Upper Darby
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A Dream Led This Woman to Her Grandfather’s Negro League Baseball Career
Tulleesha Burbage, an Upper Darby social worker, suffered a case of sleep paralysis after dreaming about running through an open field near an old shed, writes Stephanie Farr for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Her friend concluded that her ancestors were trying to send a message and researched her family history. He discovered something that Burbage’s father…
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Business Swap to Upper Darby Saved Family, Piano from the Third Reich
A piano that journeyed from Nazi Germany to Upper Darby tells an amazing story of survival, writes Michaela Winberg for Billy Penn. The baby grand was crafted by Germany’s Ibach Piano Company. In 1936, the piano escaped the Third Reich, landing in Upper Darby. It was owned by pianist Heidi Frank, sister of anti-Nazi lawyer…
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Comedy Filmed in Delco to Premiere in March
Last Call, a movie with deep roots in Delaware County, is scheduled to premiere March 19. The movie is loosely based on the experiences of Upper Darby High School graduate Greg Lingo, executive producer and co-writer with director Paolo Pilladi, reports Dawn Timmeney for FOX 29. The film stars Jeremy Piven, two-time Oscar nominee Bruce…
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Local Cemetery Facing Hard Times as Business Declines
Har Jehuda Cemetery, a Jewish cemetery off Lansdowne Avenue in Upper Darby, is being tended to by a skeleton staff, writes Andy Gotlieb for the Jewish Exponent. The crew does the best it can but Har Jehuda President Larry Moskowitz admits there are more complaints these days about things looking rundown and overgrown. Economics is…
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Tina Fey on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon: ‘I’m a SEPTA Bitch’
Tina Fey is a “SEPTA bitch.” That’s how she described herself to Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show” Thursday, writes Michaela Winberg for Billy Penn. Being from Upper Darby, SEPTA, of course, would have figured in Tina Fey’s transportation plans. She’s only just purchased her first car. In Upper Darby, where Fey grew up, she…
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Olympian, Former High School Teacher in Delco Dies at 77
A former physical education teacher at Upper Darby High School who played for the U.S. Olympic field hockey team has died, according to a report in The Cape Gazette. Dianne Fischer, who taught for 32 years at Upper Darby, her alma mater, died Oct. 25 at her home in Lewes, Del. She was 77. Born…
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Pica’s Gets Unique Review from Founder of Barstool Sports
Somebody told Dave Portnoy about Pica’s in Upper Darby. Its pizza was featured and reviewed on Portnoy’s “One Bite” pizza review blog on YouTube. “This is a very good pizza,” the Boston native said. He also took some friendly pokes at Delco and the folks who live there. “Delco people love being from Delco,” he…
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Pair of Widowed Parishioners at Broomall Church Find Love Again
A pair of widowed St. Pius X parishioners found each other at the Broomall church and fell in love, writes Kellie Patrick Grates for The Philadelphia Inquirer. At the end of Lent in 2017, Gary Mooney worked up the courage to ask Carmella Patterson to lunch. Carmella hesitated, than said yes. That first date lasted…
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New Mayor of This Delco Township Invites Residents to Create a Town Motto
Can you sum up in a few positive words what Upper Darby means to you? Upper Darby Mayor Barbarann Keffer is offering a chance to have a resident’s motto replace the mayor’s name on official signs throughout the township, writes Kevin Tustin for the Delaware County News Network. “I want everybody to be a part…
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This Upper Darby-Raised Real Estate Developer Swore He Was Done with His Hometown. Nope!
So what possessed Greg Lingo to make a film about Upper Darby, a town he swore he’d never look back on, as his career propelled him toward being a successful Main Line developer? It’s a question that Maria Panaritis of The Philadelphia Inquirer sought to answer. Upper Darby stayed with Lingo. It formed his identity,…
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Here’s What’s Coming to the New Community College Campus at Prendie
In September 2019, Delaware County Community College agreed to buy the former Archbishop Prendergast Catholic High School to create a new Upper Darby full-service campus. The Prendergast building at Garrett Road and Lansdowne Avenue will provide 30 classrooms with chemistry and biology labs, according to a release from the college. The campus will offer a…
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New Indie Thriller Full of Delco Personality, Like Its Creators
Joshua Coates of Upper Darby has brought the flavor of Delaware County to the big screen with his new indie thriller, Hollywould, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. The film was conceived and shot in Delco. Several residents and business owners appear and executive producers Mitchell Bass, Marcia Bass, and Steven Bass are locals.…
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Delco to See Itself on Film with Comedy Starring Bruce Dern, Jeremy Piven Set in Upper Darby
Two Upper Darby bars will be featured in a new comedy by Main Line real estate developer Greg Lingo that wraps up filming this week, writes Victor Fiorillo for Philadelphia magazine. Crabs in a Bucket is set in the fictional town of Darby Heights and focuses on Callahan’s Tavern. It is based on Callahn’s Tavern…
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This Spider Was Discovered in Delco. Now, It Just Wants to Be Left Alone
A small team of volunteers is studying a spider unique to Delaware County and parts of nearby Philadelphia: the Pennsylvania purseweb spider, or Atypus snetsingeri, writes Sebastian Echeverri for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The spiders are built like inch-long tarantulas painted in earth tones. “They are very secretive. … They live their entire lives in their…
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Local Couple Runs a Successful Farm — in a Cemetery
Upper Darby is not the first place you’d think of for farming. Sean and Stacey McNicholl decided to give it a try, though, and leased a greenhouse at Arlington Cemetery, writes Katie Park for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The couple saw an opportunity to create an urban farm, so they crammed as many fruits, vegetables, and…
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Delaware County Landmark to Get Facelift
The Tower Theater’s radio tower sign, a landmark for 69th Street in Upper Darby, is unsafe and being removed, write Joseph Gambardello and Dan DeLuca for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Live Nation, the theater’s owner, said inspections by company engineers determined the signage atop the 92-year-old building had deteriorated, according to Upper Darby Mayor Tom Micozzie.…
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School Districts in Delco to Determine if Former Prendie Building Becomes a College Campus
Delaware County Community College officials are visiting the college’s 12 sponsoring school districts to convince them to support a $55 million capital improvement bond for a new campus at the former Prendergast High School, writes Kevin Tustin for the Daily Times. The support of two-thirds of the college’s sponsoring school districts is needed to create…
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FROM DELCO: Community College Seeks OK in $55 Million Bid for Former Prendergast High School
Delaware County Community College is asking its 12 sponsoring school districts for a $55 million investment to buy the former Archbishop Prendergast High School building in Drexel Hill, writes Kevin Tusin for the Daily Times. The resolution allows the college to purchase and renovate the building at 403 North Lansdowne Avenue owned by the Archdiocese…
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