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Lower Merion School District Starts Gradual Return of Students to Classrooms
With Montgomery County incident and positivity rates creating a window of opportunity, Lower Merion School District has decided to begin the gradual return of students to classrooms, writes Jaclyn Lee for 6abc. As part of the hybrid in-person schooling model, the schools are first welcoming back kindergarteners, with grades one to three scheduled for the…
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Hotel Hero: Aazheé Chapman, Sales Coordinator
The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board recognizes Aazheé Chapman, Sales Coordinator at the Homewood Suites Horsham, as this week’s Hotel Hero. Nominated by Katelynn Weaver, Director of Sales and Marketing, Chapman joined the hotel’s pre-opening team in June 2019 as a sales coordinator and has proven to be an instrumental part of the hotel’s…
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Montgomery County Community College Will Host Fall Open House Online
Montgomery County Community College will host two virtual 2020 Fall Online Open House events beginning Tuesday, Oct. 20, from 3PM. to 5PM and again on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 10AM to 12PM. During each open house, students will have the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of event programming, panels and presentations to learn about…
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33 New Positive Cases of COVID-19 Reported in Montgomery County, 1 New Death
As of Wednesday Sept 30, Montgomery County reported 33 new positive cases of COVID-19, according to the county’s COVID-19 website. The county reported 249 new coronavirus infections over the previous seven days, and 518 new cases over the last two weeks, 82 fewer cases than were reported during the previous 14-day period. Montgomery County’s 14-day count…
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Narberth’s Madame Fromage Completes Her Mission to Try Every Cheese Di Bruno Bros. Offers
Tenaya Darlington, a St. Joseph’s University English professor who moved to Narberth fifteen years ago from Wisconsin, has completed her mission to try all 350 kinds of cheeses Di Bruno Bros. has to offer, writes Jenn Ladd for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “My Wisconsin neighbors told me, ‘When you get homesick for cheese, go to this…
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Philadelphia Magazine: Enjoy a Day of Hiking or Exploring at Valley Forge National Historical Park
Situated on 3,452 sprawling acres and with 35 miles of trails, Valley Forge National Historical Park is an ideal place for a day of hiking or exploring, writes Christine Speer Lejeune for the Philadelphia Magazine. In addition to its stunning nature, the park has enormous historic importance as the place where George Washington and the…
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Kate Winslet, M. Night Shyamalan Series Resume Filming in Area
Two series have resumed shooting in Delaware County after the pandemic shut down production in the spring. Actress Kate Winslet returned to the Aston area this week to finish filming her HBO series, “Mare of Easttown,” reports Hugh E. Dillon for phillychitchat.com. The story follows small-town Pennsylvania detective, played by Winslet, who investigates a murder…
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Local Realtors Get Creative in Hopes of Gaining Listings amid Record Low Inventory
Local realtors are becoming creative in their efforts to get more people to take advantage of a historic seller’s market amid record-low inventory, writes Sandy Smith for the Philadelphia Magazine. Even though 10,812 new listings were posted in the Greater Philadelphia market in July, Bright MLS data shows that it would take just two months…
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46 New Positive Cases of COVID-19 Reported in Montgomery County, No New Deaths
As of Tuesday Sept 29, Montgomery County reported 46 new positive cases of COVID-19, according to the county’s COVID-19 website. The county reported 259 new coronavirus infections over the previous seven days, and 518 new cases over the last two weeks, 82 fewer cases than were reported during the previous 14-day period. Montgomery County’s 14-day count…
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LAST CHANCE to Donate to VFTCB Freedom from Hunger Food Drive
Today is the last day to donate to The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board’s sixth annual Freedom from Hunger Food Drive, the campaign that builds awareness around hunger in Montgomery County. Due to COVID-19, this year’s drive has taken place solely online with a goal of collecting 15,000 pounds of food throughout the month…
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Co-Founder of The Discovery Labs in King of Prussia is One of Region’s Power Women 2020
Audrey Greenberg, co-founder of The Discovery Labs, a sprawling life sciences complex in King of Prussia, is one of the Philadelphia region’s Power Women 2020, writes Lisa Dukart for the Main Line Today. The Discovery Labs complex totals more than 1.6 million square feet and provides biotech startups with more than enough space to effectively…
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Arcadia University Class of 2024: Forensic Science Major and Drag Racer Bailie Zepp
As part of a new “Meet the Class” series, Arcadia University has been highlighting new students in the Class of 2024 each week. This week’s student feature is Bailie Zepp, a drag racer from Hanover who holds three National Hot Rod Association junior racing records: most money won, most wins in a row, and most…
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FDA Places Clinical Hold on Plymouth Meeting’s Inovio’s COVID-19 Vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration has placed a clinical hold on Plymouth Meeting-based Inovio Pharmaceuticals’ COVID-19 vaccine, writes Justin Heinze for the Yahoo!News. The hold – which is applicable to the Phase 2 and 3 trials but not Phase 1 – is due to concerns the FDA has with the “Cellectra” device that has to…
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ArcelorMittal Sells Historic Conshohocken Steel Mill
Ohio-based Cleveland-Cliffs has agreed to buy ArcelorMittal USA’s 19 steel mills and iron mines, including the plants in Conshohocken and Coatesville, for $1.4 billion, writes Joseph DiStefano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. This purchase, together with several other acquisitions, will transform Cleveland-Cliffs into the largest flat-rolled steelmaker in North America, with 25,000 employees and $17 billion…
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Bala Cynwyd-Based Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation to Merge with Florida-Based Childhood Cancer Nonprofit
Bala Cynwyd-based Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation will merge with I Care I Cure, a Florida-based nonprofit, to jointly continue their battle against childhood cancer, according to The NonProfit Times. The two organizations have previously partnered to fund 24 cutting-edge research projects. “We are seeing more of this consolidation of nonprofits within the childhood cancer community,…
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Narberth School Teacher Created Over 260 Lessons for Students During Quarantine
Erin Rooney, who teaches kindergarten at Saint Margaret School in Narberth, created more than 260 lessons for her students during the quarantine, writes Lisa Dukart for the Main Line Today. When Rooney got the news on March 12 that Pennsylvania schools would be closing due to the pandemic, the whole experience seemed surreal. So she…
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92-Year-Old Huntingdon Valley Artist Recreates Eiffel Tower Using Wine Corks
Despite fighting leukemia, Walter Deuschle, a 92-year-old Huntingdon Valley artist, is always up for a challenge, writes Grace Dickinson for The Philadelphia Inquirer. His latest project was a 7-and-a half-foot-tall Eiffel Tower he recreated using 2,000 wine corks. The project took nine months to complete. In that time, Deuschle used a Swiss Army knife to…
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Haverford School Teacher Named One of Main Line Today’s Top Teachers
Brendon Jobs, Haverford School Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and one of the top teachers for 2020, made sure to bring the school’s affinity groups online after classes went virtual in spring due to the coronavirus pandemic, writes Lisa Dukart for the Main Line Today. Jobs teaches “Modern Black Lives” as an elective course…
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