Nov02Mon
WSFS Bank Accepting Nonperishable Food Donations at Banking Locations for Fall Food Drive
WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As the holiday season approaches, WSFS Bank is encouraging its Associates, Customers and Communities to search their hearts, and their pantries, to donate nonperishable food items to provide meals to the food-insecure. WSFS banking locations in the state of Delaware; Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania; and Camdenand Burlington counties in New Jersey will be designated as convenient Community food deposit centers as part of the Bank’s annual Fall/Winter Food Drive.
The pandemic has exacerbated the need for food for many, with more than 54 million people estimated to be food insecure in 2020, according to Feeding America. The nationwide trend is no less concerning in our region, where the 2020 projected food insecurity rate in Delaware (17.8%) exceeds the nationwide projection (16.7%), with Pennsylvania (15.9%) and New Jersey (13.5%) not far behind.
Oct30Fri
Find local travel experiences in Ireland with a new digital directory
Called Go Wild Ireland, the platform was recently created by the Irish travel magazine of the same name, and aims to make it as seamless as possible for businesses to list their offerings online. With Ireland having just become the first European country to enter into a full lockdown for the second time this year, the platform will allow users to search for hotels, restaurants, points of interest and Irish companies selling food and drinks. Categories include accommodation, attractions, pottery and ceramics, independent retail stores and online fashion.
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New Lidl store gives shoppers glimpse of Dublin’s past
RTE
Shoppers at a new Lidl store in Dublin will get a unique insight into the city’s medieval past.
The remains of an 11th century house are clearly visible beneath a glass section of the floor of the store on Aungier Street in the city centre.
The sunken-floored structure was discovered during excavations of the site, close to Dublin Castle.
“It is a unique structure for Dublin,” said Paul Duffy from IAC Archaeology.
“I am sure it functioned as many things. As a house or as an extra space for the family.
“It is a domestic structure so you would have to imagine that there would have been a suburb here of Hiberno-Norse Dubliners who were effectively the ancestors of the Vikings,” he added.
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Oct27Tue
Thank you to our members who continue to support the Chamber through their membership, you make our mission possible!
Renewing members in October:
Individual Member
• Joseph & Lisa McGrath
• Ed Waters, Island Networks
• Dan Horan, Pizzazz Management II, LLC/Planet Fitness PA/MD/IL
• Joe Connolly, Abbington Investment Group, LLC
• Susan Stipa, McDay, a CGLife agency
• Kathleen Fahy, Irwin & Leighton, Inc.
• Siobhan O’Loughlin Reardon, Riverfront Associates, LLC
• Noel Fleming, Fleming Petenko Law
• Kate Brennan Ward, Ward Design
• Thomas Killeen, Toppan Merrill
