Yeadon
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COVID-19 Public Testing Sites Open in Yeadon on July 9,10,11
Drive through and walk-up COVID-19 testing will be available to Delaware County residents July 9, 10 and 11 in Yeadon Borough. Residents over the age of 18 with COVID-19 symptoms and/or known exposure will be eligible to be tested, especially those at higher risk including: Residents over the age of 65 Those with pre-existing health…
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Delaware County Swim Clubs Reopening By Adapting to Coronavirus Guidelines
Swim clubs are scrambling to comply with coronavirus health safety guidliens so they can reopen as quickly as possible for the summer, reports Justin Yudo for kwynewsradio.radio.com. For club attendees, it will be a much different summer experience than 2019. At Nile Swim Club in Yeadon, for example, members and guests will undergo temperature checks.…
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Joe Biden Got Down to Business in His Visit to Yeadon and Darby Wednesday
Yeadon and Darby Boroughs hosted Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden Wednesday as he continued campaigning on safely reopening the economy, writes Julia Terruso for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Biden spoke with four local business owners at Yeadon Borough’s Carlette’s Hideaway, a soul food restaurant and bar. Carlette Brooks, who owns the Hide Away with her husband…
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Yeadon Parade Honors Security Guard Who Brings Sunshine to Dialysis Patients
Tammy Miller, a security guard at the DaVita Cobbs Creek Dialysis center in Philadelphia, was recently honored with her own parade, writes Phil Anastasia for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The parade featured Yeadon fire and police vehicles. Proclamations honoring her were read by Yeadon Mayor Rohan Hepkins, State Rep. Joanna McClinton, and State Sen. Anthony Williams.…
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$1 Million Grant Will Help William Penn School District’s Students From Pre-K to Third Grade
The William Penn School District is receiving a $1 million Ready to Learn Block Grant that will be used to maintain or expand the district’s academic programs. The grant was announced through a press release from the state House Democratic Communications Office. The grant can be used for children in Pre-K to third grade to…
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Yeadon Packaging Plant Closing, 80 Jobs Lost in Consolidation Plan
Union Packaging in Yeadon is closing after 20 years, according to owner Michael Pearson, writes Joseph N. DiStegano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The business was sold in May to LBP Manufacturing, a unit of Chicago’s Pritzker Group. Pearson thought the sale would give workers more opportunities. Instead, LBP consolidated to Richmond, Va, sending the plant’s…
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Delaware County Leadership: Arthur Weisfeld, director Senior Community Services
Arthur Weisfeld is director and one of the founders of Senior Community Services, a Delaware County non-profit which provides activities, information and support to older persons throughout the county. Mr. Weisfeld is himself a youthful 72 years old. DELCO.Today recently spoke to Arthur Weisfeld about his work with Senior Community Services and about the role SCS…
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Penn Wood High Athletes Learn About Sports Jobs That Go Beyond the Field
Penn Wood High athletes in Lansdowne are discovering alternative sports careers beyond playing or coaching, thanks to a sports broadcasting partnership at the high school, writes Aaron Carter for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Ari Bluestein, owner of the Sports Fan Base Network, called in March looking to broadcast Penn Wood athletic events for SFBN, an online…
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Beloved for Helping Restore Mount Moriah Cemetery, Paulette Rhone Gets a Sign
Cleaning up and restoring the abandoned Mount Moriah Cemetery, spanning part of Delaware County in Yeadon Borough and Philadelphia, was Paulette Rhone’s mission, writes Katie Park for The Philadelphia Inquirer. To those who knew her, or even just passed by 61st Street and Kingsessing Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia, Rhone defined Mount Moriah and cared deeply…
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Nile Swim Club in Yeadon on a Mission to Give Kids Free Swim Lessons
Free swim and water safety clinics will be offered in Yeadon on Saturdays in July and August at the Nile Swim Club on the 500 block of South Union Avenue, writes Katherine Scott for 6abc.com Certified water safety instructor Terrence Satterfield said, “It’s not that they don’t want to learn the skills, it’s just that…
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