Devon News

With the state poised to pull the plug over alleged mismanagement, an online charter school based in Devon is fighting back in not just one court, but three.

RISMEDIA, June 19, 2009-Fox & Roach Charities, the charitable arm of Prudential Fox & Roach, REALTORS? headquartered in Devon, PA, was listed #23 on the Top 25 Corporate Charitable Contributors in the May, 2009 Philadelphia Business Journal .

Ita s finally done: Episcopal Academy has completed the sale of its Devon, Pa., campus to Delaware County Christian School.

The Pennsylvania Department of Education is threatening to revoke a school's charter over a management contract with a company owned by its founder.

East Resources, Inc. , a privately-owned oil and natural gas exploration and development company based in Pennsylvania, announced today that it has received a significant investment from private equity funds of global investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

FROM vest-pocket urban green spaces to colossal Edens like Longwood, the former du Pont property that sprawls over 1,050 acres, the Philadelphia area is laden with public gardens .

McLain Ward and Sapphire win the Budweiser Grand Prix of Devon for his sixth time in front of a packed house at the 2009 Devon Horse Show.

Rachel Bateman Falcone, 85, passed away Friday, May 22, 2009, at The Wesley Village in Pittston, Pa.

Among the many exciting family activities scheduled in the region this Memorial Day weekend is the start of the 2009 Devon Horse Show on the Mainline.

William Wasser, Maurice K. Goddard State Park manager, at the Hill No. 1 well head, which is just off the bike trail along the shores of Lake Wilhelm.

The state Department of Education has stopped making payments to the Agora Cyber Charter School, which is based in Devon, Chester County, but serves students throughout the state.

The Pennsylvania Department of Education yesterday filed suit against Agora Cyber Charter School in Devon, alleging fraud and breach of fiduciary responsibility by its board of trustees.

On a recent afternoon, nine women gathered in a family room in Devon - reminiscing, reflecting, occasionally giggling.

Kevin Bacci will serve work release for his role in the beating. Kevin Bacci was sentenced to work release, probation and restitution for his role in the December 2007 beating of a Geno's Steaks employee.

I wanted to be prepared before I dropped by the new reading program at Gesu School.

"If a group of Christians went and tried to blow up a building, you wouldn't see people accusing all Christians of being terrorists." Omar, 20, lives in Collegeville, Pa., and commutes to Cabrini College.

The Pennsylvania Department of Education is investigating the finances of Agora Cyber Charter School in response to parents' complaints, becoming the third government agency reviewing operations at the Devon-based school.

Fitch Ratings has initiated coverage and assigned a 'BBB+' Issuer Default Rating to EQT Corporation .

The Pennsylvania Coalition of Charter Schools is preparing a code of ethics for charter operators to address allegations of financial impropriety and mismanagement that have surfaced at charters in the ...

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