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New Lantern Maker Lights Up This Year’s Lantern Night at Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr College continued its tradition of Lantern Night on October 24, but this year the lanterns were created by a new maker for the first time in decades, writes the Bryn Mawr College News. Lantern Night is a ceremony held on an evening in late October where first-year students gather and sophomores present lanterns…
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Linda Gambone, Case Manager at Community Health & Dental Care, Receives 2021 APEX – Coverage Champion Award
Community Health & Dental Care, Inc. (CHDC) congratulates Case Manager, Linda Gambone for receiving the 2021 APEX – Coverage Champion Award. She received it at the 2021 APEX Awards Luncheon held during the Annual Pennsylvania Association for Community Health Centers (PACHC) Conference event held October 12 – 14th at the Lancaster Marriott in Lancaster, PA. The…
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Bakery in Berwyn: Making the Main Line Sweeter for Three Decades and Counting
Clay’s Creative Corner Bakery in Berwyn is celebrating 31 years of making some of the best sweets on the Main Line, writes Chandler Lutz for 6ABC. The scratch bakery offers a variety of delicious sweets, including pastries, cupcakes, brownies, decorated cookies, and specialty cakes. The chocolate chip cookies and chocolate chip pound cake are among…
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Strike Avoided as Eagleville Hospital Nurses, Technicians Approve Contracts with Staffing Improvements
Nurses and technicians at Eagleville Hospital have reached terms on a new three-year contract, averting a possible strike, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The 110 staff members at the behavioral health and addictions treatment medical center in Eagleville are represented by the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals. They had…
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Germantown Academy Grad Co-founds Startup That Brings Salon Hair Care Directly Into Client’s Home
Will Newton, a Germantown Academy graduate, is one of the founders and CEO of Shortcut, a growing startup that brings salon hair care directly into clients’ homes, writes Kennedy Rose for The Business Journals. The service connects stylists with people who prefer to get their hair done at home. Customers can schedule in-home appointments as…
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Montco is Home to One of the Ultra-Cool Industrial Wedding Venues in the Philadelphia Region
Greater Philadelphia is flush with cool industrial wedding venues, some of which offer that little extra something that makes them stand out from the crowd, including one Montgomery County site, writes Jalyn Green for Philadelphia Magazine. Maximalist Studios in Norristown is one of nineteen ultra-cool industrial wedding venues in the Philadelphia region. The establishment is…
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Tasty Fall Dining in Montgomery County
We have found the tastiest places to dine in Montgomery County with the freshest Fall flavors! The Green Fork Vegans and carnivores alike can pick up a fork and dig into The Beat Goes On, a salad wrapped in the warm autumn shades of red and golden beets, pears, and local honey. Located in North…
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NIL Creates Unexpected Opportunities for Enterprising St. Joseph’s University Athletes
NIL, the recent update to NCAA rules that allows student-athletes to profit from their names, images, and likenesses (NIL), has created exciting and sometimes unexpected new opportunities for St. Joseph’s University athletes, writes Adam Fine for The Philadelphia Inquirer. And while the most lucrative deals are reserved for the NCAA’s biggest names, other less-known players…
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Bryn Mawr’s Main Line Classical Academy Merges Classical Training with Scientific Rigor
Emsi Burning Glass CEO Matt Sigelman has turned his belief that better training is needed for jobs across the economy into a Bryn Mawr school steeped in the wisdom of the Ancient World, writes Christine M. Johnson-Hall for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Sigelman co-founded Main Line Classical Academy, which merges classical training with scientific rigor, with…
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4 Crozer Hospitals Up for Sale in Nearby Delco
The for-profit owner of Crozer Health’s four Delaware County hospitals has put them up for sale, according to four industry sources, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Prospect Medical Holdings Inc., the Los Angeles company that has owned the hospitals since 2016, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Prospect Medical Holdings…
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Spooky and Fun Halloween Events in Montgomery County
The Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board scared up a whole host of tricks and treats this Halloween season with these events located right here in Montgomery County. Skippack Halloween Parade October 23rd, SkippackJoin in the fun at Skippack’s annual Halloween Children’s Parade. Make way for the superheroes, princesses, monsters, fairies, astronauts, and colorful characters…
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Local Grad’s New Book About Bizarre, Local Events from Yesteryear Sets an Appropriate Tone for Halloween
Jennifer Green, the Director of Education at the Chester County History Center and a graduate of West Chester University, has penned a new book, Dark History of Penn’s Woods: Murder, Madness, and Misadventure in Southeastern Pennsylvania. It is a compendium of local bizarre and spooky events, stories, and customs, released just in time for Halloween.…
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Bryn Mawr’s John Furey Stays “Hands-On,” Bio-Tech Firm Triples in Size
It seemed the right thing for John Furey to do—take 20 years of experience in different pharma roles, including as COO of Spark Therapeutics, and become an advisor to various companies. But Imvax Chief Executive Officer John Furey of Bryn Mawr soon realized his passion was to stay hands-on, writes Elaine Quilici for pharmexec.com. “I…
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This Pennsylvania County Ranks Among Top 10 Places to Buy a House
To determine the ranking, Niche compared counties in the Keystone States using several relevant metrics, such as home values, property taxes, homeownership rates, housing costs, and real estate trends. Montgomery County is one of the top ten places to buy a house in Pennsylvania, according to a recently released list by Niche. Montgomery County came…
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Environmental Contamination Left Behind By Industries That Built Pottstown Creates Obstacles in Borough’s Redevelopment
The industries that built Pottstown, creating jobs and a tax base to support a healthy mid-century economy, have left behind an environmental contamination legacy that is complicating the borough’s redevelopment, writes Evan Brandt for The Mercury. The best example of this are the attempts to clean up Pottstown Plating. The chemicals left behind after the…
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Former Harleysville Group Headquarters Acquired by Malvern-Based Developer for $10.5 Million
Malvern-based E. Kahn Development has acquired the former Harleysville Group headquarters in Montgomery County. It bought the site from Broadstone Net Lease for $10.5 million, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The 241,688-square-foot building was constructed in 1950 and sits on a 48.7-acre plot. According to property records, Broadstone purchased the property in…
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Conshohocken-based David’s Bridal Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Wedding Planning App
Conshohocken-based David’s Bridal has launched David’s Bridal Planning App, the first-ever comprehensive wedding planning mobile app. The new app adds to the company’s already impressive suite of wedding planning tools and resources. It is available in the App Store and Google Play store and allows users to create their own custom wedding website that is…
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Neighbors Rally to Save Lower Merion Green Space From Being Turned Into Playing Fields
Lower Merion residents gathered ahead of the Lower Merion Zoning Hearing Board meeting to protest the plans by Lower Merion School District to turn a slice of green space in Villanova into playing fields for the new middle school, writes Richard Ilgenfritz for the Main Line Media News. Neighbors want to protect hundreds of old-growth…
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