurant will be featured on one of Ramsey’s popular episodes of Kitchen Nightmares. Now there’s a new possibility. Ramsay is launching a new series, Secret Service, set to premiere May 21 on…
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Upper Darby Mayor Gets Called Out by Resident for Being a Cowboys Fan
It started out as a complaint about abandoned cars in an Upper Darby neighborhood, but turned into a referendum on the Upper Darby mayor’s fan loyalties in football, writes Isaac Avilucea for Axios. Township resident and activist Richard Blye appeared before Upper Darby Council recently to talk to local officials about the abandoned cars. Then,…
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Upper Darby Food Pantry Feeling Effects of Federal Funding Cuts
A $1 billion cut in assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture is impacting food help organizations in Delaware County, writes Madeleine Wright for CBS News Philadelphia. Gone is $420 million that went to a Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement that helped food banks, and $60 million to Local Food for Schools, a program…
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In Upper Darby: Man in Mask Snatches Alligator From Darby Creek
The urban myth about alligators in the sewers came closer to reality this week when Upper Darby Police reported that a two-foot alligator was spotted in Darby Creek in Upper Darby, writes Tom Ignudo for CBS News Philadelphia. Someone walking their dog at Penn Pines Park near Providence Road contacted Upper Darby Police after the…
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Tiger Woods Science Education Center Now Open at Cobbs Creek
Fifth- and eighth-graders from the St. Francis de Sales School in Philadelphia were the first to try out the Tiger Woods’ TGR Learning Lab at Cobbs Creek Golf Club that opened Tuesday, writes Michael Tanenbaum for PhillyVoice. The students are taking science courses on food chemistry, circuitry, microbiology, rocketry, and photography. The 30,000 square-foot lab…
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A Chef Gordon Ramsay Sighting Near Wilson’s Secret Sauce in Upper Darby
What’s up with a recent chef Gordon Ramsay appearance near Wilson’s Secret Sauce in Upper Darby and why was the barbecue restaurant closed to the public for a week? Local residents spotted Ramsay of Kitchen Nightmares fame walking down a street just steps from the restaurant. There was also a busy collection of trucks and…
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Pica’s in Upper Darby Is Relocating and Downsizing After 69 Years
Pica’s restaurant in Upper Darby is closing its location in the summer of 2025 after a 69-year legacy of serving its signature pan pizza and other old world Italian delicacies at the same location on West Chester Pike. The restaurant plans to relocate and downsize somewhere else in Delaware County, writes Michael Klein for The…
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Eagles Dismissing Pep Band Started by Upper Darby Native Bobby Mansure
After 28 seasons, the Philadelphia Eagles are letting their pep band go, writes Matt Breen for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “It’s been glorious … We walk away with a smile on our face,” said Bobby Mansure, the Upper Darby native who cofounded the Eagles Pep Band. The musicians play at the stadium on Sundays and were…
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Charlie Sifford’s Why Tiger Woods Is Backing Cobbs Creek Golf Course
Charlie Sifford, the first Black man to play on the PGA Tour, got his start in the late 1930s at the Cobbs Creek Golf Course in West Philadelphia and Upper Darby, writes Michael Vyskoci for WJBR.com. The course was a public facility that did not restrict players based on race, gender, or ethnicity. Sifford later…
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Upper Darby Challenged Again on Earned Income Tax Effort
A proposed Upper Darby 1 percent earned income tax can’t seem to make it out of the gate. Upper Darby Council voted in February to approve an earned income tax for the second time. And for the second time, it’s being challenged, writes Katie Bernard for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The first time, last year, a…
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People’s Choice Urgent Care in Upper Darby Fills Medical Gap
Drexel Hill native and Monsignor Bonner High School graduate Dr. Michael Whalen has opened a new urgent care business, People’s Choice Urgent Care, in Upper Darby amidst the closing of several hospital emergency rooms in the area. The urgent care center is targeted toward residents who have an immediate medical need but can’t get an…
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See What a New Weapons Detection System Found on Its First Day in Upper Darby Schools
Students lined up at Upper Darby High School Dec. 4 for their first Evolv weapons detector walk-through, writes Maddie Hanna for The Philadelphia Inquirer. By the time the students were finished passing through the new Evolv system, a pair of brass knuckles and a knife were spotted. The AI that runs the Evolv system wasn’t…
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Six-Week Late 2025 Upper Darby Budget Finally Is Approved
Upper Darby Council voted 7 to 3 Thursday night, approving the $97.8 million Upper Darby 2025 budget that pays for government services through the end of the year. The vote was along party lines on the Democratically-controlled Council, with two Republicans and an independent voting no. The budget deadline had been Dec. 31, but lawsuits…
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Upper Darby’s Tina Fey Debuts Netflix Series, ‘The Four Seasons’
Upper Darby native Tina Fey is joined by Colman Domingo, Steve Carell and Will Forte in a romantic comedy series that will premiere this year on Netflix, “The Four Seasons.” Fey is the cocreator and cowriter, writes Rosa Cartagena for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The series is an adaptation of the 1981 film, “The Four Seasons,”…
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Upper Darby Township’s Still Searching for Its 2025 Budget
Upper Darby is still trying to pass its 2025 budget. A lawsuit and resident clashes are impeding a process that was supposed to be finished by Dec. 31, writes Kate Bernard for The Philadelphia Inquirer. In September, Upper Darby Council OK’d a 1 percent earned income tax for 2025 that would have generated $15 million…
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