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Merck’s Cancer Antibody Granted Another Approval by FDA
Merck, the pharmaceutical giant with sizable operations in West Point, has received another approval for its blockbuster cancer antibody Keytruda, writes Mark Terry for BioSpace. The Food and Drug Administration approved the checkpoint inhibitor combined with Genentech’s Herceptin and fluoropyrimidine-containing and platinum-containing chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of advanced gastric cancer. The drug was approved…
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MCCC’s Launching Women Leaders Event Prepares Female Students for the Workplace
When navigating the job market and workplace, women often face significant challenges including gender stereotypes surrounding appearance and leadership abilities, income inequality, and a lack of female role models. Enter the Women Leaders event! To help female students address these hurdles and others, Montgomery County Community College held a virtual symposium, Launching Women Leaders 2021.…
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Narberth-based Wonderspring’s CEO Doing the Right Thing for Kids Amid Pandemic
Zakiyyah Boone, CEO of Narberth-based Wonderspring Early Education, is determined to do the right thing for kids as the childcare industry finds itself at a pandemic-induced crossroads, writes J.F. Pirro for the Main Line Today. Wonderspring is a nonprofit organization providing tuition-free learning programs for local families. But with the prolonged shift to stay-at-home, the…
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Open Tourism and Hospitality Positions in Montgomery County
Tourism and hospitality are a big business in Montgomery County. The tourism industry in Montco supports more than 25,000 jobs. That’s more than 4% of all jobs in Montgomery County supported by tourism. Visitors to Montgomery County spend more than $1.65 billion. There are many open jobs in Montgomery County, Pa. Companies are looking for qualified individuals to fill these roles. Browse…
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Chlorine Shortage Threatens Summer Pool Parties in Montgomery County
Being stuck at a home has triggered a backlog of orders for swimming pools, with a scarcity of chlorine. But now, a shortage of chlorine tablets may limit summer plans to swim in your own backyard, writes Mat Petrillo for CBS Local. At Leslie’s Pool Supplies in Montgomeryville, they can only allow customers to buy…
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Local Grad Beefs Up His Business with 11 New Franchise Locations
Nick Filet, the filet mignon sandwich chain, is expanding with 11 new franchise locations, writes Kennedy Rose for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Great Valley High School graduate Nick Kline and his father, Keith, own the fast-food restaurants. The expansion sites are in Texas and Florida. The first location outside Pennsylvania will open in Orlando later…
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Explore All the Fun in the Sun This May in Montgomery County
There are tons of exciting things to do this May in Montgomery County. Here are some of our favorites at the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board. Please review guidelines provided by individual event organizers for safety precautions and standards before attending. 48th Annual Yellow Springs Art Show5.1 – 5.23 | Historic Yellow Springs Join…
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May 8 Update: ZIP Codes Where COVID-19 Has Spread the Most and The Least in Montgomery County
The number of new COVID-19 cases in Montgomery County has been decreasing, write Sean Adams and Megan Lavey-Heaton for the Harrisburg Patriot-News. Here is the May 8 update for the spread of COVID-19. Pennsylvania is set to lift coronavirus restrictions on Memorial Day, 2021. The latest data compiled by the Pennsylvania Department of Health highlights the cases…
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‘Crush the Commonwealth’ Takes Bikers on Ride From Pittsburgh through Montco with No Prizes, Few Rules
The Crush the Commonwealth ride gets bikers to jump on their bicycles and pedal their way from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia – passing through Montgomery County on the way – with no prizes as incentives and very few rules, writes Buffy Gorrilla for the WHYY. The event prides itself on having “No” as its keyword. “No…
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Nominate a MONTCO Millennial Superstar!
We currently have 150 amazing Montgomery County nominees who are breaking down walls, shattering expectations, and doing remarkable work in his or her profession or community. MONTCO Millennial Superstars will identify these Montgomery County dynamic business and professional leaders under the age of 40*. Then, we’ll celebrate them with an Awards Celebration Luncheon, commending 40…
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Two Montco Eateries Among Best Spots for Outdoor Dining in Philly Region
Warm weather is getting diners out in droves and those who feel like dining alfresco have several local spots that are among the best in the Philadelphia region, writes Alex Tewfik for Philadelphia Magazine. Avram Hornik, known for being the mastermind behind nearly every popular open-air restaurant in Philadelphia, has entered the Main Line market…
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Tower Health’s Expansion Plan Was to Purchase Hospitals, Including Pottstown; Now Entire System Up For Sale
In early 2016, Tower Health—then called Reading Health System—was considering using the cash it had on hand to build two small local hospitals for $170 million in an effort to defend its core market and utilize its expansion plan, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. That was part of a larger $350 million strategic…
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Major Land Development Projects Currently Underway in Horsham, Lower Makefield
Two major land developments are currently underway in neighboring Montgomery and Bucks counties, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Toll Brothers has purchased the former Limekiln Golf Club in Horsham. It’s from a joint venture between Matrix Development Group and Envision Land Use for $42.8 million. The transaction followed the successful completion of…
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Montgomery County is Home to Eight Out of 50 Best High Schools in PA
Montgomery County is home to eight out of the fifty best high schools in Pennsylvania, according to a new ranking by U.S. News & World Report. To determine the rankings for its 2021 Best High Schools in Pennsylvania list, U.S. News & World Report ranked schools performance across six indicators of school quality, including college…
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Forbes: Gambling Instincts Helped Bala Cynwyd’s Jeff Yass Create a Global Trading Powerhouse
Bala Cynwyd’s Jeff Yass has managed to parlay his past in professional poker and horse race handicapping into a whopping $12 billion fortune with his gambling instincts, writes Antoine Gara for Forbes. Yass is the co-founder and head of Susquehanna International Group, the global trading powerhouse. Last year, Susquehanna’s quants traded around 1.8 billion stock…
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Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board Celebrates National Travel & Tourism Week’s “Power Of Travel”
The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board (VFTCB) welcomed 100 attendees at the beautiful Bluestone Country Club for the organization’s first in-person, all-outdoor event in over a year to promote tourism and national travel in the county and highlight the board’s 2021 strategic initiatives. Socially distanced and wearing masks, the group celebrated U.S. Travel’s National…
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Fore! Ardmore Golf Course Hits Top 100 in U.S. List, 1 Makes Top 10
Two local golf courses have made Golf Digest’s 2021 list of “America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses” and one of them is in the top 10, writes Ryan Sharrow for Philadelphia Business Journal. Merion Golf Club’s East Course placed sixth on the prestigious list, preserving its ranking from last year. The famed Haverford course has hosted…
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Here or There? Employees, Employers Disagree on Remote Work, Says Radnor Recruiter
A Radnor executive search firm says employers and employees have very different views on remote work in a post-pandemic world, writes Jeff Blumenthal for Philadelphia Business Journal. About 80% of executive-level employees want to work remotely or in a hybrid model. But 70 % of corporate human resources professionals think employees should only be doing…
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