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Ambler Yards to Welcome New Restaurant from The Pizza Box Owners This Fall
The owners of The Pizza Box are planning to open a new restaurant at Ambler Yard this fall called The Lunch Box, writes Kevin Tierney for the Around Ambler. The new eatery will serve a variety of sandwiches, salads, hot and cold platters, and a selection of Italian specialties. “The Lunch Box will be a…
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Horsham-based Bimbo Bakeries USA Expand Their Local Presence with Sales Center in Conshohocken
Horsham-based Bimbo Bakeries USA has opened its new sales center in Conshohocken that will serve as the main distribution point for the mid-Atlantic region for 12 of the company’s brands, writes Kevin Tierney for More Than The Curve. The new 71,218-square-foot sales center, located at 100 Academy Drive, will employ 190 associates. It replaces the…
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Renowned Track Coach from Spring City Finds Inspiration to Produce EP with Famous Songwriter
Spring City resident Joe Puleo — an esteemed track-and-field coach, author, and lyricist — has joined forces with singer and producer Ken Stringfellow, who worked with The Posies and R.E.M., on a five-song EP titled Ten Years To Home: Ken Stringfellow Imagines Puleo, writes Eugene Zenyatta for Philadelphia Weekly. Puleo, who founded the Philadelphia Running…
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Blue Bell-based Myota Raises $3.65M in Financing Round
Blue Bell-based Myota has raised $3.65 million in a financing round led by PACA Ventures, writes Kennedy Rose for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The cybersecurity startup is planning to use the funds to boost its growth and “expand the market impact” of its software-as-a-service cybersecurity product, according to Steve Wray, CEO of Myota. PACA Ventures…
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CNN: Narberth-based Wonderspring Early Education Struggles to Find Employees Amid Childcare Worker Shortages
Childcare centers nationwide, including Wonderspring Early Education in Narberth, are forced to work under full capacity amid a shortage of childcare employees, reports Vanessa Yurkevich for CNN. Childcare workers, or teachers, as they are called at Wonderspring, are 98 percent women and almost 50 percent people of color. They are paid poverty-level wages to watch…
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Huntingdon Valley Woman Graduates from Arcadia University at 74
Marlene Sokolow, of Huntingdon Valley, who used to work as the executive assistant to Harold Katz when he owned the 76ers, has graduated from Arcadia University at 74, writes Susan Snyder for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Sokolow had been waiting to graduate for over three decades. She started her education at Arcadia in 1990 when it…
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Just in Time for Summer: Delco Golf Clubs Made Forbes Top 20 List of Most Exclusive
Not even money can get you into these Platinum exclusive golf clubs, writes Jim Dobson for forbes.com. And two of them are in Delaware County. Platinum Club status represents the highest standard of excellence worldwide. Merion Golf Club in Haverford Township made the list. The Club started in 1896 when the Merion Cricket Club opened a…
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Enjoy an Outdoor Performance at Pennypacker Mills and Meet Alice Paul, Suffragette
Alice Paul was a vocal leader of the twentieth century women’s suffrage movement. She advocated for and helped secure passage of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which granted women the right to vote. While many women’s groups focused on state-by-state efforts, Alice Paul believed that lobbying Congress and working for a federal law…
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Hopes for Norristown’s Revival Grow As Montco Breaks Ground on New $415M Justice Center
The Montgomery County Commissioners, joined by the Honorable President Judge Thomas Del Ricci and Norristown Municipal Council President Derrick Perry, broke ground on the Montgomery County Justice Center, a landmark project for the County campus and the Municipality of Norristown. Constructing a new, modern County justice center, completely renovating the existing historic courthouse facility, and…
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Why We Love Wawa—Hoagies and Beer: Check Out the New Stadium Store That Sells Beer
Never one to rest on its laurels, Wawa has moved on from its spotlight moment on Mare of Easttown to announce its first-ever stadium store within Philadelphia’s city limits that will sell beer, writes Stephanie Farr for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The store, at 2600 Penrose Avenue, is less than two miles from the South Philly…
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Rep. Madeleine Dean Says No to Senate Run, Leaving Montco’s Val Arkoosh as Only Woman in Democratic Party’s 2022 Senate Lineup
Congresswoman Madeleine Dean decided against running for Senate 2022 and plans instead to focus on building her career in the house, writes Jonathan Tamari for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “After talking a lot with my family, with my team with my political side, I’ve decided I won’t be running for Senate for now,” said Dean. She…
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Pandemic-era Hit ‘Dave’ Starring Cheltenham’s Dave ‘Lil Dicky’ Burd Ready for Second Season Success
Dave, the FXX show created by Cheltenham’s Dave Burd, where he fictionalizes his rise in hip-hop as Lil Dicky, became a true pandemic-era hit thanks to the unexpected combination of its crude humor, poignant moments on mental health, acceptance, and Burd’s privilege within a Black art form, writes Timothy Bella for The Washington Post. Now,…
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Montco Native Chris Matthews Offers Firsthand Account of Major Political Events in New Book
Montgomery County native Chris Matthews, former host of Hardball with Chris Matthews on MSNBC, offers a firsthand account of the major political events of the last half-century in his new book, This Country: My Life in Politics and History, writes Charlotte Alter for The Washington Post. These events are interspersed with snippets from his own…
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VFTCB Guide to All Things Montgomery County—Shop, Play, Stay, Dine, Visit
The guide to all things Valley Forge and Montgomery County is here! Check out the new Visitors Guide brought to you by the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board. When visitors open the guide, they’ll be opening a world of adventure. Montgomery County has something for everyone. Montco is full of rich history, and it is…
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June 15 COVID-19 Update: Numbers Plummet in Montgomery County; Over 11.2 Million Vaccinations to Date in PA
Montgomery County reported 54 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the last seven days (June 9-15th) bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 59,135 countywide since March 7, 2020. There are currently 25 people hospitalized in Montgomery County hospitals due to severe COVID-19 symptoms. Of those COVID-19 patients, 4 are on ventilators. There are zero new…
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Jenkintown’s Abington Friends School Students Build Critical Skills With Year-Long Social Justice Curriculum
This school year at Abington Friends School, Keisha Hirlinger, the Lower School music teacher, transitioned to co-teach a class of fourth-grade students with colleague Michelle Podulka. Michelle is the Technology and Library Specialist for the Lower School. The pair are a dynamic duo and display mutual respect, gained from working closely together for several years…
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This Nearby Delco Town is the 6th Best Place to Retire in the U.S., Study Says
There’s a Philadelphia suburb right here in Delaware County that’s already recognized as a great place to retire in Pennsylvania. Now, SmartAsset has ranked Media Borough as the sixth-best place to retire in the United States, reports CBS3staff. Media fell just after Farmington, MI in fifth-place and before Westlake Village, CA, which came in seventh.…
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St. Gabriel Hall Instructor and Jamison Camp Director Passes, Leaving a Legacy of Youths He Promised to ‘Put in a Better Place’
Editor’s Note: I attended Camp Neumann in the 90s, and Stephen M. Taylor and Mary Ellen were amazing camp directors and genuinely caring, awesome people. The friendships I made at age 11-14 have carried on to this day. Steve will be greatly missed by his Camp Neumann campers and friends. The career of Jamison’s Stephen M. Taylor…
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