Wallingford
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After Closing in Philadelphia, Popular Restaurant Finds New Life in Wallingford
The popular Philadelphia restaurant Fond, which closed in 2021 after 12 years in East Passyunk, has found a new life in Wallingford, following its patrons to the suburbs, writes Jason Sheehan for Philadelphia Magazine. The newest version of Fond opened in October last year. Chef Lee Styer is once again making all of the favorites,…
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Rose Valley Chorus and Orchestra Sets Sail in Its Final Week of Pirates of Penzance
The Rose Valley Chorus and Orchestra’s (RVCO) fall production, The Pirates of Penzance, enters its final week with shows Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 2 at 2 and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, Nov. 3 at 2 p.m., at Strath Haven Middle School in Wallingford. The Gilbert and Sullivan favorite offers family fun…
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Rose Valley Chorus and Orchestra Sets Sail With The Pirates of Penzance
The Rose Valley Chorus and Orchestra (RVCO) will hoist the sails and lift the anchor for its fall production, The Pirates of Penzance, beginning this Saturday, Oct. 26, at Strath Haven Middle School in Wallingford. The Gilbert and Sullivan favorite promises family fun — with plenty of action for children and satiric comedy about the…
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Wallingford Home for Sale: Six Bedrooms, Wide Deck, Bomb Shelter
A one-of-a-kind Prairie-style mid-century modern Wallingford home is for sale, writes Sandy Smith for Philadelphia Magazine. The style is a pinch of Mies van der Rohe and a dash of Frank Lloyd Wright at 100 Brent Drive. And there’s a 1962 bomb shelter on the ground floor. The main floor of this Wallingford home has…
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Wallingford Homeowners Shocked to Find They Only Owned Half of Their Yard
When the O’Connors tried to sell their Wallingford home this past September, they were stunned to discover they only owned half of their yard, writes Michaelle Bond for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The buyer’s title company found two parcels of land at the property. In the 1960s, a previous owner bought one parcel, then bought the…
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Wallingford Twin Brothers Go Global With Grandmother’s Marinara Sauce
The Vesper Brothers had a pasta sauce recipe for success. So what could go wrong? Plenty, apparently, but in the end, Bill and John Vesper, twin brothers from Wallingford, triumphed, writes Lisa Dukart for Philadelphia Business Journal. When they first started their marinara sauce business, Vesper Bros. Foods, could only turn out 12 jars per hour.…
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Public Relations Success Phoebe Resnick of Wallingford Dies at 85
Phoebe Resnick of Wallingford, a writer and a public relations/marketing success, died Sept. 25 at 85, writes Gary Miles for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Formerly of Broomall, she was the former head of public information at the University of Pennsylvania’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, known as the Penn Museum. In the 1970s, she was the…
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Having Been Teased for His Sport as a High-Schooler, Fencer from Delco Now Has the Last Laugh
Wallingford native Jake Hoyle took a different path to the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, writes Mike Sielski for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Hoyle’s personal coach, Aladar Kogler, calls his Olympic qualification a miracle, showing just how talented he is. Fencing practitioners usually enter the sport at age 8 or 9. But the 27-year-old never even heard…
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