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More than 100,000 lights are about to twinkle in the heart of historic downtown West Chester as the borough launches Thanksgiving weekend deals for Chester County Hospital Lights Up Holiday Weekends in West Chester starting Black Friday, Nov. 27. “This year we’re encouraging people to set aside the endless scrolling,...
Forty years after its founding in West Chester, Golden Valley Farms Coffee Roasters is still a family business, writes Bill Rettew for The Daily Local News. John Sacharok, who previously helped build Wawa’s coffee program, started the company in 1986. His sister, Maryann Baldassarre, now leads Golden Valley. Two...
After four years in bankruptcy, Chester finally knows what it will take to get out. The answer is $45.7 million, and the man in charge of closing that gap said it can be done, reports Kenny Cooper for WHYY. “It’s challenging, but I also think it’s doable,” said Vijay Kapoor,...
Plymouth Meeting-based Inovio Pharmaceuticals has raised about $86 million to bring a medical first to market, writes John George for The Philadelphia Business Journal. The FDA approved its Voceryq on Oct. 30. Inovio says it is the first DNA medicine the agency has ever approved. The stock offering closed Nov....
Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania (November 12, 2026) — PGA of America Golf Professionals Braden Shattuck of Rolling Green Golf Club in Springfield, Pa., and Joanna Coe of Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa., have recaptured their respective titles of Philadelphia PGA Rolex / Haverford Trust Player of the Year and Women’s Player of the Year. This year marks the fifth consecutive year both Shattuck and Coe have received these honors.
Three Swarthmore alumni won races for public office in the 2026 midterm elections last Tuesday. Josh Green ’92 H’22 won a second term as governor of Hawaii, Phil Weiser ’90 became governor-elect of Colorado, and Will Lawrence ’13 won Michigan’s contested seventh Congressional District. All three ran as Democrats.
A new round of electric vehicle charging station funding was announced by commonwealth of Pennsylvania late last month. PennDOT announced it awarded grants totalling $37 million to 71 companies and local governments in Philadelphia as well as Montgomery, Bucks, Delaware and Chester counties. The grant recipients will install around 515 new charging ports in shopping centers, at apartment buildings and along street.