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Norristown-based PJM Interconnection Overwhelmed by Solar Project Request, Proposes Two-year Delay on New Approvals
Norristown-based PJM Interconnection, the nation’s largest electric grid operator, is being overwhelmed with requests from energy developers who are asking to connect to its regional transmission network and is looking to put a two-year delay on reviewing over 1,200 energy projects, the majority of which are solar power, writes James Bruggers for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.…
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Hun, Get to Know Aunt Mary Pat, Delco’s (and Montco’s) Favorite Relative
She’s sarcastic. She’s funny. She has to go to the Ack-a-me, and she’s been stuck inside the house with her family during the entire pandemic, and she needs to get out. She’s Aunt Mary Pat, Delco’s Favorite Aunt. Troy Hendrickson began the character of Aunt Mary Pat DiSabatino, based on his mother, and with Facebook videos…
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Jenkintown’s Manor College Grad Named First African-American Chief Nursing Officer at North Carolina Health Center
A graduate from Manor College in Jenkintown was recently named the new Chief Nursing Officer in the Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center, reports Manor College. Stephanie Wroten, RN, MSN, MS, received a certificate from Manor College’s Legal Nursing Consulting Certificate Program in 2010. This past May, the Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center in Ahoskie, North…
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Trulieve Cannabis Corp. Celebrates Statewide Retail Rebrand in King of Prussia, Devon, and Philadelphia
Trulieve Cannabis Corp., a leading and top-performing cannabis company in the United States, hosted a statewide grand re-branding celebration spanning all Trulieve-affiliated Pennsylvania retail locations on Jan. 29. Trulieve invites registered medical marijuana patients and caregivers to join the celebration at each of its affiliated medical marijuana dispensaries across the state. While all locations will be a part…
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Community Health & Dental Care Welcomes New Vision Provider, Marie Gwinn, OD, to Its Pottstown Location
Community Health & Dental Care (CHDC) welcomes new vision provider, Marie Gwinn, OD to its Pottstown health center location at 351 W. Schuylkill Road, Pottstown. Now accepting new vision patients, Dr. Gwinn comes to CHDC as an experienced optometrist provider at the Coventry Mall location. In addition to general optometry, Dr. Gwinn is skilled in…
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Ambler Vegan Company is Serving Up Delicious Plant-Based Meals Anyone Could Love
Ambler Vegan Company is making it easy to enjoy a delicious meal without the inclusion of animal products with its delectable bowls, smoothies, and juices, writes Ed Williams for Main Line Today. With its repurposed table and chairs found at yard sales, Ambler Vegan Company’s dining space feels cozy and homey. The menu here is…
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IKEA Woos Tech Talent with 3D-Printed Plant-Based Meatballs
There is a new version of IKEA’s iconic Swedish meatballs, which the furnishing giant with U.S. headquarters in Conshohocken is using as an innovative tool to attract tech talent, writes Brittaney Kiefer for Adweek. IKEA is in the process of recruiting for over 150 technology and innovation jobs in 2022. To hook talent in an…
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Ambler-based Phenom Continues Its European Expansion with Acquisition of German Tech Startup
Ambler-based human resources startup Phenom is continuing to expand its European footprint with the acquisition of German tech startup Tandemploy, writes Kennedy Rose for The Business Journal. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. This latest acquisition will add a second German office for phenom, in addition to its existing offices in the…
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NAMI Montgomery County Seeks Ways to Help Those With PTSD, Starting With a Daily Walk
Last summer, I completed a 10-mile sponsored walk to raise money for the hospital that cared for me after my accident. By the end of the day, I realized I’d walked almost 16 miles. It was a remarkable achievement, given that nine months earlier, I couldn’t walk at all. I was crossing the street, a…
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Limerick Wawa to Include ‘Beer Cave’ After Receiving Liquor License Approval
Wawa in Limerick has received approval for its liquor license and is now planning to rearrange its interior to include a “beer cave” with seating that will be designated for beer and wine sales, writes Michael Tanenbaum for the Philly Voice. This will be Wawa’s seventh location in Pennsylvania to sell wine and beer and…
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Legal Matters: 2022 Changes To Pennsylvania Child Support Guidelines: What You Need To Know Now
By Elizabeth Billies Are you paying or receiving child support? If so, major changes may be headed to your Support Order for 2022 and beyond. Every four years, the Pennsylvania legislature assesses the child support guidelines and updates them for cost of living and other procedural changes. On January 1, 2022, Pennsylvania enacted new child support…
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Wynnewood Residents Become Penn State’s Largest Ever Scholarship Donors
Before they announced their largest gift to Penn State to date, Gene and Roz Chaiken, Wynnewood residents, were already named Penn State’s Philanthropists of the Year for 2021, writes Susan Burlingame for the Penn State News. That is one of the reasons why their latest donation came as an unexpected but welcomed surprise one day…
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See Which Three Montco Companies Made Fortune’s 2022 List of World’s Most Admired Companies
Three Montgomery County companies have found their place on the list of the world’s most admired companies for 2022, recently published in a list by Fortune. To determine the ranking, Fortune collaborated with Korn Ferry to conduct a survey of 640 of the highest-revenue companies in the world across 52 industries and 28 countries. Executives,…
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Two Montco Projects Among Recipients of State Funding Boosting Urban Farming
Two Montgomery County projects are among the 23 recipients of state funding that aims to boost urban farming across Pennsylvania, writes Michael Gorsegner for Local 21 News. “Agriculture is not limited by zip code,” said Secretary Russell Redding of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. “It is zip code neutral.” This over a half of a…
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Souderton Business Owner Honors British Heritage by Serving Up Tea at Tilly Mint’s Tea Room
Although Trish Stubbs was born in America, she has deep familial roots connecting her to England, reports Tamala Edwards for 6abc. “I’m the first American in my family. My entire family is from Liverpool,” Stubbs said. “There was always tea on at our house.” It was Stubbs’ British roots that led her to open Tilly…
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Storybook Princesses are Disenchanted! at Pottstown’s Steel River Playhouse, Taking the Stage February 4-20th
Poisoned apples. Glass slippers. Who needs ’em?! Not Snow White and her posse of disenchanted princesses in this hilarious adult musical that’s anything but Grimm. The original storybook heroines are none-too-happy with the way they’ve been portrayed in today’s pop culture so they’ve tossed their tiaras and have come to life to set the record…
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Limerick Generating Station Now Part of Exelon Spinoff Constellation Energy
Exelon completed its separation into two companies earlier this week, and the newly formed Constellation Energy is now the owner of Limerick Generating Station in Montgomery County, writes Andrew Maykuth for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Exelon announced previously it would be spinning off its generation and marketing business that owns the largest fleet of nuclear power…
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After Selling Products to Dentists Only for Over Century, Plymouth Meeting’s Premier Dental Products Expands into Direct-to-Consumer Market
After 109 years of selling its products directly to dentists and dental offices, Plymouth Meeting-based Premier Dental Products has introduced its first direct-to-consumer product, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The medical device company recently unveiled a four-in-one oral care system called izzo that consists of an oscillating toothbrush, a polisher, a scaler,…
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