Folcroft
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Folcroft-Based Herb Fuzion Handcrafted Honey Is Pretty Sweet
PA Preferred Herb Fuzion Handcrafted Honey, based out of Folcroft, offers a line of artisanal honeys and goods using locally-sourced products, writes Leigh Green for PA Eats. From savory to floral to sweet, the online products offer the health benefits of local goldenrod and wildflower honeys and herbal infusions. Owner Lanise Middleton started her business…
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Battery Manufacturer in Folcroft Owes Workers $22M for Showers
An appeals court has ruled that East Penn Manufacturing, based in Folcroft, owes $22 million in overtime back wages for underpaid showers and changing times for battery factory workers in Berks County. The appeals court agreed with a federal jury verdict issued in Pennsylvania last year that workers should be paid for the actual amount…
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Folcroft Neighbors Help Families Who Lost Everything in Rowhouse Fire
A Folcroft neighbor smelled smoke and banged on doors to help everyone get out safely. At least 125 firefighters were at the scene after neighbors reported hearing at least four propane tanks explode, followed by huge flames, writes Justin Udo and the staff at KYW Newsradio. “We had a really lovely neighbor who made everybody…
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Scrub Daddy Owner Weighing Possible Sale of $220M Company
The founder of the hugely successful Scrub Daddy kitchen product, initially manufactured in Folcroft, is thinking of selling his company, writes Ryan Mulligan for Philadelphia Business Journal. Reuters is reporting that CEO Aaron Krause, maker of the popular Scrub Daddy kitchen sponge products, who gained celebrity status in 2012 after successfully pitching his idea on…
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Remains of Delco Man Killed at Pearl Harbor Come Home at Last
The remains of a Folcroft sailor, Charles Montgomery, who was killed at Pearl Harbor in 1941, have been identified and have been returned to Drexel Hill for burial, writes Deb Kiner for the Harrisburg Patriot-News. Navy Radioman 3rd Class Charles Montgomery, 21, was accounted for on March 3, 2021, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said…
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Scrub Daddy Leaving Delco
Scrub Daddy Inc. has its roots in Delaware County but now needs to move to a South Jersey office and warehouse as it continues to grow, writes Jacob Adelman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The cleaning-products company, maker of smiley-faced scouring pads and featured on ABC’s Shark Tank, will set up headquarters in Pennsauken. The company…
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Delco-Based Scrub Daddy Sees Sales Surge Amidst Focus on Coronavirus Cleanliness
The Folcroft-based manufacturer of a household cleaning product has seen sales jump significantly since the arrival of the coronavirus in the U.S., writes Sam Wood for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Sales of Scrub Daddy, the sunshine-shaped sponge, have increased 20 percent at Walmart. “So many people are going to the supermarket cleaning aisles and clearing out…
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County Officials Worry About Changes Coming to Pennsylvania’s Medicaid Transit Program
Pennsylvania’s Medical Assistance Transportation Program, the state’s answer to the federal mandate for states to provide free nonemergency medical transportation for Medicaid patients, could change for the worse, according to county officials, who will no longer administer the program, writes Michaelle Bond for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Pennsylvania’s Medical Assistance Transportation Program is a coordinated shared-ride…
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