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SJU Professor Provides Microbiological Context for Common — or Not-So-Common — Bathroom Habit
A national handwashing report from a Wisconsin washroom supply company was vetted by the chair of the biology department at Saint Joseph’s University, Wynnewood. Yahoo Finance carried the data analysis. The 2023 survey from Bradley Corp. queried more than 1,000 American adults — 45 percent men, 55 percent women — about hand cleanliness habits. Most…
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Chester County Boasts One of Pennsylvania’s 10 Best Spots for Milkshakes
Milkshakes are available on most menus in Pennsylvania, but it takes real skill to create a truly great one, writes PhillyBite Magazine. Luckily for us, one spot in Chester County makes some of the best milkshakes in the whole state. Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream & Yogurt in Berwyn made PhillyBite Magazine’s list of the top…
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PREIT Sells Whole Foods-Leased Parcel at Plymouth Meeting Mall for $27M
As part of its ongoing plan to raise capital, PREIT has sold the site currently leased by Whole Foods at Plymouth Meeting Mall for $27 million to Agree Realty, a Michigan-based REIT. Paul Schwedelson reported the transaction in the Philadelphia Business Journal. Since the start of last year, PREIT has generated $141 million through asset…
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Recently Discovered Photos Bring New Detail to 1800s Life in Horsham
A recent visitor shared newly unearthed photos with the Friends of Graeme Park, whose experts parsed the images for new insights about the location’s past. The Graeme Park Gazette shared the results. The Horsham property dates to 1721, when Sir William Keith, Governor of Colonial Pennsylvania, built a brewery structure there. Ongoing construction eventually yielded…
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Montgomery County Commissioner Announces New Director of Health and Human Service
Dr. Tamra Williams has been appointed Montgomery County’s Director of Health and Human Service. MediaNews Group carried the details. Montgomery County Board of Commissioners Chair Ken Lawrence made the announcement. “I am pleased to welcome Dr. Williams to the county, and I look forward to working with her to oversee programs and services helping some…
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Bryn Mawr–Born Photographer Remembered for Having Captured 1960s L.A.
Julian Wasser — photographer and chronicler of West Coast 1960s life, its joys, and tragedies — succumbed to natural causes at age 89. Hunter Drohojowska-Philp reported the loss in the Los Angeles Times. Wasser’s time in Bryn Mawr was short. His parents, an attorney father and a schoolteacher mother, relocated in his boyhood to Washington.…
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North Penn High School Food Critic Rates 2023 Girl Scout Cookies
Knight Crier food correspondent Maggie Robinson of North Penn High School in Towamencin is surveyed eight versions of Girl Scout Cookies, highlighting highs and lows of the 2023 product line. Robinson confessed that she was unable to obtain all the current cookie varieties. “I got every box but the gluten free and the new raspberry…
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Injured Tabby with Seasonally Appropriate Name Rescued in Colmar
Cupid, an injured tabby wandering the Bucks and Montgomery County border since late Jan. is now safe. The California Sun reported his story. The stray was either the victim of an animal-abuse incident or tragic happenstance. In either case, he had been struck by an arrow, which remained lodged in his neck/shoulder. He was first…
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KoP ‘Friends’ Exhibit Is for That Devoted Fan, The One Who Needs to Experience the Show in Person
The Friends Experience — an up-close-and-personal opportunity for the NBC sitcom’s devoted fans — opened Feb. 10 at the King of Prussia Mall. Laura Swartz filed her reaction in Philadelphia Magazine. The exhibit uses faithfully recreated sets, props, and costumes to enable fans to feel as if they’re just about to bump into Chandler, Ross,…
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Lower Merion Township Police Are Quite Literal When They Say, ‘Book ‘Em’
“Book ‘em, Dano” is a television catchphrase that many baby boomers remember from Hawaii Five-O. But now, it’s a Lower Merion Township Police call for action in a literacy collaboration with BookSmiles, a Pennsauken nonprofit. Max Bennett provided the details in the Ardmore-Merion-Wynnewood Patch. Lower Merion’s collaboration with BookSmiles is designed to put reading material…
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C&N’s Stacey Sickler Appointed to the Mortgage Partnership Finance Advisory Council
Stacey A. Sickler, SVP/Director of Mortgage Services, has been appointed as a member of the Mortgage Partnership Finance (MPF) Advisory Council, representing C&N’s membership institution, FHLBank Pittsburgh. The MPF program provides funding through the FHLBank Pittsburgh for conforming mortgage loans, enabling Sickler and her team to offer reasonably priced, 30-year fixed rate mortgages serviced by…
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Jenkintown’s Bradley Cooper Ad Was a Bright Spot in a Grim Super Bowl
As the second half of Super Bowl LVII unfolded and the Philadelphia Eagles‘ initial juju started to evaporate, Montgomery County viewers had little to smile about. But a first-quarter bright spot from Jenkintown native Bradley Cooper provided something of a salve for the anguish that followed, as reported by Elena Nicolaou for TODAY. It was…
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King of Prussia Cyclist Pedals toward World Championship, Never Leaving His House
King of Prussia athlete Brian Duffy is one of the Team USA favorites in the 2023 UCI Cycling Esports World Championship, taking place in the virtual world of Zwift. Christopher Schwenker spun through the details for Cycling Weekly. Duffy, ranked No. 13 in the world by Zwift, has a realistic chance to bring home the…
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Four Montco Communities Need Adult Mentors to Guide Teens from Legal Troubles
Four Montgomery County communities are in need of adult volunteers to join area Youth Aid Panels (YAP). Joe Zlomek explained the details in The Sanatoga Post. Willing participants will aid the district attorney’s office in giving a second chance to youths between ages 10–18. There are 30 YAPs operating at present, involving 160 adult volunteers.…
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Wall Street Journal: Holiday Inn Express in Exton Among Franchisees Suing Hotel Group
Holiday Inn Express in Exton is among several franchisees that are suing InterContinental Hotels Group over a cyberattack that occurred five months ago, writes Catherine Stupp for The Wall Street Journal. On Sept. 6, IHG detected unauthorized activity on its system and notified franchisees that its online reservation technology would be down. According to hotel…
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Montco. Chesco. Delco. Bucksco. Whose Residents’ Life Expectancies Are Longest?
A recent Stacker analysis, augmented by data from the University of Wisconsin, revealed life expectancy data on a region-by-region basis. On the macro level, Americans’ number of golden years rose by roughly a decade in the 1960–2019 span, registering now at an average life of 79 years. Greater longevity can be attributed to improved health…
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Penn State Abington Alumni Couple Are Still Each Other’s Nittany Lion Valentines
Leilani (Tesoro) Fox and Kevin Fox first crossed paths in 2002 as Penn State Abington students when they volunteered as Lion Ambassadors, leading tours for visitors. However, it wasn’t quite love at first sight. “We started randomly talking at a fall open house. He had a beard, and I’m thinking, Who is this old guy?”…
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Havertown Divas Dance Their Way to Fitness
A group of senior citizens are part of a special fitness class “Dancing Divas” at the Haverford Township Community Recreational Environmental Center that’s teaching them some new dance steps, reports Dave Edwards for 6abc. The class is geared toward older women who like to move, said Elizabeth Luff, an adult fitness instructor at the center.…
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