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Hotel of the Week: Home2 Suites by Hilton King of Prussia/Valley Forge
With 80 world-class hotels in Montgomery County, The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board spotlights the Home2 Suites by Hilton King of Prussia/Valley Forge as this week’s Hotel of the Week. Located just off I-76 in King of Prussia, the new all-suites hotel is within walking distance of the King of Prussia Mall, and within…
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State Rep. Daley Announces Preservation of Historic Highlands Mansion in Whitemarsh
State Rep. Mary Jo Daley who serves the 148th Legislative District has announced that the historicHighlands Mansion in Whitemarsh Township and its surrounding acreage has been transferred to the Highlands Historical Society as part of S.B. 1214, which Gov. Tom Wolf signed into law last month. Daley has long worked on transferring the historic site…
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Researchers Asking for Public’s Help In Locating and Controlling Spotted Lanternflies
Researchers from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel and the engineering department at the university are asking for the public’s help in creating a visual database of spotted lanternfly egg masses that can be found clinging to trees and vehicles, among other surfaces, writes Frank Kummer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Pictures sent in by…
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Discover Montco From Anywhere in the World with the VFTCB’s New Virtual Tour Platform
The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board has launched a virtual tour platform for both meeting planners and consumers to get to know Montco from all angles before they visit. Montco 360 is an immersive virtual tour platform that takes people inside some of the area’s best hotels, event venues, attractions, and more. The VFTCB…
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Norristown Veteran Meets Pen Pals Who Wrote to Him While He Was Serving in Vietnam
Army Veteran Ron Cavello of Norristown had a one-of-a-kind meeting with pen pals from his hometown who sent him letters while he was serving in Vietnam half a century ago, writes Beccah Hendrickson for 6abc. “I kept them,” said Cavello of the letters, “I put them up in my attic.” At that time, Patricia Gallagher…
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Area Man Launches Three-Day ‘Homeless Experience’ to Raise Money for Local Nonprofit
Downingtown resident Frank Nicolazzo recently launched a three-day “homeless experience” to raise awareness and funds for CityTeam, a Christian nonprofit in Chester that serves community members who are experiencing homelessness, poverty, hunger, and addiction, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Local News. Nicolazzo, who works as a support-service professional with The Arc of Chester County,…
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Toll Brothers Form New Joint Venture to Develop Luxury Apartment Community in Massachusetts
Horsham-based Toll Brothers is forming a new joint venture with PGIM Real Estate through its Toll Brothers Apartment Living rental subsidiary to develop a new luxury apartment community in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 525-unit The Laurent will have 426 market-rate units and 99 affordable units. The joint venture has secured a construction loan facility of $142…
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National Geographic: See How Montgomery County’s COVID Cases, Deaths Compares to Other Counties
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Montgomery County continues to rise, but the county still remains in the lower half compared to the rest of the state and nationwide, according to a map published by National Geographic. Since the coronavirus outbreak began, Montgomery County has recorded 24,495 confirmed cases causing 961 reported deaths. In…
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Montgomery County Reports Over 1,300 New Positive Cases of COVID-19 Over the Weekend
Montgomery County Montgomery County reported 1,306 new positive cases of COVID-19 over a three-day period, Saturday, Dec. 5 through Monday, Dec. 7, pushing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 23,921 countywide. There are currently 468 Montgomery County residents hospitalized due to severe COVID-19 symptoms. Of those 468 COVID-19 patients, 54 are on ventilators.…
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Pennsylvania Passes One of Least Restrictive Autonomous Delivery Robot Laws
In November, Pennsylvania passed one of the nation’s least restrictive laws that regulate the movement speed and weight of autonomous delivery robots, writes Ryan Deto for the Pittsburgh City Paper. The law was passed without Gov. Tom Wolf’s signature and mostly along partisan lines, with Republicans supporting it and Democrats opposing and calling it a…
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MCCC Partners with National Non-Profit to Connect Students with Needed Public Benefits
With the hardships many students are facing this year, Montgomery County Community College is taking an innovative approach to help students with housing, food, child care and other essential needs by collaborating with Benefits Data Trust. Headquartered in Philadelphia, BDT connects people in need to critical public benefits to help them afford food, healthcare, housing,…
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Young Genealogist Discovers Passion for Crime-Solving After Helping Local Police
After helping a Montgomery County police department solve a case, 19-year-old genealogist Eric Schubert has added crime-solving to the list of services provided by his business, ES Genealogy, writes George Woolston for the Burlington County Times. Schubert got interested in genealogy when he was eight. Eventually, he turned it into a business that helps families…
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Elias Surut Cohen of Wynnewood, Passionate Advocate for Elderly, Dies at 93
Elias Surut Cohen of Wynnewood, Pennsylvania’s first commissioner on aging and a passionate advocate for the elderly, died on November 24 at 93, writes Bonnie L. Cook for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Cohen was appointed the state commissioner for ageing issues for the Department of Public Welfare in 1956. He stayed in that position for 12…
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Haitian-born Designer Debuts Her Bridal Salon in Elkins Park
Haitian-born designer Madelange Laroche fulfilled her lifelong dream when she opened her bridal salon in Elkins Park, writes Kristen Schott for the Philadelphia Magazine. Madelange Laroche Bridal Design Studio had its grand opening on November 7, in the middle of the celebrations that broke out when Joe Biden was named President-elect. For Laroche, that was…
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Norristown Looking For Developer Proposal for Undeveloped Downtown Parcel
Montgomery County and Norristown officials are looking for developer proposals for ten adjoining tracts of undeveloped land in downtown Norristown, writes Payton Potter for the Patch. Last month Montgomery County Redevelopment Authority issued a request for proposal where it calls on real estate developers to “acquire, design, finance, construct, manage, and market” the infill site…
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Record Amount Raised for the Lourene and Jim Nevels Scholarship Fund to Support First-Gen Students
On Thursday, Nov. 12, over 270 viewers spanning two different countries and 15 states honored a very special couple from Swarthmore, Jim and Dr. Lourene Nevels, at Manor College’s Evening with Manor, Virtual Gala. The Nevels have been unbelievably generous to the Manor College Veterinary Technology Program, and it is because of their love of…
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Wynnewood Special Education Teacher Starts Nonprofit to Help Buy Groceries for Her Students
Merrissa Curtis, a special education teacher at St. Katherine’s Day School in Wynnewood, started the We All Smile nonprofit to help buy groceries for her students whose families were struggling during the pandemic, writes Beccah Hendrickson for 6abc. Curtis is a support teacher for children with autism. When the pandemic forced the school to close,…
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Be Here Brewing Celebrates First Anniversary with New Version of Its Flagship IPA
Be Here Brewing recently celebrated its first anniversary as the sole brewery in Avondale, writes Jen Samuel for the Daily Local News. “We would have loved to celebrate our anniversary with a full house of customers and live music,” said Dan Knabb, who co-owns the brewery with Maura Langley. “Of course, that wasn’t possible.” Instead,…
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