Middletown
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Busy Chick-fil-A in Middletown Is Being Torn Down, Then Rebuilt
A busy Chick-fil-A restaurant in Middletown will be torn down and rebuilt with a second drive-thru lane to ease long wait times, writes JD Mullane for the Bucks County Courier Times. Franchisee Dave Heffernan said the store near Sesame Place will be demolished in early 2026. It is expected to reopen in June of the…
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Blighted Middletown Intersection OK’d for a Piazza Dealership
One of the busiest intersections in Middletown has been the scene of a blighted building at Woodbourne Road and Lincoln Highway. Now that building will be rehabbed and reopened as a Piazza Volkswagen dealership, writes JD Mullane for the Bucks County Courier Times. Land development at 1974 E. Lincoln Highway, site of an empty 20,000-square-foot…
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Penn State Brandywine Discussion Nov. 17 Looks at Climate Crisis Solutions
Penn State Brandywine’s faculty, staff and students will contribute their expertise to a discussion on climate change solutions taking place Wednesday, Nov. 17, in the Student Union on the Middletown campus, 25 Yearsley Mill Road. The event kicks off from 5 to 6 p.m. with an exhibition in the Student Union’s Lion’s Den featuring community…
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Penn State Brandywine Men’s Soccer Team Takes PSUAC Conference Championship
Penn State Brandywine’s men’s soccer team captured its fifth-straight Penn State University Athletic Conference (PSUAC) championship Wednesday evening, reports psubrandywineathletics.com. It was al scoreless game 90 minutes in, sending the teams into extra time. A free kick for Brandywine was blocked but Freshman Alexis Cordova Bernal got the rebound, scoring the game-winning goal five…
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Penn State Brandywine to Induct Third Class of Athletes in Hall of Fame
Penn State Brandywine in Middletown is inducting its third class of former student-athletes, coaches, and administrators into its athletic hall of fame this winter, reports news.psu.edu. The 2022 class of inductees includes former men’s basketball student-athlete Jeff Danzi, men’s ice hockey student-athlete Nick Gallo, tennis student-athlete and coach Lloyd Vernon, and women’s basketball student-athlete and…
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TEDxPSUBrandywine Event Nov. 17 Amplifies Climate Crisis Solutions
Penn State Brandywine’s faculty, staff and students will contribute their expertise to a discussion on climate change solutions taking place Wednesday, Nov. 17, in the Student Union on the Middletown campus, 25 Yearsley Mill Road. The event kicks off from 5 to 6 p.m. with an exhibition in the Student Union’s Lion’s Den featuring community…
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Patriarch of Linvilla Orchards Dies at 93
The man who helped bring Linvilla Orchards to Delaware County and beyond has died. Paul Linvill, patriarch of the Linvilla family, passed away on Sept. 6. He was 93, writes Michael Tanenbaum for PhillyVoice. Linvill lived most of his life with his family at the 300-acre Middletown orchard and family farm. He was an avid…
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Main Line Health Plans $327 Million Modernization of Riddle Hospital
Main Line Health plans to build a new patient pavilion at Riddle Hospital as part of a $327 million modernization of the hospital, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Main Line Health acquired Riddle in 2007. The Riddle plan awaits final approval from Middletown Township. Plans call for a new main entrance and reduction…
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Middletown Native’s Film About Vietnam War Hero Hits Theaters on Friday
Todd Robinson, a former Middletown resident, has written, directed, and produced The Last Full Measure, a film opening Friday about Vietnam War hero William H. Pitsenbarger, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. His idea for The Last Full Measure came to him after meeting veterans who experienced unbelievable hardships. Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force…
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This Accident on a Local Highway Could Have Ended Babe Ruth’s Career
Had Babe Ruth’s car skidded a little further or overturned somewhere else on July 7, 1920, baseball and American culture might have been forever changed, writes Frank Fitzpatrick for the Philadelphia Inquirer. It happened midway through Ruth’s first season with the Yankees, in Darlington, a tiny Delaware County community near the village of Wawa. Ruth…
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Owner of Local Restaurant Saves 14-Month-Old Girl After She Falls into Pool
Jason McHugh, the owner and chef of Desert Rose in Media, decided to close his restaurant on Sundays to spend more time with his family. So what did he do on Father’s Day? McHugh saved a life, writes Susan Serbin for the Daily Times. McHugh, his wife, and their boys joined friends at his sister’s…
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