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Blood Drive: Give Blood This Week at MCCC’s Pottstown or Blue Bell Campus
The American Red Cross will be holding four community blood drives at Montgomery County Community College in January. Help your community and give blood at either MCCC campus! In Pottstown, blood drives will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, January 20 and 21, from 1 to 6 p.m. at MCCC’s Pottstown Campus in the South…
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Montco is the Place to Live: Montgomery County Housing Market Caps Another Strong Year Despite Pandemic
Montgomery County recorded another strong year for the housing market despite the ongoing pandemic with growing home sales prices and a reduced number of days on the market, writes Kennedy Rose for the Philadelphia Business Journal. A new analysis from MarketStats by ShowingTime based on Bright MLS listing activity shows that the housing market for…
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Lansdale’s Crazy Balloon Delivery Brings Joy to Local Nursing Homes Through ‘Adopt a Grandparent’ Program
Lansdale-based Crazy Balloon Delivery is bringing joy to residents of local nursing homes through its “Adopt a Grandparent” program, writes Matteo Iadonisi for 6abc. The company is owned by Laura Swart, who came up with an idea on how to make days brighter for people who have not felt safe to hug a loved one…
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Bala Cynwyd-based Hamilton Lane Raises Millions in IPO for Sponsored SPAC
Bala Cynwyd-based Hamilton Lane raised $240 million in an initial public offering for its first blank check company, Hamilton Lane Alliance Holdings I, writes Jeff Blumenthal for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The special purpose acquisition company—or SPAC—offered 24 million units at $10 each. Hamilton Lane originally planned to raise $200 million, but the Philadelphia region’s…
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Conshohocken-based Aardvark Finds Success With Its COVID-19 Testing Trucks
When his business came to a screeching halt during the pandemic, the founder and CEO of Conshohocken-based Aardvark Mobile Tours Larry Borden, got an idea that helped keep him in business and reach new levels of success, writes Jack Tomczuk for the Metro Philadelphia. Up until March, Aardvark had mostly produced specialized vehicles for experiential…
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NASA Kerbal Space Program Opens Minds to Math and Science Exploration at MCCC
Montgomery County Community College and Assistant Math Professor Christopher Scott Vaughen is giving students hands-on experience using the Kerbal Space Program—a space flight simulation video game—as a pilot program called the NASA KSP Math & Physics Lab. KSP, developed and launched by Squad in 2011, involves a space program that has a crew of green…
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Conshohocken Co-Founder of Folk-Rock Band ‘Good Old War’ Releases First Solo Album
Conshohocken’s Dan Schwartz, also known as Danny Black, co-founder of the folk-rock band Good Old War, has released his first solo album, Black Ryno, writes Hobart Rowland for Main Line Today. Schwartz has previously released four full-length albums with the band over seven years along with a series of singles and EPs. With its tight…
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January 18 COVID-19 Update: Montgomery County Reports New Cases and Hospitalization Numbers
Montgomery County reported 317 new positive cases of COVID-19 as of Friday, January 15, pushing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 38,603 countywide. There are currently 354 Montgomery County residents hospitalized due to severe COVID-19 symptoms. Of those COVID-19 patients, 40 are on ventilators. With 10 new COVID-19 deaths reported in Montgomery County,…
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Montgomery County Passes New Minimum Wage Increase for County Employees
Montgomery County has increased the minimum wage for county employees to $15 an hour, citing the need to provide workers with a living wage especially amid a pandemic, writes Justin Heinze for the Patch. This raise applies to all full and part time employees of the county government. “We know many families continue to face…
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King of Prussia Fintech Startup PowerPay Finds Success Amid Pandemic
With $2 million in seed funding provided by several well-known Philadelphia CEOs, co-founders of King of Prussia-based PowerPay David Haas and Mike Petrakis managed to find success and add 100 employees to their fintech startup during the pandemic, writes Michelle Caffrey for the Philadelphia Business Journal. PowerPay helps home contractors offer financing to customers. The…
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Local Twelve-Year-Old Takes the Wheel on His Economic Future, Starts Car Cleaning Business
Jabre Dutton, a 12-year-old entrepreneur, has taken the wheel on his economic future by starting his own Philadelphia-based car cleaning business in September, according to a staff report from 6abc. At the time, he was just 11 years old. “If you believe in yourself, that you can do it, it doesn’t matter how old you…
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Update: See Where COVID-19 Has Spread the Most Over the Last Week in These Montco ZIP Codes
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is still increasing nationwide and across the state, with some areas of Montgomery County affected more than others, write Sean Adams and Megan Lavey-Heaton for the Harrisburg Patriot-News. The latest numbers compiled by the Pennsylvania Department of Health highlight the rates of COVID-19 infection in each ZIP Code statewide…
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Collegeville Italian Bakery: Serving the Community, Serving Pizza
A slogan is a promise from the business and a call-to-action to the customer. Nike – Just do it.Bounty – the Quicker Picker Upper.Collegeville Bakery – More Than a bakery. Collegeville Italian Bakery offers much more than the standard items you would expect at a bakery in Montgomery County. They have bread, rolls, tomato pie,…
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James Cromwell, Popular Actor and Activist, Recalls Attending Hill School in Pottstown
James Cromwell, the popular actor and activist who starred in hits such as Babe and Star Trek: First Contact, attended The Hill School in Pottstown in the 1950s, writes Rich Pelley for The Guardian. The prep school, recalled Cromwell, was very organized and bound in tradition, with all of the students being white boys. Most…
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Pennsylvania Releases Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Plan, Making More People Eligible in Early Stages of Rollout
Pennsylvania has released an updated COVID-19 vaccine plan which makes more people eligible to receive shots during the initial phases of the rollout, writes Michael Rubinkam for NBC10 Philadelphia. The first to be vaccinated are still health care workers and nursing home residents. Following that, the vaccines will be administered to people 75 years and…
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Say ‘I Do’ at Schwenksville’s MOYO, a new Top Ten Wedding Venue in the Philadelphia Area
MOYO in Schwenksville is one of the ten best new wedding venues in the Philadelphia area, according to a list by Philadelphia Magazine. The women-owned Seedling + Sage Catering has expanded the focus of its rustic wellness haven to include weddings and other events. The space has been operational for around five years, during which…
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Ursinus Grad Ryan Costello Prepping to Run for Senate in 2022
Former U.S. Rep. Ryan Costello, a graduate of Collegeville’s Ursinus College, is taking steps to prepare a run for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat in 2022, writes Jonathan Tamari and Andrew Seidman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Costello, who served in the House from 2015 to 2019, decided not to seek reelection for his House seat.…
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President-elect Biden Nominates Seasoned Diplomat and La Salle Graduate William Burns to Head CIA
President-elect Joe Biden has nominated seasoned diplomat and La Salle University graduate William Burns to head the Central Intelligence Agency, writes Matthew Lee for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Burns is a former ambassador to Russia and Jordan who has been at the State Department for more than three decades under both Democratic and Republican presidents. Most…
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