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Home Sales in Montgomery County Continue to Drop, Yet Housing Prices Continue Rising
According to a new housing report, home sales in the Philadelphia area continued to drop in October as the “unusually strong activity” of 2020 begins to dissipate, writes Kennedy Rose for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The report, which examines eleven counties across the Philadelphia area, including Montgomery County, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and counties, also found…
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Malvern Bank House of the Week: Contemporary Manor Home in Haverford Exudes Elegance
Step inside this gorgeous Manor home renovated to perfection and expanded, originally designed by renowned architect Fred Bissinger. Built in 1947, this contemporary estate was spared no expense or fine details in the craftsmanship. . Enter through the exquisite mahogany front doors into the two-story foyer. Ahead, step into the great room, complete with the…
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Montgomery County Community College Recognized For High Student Voter Turnout
Designated as a Voter-Friendly Campus, Montgomery County Community College recently earned additional recognitions by the All-In Campus Democracy Challenge for its high rate of student voter registration and turnout for the 2020 election. MCCC earned the highest voter registration and highest voter turnout awards for two-year institutions in the State Challenges Awards for nonpartisan student…
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Hobart’s Run by the River 5K a Success in Pottstown
On your mark, get set, go! The Hobart’s Run by the River 5K held on November 14, 2021, brought together community members who ran for a good cause: neighborhood improvement projects facilitated by Hobart’s Run. After Covid pushed their annual 5K fundraiser to a virtual format last year, they celebrated with a different name and…
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Norristown’s Theatre Horizon Returns to the Live Stage with a Holiday Spectacular
Theatre Horizon, an award-winning professional theater company located in Norristown, is thrilled to reopen the doors of their theater just in time for the holiday season with a curated evening of music, poetry, and much-needed laughter hosted by Philadelphia Theater icons, Brett Robinson and Alex Bechtel. The Holiday Spectacular: A Celebration of Gathering will be Theatre Horizon’s first in-person production…
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2 Montco Companies Rank Among 500 Fastest-Growing Technology & Life Sciences Companies in North America
Deloitte has published its latest report of the 500 fastest-growing technology and life sciences companies in North America and two Montgomery County companies has found its place among them, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Deloitte’s 2021 Technology Fast 500 Rankings grades companies based on their revenue growth percentage during the period from…
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Wall Street Journal: Ambler Co-op Finds Simple Solution for Supply Shortages
Product shortages are forcing many supermarkets to become creative when it comes to covering gaps on the shelves, like Weavers Way Co-op, writes Katie Deighton for The Wall Street Journal. Some are stacking the shelves with products that usually have a small space on one shelf, others are using cardboard “dummies,” while some are using…
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Students in Lower Merion Push for School Name Change to Honor Former Principal
Students at the new school in Lower Merion are petitioning to change its name to respect former principal Sean Hughes, writes Victor Fiorello for Philadelphia Magazine. Hughes died in a tragic car accident this weekend to the shock of both the students at his school and everybody in the community. Now over 6,000 people have…
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Lansdale Distillery Expanding to Accommodate Its Growing Ready-to-Drink Cocktails
Boardroom Spirits is more than doubling its Lansdale headquarters as it expands its new ready-to-drink cocktail program that proved popular during the pandemic, writes Laura Smythe for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The popular distillery is investing close to $300,000 to construct a 13,100-square-foot addition to its current 10,700-square-foot facility. This investment follows the strong growth…
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Small Business Saturday Taking on New Urgency
Small business sales are taking on an unusual level of importance this year amid the current supply chain crisis, writes Gene Marks for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Originally started as a marketing campaign by American Express, Small Business Saturday, it has now become a national event that generates sales in excess of $20 billion. And even…
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Community College in Montgomery County Ranks Among Best Colleges in Pennsylvania
Stacker recently compiled a list of the best community colleges in the Keystone State using rankings from Niche. Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) ranks among the top five community colleges in Pennsylvania, according to a staff report from MSN Money. Montgomery County Community College came second in Pennsylvania with a Niche grade B-. The Blue…
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Wynnewood Native Researching Magic Mushrooms for Psychotherapy
Brett Waters, a Wynnewood native and New York lawyer who founded Reason for Hope, a nonprofit that advocates for psychedelics-assisted psychotherapy, has high hopes for the newly proposed magic mushrooms bill in Pennsylvania, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Keystone State could become a national leader in studying magic mushrooms as a treatment…
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Demand for Flex Office Space Grows in Montgomery County and the Philadelphia Region
While commercial real estate brokers are working hard to find ways to make office spaces more enticing after the pandemic caused a major shift in how and where many companies work, there are several fields in the Philadelphia region that have ongoing high demand for office space, write Mike D’Onofrio and Taylor Allen for AXIOS.…
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Join the Montgomery County Bar Association for the Delaware Valley Legal Expo on Nov. 18
Join the Montgomery Bar Association and the Association of Legal Administrators, Independence Chapter for the Delaware Valley Legal Expo. The Delaware Valley Legal Expo is a joint production of the Montgomery Bar Association and the Association of Legal Administrators, Independence Chapter, to be held at the Sheraton Valley Forge on November 18, 2021, beginning at…
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Pottsgrove Middle School Students Ensure Families in Need Have Food on Their Thanksgiving Table
Pottsgrove Middle School students and staff worked hard over the last month to accumulate more than 2,500 pounds of food that will be distributed to school district families in need on Monday as part of the “Middle School Market,” writes Joe Zlomek for The Sanatoga Post. The aim is to ensure that each family has…
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U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean Visits SCI Phoenix in Skippack to Talk Educational Services in State Prison Systems
U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean visited SCI Phoenix in Skippack earlier this week to talk about educational services in state prison systems and the re-introduction of her Promoting Reentry through Education in Prisons Act, according to a staff report from The Pottstown Mercury. The visit included a round table with Dean, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Acting…
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Aveeno’s New Campaign in Montco to Bring Attention to Skin Health Inequities for Black Women, Men, Children
Aveeno, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson with a presence in Montgomery County, has launched the #Skinvisibility campaign to bring attention to skin health inequities for Black men, women, and children, writes Victoria Uwumarogie for Essence. The goal is to help 100,000 people suffering from eczema over the next six months, including a number of…
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33 Teachers Call Out Sick at One Bucks County High School, Necessitating One-Day Closure
Harry S. Truman High School in Levittown experienced an unexpected closure last Friday, one not caused by weather or other expected factors. Trish Hartman reported the impromptu holiday for 6ABC. When freshman Marcus Kollie heard he would have off last Friday, he thought, “Oh, snap!” And then he went back to sleep. But parents were…
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