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Conestoga Swim Club falls to Springfield but sets new relay record
In its final dual meet of the season Conestoga Swim Club lost to Springfield Swim Club, 203-273, July 20 but had five triple winners and set a new 200 meter freestyle relay record. The 14u boys relay team of Ben Roeltgen, Jace Barber, Liam Jones and Nick Roeltgen swam the...
New Jersey Wawa Sells for $6.5 Million
A brand-new convenience and fueling store that is linked in the minds of many with trips to the Jersey Shore has changed hands as a Wawa in Ocean County officially has new owners. Marcus & Millichap, a commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in investment sales, recently announced the sale...
Delco softball team heading to World Series for the first-time ever: "We're going to win it all"
NORWOOD, Pa. (CBS) -- A girls' softball team in Delaware County is headed to the Babe Ruth League World Series in Alabama. The Interboro Bucs 10U district team is on a historic championship run. Earlier this month, the team won the Babe Ruth Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship.The girls beat out the competition in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and New York to stamp their ticket to the Babe Ruth League World Series in Florence, Alabama.It's a "dream" for the girls heading to Alabama, but it didn't even exist two months ago. "From two months getting together, we formed this team, we worked hard, gained...
Enhancing the skills of drivers with medical conditions
Dennis Magrann, of DriveWell Rehab, was the guest speaker at last week’s Take Back Your Neighborhood meeting. Magrann has a background as an occupational therapist and more than 20 years experience as a driving rehabilitation specialist. He works with clients with medical issues such as stroke, neuropathy, amputation, spinal cord injury, concussions and head injury, Parkinson’s, paralysis and multiple sclerosis.
Paoli Student Headed Straight from Community College to Ivy League with Full Tuition Scholarship
Paoli's Chloe Johnson earns a full-tuition scholarship to attend the University of Pennsylvania, where she will pursue a bachelor’s degree. Paoli student Chloe Johnson has earned a full-tuition scholarship to attend the University of Pennsylvania, where she will pursue a bachelor’s degree, according to a staff report from The Daily Local News.
Trail opens in Fox Chase
The city Departments of Streets and Parks and Recreation, in partnership with SEPTA and Montgomery County, last week officially opened the city’s portion of the Fox Chase Lorimer Trail project with a ribbon-cutting event. The project included the construction of a 0.45-mile shared-use walking and bicycling trail, ranging from...
Nation’s first Black-owned swim club, based in Delco, continues to help young swimmers get their feet wet
Nile Swim Club in Delaware County, the country’s first Black-owned swim club, is continuing to help the next generation of swimmers make waves thanks to a donation from water utility company Aqua.
Coroner: Father, two children dead after Pennsylvania Turnpike crash
PENN TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Three people are dead after their car was involved in a crash with a tractor-trailer on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, state police said. The occupants of the car were confirmed to be a father and his two children, according to the Lancaster County Coroner's Office. The...
Storm Recovery Continues in Coatesville
If brush or branches have been removed from power lines and left on your property, you are responsible for clearing the debris. If you have experienced damage from the storm, please contact your insurance company. Also, please see the PECO FAQ page here: https://www.peco.com/outages/preparing-for-an-outage/outage-and-storm-faqs. Branches, limbs and yard waste can...
Peter Kosciewicz promoted to vice president of sales and marketing at WPSG
COATESVILLE, Pa. — Witmer Public Safety Group (WPSG) dba TheFireStore is delighted to announce the promotion of Peter Kosciewicz to the role of Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Peter joined WPSG in October 2008 as Chief Marketing Officer and has been a cornerstone of WPSG’s leadership team for over 15 years, driving significant growth and success in our e-commerce sales and marketing efforts.
‘Fired’: Controversy surrounds Christina School District as its longtime lawyer severs ties with its dysfunctional board
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. This story was supported by a statehouse coverage grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The troubled Christina School District could soon be left leaderless and without legal...
Preseason camp countdown: Who rises in remade secondary?
Partly by compulsion, partly by design, the Temple football team completely overhauled its defensive backfield this offseason. A couple of part-time starters are back and there's one less coach in the secondary. Coach Stan Drayton seems to be counting on the old saying: Less is more. In some cases, the...
Isolated storm chances throughout Tuesday in Philadelphia region, more rain on the way
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The week ahead in the Philadelphia region slips into a somewhat unsettled pattern. There will be several rounds of rain through Thursday night as well as very high humidity levels with dewpoints in the 70s -- meaning there will be lots of available moisture for these storms to work with.The chance for rain will taper off a bit for a good portion of the day on Tuesday before ramping back up later in the night and Wednesday. While it won't rain all day, locally heavy showers are likely in spots through Thursday when we'll have the best chance...
PHL Airport: Nasty weather Monday creating storm of delays
With over 100 flights delayed and more than a dozen cancelled, folks at the Philadelphia International Airport are dealing with stressful travels due to weather and the aftermath of last week's CrowdStrike outage.
Ex-Philadelphia police officer sentenced to at least 8 years in shooting death of 12-year-old boy
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A fired Philadelphia police officer who pleaded guilty to murder in the shooting of a fleeing 12-year-old boy was sentenced Monday to at least eight years in prison. Edsaul Mendoza, a five-year veteran of the force who was fired a week after the shooting in 2022, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder in […]
Reading City Council to consider regulating the manufacturing, use of ghost guns
READING., Pa. – During its committee-of-the-whole meeting Monday night, Reading City Council heard a presentation on a proposal to adopt an ordinance to regulate the manufacturing of ghost guns. Brandon Flood, the deputy director of government affairs for Ceasefire PA, made a presentation recommending that council adopt an ordinance...
Baraka wants equity to be the ‘north star’ of state budget, proposes tax cuts for poor and middle class, huge tax hikes for wealthiest N.J. residents
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is pledging to reimagine the New Jersey state budget with equity as its guiding principal if he wins next year’s governor’s race, promising to raise taxes on the state’s highest earners and positioning himself as the furthest left in a burgeoning field of Democratic candidates.
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