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SCOUS Denies Request to Delay Redrawing of Pennsylvania’s Congressional Map
The Supreme Court has refused the request by Pennsylvania Republicans to block redrawing the congressional map until after the 2018 state elections, writes Robert Barnes for The Washington Post. Monday’s decision follows last month’s ruling by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. It found that leaders of the state Republican legislative violated the Pennsylvania Constitution by unfairly…
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From MONTCO: K’nex Going on the Auction Block
Chances are pretty good you spent a lot of hours when you were young trying to make a Ferris wheel, or a car that would actually run on its own, or maybe a crane to lift ‘heavy’ loads into the back of your dump truck with the alluring parts and pieces of your K’nex erector…
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DELCO Market: It’s Super Bowl Party Time — for Last Minute Planners
This coming Sunday. February 4, 2018. The Super Bowl. You’re either throwing a Super Bowl party or going to someone else’s party (or sitting at home enjoying the game by yourself), and time totally got away from you. Don’t worry. There’s still time to pull this together and make it feel like the unbelievably awesome…
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DELCO Career – Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College, a highly selective liberal arts college located with a 425‐acre campus designated arboretum, complete with gardens, rolling lawns, a creek, wooded hills, and hiking trails in the Crum Woods, has the following Delaware County positions posted: Assistant Director of Horticulture and Grounds The Assistant Director of Horticulture and Grounds provides the highest level…
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From CHESCO: Baldwin’s Book Barn in West Chester Takes Book-Buying Experience to New Level
Baldwin’s Book Barn in West Chester has been in operation for more than seven decades, and it has elevated the book-buying experience to a whole new level, writes Kate Chadwick for the W.C. Press. The store was founded in 1946 by William and Lilla Baldwin in a huge stone barn that was a part of…
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PA Turnpike Sets 10th Straight Toll Hike
A new year means higher tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Motorists will see a 6 percent increase for cash and E-ZPass beginning Sunday. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission says the increase, approved by commissioners last July, is needed to meet funding and capital-improvement obligations, writes philly.com. This will be the 10th year in a row tolls…
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Philadelphia Region Construction Tops $9 Billion in 2017
Data through the end of November show that the Philadelphia region had a robust year in both residential and non-residential construction activity, far exceeding last year’s figures. Total building activity in both categories — non and residential construction — totaled $9.12 billion for this year through November compared with $5.86 billion last year during the same…
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Will You Still Need Me When I’m 64?
By Ken Sher Do you ever wonder what your job and career prospects will be like when you’re 40, 50 or 60+ years old? You may be surprised to learn that your prospects can actually be pretty good. Statistics show that it takes the average manager/director level person about 6-9 months to find a job…
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DELCO Careers – DNB First
DNB First, the oldest national bank in the Philadelphia region providing a broad array of consumer and business banking products as well as brokerage and insurance services across 15 locations in Chester, Delaware, and Philadelphia counties, has the following Chester County career positions posted on their career page. Branch Manager The Branch Manager at DNB…
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VISTA Careers – Five Star Senior Living
Five Star Senior Living, a national healthcare and senior living provider offering high quality service and care with the warmth and hospitality of home, has the following career opening in their Devon, Exton and Glen Mills facilities. Sales Specialist The Sales Specialist atFive Star Senior Living works with community teams to build census targets in…
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Yeadon’s Union Packaging Counters Consolidation with Organic Growth
Michael Pearson, the president and CEO of Union Packaging, is determined to beat the increasing consolidation in its field by focusing on organic growth, writes Ayana Jones for The Philadelphia Tribune. The independent company that produces environmentally friendly packaging for restaurants and food service companies was founded 18 years ago in Yeadon. Pearson says the…
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DELCO Careers – Main Line Health
Headquartered in Radnor, Main Line Health is a not-for-profit health system serving parts of Philadelphia and its western suburbs with four of the region’s most respected acute care hospitals and one of the nation’s premier rehabilitative medicine facilities. System Director, Marketing This position provides leadership and direction in the development and implementation of marketing strategies…
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DELCO Today to Take One-Week Vacation; We’ll Be Back in Touch on Monday, July 24
Every hard worker is entitled to a vacation, and that time has arrived for the handful of us here at DELCO Today who work hard to keep you up to date on the positive, upbeat news and events in Delaware County. The employees at DELCO Today are taking a one-week hiatus from July 17-21 to recharge our…
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New Ranking of World’s Best Countries Unkind to U.S.
The second annual global ranking of the best countries in the world brings some bad news for the U.S., as it dropped three spots from last year to seventh place, writes Adam Taylor for The Washington Post. The “Best Countries” ranking conducted by the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, U.S. News & World Report, and BAV…
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Wawa Cracks Open Beer Sales at Renovated Chadds Ford Store
Excitement is brewing in Chadds Ford over Thursday’s grand reopening of the region’s first Wawa with a walk-in beer cooler. Though beer is already available at Wawas in Florida, the single-serve and six-pack sales stacking up in Chadds Ford are a first for the Philly area, according to a Philadelphia Business Journal report by Kenneth…
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If Obamacare Were to Die Overnight …
If President Trump and the Republicans controlling Congress follow through on promises to repeal and replace Obamacare, a lot would change in Pennsylvania and across the country. Just how much change? The pro-Obamacare Pennsylvania Health Funders Foundation quantified a sudden death of the healthcare exchange in numbers, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report by Don…
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Unexpected Blessings Fill Home of Wallingford Natives
They traded in the dream of an empty nest for a house filled with kids, and now Wallingford natives Adam and Amy Boroughs aren’t the only ones grateful for an unexpected blessing. So are their 12 children, most of whom have been adopted and receive dedicated love and care for their hearing impairments, developmental disabilities,…
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Delaware County Leadership – Wayne Kimmel
When the Philadelphia Business Journal noted the Greater Philadelphia Metro’s net gain of just 412 small businesses (defined as having one to 99 employees) ranked the region “a depressing” 54th nationally, the journal’s editor noted the area’s lack of venture capital infrastructure as one of several elements restraining Philadelphia Metro’s small business growth. Venture capitalist,…
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