• Dunwoody Village Recognized as “Best Nursing Home” by US News & World Report

    Dunwoody Village Recognized as “Best Nursing Home” by US News & World Report

    Dunwoody Village in Newtown Square has been named a 2026 Best Nursing Home by U.S. News & World Report. The William Hood Dunwoody Care Center achieved the prestigious “High Performing” rating – the highest possible – for both short-term rehabilitation and long-term care. The U.S. News badge is a widely respected symbol of excellence in…

  • Riddle Roundtable Highlights Crozer Impact on Patients, Hospitals

    Riddle Roundtable Highlights Crozer Impact on Patients, Hospitals

    Overcrowding at emergency rooms and long waits to see doctors continue to plague Delaware County following the closure of the Crozer Health system. State legislators and Main Line Health executives met last week,  writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. Chronic patients no longer have easy follow-up visits or easy medication refills, said Phil…

  • VISTA Careers – CCRES

    VISTA Careers – CCRES

    CCRES is hiring professional staff to work in schools, in the home, and in the community as they help children and adults challenged by autism, mental illness, intellectual/developmental disabilities, and physical disabilities. CCRES joined up with the Chester County Intermediate Unit in 1999 to meet a need for behavioral health services for children in Chester…

  • VISTA Careers – The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth

    VISTA Careers – The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth

    Founded in 1970 by a behavioral health hospital and incorporated as a nonprofit in 1983, The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth is an entrepreneurial social enterprise committed to transforming lives and communities. Headquartered in Audubon, TLC operates across multiple states, providing K-12 alternative education, comprehensive mental and behavioral health services, coaching, counseling, and trauma-informed…

  • Limerick Land Swap Would Bring State Game Land to Edgmont

    Limerick Land Swap Would Bring State Game Land to Edgmont

    A developer’s proposal to the Pennsylvania Game Commission could give Delaware County its first swatch of Pennsylvania Game Land, writes Frank Kummer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Game Lands are managed areas for hunting, hiking, fishing, and wildlife conservation. Limerick Town Center LLC, a warehouse developer, has proposed trading 559 acres of land across three counties,…

  • Friends Association Receives $3.27M for New Emergency Housing

    Friends Association Receives $3.27M for New Emergency Housing

    The Chester County Department of Community Development (DCD) has awarded $3,270,000 to Friends Association for the creation of a new 10-unit non-congregate emergency housing facility in West Chester. This funding is the largest single award ever made by DCD and is funded entirely by federal and state grants. With the opening of the new shelter,…

  • Villanova University Acquires 8-Acre Site Next to Cabrini Campus  

    Villanova University Acquires 8-Acre Site Next to Cabrini Campus  

    Villanova University has acquired an 8.3-acre residential parcel next to Cabrini University as it looks for opportunities to grow its campus. The parcel at 1250 Upper Gulph Road was purchased for $2.25 million, writes Ryan Mulligan for Philadelphia Business Journal. It is located between the Cabrini campus in Radnor and St. David’s Golf Club in…

  • Register for the Spring Session of Arc of Chester County’s  Chat n’ Chew

    Register for the Spring Session of Arc of Chester County’s Chat n’ Chew

    The Arc of Chester County offers FREE virtual trainings covering a variety of topics, which empower people to learn about education and systems advocacy. The following Chat n’ Chew topic sessions are available. Register for one, two, or ALL of these informative sessions. Register for Chat n’ Chew Trainings : Events & Activities : The…

  • Drexel Hill’s Kevin Stefanski Is Atlanta Falcons’ New Head Coach

    Drexel Hill’s Kevin Stefanski Is Atlanta Falcons’ New Head Coach

    Kevin Stefanski, a Drexel Hill native, has signed a five-year deal to take over as the Atlanta Falcons’ new head coach, writes Caio Miari for The Score. Stefanski will report to Matt Ryan, the team’s new president of football. “We’re thrilled to land a lead-by-example leader in Kevin Stefanski, who brings a clear vision for…

  • Brandywine Undergrad Danielle Guth Led Trauma, Resiliency Study of Deaf Children

    Brandywine Undergrad Danielle Guth Led Trauma, Resiliency Study of Deaf Children

    Children who are deaf or hard of hearing may experience higher rates of adverse childhood experiences than their hearing peers, posing long-lasting effects on adult mental and physical health. That’s the conclusion of a research team study led by Danielle “Danni” Guth, who started the project as an undergraduate at Penn State Brandywine in Media…

  • New Crozer-Chester Owner Plans to Restore Hospital, Emergency Services

    New Crozer-Chester Owner Plans to Restore Hospital, Emergency Services

    Chariot Equities has purchased the now-closed Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland for $10 million and hopes to have an agreement within six months with a health system that could restore hospital and emergency services there. The newly-created for-profit Chariot Equities completed the purchase on Wednesday. The plan is to open the first phase of the…

  • What To Do When a Person with Dementia Doesn’t Remember You

    What To Do When a Person with Dementia Doesn’t Remember You

    It’s one thing to understand how dementia affects your loved one, yet it is something else entirely to experience these effects. So, what do you do when a loved one with dementia starts forgetting family members?  It’s not uncommon for someone in the middle and later stages of Alzheimer’s disease or dementia to lose the…

  • Michael’s Sandwich Shop in Woodlyn Closes After 49-Year Run

    Michael’s Sandwich Shop in Woodlyn Closes After 49-Year Run

    Michael and Mary Cirilli are retiring, bidding farewell to grateful customers who enjoyed their cheesesteaks, hoagies, and other sandwiches for decades, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. The Upper Chichester couple are owners of Michael’s sandwich shop at Jefferson and Fairview roads in Woodlyn. The shop permanently closed on Dec. 31. That final week…

  • Ryan’s Rise Up Cafe in Glen Mills a Haven for Those with Disabilities

    Ryan’s Rise Up Cafe in Glen Mills a Haven for Those with Disabilities

    A café opening early March in Glen Mills is the inspiration of Jim Vail, who sold his construction company to create a space where his son and others with disabilities would have a chance to work. Ryan’s Rise Up Café on Evergreen Drive in the Concordville Town Center is named for his 20-year-old son, Ryan…

  • VISTA Careers – CCRES

    VISTA Careers – CCRES

    CCRES is hiring professional staff to work in schools, in the home, and in the community as they help children and adults challenged by autism, mental illness, intellectual/developmental disabilities, and physical disabilities. CCRES joined up with the Chester County Intermediate Unit in 1999 to meet a need for behavioral health services for children in Chester…

  • VISTA Careers – Dunwoody Village

    VISTA Careers – Dunwoody Village

    Dunwoody Village is a five-star, not-for-profit continuing care retirement community in Newtown Square, located in a picturesque wooded setting, combining comfort with award-winning, high-quality healthcare and rehabilitation. Dunwoody job positions are for career people who want a “decidedly different career,” people who share a commitment to excellence, and who want to join the team.  Qualified applicants are encouraged to…

  • Local Investors for Taylor Hospital Buy Springfield Hospital for $1M

    Local Investors for Taylor Hospital Buy Springfield Hospital for $1M

    Local investors who acquired Taylor Hospital in a bankruptcy auction in September are now picking up Springfield Hospital after the original auction winner’s deal fell through, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Prospect Medical Holdings announced in a court filing Friday it plans to sell Springfield Hospital and an adjoining parking garage to KQT…

  • VISTA Careers: Freedom Village at Brandywine

    VISTA Careers: Freedom Village at Brandywine

    Find your Freedom Village career at Freedom Village at Brandywine, a Life Plan Community in West Brandywine, that has served seniors for more than 25 years. Freedom Village provides active senior living with resort-inspired services, amenities, social activities, chef-prepared cuisine, and on-site care that includes personal care, skilled nursing, memory care, and rehabilitation services. Be…