• Perkiomen School Expands Educational Opportunities with New Institute Focused on Design

    Perkiomen School Expands Educational Opportunities with New Institute Focused on Design

    Continuing to evolve a student-directed, authentic approach to education, Perkiomen School launched the Design Institute, one of four unique deep learning paths, to be offered at the start of the 2022-2023 academic year. Perkiomen School’s new institute, driven by a focus on design, offers students an opportunity to expand and evolve their unique artistic vision.…

  • Community Health & Dental Care Announces Cutting-Edge Physical Therapy Now in Barto

    Community Health & Dental Care Announces Cutting-Edge Physical Therapy Now in Barto

    Community Health & Dental Care (CHDC) is excited to now offer cutting-edge Physical Therapy services at its Barto health center at 1315 Route 100 North in Barto, PA. Unlike most physical therapy offices, CHDC accepts Medicaid and offers health care discounts to those who qualify. CHDC also accepts Medicare and most commercial insurance plans such…

  • Spend a Day in One of the Most Beautiful Towns on the Main Line, With Many Options to Keep You Busy

    Spend a Day in One of the Most Beautiful Towns on the Main Line, With Many Options to Keep You Busy

    Ardmore is one of the most beautiful towns on the Main Line and it has plenty to offer in shopping, dining, and entertainment options for both locals and visitors, writes Samantha Geiger for Main Line Today. If you are looking to spend the day in this charming town, start by grabbing breakfast at Ardmore Station…

  • DeSales University Upcoming One Credit Class: Managing Change—Define Your Role and Responsibilities in Leading

    DeSales University Upcoming One Credit Class: Managing Change—Define Your Role and Responsibilities in Leading

    This one-credit class, Managing Change, explores and trains leaders on how to introduce change, overcome resistance to change, and facilitate open and honest change communication, in order to implement changes with a minimum amount of conflict and reduced periods of low productivity. Managing Change, presented by Karen Lawson, Ph.D. Course Objectives Course Agenda Introduction and…

  • Lansdale Catholic Among 15 Schools Participating in Philadelphia Eagles’ New Girls’ Flag Football League

    Lansdale Catholic Among 15 Schools Participating in Philadelphia Eagles’ New Girls’ Flag Football League

    Philadelphia Eagles launched a new girls’ flag football league last week and Lansdale Catholic High School is among the 15 participants, according to a staff report from Catholic Philly. The inaugural season will kick off in the spring with an eight-game schedule for the teams. Along with the regular season, there will be an additional…

  • New COVID-19 Testing Site in Lansdale to Open on Monday, Feb. 14, County Announces

    New COVID-19 Testing Site in Lansdale to Open on Monday, Feb. 14, County Announces

    The Montgomery County Office of Public Health announced it’s opening a new PCR COVID-19 testing site in Lansdale on Monday, February 14, 2022. The COVID-19 Testing Site will be located at 318 Pennbrook Parkway in the Station Square Shops and will operate Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to Noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.…

  • Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board’s Member Minute Featuring Pottstown’s Deliah & Dean

    Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board’s Member Minute Featuring Pottstown’s Deliah & Dean

    Check out February’s Member Minute with VFTCB’s Rachel Riley featuring VFTCB member, Deliah & Dean in Pottstown.  Deliah & Dean provides good food, whether conventional, organic, non-GMO, or farm-fresh foods, and they support plant-based diets and carry foods for vegans and vegetarians, along with natural soaps, health products, and essential oils that nourish the body…

  • Pilot Daniel Moore Gives Personal Account of Drexel Hill Helicopter ‘Miracle’

    Pilot Daniel Moore Gives Personal Account of Drexel Hill Helicopter ‘Miracle’

    Pilot Daniel Wesley Moore had less than a minute to save the lives of everyone in a medical helicopter plummeting from 1,500 feet Jan. 11, writes Jeff Taylor for The Northern Virginia Daily. He aimed for a patch of grass by Drexel Hill United Methodist Church. While everyone survived the crash, including flight paramedic Kevin…

  • Two Montco Companies Earn Perfect Scores for LGBTQ Workplace Inclusion on High-Profile Index

    Two Montco Companies Earn Perfect Scores for LGBTQ Workplace Inclusion on High-Profile Index

    Two Montgomery County companies have received a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index that measures corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The scores are calculated based on an analysis of publicly available information along with information submitted to…

  • Celebrate Valentine’s Day With Delightful Treats at Blue Bell’s Normandy Farm, Plus Stay Overnight

    Celebrate Valentine’s Day With Delightful Treats at Blue Bell’s Normandy Farm, Plus Stay Overnight

    True love never goes out of style, and while love is always in the air at The Farmer’s Daughter restaurant at Normandy Farm, they make Valentine’s weekend extra special and added a few new surprises this year to get the heart racing. Whether it’s a first-time date or a celebration of your everlasting love, you…

  • Abington Scientist Katalin Kariko One of Time Magazine’s 2021 Heroes of the Year

    Abington Scientist Katalin Kariko One of Time Magazine’s 2021 Heroes of the Year

    Abington’s Katalin Kariko is one of the Heroes of the Year, a group of scientists who introduced an innovative and highly effective mRNA-based vaccine platform to the world that will have a huge impact on our health and well-being far beyond COVID-19, write Alice Park and Jamie Ducharme for Time. Kariko, a Hungary native, made…

  • Unpaved Roads in Montgomery County Can Be an Economic Driver, But Also a Problem if Not Maintained

    Unpaved Roads in Montgomery County Can Be an Economic Driver, But Also a Problem if Not Maintained

    Montgomery County is home to approximately 42 miles of unpaved roads – among the lowest in the state – which can be an economic driver but can also create problems if not properly maintained, writes Jason Nark for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Dirt roads are favorite routes for many bicyclists, with races attracting hundreds of cyclists…

  • King of Prussia District’s KOP Wellness Week on Through Feb. 13

    King of Prussia District’s KOP Wellness Week on Through Feb. 13

    King of Prussia’s thriving health and wellness community comes together for the debut of King of Prussia Wellness Week – seven days of deals, workouts, and events that will take your 2022 health goals to the next level. Produced by King of Prussia District and presented by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s King of Prussia Campus,…

  • Manor College in Jenkintown Names Mother Josaphat Award Recipient, the College’s Highest Honor

    Manor College in Jenkintown Names Mother Josaphat Award Recipient, the College’s Highest Honor

    Jared Downing, of Collingswood, NJ, and a sophomore at Manor College has been named the 2022 Mother Josaphat Medal Award Recipient. The Mother Josaphat Medal is a student award presented to a Manor College student who exhibited a responsible lifestyle evidenced through reverence, respect, and service. The medal is the highest honor for a student…

  • A Lasting Legacy: Twenty Years After Tragedy, DeSales University Student Daniel Gallagher Continues to Inspire

    A Lasting Legacy: Twenty Years After Tragedy, DeSales University Student Daniel Gallagher Continues to Inspire

    From the beach near his hometown of Middletown, New Jersey, Daniel Gallagher ’00, had a clear view of the New York City skyline. Several neighbors and family friends around town commuted there every day to work on Wall Street. Attracted to the bustling world of finance, Gallagher decided early on that he wanted that type…

  • Conshohocken-based IKEA Prices Rising by 9% Worldwide in Wake of Production Chain Costs

    Conshohocken-based IKEA Prices Rising by 9% Worldwide in Wake of Production Chain Costs

    The prices of IKEA’s products are slated to rise by an average of 9% worldwide during 2022 in response to production chain costs. The planned price markups are in response to cost increases across Ikea’s production chain, reports EUWID. The new price increase comes as a response of the Ingka Group – the company that…

  • Simply Good Jars Sees 1,200% Sales Jump, Negotiates Wawa Selling Power

    Simply Good Jars Sees 1,200% Sales Jump, Negotiates Wawa Selling Power

    Everything’s looking up for Simply Good Jars, the Philadelphia startup that offers pre-made salads.  Ever since they appeared in March on ABC’s ‘Shark Tank”, sales have grown a whopping 1,200%, writes Ryan Mulligan for Philadelphia Business Journal.   Now they’re testing their product in select Wawa stores, 30 of them, actually, in Pennsylvania, New Jersey,…

  • Villanova Sophomore Mitch Macek Competed Last Night on Jeopardy!

    Villanova Sophomore Mitch Macek Competed Last Night on Jeopardy!

    Mitch Macek, a mathematics major at Villanova University, went up against 34 other contestants this week on Jeopardy!’s National College Championship, writes Pat Ralph for Philly Voice. The stakes are high. The grand prize winner can take home $250,000. The quarterfinal round consists of 12 games over six days. Two quarterfinals will be shown each…