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Back to School: Chestnut Hill College Announces Full Return To Campus For Fall 2021 Semester
Chestnut Hill College has announced that it plans to fully re-open its campus with in-person, on-campus learning for the Fall 2021 semester, scheduled to start in late August. Under the leadership of its COVID-19 Task Force, the College’s decision follows a comprehensive review of the latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
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Distinguished Golf Club in Lafayette Hill To Be Acquired by Union League of Philadelphia
The renowned Ace Club in Lafayette Hill has been put under agreement by the Union League of Philadelphia, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. This pending acquisition of the 18-hole Gary Player-designed golf course and conference facility will further expand the Union League’s real estate holdings in New Jersey and Greater Philadelphia. The…
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Philadelphia’s Commute Congestion Among Worst Worldwide Despite Pandemic-related Reductions in Traffic
The average driver in the Philadelphia region spent fewer hours stuck in traffic due to the pandemic, but the area still remained amongst the most congested ones in the world in 2020, write Adam Sichko and Kennedy Rose for the Philadelphia Business Journal. According to a recently released Global Traffic Scorecard from Inrix, a transportation…
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Einstein Healthcare Physician Assistant Rebrands Herself as Wellness Kitchenista Amid Pandemic
Jessica DeLuise, a physician assistant at Einstein Healthcare in Conshohocken, rebranded herself as the Wellness Kitchenista during the pandemic to help others eat healthier, writes Melissa Jacobs for Main Line Today. As the coronavirus began spreading, DeLuise noticed that many of her patients were asking her about various supplements to stave off the virus. While…
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Abington Friends School Center for Experiential Learning Immerses Students in Real-Life Experiences
At Abington Friends School, finding the best ways to educate, mentor and support their students is essential, and they are leaders in creating experience-based learning. This kind of learning imparts knowledge to students because they are deeply involved in the lessons, which also results in being more useful to the students in the real world.…
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Five Montco Difference-Makers Among Ten Everyday Heroes Making Impact on Region
Five difference-makers from Montgomery County are among ten everyday heroes who are leaving their lasting mark on the region, according to a staff report from Main Line Today. Rev. Carolyn C Cavaness is the first female pastor in the 125-year-long history of Bethel AME Ardmore Church. With the church’s community garden and 30-ish at-home versions,…
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SEPTA’s Regional Rail Chestnut Hill West Line Back in Business
Regular riders who were worried that SEPTA’s Regional Rail Chestnut Hill West Line might not come back after being suspended nearly a year ago due to the pandemic can breathe a sigh of relief, writes Thomas Fitzgerald for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The rail line resumed weekday service on Monday. Trains are scheduled to run between…
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March 20 Update: ZIP Codes Where COVID-19 Spread the Most and Least in Montgomery County
The number of new COVID-19 cases in Montgomery County has been decreasing, although some areas have slight increases or have no new cases across the county, write Sean Adams and Megan Lavey-Heaton for the Harrisburg Patriot-News. The latest data compiled by the Pennsylvania Department of Health highlights the cases of COVID-19 infection in each ZIP Code statewide…
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Got Junk? They Want It. Montco Brothers Start Environmentally-Friendly Recycling Business
Montgomery County native brothers Bryan and Matt Siegfried have launched Rabbit Recycling, a start-up that helps customers get rid of most of their household junk in an environmentally-friendly way, writes Avi Bajpai for Philadelphia Magazine. Currently, the company serves 250 customers in the Philadelphia region. The brothers send clients five or eighteen-gallon containers per their…
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Philadelphia is Among Top Ten Cities for College Hoops Fans
Philadelphia is among the Top 10 cities for college basketball fans, according to the 2021’s Best Cities for College Basketball Fans list recently released by WalletHub. To determine the best locations for college hoops fans in the nation, WalletHub compared more than 290 cities using nine key factors. These ranged from the number of teams…
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Recent Study Show Microplastics Are Ubiquitous in Local Waterways like the Schuylkill River
The newly released study by PennEnvironment, a statewide environmental nonprofit, suggests that microplastics are ubiquitous in local waterways, writes Frank Kummer for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The study found microplastics -which can be toxic to some aquatic life – in 53 waterways sampled in Pennsylvania, including the Schuylkill River. All other local waterways, including their…
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Montgomery County Dominates List of 50 Best Places to Live in Pennsylvania
Fourteen Montgomery County towns are among the fifty best places to live in Pennsylvania, according to a new ranking by Niche. I mean, of course, the Montco Today Editor lives in Upper Providence Township! Niche based its ranking on data from U.S. Census Bureau, FBI, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Centers for Disease Control…
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Developer Plans to Tear Down One Home, Build Six New Houses in Bryn Mawr
A developer in Lower Merion is planning to demolish one residence and build six new houses with access on a cul-de-sac in Bryn Mawr, writes Richard Ilgenfritz for the Main Line Times. The Lower Merion Planning Commission reviewed the preliminary plans earlier this week and recommended the board of commissioners approve them. According to the…
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International Real Estate Firm to Acquire Montgomery County Shopping Centers for $115M
Medipower Public, an international real estate investment firm that owns Centre Square Commons in Blue Bell, is buying six grocery-anchored shopping centers in the region from Berwyn-based Brandoloni Companies for an estimated $115 million, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Cyprus-based company has put under agreement properties that were offered up for…
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Fort Washington Student Punches Golden Ticket to Hollywood, Ready to Wow American Idol Judges
Sadie Leigh, a Fort Washington resident and Temple University junior, wowed the judges during her audition and earned a golden ticket to Hollywood on American Idol, writes Alicia Vitarelli for 6abc. The 20-year-old singer and songwriter has been making music with her father as long as she can remember. He was the one who accompanied…
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March 19th Update: Montgomery County Reports No New Deaths; State Reports 3,126 New COVID-19 Cases
Montgomery County reported 135 new positive cases of COVID-19 as of Thursday, March 18th, 2021, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 48,957 countywide since March 7, 2020. We now have been tracking COVID-19 for a full year in our area, and across the state. There are currently 130 people hospitalized in Montgomery…
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RACP Approves Multimillion-Dollar Grant for Thomas Jefferson University to Expand Its Lower Gwynedd Training Facility
Thomas Jefferson University’s Jefferson Institute for Bioprocessing has been awarded $2 million through the state’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program to expand its Lower Gwynedd training and education facility, according to a staff report from the Jefferson. The December award was announced by State Sen. Maria Collett. This was matched and then exceeded by the university’s…
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Cheltenham Parking Consultant Pens Quirky New Book ‘The Quirky World of Parking’
When he got his first job with a valet parking company near his Cheltenham Township home at 16, Larry Cohen did not expect that he would one day publish a book on his four decades in the parking business, writes Dan Nephin for Lancaster Online. And it was sometimes a tricky business, according to “The…
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