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Phillies Legend Mike Schmidt’s Former Media Home Sells for $2.9M
Someone has paid $2.995 million for Phillies legend Mike Schmidt’s former mansion in Media Borough, writes Ryan Mulligan for Philadelphia Business Journal. The sales price, reported by Zillow, is 40 percent below its original listing of $4.975 million in April 2023. The 12,000-square-foot seven bedroom, six and a half bath mansion is off Providence Road…
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SCORE Bucks County Helps Therapist Unleash Expansion Opportunities for Animal-Assisted Practice
Therapist Annalisa Smithson hadn’t contemplated incorporating animals into her sessions until a 10-pound Maltese hopped into a client’s lap. The office dog at the center where she had been working served as an informal – and completely accidental – icebreaker for a veteran struggling with addiction issues and post-traumatic stress disorder. “We didn’t have enough…
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Delaware County Native Sherry Phillips Named New Forbes CEO
Sherry Phillips, who grew up in Media and who has lived in Bryn Mawr for 20 years, has been named the new CEO of Forbes Media, writes Lisa Dukart for Philadelphia Business Journal. Phillips starts Jan. 1 and will be the first female CEO in Forbes’ 107-year history. She has been with Forbes Media, best…
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PETA Asks Bucks County DA to Investigate Jockey in Horse-Whipping Incident
Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn and the Bucks County SPCA have been asked by animal advocate PETA to investigate a horse whipping that took place after the horse won a race at Parx Casino in Bensalem. The jockey, Paco Lopez, reportedly whipped his horse, 2-year-old National Law, on the neck after crossing the finish…
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Arc of Chester County Spreads Holiday Cheer Through Inclusion at the Annual Holiday Fun Fest
This past Saturday, Dec. 7, The Arc of Chester County brought the community together to celebrate its Annual Holiday Fun Fest, a joyful and inclusive event designed to ensure children of all abilities, and their families could experience the magic of the season. With the biggest turnout in the event’s history, the morning was filled with…
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See Who Has Unseated Joe Rogan as Top Podcaster on Spotify
Joe Rogan has been king of his domain, hosting the most popular podcast out there on Spotify and Apple Music. That is, until Dec. 5, when a newcomer debuted her first episode, writes Maurico Viladegutt for Newsweek. Kylie Kelce presented the first podcast episode of her new series, “Not Gonna Lie” on that date and…
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From Poker to Jewelry, Main Line’s Beth Silverberg Has Reinvented Herself
At one time, Beth Silverberg, owner of the Exceptional Finds jewelry showroom in Wayne, was among the best poker players in the world. Her cutthroat professional poker style had her on ESPN broadcasts and at two World Series of Poker final tables. Her poker career earnings totaled about $500,000. Today, she’s a wholesome grandmother curating…
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MONTCO Careers: Freedom Village at Brandywine
Freedom Village at Brandywine is 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 onsite care that includes personal care, skilled nursing, memory care and rehabilitation services. Be part of their team as…
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Large Sky Drones, 1st Seen in New Jersey, Now in Delaware County
The FBI continues to investigate mysterious drone sightings in New Jersey even as new reports come in about Delaware County drones showing up in towns, reports staff for 6abc. Viewers of Action News have been sending in videos of drone sightings. Numerous reports to Action News reported flying objects in Media and Broomall, as well…
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VISTA Careers: CCRES
CCRES professional staff are used in schools, in the home, and in the community to help children and adults challenged by autism, mental illness, intellectual/developmental disabilities and physical disabilities. CCRES partnered with the Chester County Intermediate Unit in 1999 to meet the growing need for behavioral health services for children in Chester County, and as…
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General Recreation in Newtown Square Helps With Camden Park Playground
A playground for special needs children is being planned as part of a $2 million rebuild of Camden Park in Camden, New Jersey, writes Neill Borowski for TAPinto Camden. Called in to help create the Jake’s Place All-Inclusive Play Area is General Recreation, Inc. in Newtown Square. This Jake’s Place will be the third installed…
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Judge Strikes Down Ordinance Creating Upper Darby Earned Income Tax
An Upper Darby EIT (earned income tax) isn’t coming in 2025 because a court has determined the ordinance that created it violated the township’s Home Rule Charter, writes Pete Bannon for the Daily Times. A second ordinance passed Sept. 4 limiting public speaking during public hearings, was also struck down by the judge. Common Pleas…
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New Luxury Apartments Have Opened at 333 N. Broad St. in Doylestown
New luxury apartments, 333 N Broad St. (named after its address), have opened in Doylestown and are available to lease, the culmination of a 30-year vision to transform the area, writes Lacey Latch for the Bucks County Courier Times There are currently 136 apartments to rent in the main building of the $77 million complex.…
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A Mansion Under Construction in Broomall Is Upsetting the Neighborhood
Nicholas Reynolds is cofounder of the Marple Civic Association, serves on the Marple School Board and is a successful owner of Delco Steaks, Marple Public House, and the Splash Swim Club, but he’s lately getting flak for an oversized home he’s building in a Broomall neighborhood Tensions have mounted for months between Reynolds and neighbors,…
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SCORE Mentors Help Mompreneur Scale Infant Sleep Subscription Business
Expectant parents are often told to enjoy their sleep before the baby arrives. For Ann Marks, sleep deprivation wasn’t part of her recipe for parenthood. “It was born out of a need of my own,” Marks said of her subscription-based and one-on-one consultation business, Full Feedings. “A lot of people want sleep, need sleep ……
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40 More Wawa Stores Planned for Central Pennsylvania
Wawa continues to leave its Delaware County nest as it takes up more territory in the rest of Pennsylvania. Wawa’s central Pennsylvania expansion, with 40 more stores planned there by 2029, is part of a strategy to extend Wawa’s footprint further into the state, even as it expands nationally, writes Gianna for 94.5PST. The first…
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CCRES Awards Scholarship to TCHS Brandywine School Students
CCRES announced that three students are attending Empire Beauty School after graduating from the TCHS Brandywine School, helped in part by scholarships from its Dr. Michael J. Kelly Pathways Scholarships Program. The scholarships will assist with tuition, specialized training classes in hair color, cut, and styling, and supplies such as a cosmetology kit. The students…
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Upper Darby Parking Ticket Problem Triggers $800,000 Settlement
Upper Darby’s failure to give parking ticket violators between 2021 and 2022 a chance to contest their tickets has led to a proposed $800,000 settlement, writes Alex Rose for the Daily Times. U.S. District Judge Cynthia M. Rule, of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania described the settlement as a “fair, reasonable and adequate” resolution of…
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