Nemours Children’s Health, has agreed to an affiliation with Delaware County, PA neighbor Crozer Health.
This affiliation marks a step forward in advancing the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and pediatric cardiology services for young patients, including newborns requiring specialized care and children with cardiac conditions.
This new affiliation will provide patients with access to Nemours’ services, while...
Roadway expected to reopen within two weeks
President Joe Biden is at his home near Rehoboth Beach after a helicopter flyover of the now-closed section of I-95 in Philadelphia with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.
Shapiro had good news for motorists, including long-distance Delaware commuters and vacationers.
“I can state with confidence that we will have I-95 reopened within the next two...
Christiana Care Health System, Inc. and Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc. have called off an acquisition agreement for Crozer Health.
ChristianaCare and Prospect announced the signing of a Letter of Intent for ChristianaCare to acquire Crozer Health from Prospect on February 1. Crozer Health operates hospitals and health care centers and is the largest employer in Delaware County, PA.
"Since the...
My take: New Crozer CEO faces challenges as ChristianaCare merger looms
The merger process of ChristianaCare and Delaware County's Crozer Health had been in a quiet phase.
Then came news of Crozer getting a new CEO, the third in recent years. New CEO, Anthony Esposito, in a surprisingly candid interview with the Delco Times talked about the challenges of "stabilizing" the...
A class-action lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia after Wawa Inc. reported a data breach at its stores.
Wawa reported that the company found malware on its computer system that was capable of capturing credit card numbers of customers who used its point of sale terminals.
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The malware could have affected all point of sale terminals and...
Pilot Freight Services has moved into new global headquarters at 2 Braxton Way in Glen Mills, PA.
The building is about five miles north of the Delaware border. The privately held company has annual sales of about $800 million.
The new space, with 45,000 sq. ft. over one and a half floors, consolidates three separate divisions that were previously housed in...
State liquor laws are keeping Delaware out of the running for a planned Iron Hill brewery and taproom. Iron Hill is headquartered in Wilmington.
The company issued the following statement, following an interview with company President Kim Boerema by Forbes. Boerema confirmed via an email statement that 16-restaurant Iron Hill was planning a brewery in Pennsylvania.
"Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant...
Pay gains remain tiny, GlassDoor report indicates
The Philadelphia metro area showed the strongest growth among large metropolitan areas, based on the number of job openings, although pay gains remain modest.
The report came from GlassDoor , a popular website that keeps tabs on job openings and uses crowd-sourcing from current and ex-employees to rate the work environments of large and...
Expect to spend a few extra minutes when you stop at the neighborhood Wawa.
The convenience store giant will offer its annual free coffee day.
https://twitter.com/Wawa/status/1115955135606329345
Wawa has been growing rapidly, both in the number of stores and in its offerings in. a rapidly changing market that is looking for options beyond hoagies with Mediterranean bowls, catering, and even a limited edition coffee-infused...
WSFS Financial Corp. announced two items that will boost earnings in the third quarter.
“We are pleased with the progress we have made towards our previously discussed plan to recover the costs from the settlement disclosed in the first quarter of 2018. Consistent with those efforts, we continue to pursue the remaining remedies available to us for additional recoveries,” said Mark...
An affiliate of Roch Capital Inc. broke ground on the construction of a four-story 109-suite Home2 Suites by Hilton in Glen Mills, PA.
The hotel is expected to be completed by summer, 2019. Roch’s growing hotel portfolio will now has more than 1,700 rooms located in markets in Florida, Texas and Pennsylvania.
The Home2 Suites by Hilton hotel offers all-suite extended-stay accommodations to...
WSFS Financial and Beneficial Bancorp, Inc. signed an agreement that calls for the Wilmington financial services company to acquire the Philadelphia community bank in a $1.5 billion deal.
Beneficial, will merge into Wilmington-based WSFS Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of WSFS, creating the largest locally-headquartered (full-service) community bank in the Philadelphia area, with the sixth-largest deposit market share.
The combined banks...
Meredith Sullivan Chapman - a pioneer in the use of digital and social media at the University of Delaware and in the state media community - has died in a murder-suicide.
She was shot and killed by Jennair Gerardot of Wilmington.
The Chapman family issued the following statement:
"Meredith was a beacon of light to anyone who was fortunate enough to meet her....
WSFS Financial Corporation, Wilmington, reported net income of $37.4 million, compared to net income of $18.9 million, for the first quarter of 2017 and a net loss of $9.8 million for the final quarter of 2017.
The earnings performance led to the board to approve a 22 percent increase in the dividend. The dividend is up 57 percent from October 2017.
Net revenue was $105.2...
Southwest Airlines reported it is making progress in inspecting jet engines in its Boeing 737 700 and 800 fleet.
The inspections came after the failure of a jet engine that lost its cover and damaged the aircraft. One person was killed when a fragment punctured the window and pushed the victim part-way into the window as the jet lost cabin...