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‘Secret Garden’ in Chadds Ford Beckons the COVID Weary with a Promise of Summer
“I can’t help but to think that, when people come to this garden, we’re selling them the biggest smile,” said Bruce Mowday. “Everybody here is so happy to be out of the house, and they’re taking a minute to smell the flowers.” Mowday manages Styer’s Festival of the Peony at Hill Girt Farm in Chadds…
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Child Guidance Resource Center Holds 2nd Roundtable Discussion in Coatesville
Child Guidance Resource Centers in Havertown is hosting its second virtual Child Guidance Neighborhood Solutions roundtable discussion on June 4, 9:30 a.m., this time in Coatesville. Child Guidance Resource Centers is committed to building inclusion, encouraging anti-racism and safety, and improving mental health in our communities. It has launched this series of virtual community round…
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Delco Deli Creates Sandwich Celebrating Its Role in ‘Mare of Easttown’
You’re watching the action on HBO’s hit series, Mare of Easttown. You’re listening for the accent. Now, you can taste the sandwich, writes Hannah Kanik for PhillyVoice. Don’s Deli & Catering, located at 1509 Meetinghouse Road in Boothwyn, was one of the filming locations for the series. The deli created a hoagie to mark the…
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SCORE Webinars Focus on Google Tools to Bring Business Success
These three free webinars will show how you can use Google tools to: Find customers Track data with Google Analytics Tap YouTube’s potential Get your business listed on Google searches and Google Maps. The Google tools webinars are presented by Randi Penfil, a speaker for the Grow with Google partner program. Webinars will be held…
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Local Swim Club Earns Place in History as Nation’s First Black-Owned Swim Club
Nile Swim Club in Yeadon was designated a historic site by Pennsylvania over the weekend, receiving its own historical marker at a ribbon-cutting ceremony, writes Nathaniel Lee for The Philadelphia Tribune. The club, at 513 South Union Avenue, was the first Black-owned swim club in the nation. In 1957, Zoe Mask, Carson Puriefoy, and Elmer…
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Although LED Lightbulbs Are More Efficient, They Hurt Our Sleep. This WCU Physicist May Have a Solution
While LED lightbulbs are more energy-efficient and can last dozens of times longer than their older incandescent cousins, the bluish light they produce feels much more sterile and is believed to hurt sleep by suppressing melatonin and disrupting the circadian rhythms, writes Rahul Rao for Popular Science. While scientists are already working on creating friendlier…
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Students Will Need Support Beyond Academics in the Fall to Counter Pandemic
This has been a school year like no other. My name is April Thomas and I am the Chief Schools Officer at The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth. That means I am in charge of leading the Leadership Academy and Choices Program at TLC. After the building shut down in spring 2020, my teachers…
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Triple Major at WCU Earns Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Uruguay
This time next year, Maeve King will be in Uruguay, South America, as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA). At West Chester University, King is a triple major in Spanish, German, and Political Science, with a minor in Latin American and Latino Studies. The support of inspiring faculty is one reason King, who grew up…
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Hit Hard by Charter School Payments, Local School Districts Seek Reform
There’s a looming financial crisis for public schools trying to meet payments for students moving to charter schools, writes Maddie Hanna for The Philadelphia Inquirer. School districts pay charters based on enrollment. Public school superintendents, including ones from Delaware, Chester, Montgomery, and Bucks counties, are trying to convince Pennsylvania legislators to change how charter schools are…
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The Lincoln Center’s School-Based Staffing Program Keeps Growing in Montgomery, Philadelphia Counties
To help children and teenagers, you have to go where they are. That’s why The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth created a School-Based Staffing program to serve students in school districts throughout Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties. Working with schools The idea began in 1973. The Lincoln Center collaborated with school districts to provide mental…
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New York-Style Deli Has Been Serving Broomall for 35 Years
Marty Godfrey owns Mrs. Marty’s Deli in Broomall’s Lawrence Park Shopping Center. He grew up working in the family business, writes Tamala Edwards for 6ABC. His parents, Bill and Hattie, ran a market in Media Borough. Godfrey bought the business from them in 1984. “There was no deli in the Media area at the time.…
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A Free SCORE Webinar Keeps Small Businesses a Step Ahead in May
A free webinar from SCORE Chester and Delaware Counties in May provides helpful advice to small business owners. Understanding Cash Flow-A Business Survival Guide On Wednesday May 19, learn about “Understanding Cash Flow–A Business Survival Guide.” The free webinar, 10 to 11 a.m.., is hosted by Tom Faughnan. Faughnan is a SCORE mentor. He is…
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WCU to Welcome Inaugural Class of Physician Assistant Students
West Chester University will welcome the first students into its new Physician Assistant Program this July after successfully applying for accreditation-provisional status from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). WCU’s is the only physician assistant program in Chester County. The first 27 students enrolling this year, selected from more than…
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Hope Travels Virtual 5K Arrives Tomorrow in Your Neighborhood
There’s one day left before the Hope Travels Virtual 5K gets underway. On Sunday, May 16, 2021, supporters across the country will gather virtually to walk, run, bike or roll 3.1 miles on behalf of Help Hope Live. Help Hope Live, based in Radnor, is a national nonprofit. It helps generate community funds to cover…
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Saturday Night Live’s ‘Mare’ Parody Accents Delaware County Influence
If Delaware County wasn’t getting enough attention already from HBO’s Mare of Easttown series, a Saturday Night Live parody trailer is bound to do the trick, writes Danya Henninger for Billy Penn. The comedy skit, “Murder Durder,” was livestreamed globally. Mare of Easttown covers a detective working in Easttown. Writer and director Brad Ingelsby, from…
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Hope Travels Virtual 5K, Sunday, May 16, in Your Neighborhood
In two days, the Hope Travels Virtual 5K takes place on behalf of a local nonprofit to help families relieve medical debt. It can be a lonely and frightening road for the catastrophically ill or injured. Not only do they have to cope with the trauma of their diagnosis, they and their families also face…
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Fundraiser Garden Gala a Blooming Success for Child Guidance Resource Centers
Child Guidance Resource Centers thanks the many people who donated, volunteered, and attended its 65th Anniversary Virtual Gala Fundraiser. Blossoms of support were shown all over Southeast Pennsylvania and beyond. More than 300 participants joined the event. Some held unique viewing parties since they couldn’t attend in person. The fundraiser featured an auction and special…
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Delco Man Was Spielberg’s ‘Jurassic Park’ Dino Advisor. Now, He’s on Shark Tank
The Media Borough man who advised Steven Spielberg about dinosaurs in Jurassic Park now has his company and its robotic, life-sized creatures featured in a May 21 episode of Shark Tank, writes Lisa Dukart for The Philadelphia Business Journal. Don Lessem runs Dino Don, Inc. from his Media home. His dinosaurs are displayed in gardens,…
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