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Skyrocketing Home Prices Are Hitting These Delaware County Towns
The top 50 fastest-growing home prices in Pennsylvania include several communities in Delaware County, according to statistics compiled by Stacker. Towns are ranked by the dollar change in the Zillow Home Value Index for all homes over 12 months ending in June 2025. Chadds Ford placed 31st for fastest rising home prices in 2025. A…
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Freedom Village: Why Are Retirement Community Residents Happier?
While there are several different types of retirement community options available (55+, independent living, Life Plan Community, etc.), is there one where residents consistently report being happier and more satisfied with their lives? In fact, there is. According to the Mather Institute’s landmark Age Well Study, older adults who choose a Life Plan Community report…
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SIW Vegetables Closes Up Shop in Chadds Ford After 40 Years
A Chadds Ford farmstand that over time provided more than 50 different vegetables, fruits, and flowers grown on the 60-acre Hill Girt Farm is closing up shop, and its owner is retiring, writes Jim Graham for The Hunt. H.G. Haskell III, known as “H,” opened SIW Vegetables 40 years ago along the Brandywine Creek. “It’s…
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New $60M Radnor Hotel Being Built by Brandywine Realty Trust
Construction has started on a new 121-room Radnor hotel at 165 King of Prussia Road, writes Paul Schwedelson for Philadelphia Business Journal. The $59.5 million hotel, developed by Brandywine Realty Trust, is expected to be completed by the second quarter of 2026. Brandywine Realty Trust is anticipating a 10 percent return on its investment. CEO…
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10 Months to Go and Aronimink PGA Championship Tickers Are Sold Out
The PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square isn’t happening until May 2026, but daily ground tickets are already sold out, writes Ariel Simpson for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The May 14-17 event is definitely a hot ticket, with 50 percent of ticket sales going to locals in Newtown Square, Media, Ardmore, and West…
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Chemical in Use at Trainer Refinery, Elsewhere Triggers EPA Lawsuit
The Clean Air Council, Communities for a Better Environment, and the Natural Resources Defense Council are suing the EPA to ban or more strictly regulate the use of hydrogen fluoride in refineries, including at the Trainer oil refinery, writes Sophia Schmidt for WHYY. Hydrogen fluoride is used in about 40 refineries across the country, including…
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Lines Stretched Outside as Customers Welcomed Back Hank’s Place in Chadds Ford
Hank’s Place was back in business July 15 at Route 1 and Creek Road in Chadds Ford, and this past weekend, customers lined up for a visit, writes Jen Samuel for The Daily Local, as printed in the Daily Times. Every seat was filled, and a line stretched outside along its new three-story ramp. Flowers…
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We Know the Name But What Does Wawa Actually Mean?
Those of us who grew up in Delaware County certainly know about our Wawas, a local landscape fixture. We’re so familiar with Wawas that we don’t even question the source of the strange-sounding name. Not so for Michael Bartiromo with PA Homepage, who tracked down Wawa’s name origin. The convenience store chain’s headquarters is in…
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BUCKSCO Careers: Freedom Village at Brandywine
Find your Freedom Village career at Freedom Village at Brandywine, 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…
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Delaware County Reporting Prison Population Down 40 Percent
In five years, Delaware County’s prison population has dropped by 40 percent, according to Chief Public Defender Chris Welsh. Welsh presented the statistics for the George W. Hill Correctional Facility to Delaware County Council at a July 16 meeting, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. The prison population on January 1, 2020, was…
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Chester Firefighters Now Get an Early Warning of an Unsafe Building
Chester firefighters have an early warning system to tell them if a vacant building is too structurally dangerous to enter, writes Madeleine Wright and Rory Hardenstine for CBS News Philadelphia. Placards will now mark vacant and structurally compromised buildings so firefighters will be alerted to potential dangers inside. It’s an initiative paid for with a…
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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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ChristianaCare Looking Into a $6B Merger with Virtua Health
ChristianaCare, the Delaware nonprofit that is opening two micro-hospitals in Delaware County, is considering a $6 billion merger with Virtua Health, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. If the two systems combine, it would create a regional nonprofit health system that would cover 10 counties with 600 healthcare sites. Virtua is South Jersey’s…
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Lansdowne Woman Who Lost Her Daughter Cares for Miracle Baby Left Behind
Tylicia Bell is coping with the loss of her 19-year-old daughter, a victim of murder, even as she remains strong for her granddaughter. Tanyiah Bell was eight months pregnant when she was shot and killed in her apartment by her boyfriend, according to Lansdowne police. Doctors were able to save the baby, and Tanyiah Miracle…
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2 Delaware County Towns Among 10 Hottest Housing Markets in Region
Two Delaware County communities are among the 10 hottest housing markets right now in the Greater Philadelphia Area, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Housing prices have hit a new high in the region, with a typical home price in Greater Philadelphia reaching $416,000 in June. Swarthmore Borough and Chadds Ford were among the…
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Jackson Street Steaks in Media Brings City Cheesesteaks to the Suburbs
A new cheesesteak restaurant and bar coming to Media Borough will feature a European-inspired design and serve beers from the Meyers Brewing Company in Fishtown, writes Lisa Dukart for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The owners of Pete’s Famous Pizza in Philadelphia are behind Jackson Street Steaks. It will open in September in the former New American…
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Learn About Possible Tax Advantages of a Life Care Community
While you were working, you had to live where your job required — and that meant paying the taxes your state imposed. Now that you’re retired, you may not be able to avoid taxes altogether, but there are strategies that can offer significant tax benefits. A good place to start is by considering the state…
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Hank’s Place Reopens in Old Chadds Ford Location on Tuesday
Hank’s Place in Chadds Ford has triumphed over flood waters and will reopen on Tuesday after a lengthy rebuilding, writes Laura Fay for CBS News Philadelphia. The reopening is timed with the restaurant’s 75th anniversary. Hank’s Place began as a roadside eatery in 1950. The business was purchased by Katie and Anthony Young in 2017.…
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