http://www.yourstreet.com/news/drexel-hill YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us UPPER DARBY – After saving roughly $6,000 by working the weekends at his father’s butcher shop in Ridley for more than three years, 17-year-old John Sullivan shocked his parent with what he bought: a year at Monsignor Bonner High School in Drexel Hill. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6717903/bonner-senior-finds-way-to-pay-his-tuition-bill Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:28:08 -0700 UPPER DARBY — Police continue to investigate the back-to-back home invasions within three days in the same Drexel Hill neighborhood. (see video at end of story) http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6704674/trio-nabbed-in-u-d-home-invasion Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:03:08 -0700 Jonelle Tomosky thought she was going to die. Early yesterday morning, she said, a 16-year-old boy climbed into her parents' Drexel Hill home through the bay window and stood over her with a revolver in his hand. He told her to lie on her stomach. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6704927/3-charged-in-upper-darby-home-invasion Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:01:08 -0700 Jonelle Tomosky thought she was going to die. Early yesterday morning, she said, a 16-year-old boy climbed into her parents' Drexel Hill home through the bay window and stood over her with a revolver in his hand. He told her to lie on her stomach. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6704974/3-charged-in-upper-darby-home-invasion Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:01:08 -0700 UPPER DARBY — Police are looking for a group of people who allegedly ransacked a house and terrorized a Drexel Hill couple for more than a hour early Monday morning. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6696089/police-home-invaders-terrorized-u-d-couple Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:22:08 -0700 They were held at gunpoint in the middle of the night. Then, their masked captors threatened the Drexel Hill couple with a butcher's knife. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6695643/4-sought-in-overnight-robbery-of-drexel-hill-couple Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:01:08 -0700 They were held at gunpoint in the middle of the night. Then, their masked captors threatened the Drexel Hill couple with a butcher's knife. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6695676/4-sought-in-overnight-robbery-of-drexel-hill-couple Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:01:08 -0700 UPPER DARBY — One of the two men who allegedly threatened tellers working side by side at a Drexel Hill bank in May before fleeing with more than $6,000 was ordered held for trial Friday in district court. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6685163/alleged-bank-robber-ordered-held-for-trial Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:59:08 -0700 DREXEL HILL — Of all the questions thrown at U.S. Rep. Joseph Sestak, D-7, of Edgmont, at Friday night’s town-hall meeting at Drexel Hill Baptist Church, Jim Lafferty’s may have been the most poignant. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6677154/church-packed-to-talk-about-health-care Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:33:08 -0700 UPPER DARBY — Seventeen years ago, Donald Strohl bought the four-bedroom, 21/2-bathroom house in the 400 block of Forrest Avenue in Drexel Hill by the trolley tracks for $174,500. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6658629/foreclosure-blues-man-claims-he-was-misled-by-those-he-hired-to-help Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:55:08 -0700 UPPER DARBY — A lone gunman hurdled over the estimated 5-foot high counter of the TD Bank in Drexel Hill before lunchtime Friday and ordered the tellers and customers to the floor at gunpoint. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6368164/u-d-cops-search-for-bank-robber Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:14:08 -0700 LINDA REILLY Times Correspondent UPPER DARBY — It wasn’t the first brush with the law for a Drexel Hill senior citizen charged with stealing $51,000 from her employer, Drexelbrook Associates, according to court records. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6329931/senior-facing-theft-charges-had-prior-arrest Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:34:08 -0700 UPPER DARBY — Though Philadelphia may be the birthplace of independence, Drexel Hill resident Micah “Wing Kong” Collins will be in Coney Island, N.Y., for the nation’s birthday, showing his patriotism in a unique way: Stuffing his face full of as many hot... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6264713/competitive-eater-hoping-to-be-the-top-dog Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:23:08 -0700 UPPER DARBY — Slow- down signs have been installed on a Drexel Hill street to remind motorists to drive with caution because of the number of children on the block. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6102925/drivers-warned-to-slow-down-in-upper-darby-neighborhood Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:36:08 -0700 UPPER DARBY — U.S. Marshals were instrumental in assisting police in capturing one of the robbers of a Drexel Hill bank. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6022877/suspect-nabbed-in-bank-robbery Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:39:08 -0700 UPPER DARBY — A man accused of a daring strong-arm robbery of a Wawa in Drexel Hill did himself in by bragging about the misdeed, according to police. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6003367/florida-man-charged-in-drexel-hill-wawa-robbery Fri, 29 May 2009 01:22:08 -0700 UPPER DARBY — Two men who held up a pair of Drexel Hill bank tellers working side by side and fled with $6,500 have been identified, police said. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5923364/cops-identify-bank-robery-suspects Tue, 19 May 2009 01:40:08 -0700 Maggie Walmsley was heading home from class at Cabrini College recently when her stepmother called with some graduation advice. "She told me, 'You can't mess with your future, because our insurance company has your information, and once you graduate, you're... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5869883/out-of-college,-out-of-coverage Sun, 10 May 2009 23:43:08 -0700 CLIFTON HEIGHTS — The sound of a horn beeping caught the attention of a Drexel Hill man who thwarted the abduction of a borough woman in broad daylight on Baltimore Avenue, police said. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5824244/good-samaritan-helps-thwart-abduction Tue, 05 May 2009 01:35:08 -0700 UPPER DARBY — Upper Darby School District and state officials held an information session for parents Wednesday addressing pertussis, or whooping cough, after eight cases were confirmed at Hillcrest Elementary School in Drexel Hill. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5785576/upper-darby-s-d-officials-try-to-calm-fears-about-pertussis-outbreak Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:18:08 -0700