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Community Health & Dental Care Welcomes Two New Family Medical Providers
Community Health & Dental Care (CHDC) has welcomed two new family medical providers: Almakaev will serve as a primary care provider to the CHDC location in Pottstown, at 351 W. Schuylkill Road. Parks is being added to the staff at the CHDC’s Barto office, 1315 Route 100 North. Almakaev comes to CHDC as an experienced…
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Fashion Is Back: Harcum College Runway Show Returns in Spectacular Style
The Harcum College Fashion Program announces its annual spring fashion showcase, featuring an in-person runway show on Apr. 28, at 8 PM in Klein Hall on the Bryn Mawr campus. This will be the first runway show since the pandemic, and the runway, measuring 8 ft. × 40 ft., will be the longest and widest…
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Salvation for Vintage Chestnut Hill Home Is So Last Minute, a Backhoe Was Onsite to Start Demolition
Teviot, a vintage Chestnut Hill home whose design dates to 1888, was almost lost forever. It’s been saved — temporarily. But efforts are advancing keep it preserved forever, as Alan Jafee noted in his story for Hidden City. Teviot, named for a Scottish river, was designed by Wilson Eyre, Jr., a noted, 17th century architect.…
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Plymouth Meeting Couple’s 55-Year Marriage Followed a Botched Blind Date
Vince and Barbara Schaeffer, who moved to Plymouth Meeting 17 years ago, have been sharing love and support for the last 55 years. Kellie Patrick Gates profiled the couple in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The pair were initially supposed to meet for a blind date during the 1964 holiday season. But Vincent contracted pneumonia and had…
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Wynnewood Entrepreneurs of Healthy, Fruit-Based Beverage Point-of-Sale System to Pitch Their Tech on ‘Shark Tank’
Two local brothers are taking their beverage invention to the Mar. 31, edition of ABC’s Shark Tank. There, they’ll pitch Bleni Blends, a point-of-sale technology system that creates on-the-spot, fruit-based beverages for consumers on the go. The company has engaged Elysium Marketing Group, Ambler, for brand counsel surrounding Bleni Blends. More than Just a Vending…
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CEO of Willow Grove Tech Firm Self-Funds Her Online Resource for Speech Therapists
Orna Azulay, CEO of Remote Speech in Willow Grove, had enough confidence in her online platform for speech therapists to self-fund it. John George reported the bold move in the Philadelphia Business Journal. Azulay — who also leads Abington Speech Pathology Services — injected her own $300,000 into creating VirtualTx, Remote Speech’s bedrock product. She…
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Former PGA President Who Teed His Career Off in Lafayette Hill, Passes at Age 80
Dick Smith Sr., former Professional Golfers Association (PGA) president and hall of fame golfer, has passed away at age 80. As a 19 year old, he arrived in Lafayette Hill and launched his career. Gary Miles encapsulated his life in The Philadelphia Inquirer. Smith moved to Montgomery County in 1962 as the assistant golf pro…
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Lower Merion School District Hits Snooze Button on Implementing Revisions to Class Start-Times
Lower Merion School District has agreed at last that a later start time for students is an advisable move. But having done that, it now needs more time to determine implementation details, as reported by Richard Ilngenfritz at Mainline Media News. The issue has been on the board’s docket for a decade. The latest decision…
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Act II Playhouse Celebrates 25 Years in Ambler with Entertaining Mix of Theatrical Genres
Act II Playhouse will present six specially chosen productions to mark its 25th anniversary of providing first-rate live entertainment. The theater is one of several cultural institutions in Montgomery County promoted by the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board. In reflecting on the theater’s past, artistic director Tony Braithwaite said, “Act II Playhouse has become…
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Pottstown School District Appeal Outcome Seen as a ‘Warning Shot’ for Nonprofits
A recent verdict from Commonwealth Court Judge Christine Fizzano underscores a logical — but not always honored — legality: Nonprofit tax exemptions are legit only to nonprofits. That judicial clarification was reported in twin reports from Ashad Hajela of Spotlight Pa. State College and Jim Melwert of KYW Newsradio. The case with the widespread implications…
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Montgomery Bar Association Welcomes New President at Blue Bell Meeting
The Montgomery Bar Association (MBA) held its annual business meeting at Bluestone Country Club in Blue Bell Over 200 members, legal professionals and community leaders attended the event. Its agenda included: Justin Bayer, MBA President Bayer is a partner in the firm Kane, Pugh, Knoell, Troy & Kramer, LLP, Norristown. His practice focuses on defending…
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Tracking Reactions: KoP Rail Cancellation Seen as Disappointment
In the aftermath of the state’s KoP Rail decision, Montgomery County leaders shared their responses, which Rachel Ravina gathered for the Main Line Media News. Montgomery County Board of Commissioners chair Ken Lawrence said, “It’s disappointing that the KOP Rail project has been paused. It’s been a transformative project for the region.” Crandall Jones, Norristown…
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Zieglerville Resident Recovers from Massive Injury Received While Helping a Stranger
Dec. 15, 2022 — an average workday for Zieglerville’s Travis Reiter — began with his commute to a Berks County digestive health center. A mere 90 minutes after his arrival, he was mortally wounded, as David Mekeel chronicled in the Daily Local News. Reiter, 34, had responded to an office parking lot situation: A female…
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Bala Cynwyd Healthcare Pro Vies for Nationwide Honor for Tech Support for Seniors
Rosemary Kennedy, Chief Health Informatics Officer with Connect America, is one of only three healthcare professionals nationwide being considered for a specific honor in her field. Yahoo Finance carried the news. Kennedy’s Bala Cynwyd firm, Connect America, provides technology to enable remote monitoring of senior citizens alone in their homes. The honorific Kennedy is being…
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Clean-Up Day from Hobart’s Run/Pottstown Religious Cluster Left Area Looking Heavenly
Hobart’s Run routinely supports cleanups in its western Montgomery County focus area. The scope of these efforts can range from the small (sharing resources like tools and gear) to mid-range (significant volunteer recruitment) to large-scale (collaborating with other organizations to beautify a significant portion of the area). One of those latter efforts took place recently…
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Fed’s ‘No’ Stops King of Prussia Rail Line in Its Tracks
All work on the proposed King of Prussia Rail — the four-mile transit extension to the Norristown High Speed Line — has halted. Thomas Fitzgerald reported the cessation in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The SEPTA plug-pull resulted from an assessment that a recent Federal Transit Administration (FTA) denial of a new-transit capital grant will propel costs…
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Jenkintown Doctor Who Targeted Living to 100 Succumbs Prior to the Milestone
Jenkintown physician Henry Litvin passed at age 99, reported Gary Miles in The Philadelphia Inquirer. Litvin was born in the Wynnefield section of West Philadelphia. He graduated from Overbrook High School, obtained his bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and earned a doctorate from what is now the Perelman School of Medicine. He joined…
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Elkins Park Singer Earns Four-Out-of-Four Coaches’ Chair-Turns on ‘The Voice’
NariYella, a 20-year-old Elkins Park singer with a powerful vocal ability, caught the interest of all four coach-judges on the Mar. 21 episode of NBC’s The Voice. Michael Tanenbaum reported her stunning debut in PhillyVoice. A Cheltenham High School graduate, NariYella sang “One Night Only” from the Broadway musical Dreamgirls. She performed during the blind…
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