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New David’s Bridal Business Arrangement: Silk Isn’t Only for Dresses Anymore
David’s Bridal, Conshohocken, has partnered with Something Borrowed Blooms, a Lafayette, La., firm that rents silk flower arrangements. Fashion Manuscript reported the arrangement. Among the advantages the union brings is a supply of picture-perfect flowers that don’t break the bank of a young couple. According to The Knot, the cost of florist-provided blooms has soared.…
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City Ave District Marks Mar. 8 International Women’s Day with 6abc ‘Empower Hour’
The City Ave. District is holding a Mar. 8 “Empower Hour” discussion at the 6abc studio, 4100 City Line Avenue. One hundred percent of the $25 registration fee will be donated to Living Beyond Breast Cancer. The Bala Cynwyd nonprofit that supports women diagnosed with breast cancer, as well as their caregivers. Each year, it…
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King of Prussia District Holds Ninth Annual Shopping/Dining Week
A heartwarming regional dining and shopping event returns in 2023 for its ninth year, this time running for 12 days. The annual KOP Restaurant Week and KOP Shops for CHOP are March 13–24. As before, the programs benefit the King of Prussia campus of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), which includes the Middleman Family Pavilion…
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King of Prussia Medical Travel Provider Expands Global Capacity for Clinical Trial Participants
Greenphire, a King of Prussia medical travel provider, is expanding the global reach of its ability to transport patients to sites offering clinical trials for illness. Benzinga Financial News & Data reported the newly invigorated program. The Greenphire service, branded as ConneX, not only helps patients directly, it aids them indirectly by ensuring that global…
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Steel River Playhouse Presents ‘The Laramie Project’ and ‘The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later’
This March, Steel River Playhouse, Pottstown, presents two productions on alternating weekends, allowing audiences to get an insight into a tragedy based on true events and its impact ten years later. A Powerful Story in Two Parts The Laramie Project is the powerful story of Matthew Shepard and the people that live in Laramie, Wyoming,…
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Jenkintown Residents Mark Year of War in Ukraine with Tears, Resolve
Enough Jenkintown residents gathered recently at the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center on North Cedar Road to swell attendance to standing room only. Antionette Lee, KYW Newsradio, reported what the crowd shared: tears, pride and hope. Attendees include both residents from Ukrainian-American community and those of other cultural backgrounds. The main motivator across all heritages…
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PennDOT Pothole Patrol Takes to Local Roadways; Is Your Montco Pain-Point Up for Repair?
A PennDOT announcement represents good and bad news for Montgomery County commuters. NBC10 Philadelphia’s Dan Stamm and Hannah Gross drove home the details. The state transportation agency is issuing its annual fleet of repair trucks and crews, the Pothole Patrol, to work on bomb craters that have formed this winter. The downside is that the…
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Forbes’ 2023 Largest Employers: An Expected Montco Entity In, a Surprising Montco Entity Out
The Forbes 2023 assessment of large employers in the Philadelphia region has a few surprises in Montgomery County business community. Ryan Mulligan reported the findings in the Philadelphia Business Journal. The analysis parsed U.S. companies with more than 5,000 employees. The drill-down location of each firm was determined by the geography of its headquarters. The…
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Inclusive Playground Plans for Lower Pottsgrove Swing into Motion
A Lower Pottsgrove community group — the Adventure Grove Inclusive Playground Inc. committee — received good news at a recent township meeting. Joe Zlomek covered it for The Post. Neighborhood efforts have been ongoing to create an inclusive playground and public park, able to accommodate children of multiple ages facing a variety of special needs.…
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West Conshohocken Company Develops New Standards on Cannabis Quality, Material Control
The cannabis committee of West Conshohocken-based ASTM International is developing two new standards for the cannabis industry that will help guide quality and materials control. A staff report from Textile World contained the item. The first proposed standard — WK83754 — covers change control as a system of monitoring the quality of cannabis. The second…
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SJU Couple Throws French-Themed Wedding; One Geographic Exception Provides Heart
Sarah Trabattoni and Steven Tilsner, who met as Saint Joseph’s University students in 2014, were inspired by their travels when crafting a Parisian-inspired wedding in Old City. Taylor Carson profiled the SJU couple in Philadelphia Magazine. Trabattoni and Tilsner became an official couple in 2018. The following year, they visited Paris and the South of…
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Royersford Chick-fil-A Acts to End Teens Ruffling Patrons’ Feathers
Managers at the Chick-fil-A in Royersford took to Facebook to publicly declare that onsite patrons under 16 can no longer be in the shop unaccompanied. FOX29 Philadelphia reported the menu of troubles that caused the action. The Facebook notice cited “unacceptable behaviors” by kids and young teens at the Buckwalter Road site as the impetus…
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Plymouth Meeting Cancer Network Deepens Info-Sharing Relationship with Experts in Poland
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is deepening its collaboration with two cancer-related healthcare organizations in Poland. The arrangement, covered in Markets Insider, is designed to share focused insights. The agreement is between the NCCN, a Plymouth Meeting alliance of healthcare information providers, and two organizations in Poland: The agreement among the three focuses on…
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Before Black-History Month Slips Away: One Additional Business Worth Your Patronage
February’s Black History Month is an opportunity to broaden world view. In that spirit, Visit PA recently recommended statewide businesses worthy of a visit for the February commemoration of the Black entrepreneurial spirit. They were primarily based in the Philadelphia region, including Montgomery County. But one, a bit further away but well worth the trip,…
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Manor College Commemorates One-Year of War in Ukraine; Lauds Use of Native Dish as Successful Password
Manor College, along with several state and federal officials, commemorated the one-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine on Feb. 23, 2022. The date marked the 365th day of Russia’s invasion, an act that has since cost tens of thousands of lives on both sides. Attendees’ Observations “President Biden has declared Russia’s abominations as prosecutable…
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Merriment and Melancholy: St. Patrick’s Day Finds Montco Partiers Drinking a Lot and Drinking Alone
A national survey of state-by-state trends for St. Patrick’s Day alcohol consumption showed Pennsylvania as a mix of merriment and melancholy. Ben Treanor shot through the data for time2play. The time2play survey asked 1,542 Americans across all 50 states and the District of Columbia about their shamrock-inspired traditions. Respondents provided information on how many drinks…
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‘The Goldbergs’ Exits ABC on May 3, Taking Its Jenkintown Nostalgia with It
After 10 seasons, ABC has announced that its Jenkintown-centric sitcom The Goldbergs is ending. The May 3 final episode was part of Alexis Jones’ story in People. The series from producer-writer Adam F. Goldberg was peppered with references to 1980s Montgomery County life. The first-person narrative voiced the experiences and emotions of a semiautobiographical version…
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Four New Restaurants Deepen Montco Culinary Scene — And There’s One More on the Way
If the run of new restaurant openings in Montgomery County is any indication, patrons are as hungry as ever to resume the post-pandemic treat of dining out. The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Michael Klein profiled four new restaurants open locally to serve them. Catch 101 101 Ford Street, West Conshohocken This cozy seafood spot replaced a former…
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