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Chester Names Street After Hometown Grammy Winner Avery*Sunshine
Chester City officials celebrated Avery*Sunshine Day on Friday and named a street after the homegrown Grammy Award winner, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. Also known as Denise Nicole White, Sunshine has had global success and won the Grammy Award in 2025 for Best Progressive R& B Album with “So Glad to Know You.”…
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Subaru Park in Chester Gets Upgrades as New MLS Season Opens
There’s a lot happening at Subaru Park in Chester, from new lighting to an upgrade to the concession and retail areas, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. . There are more food and beverage options, new sponsors, and a new concession operator, Aramark. Philadelphia Union President Tim McDermott said the new multimillion-dollar stadium…
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Côte d’Ivoire Selects Chester Facilities as World Cup Base Camp
The West African Cote d’Ivoire team has selected the Philadelphia Union’s Subaru Park and WSFS Bank Sportsplex in Chester as its base camp for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, writes Emma Dooling for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The country’s national team will play two matches in Philadelphia during the group round of the tournament. Les…
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St. Hedwig Church in Chester Will No Longer Be a Catholic Church
The Philadelphia Archdiocese has declared that St. Hedwig Church in Chester will no longer be used as a Catholic church, writes Cory Sharber for WHYY. Philadelphia Archbishop Nelson J. Perez approved the relegation on Sunday of the 100+-year-old church to “profane but not sordid use,” effective Jan. 1, 2026. That means it will no longer…
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Opponents of Proposed LNG Plant in Chester Testify at State Hearing
Chester Mayor Stefan Roots said his city has “moved on” from a proposed gas export terminal in or near Chester. “This dangerous facility does not belong in a densely populated urban area like Chester,” he said during a Wednesday hearing at Chester City Hall before the Pennsylvania House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee. “Protect…
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Can You Name Pennsylvania’s Longest Bridge? It’s in Our Neighborhood
Pennsylvania boasts 25,400 state-owned bridges and one of its longest happens to be right in our backyard, writes Rob Amend for AZ Animals. The Commodore Barry Bridge over the Delaware River connects Chester with Bridgeport, New Jersey. Not only is it the state’s longest bridge, but it is also the fourth-largest cantilever bridge in the…
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Power Home Remodeling in Chester Puts Philanthropy in Employee Hands
Power Home Remodeling, based in Chester, has come up with a unique system that allows its employees to decide how they want to give back to the community, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. “Power for Good” is an employee-led year-round approach to philanthropy, utilizing six core programs, according to Jim Myers, Power’s…
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Hazard vs. Economy: Delaware River LNG Terminal Back in Play
Exporting Pennsylvania’s fracked gas could mean a new $7 billion liquified gas facility along the Delaware River, affecting Chester and Eddystone, writes Nina Sablan for Inside Climate News. Chester already feels the effects of industrial sites along the river. Air pollution is blamed for high rates of deadly illnesses in Chester and surrounding communities. Researchers…
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Philadelphia Union Sportsplex Is Part of Chester Vision
The $100 million WSFS Bank Sportsplex Philadelphia Union was unveiled July 17 and is expected to bring 500,000 visitors annually to Chester’s Delaware River waterfront, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. It is slated to open in mid-August. The 170,000 square-foot sports and recreation complex sits next to Subaru Park. It includes an…
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Chester Dad Shellman Washington III, Learned From Daughters’ College Drive
For four years, four or five days a week, Shellman Washington III of Chester, with help from his mom, went on a college drive, taking his twin daughters to and from Neumann University in Aston. It was a learning experience for everyone, writes Susan Snyder for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The daughters, who didn’t have the…
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Power Home Remodeling Expanding Chester Headquarters, 100s to be Hired
Power Home Remodeling has signed a 250,000 square-foot lease in Chester as it looks to expand its headquarters there, writes Ryan Mulligan for Philadelphia Business Journal. The expansion will also mean hiring 300 to 400 new workers. The 12-year lease adds 65,000 square feet to Power’s headquarters at the Wharf at Rivertown, the former Delaware…
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Commodore Barry Bridge Commuters to be Impacted by Construction
The Commodore Barry Bridge is undergoing some construction work that will affect travel on the bridge, writes Jim Walsh for the Cherry Hill Courier Post. Work started Monday, May 5, as the Delaware River Port Authority started replacing a moveable barrier wall system. The work is starting on the South Jersey side in Logan, moving…
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State Official Hopes to Expand Successful Chester Prison Program
The Little Scandinavia program at the SCI Chester Correctional Facility in Chester has been so successful, one state representative would like to expand it to other parts of Pennsylvania, writes Christina Lengyel for The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Little Scandinavia adopts a prison model used in Sweden and Norway that reduces the difference between prison life and…
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Chester Native Autumn Lockwood First Black Woman Coach to Win Super Bowl
Philadelphia Eagles performance coach Autumn Lockwood, born in the city of Chester, became the first Black woman to win a Super Bowl as a coach, writes Gabriela Carroll for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Lockwood, now in her third season with the Eagles, was hired in 2022.] She is now part of an extremely small group of…
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Philadelphia Union Names Bradley Carnell as Its New Coach
The Philadelphia Union has hired South African coach Bradley Carnell as its new head coach, reports the KYW Newsradio staff. He comes to the Union after two years coaching the St. Louis City SC. During his first year there, he led St. Louis to the best season ever for an MLS expansion team. St. Louis…
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Commodore Barry Bridge in Chester Closes Briefly Friday for SS United States Passing
The Commodore Barry Bridge in Chester and the Walt Whitman Bridge in Philadelphia will close briefly Friday, Nov. 15, as the historic SS United Sates leaves its South Philadelphia dock for its final voyage to the Gulf of Mexico in Florida, writes Juan Carlos Castillo for the Asbury Park Press. Traffic on the two bridges…
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Philadelphia Union in Chester Fires Long-Time Manager Jim Curtin
The Philadelphia Union in Chester will no longer be led by 10-year manager Jim Curtin, writes Jonathan Tannenwald for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The team announced Thursday that Jim Curtin had been fired after the team failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 2017. Curtin was the longest-tenured manager in Union history and…
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Soccer Community Mourns Death of Philadelphia Union Goalkeeper Holden Trent
The soccer community is reacting to news that Philadelphia Union goalkeeper Holden Trent died Saturday at the age of 25, writes Nick Tributes for Billy Penn at WHYY. The Philadelphia Union reported in an announcement being devastated by Holden Trent’s “heartbreaking passing”. “While he was a wonderful player and fierce competitor, he was more importantly…
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