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Pottstown Mercury Building Owners Hang ‘For Sale’ Sign, Pause Ambitious Renovation to Boutique Hotel
Cedarville Engineering Group LLC (CEG), owners of a Pottstown commercial real estate property, have put that site on sale. The building at King and North Hanover Streets was once publishing offices of The Mercury. Mercury reporter Even Brandt, working from the paper’s new office in Exton, covered the CEG search for a new buyer. CEG,…
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Ardmore Psychologist on the Increasingly Vital Role of Friends: ‘Tell Them You Love Them’
Despite improvements in pandemic numbers, politics, and current events (Eagles!), mental health remains a steady concern. Amy Keller Laird’s MSN report on the value of friends in navigating current life included insights from an Ardmore expert. Pandemic trends had devastating psychological effects worldwide. In addition to its physical harm, the health crisis increased instances of…
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Two Montco Shutterbugs — from Hatfied and Hatboro — Win Statewide Photo Contest
A Facebook post from the Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation (PFFF) announced that the work of two Montgomery County photographers won artistic recognition in a 2022 statewide snapshot competition. The competition was fierce; according to the PFFF source, nearly 600 pictures were submitted for judging. They all related to the theme “Clean Water and Forested…
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Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board Cites Local Ways to Honor Black History Month
The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board invites Montgomery County residents to celebrate Black History Month in Montgomery County. The following recommendations include both sites of historical significance in the Black community and commercial entities with proprietors or leaders of color. The Patriots of African Descent Monument Valley Forge National Historical Park King of Prussia…
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Student-led CARES Coalition of Pottstown, Hill Students Plan Concert to Help Area Homeless
About 25 teenagers collectively representing Pottstown High School and The Hill School have worked together under the Pottstown CARES student club umbrella to organize a concert for Feb. 17, 7–9 PM at the high school. The event — the fifth of its kind — will again benefit Your Way Home Montgomery County, an organization that…
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These Montco ZIP Codes of Its Wealthiest Residents Showed Household Income Immunity to COVID
A Todd Romero–authored Philadelphia Business Journal analysis of area incomes reveals four Montgomery County communities whose 2020 residents’ earnings vaulted them to a list of the wealthiest ZIP Codes. The distinction is especially notable for its timing, during the economic turmoil associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Residents of Greater Philadelphia’s 10 richest neighborhoods saw their…
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D2 Organization Keeping Options Open for Vacant Office Building in Collegeville
With the office market still facing many uncertainties, East Norriton’s D2 Organization has opted to keep all options open for a vacant office building in Collegeville. Paul Schwedelson reported on the opportunity for the Philadelphia Business Journal. D2 Organization’s division D2 Capital Advisors recently made arrangements for an $8.5 million refinancing of the property, which…
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Local Hot Sauce Brand First Caught Fire with Fort Washington Fans
The fast-growing hot sauce brand Faiya got its start at Johnson & Johnson’s Fort Washington campus, wrote Lisa Dukart for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The brand’s founder, Radhi Fernandez, was working for the pharmaceutical and consumer goods giant for a decade when he took up gardening on one of its onsite plots — an employee…
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Main Line Couple Balances Career Duties That Include a Current, High-Profile Business Trip to Arizona
Like many, a Haverford couple balances the daily responsibilities of careers, chores, and child-rearing responsibilities. But a closer look reveals more: This clan comprises Eagles defensive end Brandon Graham and wife Carlyne. Gina Lizzo profiled the family in Main Line Today. Carlyne describes her household as typical. “My husband takes the kids to school. He…
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Restaurateurs’ Humble Beginnings — Four Dishes Cooked in Insta Pots — Launch Ardmore Success
When Maria-José Hernández and her father Levi opened Venezuelan restaurant Autana in Ardmore in 2020, its operations were humble. But its reputation quickly spread, reported Craig LaBan at The Philadelphia Inquirer. Culinary skill runs is multigenerational the Hernández clan. In Venezuela, Levi ran a successful catering business. When he came to the U.S., he was…
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Two Montgomery County Firms Help Local Couple Create In-Home Gym, No Sweat
Homeowners seeking the benefits of fitness in the convenience of home are finding it by constructing their own in-home gyms.The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Terri Akman reported a Montgomery County pair tapping into the trend. West Mount Airy couple Garrett and Jennifer Miller wanted a commercial-grade workout space under their own roof. To get it, they worked…
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Abington Friends School Ramps up Lesson Plan to Define Speed for Young Students
Speed is a curious measurement. At first blush, it appears simple: Things can go fast or slow. But when it comes down to it, what is speed itself? When two balls race down an incline, why does one reach the bottom first? And more important, how is this concept explained five-year-olds? The Specifics of Speed…
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Fortune: Fort Washington’s Toll Brothers Is the No. 1 Most Admired Home Builder Worldwide
For the eighth year running, Toll Brothers — the Fort Washington–headquartered builder of luxury homes — has topped Fortune magazine’s list of most admired companies of 2023. The distinction recognized the company in the home builder subset of commercial entities worldwide. Fortune’s analysts worked with partner Korn Ferry, a Los Angeles management consultant, to peer…
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Golf Digest: Merion Golf Club’s Joanna Coe Is One of the Best Young Teachers in the U.S.
Joanna Coe, PGA Director of Instruction at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, has found her place on Golf Digest’s latest Best Young Teachers in America list. The publication’s editors reported the professional accolade. While there is no one formula to determine the recognition, Golf Digest focused on two main traits: instructors who are under 40…
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Norristown Sheriff’s Office Employee Pat Giambrone Retires Yet Again — It’s Her Third Try
Pat Giambrone “retired” from Norristown’s Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) twice before, but she kept being lured back. Oscar Gamble covered her third attempt Main Line Media News. Giambrone — the longest tenured MCSO employee — worked several part-time positions elsewhere that didn’t suit her. But when she landed at the MCSO, her skills made…
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Many Montco Workers See 14 Cents of Every Earned Dollar — the Highest Suburban Outlay — Zapped by One Expense
An economic analysis of 2,360 counties across 47 states reveals a notable hole in some Montgomery County employees wallets. The data were revealed by the National Database of Childcare Prices, the most comprehensive federal source of national childcare economic expense by geography. The Women’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor co-issued the findings. Analysts…
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Montco Historical Sites Offer Programs to Keep Boredom and the Winter Blahs at Bay
Oh, February. For having only 28 days, you sure can feel as if you’re six weeks in length. Thus far, there hasn’t even been enough snow for kids to play in or parents to burn some calories shoveling. In fact, if it weren’t for the Philadelphia Eagles, the region would have almost no spark at…
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Former Lord & Taylor Site at King of Prussia Mall Gains New Tenant
A New York commercial real estate firm is buying part of the former Lord & Taylor store in King of Prussia Mall. Paul Schwedelson covered the arrangement in the Philadelphia Business Journal. The site, which Lord & Taylor vacated in 2021, is owned by HBC Properties and Investments (HBC), a Toronto/New York firm (not Simon…
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