Glenolden News

Evening commuters at Suburban Station were no longer plagued by the snaking queues of riders who had been forced during the six-day SEPTA strike to switch from idled buses, trolleys, and subways to Regional Rail lines.

School officials at Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades said specialists will examine school policies on Monday following the electrocution death of a student during class at the school's power plant.

Prosecutors allege 37-year-old Lisa Butler wrote nearly three dozen checks to herself between November 2006 and December of last year while she was overseeing the money at the Briarcliffe Fire Company in Darby Township.

UPDATE: "TD Bank is not giving the full story to the media," says frustrated TD customer Shari Rathet of Newtown Square.

Thomas Shoemaker , market president; Dina Strand, Chester manager; and Sean O'Hara, retail market manager.

The mayor of a small Philadelphia suburb has resigned amid charges that he stole more than $78,000 from customers at a funeral home he owned.

Glenolden Mayor Theodore Bathurst, 68, was arrested last week. The Delaware County District Attorney's office says Bathurst defrauded customers over a nine-year period.

The mayor of Glenolden , Pa. is under arrest, accused of ripping off 20 families while he operated a funeral home there.

A suburban Philadelphia mayor is facing theft charges for allegedly bilking over $75,000 from customers of the funeral home he owned.

Share + Aug 21, 2009 7:34 pm US/Eastern GLENOLDEN The mayor of Delaware County town has surrendered to police after allegedly defrauding customers at his funeral home for nearly 10 years.

Delaware County Community Collegea s Municipal Police Academy recently awarded certificates to 36 program participants during a special commencement ceremony at the Malin Road Center in Broomall.

A local man held prisoner overseas is back home with his family. He was supposed to spend just a day and a half in Dubai, but now, after six and a half weeks, he says he's happy to finally be home.

A Delaware County man is stuck behind bars in the Middle East. He was on his way to Afghanistan to work for a security contractor when he was detained in Dubai.

The Darby SEPTA station welcomes travelers to the borough. Residents hope a new rec-center complex, which will cost $4.5 million, and a new supermarket will help revitalize the borough.

Before she allegedly assaulted two employees at her son's Delaware County elementary school, Lawanda Myrick walked into a school hallway and said that she was "probably going to jail today," according to police.

The young red-tailed hawks making their home atop the Franklin Institute have drawn quite a human following, turning Saturday's spectacular rescue of one of them into nothing short of a dramatic reality show - both on the street and via Twitter.

A noncustodial mother who wanted to take her child from a Delaware County school was arrested Thursday after she assaulted two Glenolden School officials, authorities said.

A 21-year-old man was shot twice at 61st Street and Elmwood Avenue, in Southwest Philadelphia, at about 12:30 a.m. yesterday, police said.

Police said Tuesday that a nun had her purse stolen March 31 from the Northeast Philadelphia school where she works.