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Former Eagles Wide Receiver Freddie Mitchell Comes Up Empty-handed After Ida Rescue
Former Eagles wide receiver Freddie Mitchell, whose house is along the Schuylkill River up on stilts, was in good spirits as he spoke with FOX 29’s Alex Holley and Mike Jerrick to talk about his first-hand experience quickly getting out of his Montgomery County house after Hurricane Ida flooded his area, and then having to…
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Montco Ranks in the Top Among Best Counties to Retire in Pennsylvania
Montgomery County is among the best counties in Pennsylvania where seniors can retire and find their own private paradise to retire and live out their golden years, according to a recently released ranking by Stacker. Stacker compiled the ranking of the best counties to retire in the Keystone State using data from Niche. This ranked…
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Former NBC10 Studio in Bala Cynwyd Finds Its New Owner
The former NBC10 television studio in Bala Cynwyd has been sold to an affiliate of Susquehanna International Group for an undisclosed amount, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The building with the 393 E. City Avenue address located at Monument Road was put up for sale by Comcast in 2017 as NBC prepared…
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VFTCB Kicks Off 7th Annual Freedom from Hunger Food Drive
The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board (VFTCB) kicked off its 7th Annual Valley Forge Freedom from Hunger Food Drive on September 1 to keep building awareness around hunger in Montgomery County. With the hope of continuing the success from last year’s campaign–and due to the continued public health pandemic and the Delta variant and…
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September 3rd COVID-19 Update: Over 200 New Cases Reported in Montgomery County
Montgomery County reported 272 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the last two days (September 2-3, 2021) bringing the total number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases to 63,360 countywide since March 7, 2020. There are currently 136 people hospitalized in Montgomery County hospitals due to severe COVID-19 symptoms. Of those COVID-19 patients, 15 people are on ventilators. There…
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Bryn Mawr’s Baldwin Head of School Talks Innovation Center, Pandemic Lessons
The Baldwin School, the all-girls pre-kindergarten through grade 12 Bryn Mawr institution, is following in the footsteps of its higher education counterparts by implementing high-end technology and concentrating on interdisciplinary learning, writes Lisa Dukart for the Philadelphia Business Journal. In August, the school broke ground on a multimillion-dollar Innovation Center. The new facility will be…
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Malvern Bank House of the Week: Ardmore Colonial with Golf Club Access is a 1920s Gem
This gorgeous Ardmore Colonial is located at 628 Overhill Road in Ardmore and listed for $819,000. It has 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and is 3,944 sq ft. It’s a beautiful, spacious 1920 stone home, located in the highly sought-after Merion Golf Manor, is full of antique charm. The property backs up to a scenic walking…
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Find a Target and Aim with Pottstown’s Splitting Edge Axe Throwing
Want to try something new to bring the family together, or perhaps a wacky team-building exercise? Enter this new trend. For about a year and a half now (notwithstanding the COVID-19 interruption), axe-throwing has been gaining popularity. With a group, teams get instruction on how to hold and throw axes towards the target on the…
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Montgomery County Residents Pull Together to Help One Another After Hurricane Ida Leaves Many Flooded and Without Power
After Hurricane Ida swept through yesterday and last night, Montgomery County has been left reeling, with floods, rising waters of the Schuylkill, and tornadoes last night. Luckily today Montgomery County residents have pulled together to help their friends and family. Saint Eleanor’s Parish in Collegeville motivated their parishioners to make over 100 sandwiches this morning…
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Want a Mobile Bar Cart At Your Wedding? Here Are Some of the Best in Montco & Chesco
Find the best mobile bar cart in the Philadelphia region, one that is guaranteed to liven up your wedding or any other celebration, can be found in the Montgomery and Chester county suburbs, according to Philadelphia Magazine. The Philly Yard Bar is run by Andy and Kerri Marin of Plymouth Meeting. This is not a…
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See Which Montco Cities Near Philadelphia Are the Easiest Places to Find a Job
Montgomery County is home to two of the five places near Philadelphia where it is easiest to find a job, according to a new report by www.movoto.com. Bala Cynwyd is about a 20-minute drive from the big city, which gives it easy access to many available jobs in the entire Metropolitan area of Philadelphia, especially…
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Inspired By Her Kids, Plymouth Meeting Mom Creates Improved Swaddle That Helps Babies Sleep Better
Inspired by her four daughters, all under four years old, Courtney Peters, a Plymouth Meeting resident, created an improved swaddle that helps babies sleep better, writes Holly Harrar for WFMZ 69 News. When she had twins, Peters realized she needed something better for her girls than the available swaddles. “My house was a well-oiled machine…
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Plymouth Meeting Quaker Congregation Helps Rescue Afghan Interpreter Who Worked with U.S. Forces for Years
After days of uncertainty, Plymouth Quaker Meeting members were happy to hear that an Afghan interpreter they were trying to rescue from Kabul has made his way to safety, writes Jeff Gammage for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Around 25 people gathered in Plymouth Meeting at the Meetinghouse on Sunday to express relief and gratitude for the…
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Unauthorized Biography Paints Andrew Wyeth in a New Light
Author W. Barksdale Maynard takes a fresh look at artist Andrew Wyeth in a new unauthorized biography. The portrait that emerges in Artists of Wyeth Country is one of the contradictions about the famous Chadds Ford artist. Maynard profiled his book for the Daily Local News. During his three years of research, the author discovered…
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Haverford School Students Create All-in-One College App FuzeMee
Chris Tsetsekos, a Haverford School student, co-created an all-in-one college app FuzeMee that helps students find friends, roommates, and events on their campus, writes Richard Gaw for the Chester County Press. Tsetsekos and his two Haverford School classmates Jon Krouse and David Graham realized there was a need for a social media platform for college…
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At Worcester Township Camp, Youth with Intellectual Disabilities Learn Skills They Need to Get Jobs
A camp in Worcester Township, which is run by Variety – the Children’s Charity of the Delaware Valley nonprofit, prepares youth with intellectual disabilities for the workforce, writes Beccah Hendrickson for 6abc. On a serene 77-acre site, young people learn many of the skills they need to be able to secure a job. “The idea…
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Watch MONTCO Today Honor the Inaugural 2021 Class of Montco Millennial Superstars
On August 18, the MONTCO Today and American Community Journals team members were so excited to welcome the inaugural class of MONTCO Millennial Superstars at the Awards Celebration Luncheon, held at Bald Birds Brewing in Audubon. Montco Today received over 250 nominations that highlighted the achievements of Mongtomery County millennials who are doing remarkable work…
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Arts Montco Week Lineup: Venues and Attractions
Arts Montco Week offers a series of festivities that will highlight Montgomery County, Pennsylvania’s over 200 arts and culture venues, which normally represent $100 million in positive economic impact, not to mention hundreds, if not thousands, of jobs. The county, which has hosted such prestigious international entertainment organizations like Cirque du Soleil, Big Apple Circus,…
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