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King of Prussia District President & CEO Comments on Rail Project Cessation
By now, most people in the Philadelphia region are aware that SEPTA elected to stop work on the King of Prussia Rail project. I am clearly disappointed by this decision, but understand the reality based upon the facts presented. Thanks I would like to also express my sincere gratitude to the entire King of Prussia…
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C&N Augments Human Resources Team With Promotions and New Hire
C&N Bank has promoted two internal professionals and added a third to augment its human resources team. Cody Bowen and Dusty Zeyn have been promoted, and Jonathan Grissinger is the new hire. The structural adjustments go to highlight the team’s increased ability to acquire and retain talented teammates who excel in their fields. They also…
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Reece Udinski, Former North Penn High School QB, Has Caught the Eye of NFL Scouts
Reece Udinski, a North Wales native son and former quarterback at Lansdale’s North Penn High School, spent a portion of Mar. 23 demonstrating his skills for a continent of NFL scouts. John O’Connor covered Udinski’s “audition” for the Richmond-Times Dispatch. Udinski’s sports talent was honed in Montgomery County, where he played both football and lacrosse.…
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Jenkintown Business Owner Navigates His Way to Alleviating Possible Case of Seller’s Remorse
Entrepreneur Arsen Usayev established his Montgomery County senior care firm in 2008, according to Yahoo Finance. His commercial entity, SarahCare of Jenkintown (part of a franchise), supports family members with elderly relatives or friends in their homes. It supplied in-home services that include: Usayev sold the business in 2018 to a private-equity firm. In the…
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Flyers Exec and North Wales Senior Citizen Fashion Warm Friendship from Pandemic Chill
For three years, Valerie Camillo — Philadelphia Flyers president of operations — and Harvey Ballen — 94-year-old resident of a North Wales senior living facility — forged an unlikely friendship. But it wasn’t until recently that they met in person. Asha Prihar reported the unusual bond for Billy Penn. Camillo and Ballen connected virtually, through…
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Plymouth Meeting Mall Evolves for 50+ Years — But the Charming Carousel Remains
Plymouth Meeting Mall opened in 1966 and has endured much over that near-60-year run. Spencer Walsh profiled this retail survivor for Best Attractions, a website of nationwide, mall-related content. Plymouth Meeting Mall was designed by Victor Gruen, the Viennese architect of more than U.S. 50 malls. He fashioned it as the first fully enclosed retail…
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Tourism Leaders Gather to Discuss Regional Sluggishness, Evidenced by Hotel Room Vacancies
A Philadelphia Business Journal forum on efforts to fuel the regional tourism trade yielded a mixed bag of pandemic-recovery evidence. Emma Dooling reported the findings, including comment from Mike Bowman, CEO of the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board (VFTCB). There’s good news, both nationally and locally. Jay Shah — CEO of a national real…
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You’re Welcome, World: Montgomery County Is Likely the Source of National Cheesesteak Day
Four former Cheltenham High School students may have given fans of the area’s infamous sandwich their national day to celebrate. Ali Moshen, for Billy Penn, chronicled the Montgomery County role in establishing Mar. 24 as National Cheesesteak Day. The sandwich celebration’s genesis is credited to: On Mar. 24 in 1994, the four, local teens drove…
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New Transportation Service Blue Bell Trolley Hits Local Roads for Fall 2023
The Blue Bell Trolley, a new ride-service company, will navigate area roads for fall 2023, according to a Ryan Genova story in the Glenside Local. Company owner Alexa Manzo, from Ambler, describes her service as a “charming suburban mode of transportation.” Manzo was inspired by the trolley hired for her own wedding. She felt that…
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Norristown Singer Needed Dad’s Pep Talk to Audition for Idol; Now He’s Headed to Hollywood
Rashid Saint-Fleur, a 24-year-old singer from Norristown, had music chops before making the decision to audition for American Idol. He just wasn’t sure his talents were rooted in what the show seeks. Alicia Vitarelli, 6abc, reported on a well-timed gentle nudge that paid off for him. Saint-Fleur grew up with a musical background; his Haitian…
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Addison Bay — Ardmore Fashion Brand — Collaborates on New Line of Designer Handbags
Addison Bay, a women’s athletic-leisure clothing brand sold in an Ardmore boutique, has created a new line of handbags that blend functionality and style. Elizabeth Wellington covered the product introductions in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The accessories emerged from a creative effort between Addison Bay’s Marguerite Adzik and Neely & Chloe, a pair of sisters designing…
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How a Hatboro Second Baseman Led to a 1912 World Series Win — By Not Moving a Muscle
The 1912 World Series — in which the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Giants (before the football franchise) — ended on a pivotal moment from Hatboro native Steve Yerkes. Justin Heinze recalled his nerves-of-steel performance in the Upper Moreland-Willow Grove Patch. Yerkes had played baseball as a child in Hatboro and Jenkintown and…
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Dallas Commercial Real Estate Firm Sells Two Montgomery County Hotels
CBRE, the Dallas commercial real estate services and investment firm, has announced that two Montgomery County hotels have been sold as part of its 16-property, nine-state portfolio. MSN carried the announcement. The CBRE press notice described the transaction as a joint venture between: The seller was Service Properties Trust, from Newton, Massachusetts, a real estate…
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One Montgomery County Borough Chosen to Test National Police-Community Outreach
MovementForward, Inc., an Atlanta organization, has collaborated to create a national organization to improve police-resident relations in communities across the United States. It has chosen 22 urban and suburban sites nationwide to launch the initiative. Norristown is among them, as reported by Justin Heinze in the Montgomeryville-Lansdale Patch. The cohort, formed in the aftermath of…
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Norristown Area High School Students Raise $11,000 to Fight Childhood Cancer
The recent effort from Norristown Area High School students to raise funds to fight childhood cancer yielded a $11,000 donation. Lanaye Jordan — reporter for The Wingspan, the school district’s online news source — covered the event that generated the funds. The drivers of the high school’s fundraising Mini-THON were students from its National Honor…
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Harleysville Athlete Travels to Italy for International Ski Championship
Harleysville athlete Tyler Currier returned to his Maine ski school alma mater as a member of the team’s entry in an international competition. The Sun Journal, a Lewiston, Maine, newspaper, ran the story. The team from Carrabasset Valley Academy (CVA), from which Currier graduated in 2022, is presently in San Pellegrino, Italy. There, he and…
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Montgomery County ‘Jeopardy!’ Contestant on Pa. Businesses: Either Didn’t Know or Was Too Slow
Melissa Klapper from Merion Station, recently struggled with a geographically significant Jeopardy! category. PennLiveTrib reported her difficulty. Klapper — a professor at Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey — has been auditioning for Jeopardy since she was a teen, according to the college’s website. On the episode, Melissa Klapper and her opponents faced the category “Made…
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Six Years Ago, Bryn Mawr College Opted Out of Requiring SAT/ACT Exams; What Happened Next?
A 2015 experiment at Bryn Mawr College removed required SAT/ACT test scores from the admissions policy. Maya Rodriguez of WPTV, West Palm Beach, Florida, reported the results. Tests became optional, with a “holistic review” offered to non-takers, according to Cheryl Lynn Horsey, Bryn Mawr College chief enrollment officer. The trial yielded a corps of Montgomery…
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