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Collegeville Bakery Serves Up More Than Just Food to the Local Community
One of the local hotspots in Montgomery County is Collegeville Bakery, which serves up delicious Italian cuisine every day of the week, reports Khiree Stewart for PHL17. During Stewart’s visit, Collegeville Bakery’s owner Steve showed him how to cook up a breakfast pizza, fresh wood-oven baked wings, and how their various Girl Scout Cookie milkshakes…
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Montgomery County’s Integrate for Good Launches Founder’s Circle
This year, Montgomery County nonprofit Integrate for Good is débuting a new way of thanking supporters for joining them in building a more inclusive community: the Founder’s Circle. It not only offers people a new avenue for building professional connections but also enables donors to see up-close how their support changes the lives of young people…
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Malvern Bank House of the Week: Gorgeous French Mini-Villa Brings Mediterranean Feel to Bryn Mawr
A gorgeous French mini-villa with two bedrooms and three bathrooms that brings a Mediterranean feel to the Main Line is available for sale in Bryn Mawr. Settled on a quiet cul-de-sac, the residence is approached along a semi-circular driveway. Inside, it impresses from the start with the abundance of natural light that comes from the…
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Registration Open for 16th Annual In-Person & Virtual Valley Forge Revolutionary 5-Mile Run
The Valley Forge Revolutionary 5-Mile Run registration is now open and runners and walkers all over the world are invited to participate. Organized by the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board (VFTCB), event options include an in-person 5-mile run or 3-mile walk at Valley Forge National Historical Park on Sunday, April 24th, and a virtual…
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Hungry Local Man Ends 4-Year Mission With 1,000th Cheesesteak in Eddystone
Four years ago, he pledged to eat 1,000 cheesesteaks. Today, Jan. 13, Jim Pappas fulfills that pledge, writes Tayler Bunge for philly.eater.com. Pappas, a Delaware County native, got into cheesesteaks big time after he lost his job in 2008. It was a bad year. He had been diagnosed with Leukemia and was going through a…
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King of Prussia District Business Community Continues to Inspire with Ingenuity and Compassion
While 2021, like its predecessor, offered numerous challenges with constantly changing protocols and the continued impact of the pandemic, the King of Prussia District business community continued to inspire with ingenuity, compassion, and partnership, writes Shauna Sanchez for visitkop.com. In 2021, the King of Prussia District focused on recovery and helping the business community as…
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Conshohocken’s Cigar Republic Hits the Perfect Notes of Refinement and Pleasure
Right before COVID-19 chased us all into our homes, Joe Giorno and his partners, The Scipioni Brothers of Atlantic Cigars, the owners of Conshohocken’s Cigar Republic had one thing on their minds when they set out to design and open the area’s premier cigar smoking experience: cleaner air. That’s something we can all relate to,…
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King of Prussia’s Center for Breakthrough Medicines Land Major Investment from South Korean Conglomerate SK
The Center for Breakthrough Medicines, which is based within MLP Ventures’ Discovery Labs innovation hub campus in King of Prussia, has secured an equity investment of $350 million from South Korean conglomerate SK, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Together, the two organizations plan to create the largest end-to-end cell and gene therapy…
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One Montgomery County Business Among 20 Philadelphia-area Public Companies with Biggest Market Cap Increases in 2021
Public companies in the Philadelphia area added nearly $122 million to their market caps in 2021. One of those that saw their value increase the most is in Montgomery County, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. AMREP Corp, headquartered in Plymouth Meeting, ranked in No. 18. The company recorded a market cap increase…
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Jim Gardner Anchored His Final 11 pm Broadcast, “Wishes to See the Pandemic Retire Before He Does”
Jim Gardner, a longtime 6ABC anchor and familiar face in Philadelphia local news for 44 years, will retire at the end of 2022, writes Rob Tornoe for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Gardner will still be anchoring the 6 p.m. newscast alongside Ducis Rodgers and Cecily Tynan until his retirement kicks in. “I look forward, for instance,…
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New Kobe Bryant Book Covers His Years in Italy, Lower Merion, and How They Helped Shape Him into a Star
Mike Sielski’s new book The Rise – Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality covers the legendary player’s early years in Italy and Lower Merion and how this helped shape him into a star, writes Gavin Newsham for the New York Post. Kobe Bryant moved to Italy with his family when he was 6 after…
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Collegeville-based Infinite Blue Continues Rapid Growth, Expands to New Office in Audubon
Collegeville-based Infinite Blue is continuing its rapid growth and is expanding into a new office in Audubon that is six times larger than its current headquarters, writes Kennedy Rose for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The company is moving into 36,000 square feet of space at 2500 Monroe Boulevard that was previously occupied by Optum Health…
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New Cannabis Dispensary Opens in West Chester to “Better Serve Its Expanding Patient”
Verano Holdings, a multistate cannabis company, has expanded its Pennsylvania footprint with the opening of a Zen Leaf dispensary at 300 Oakland Road in West Chester. The dispensary is part of the state’s Chapter 20 Clinical Registrant Program. As such, it will collaborate with the Drexel University Medical Cannabis Research Center to conduct ongoing research…
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Pennsylvania Farm Show Unveils This Year’s Butter Sculpture Created by Conshohocken Artists
Once again, Conshohocken artist duo Jim Victor and Marie Pelton are impressing visitors to the Pennsylvania Farm Show with their latest butter sculpture that depicts a friendly partnership between rural and urban farmers, according to a staff report from The Neighbor. The sculpture that follows the theme “Harvesting More” features rural and urban agriculturists making…
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Abington High School Grad, Comedian, and Actor Bob Saget, Star of Full House, Dies At 65
Beloved actor and stand-up comedian Bob Saget, age 65, who got his start in the entertainment industry while he was growing up in Philadelphia, was found dead this past Sunday at a hotel room in Orlando, writes Jeff Gammage for The Philadelphia Inquirer. According to police, there were no signs of foul play or drug…
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Pottstown’s Community Health & Dental Offers COVID-19 Vaccines and Testing
COVID-19 Vaccines CHDC is offering the first, second, and third doses of the COVID vaccine. In addition, they are offering the Pfizer pediatric vaccines for children ages 5-11 years old. If the child is not a patient with CHDC, they will need to register with their health center in order to receive the vaccine. Please…
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The DripBar Sets Its Sight on Montgomery County for Future Locations
The DripBar, a liquid IV franchise based in Warwick, Rhode Island, will open a Center City location in the next few months and is eying Mongomery and Philadelphia counties for a total of 11 locations, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The DripBar offers 18 IV drips that, according to the company, can…
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Washington Post: Google’s Browser-Retention Efforts Ruffle Feathers at DuckDuckGo
Gabriel Weinberg, the CEO of Paoli-based DuckDuckGo, a privacy-minded search engine, alleges that Google is manipulating browser extensions to favor its products and stifle competitors, writes Cristiano Lima for The Washington Post. According to Weinberg, Google is deploying manipulative design features to trick users into casting aside rival technology. He said Google has been using…
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