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Glenside Pub Crawl, Sidelined by Other Priorities in 2016, Returns
Chuck Dougherty’s idea for a mobile party that would travel from one Glenside watering hole to another started small. But over the outing’s ensuing 20 years, it surged in popularity and gained an official title: the Glenside Pub Crawl. Dougherty’s familial responsibilities eventually made it unsustainable. But, as reported by Ryan Genova in the Glenside…
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Community Health & Dental Care Suggests Ways to Reduce Holiday Stress
The festive holiday season can be an emotional minefield for even the most sure-footed person. The final two weeks of each December can easily slide into one big stocking full of holiday stress. But the behavioral health team at Pottstown’s Community Health &Dental Care (CHDC) cite methods to keep an even keel over the next…
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Ardmore Twin and Her Long-Lost Sister Come Within 10 Minutes of Winning ‘The Amazing Race’
Season 34 of CBS’s The Amazing Race saw long-lost twins Molly Sinert and Emily Bushnell make a valiant attempt at a win but ultimately fall victim to the unfamiliar roadways of the Nashville leg. They commented to Blake Haynes on Ozark’s Live, Kansas City, on their performance and what the show meant to them as…
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Toll Brothers CEO: Too Soon to Know If Rate Drop Will Lift Demand
Toll Brothers CEO Douglas Yearley, Jr., told investors on his fourth-quarter earnings call that recent dips in mortgage rates are a good sign. But they’re not proof positive that the volatile market is on solid footing just yet. Reporter Paul Schwedelson unlocked Yearley’s insights in the Philadelphia Business Journal. Having overestimated the relatively good news…
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Hardwood Wins in Wynnewood: Saint Joseph’s Women’s Basketball Team Is Hot
The Hawks women’s basketball team is, like the Philadelphia Eagles, on a current streak. Matt Leon covered the seasonal success of the Saint Joseph’s women’s basketball team for KYW Newsradio. At 9–1 (the first loss of the season occurred this past weekend, at the hands of arch-rival Villanova), the players are defeating foes at a…
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School Sleuths: Methacton School District Deepens STEM Courses with Donation from Ambler Savings Bank
Methacton School District students looking to launch a crime scene investigation career, à la television’s CSI and its many spinoffs, can now prep for it in a STEM-centric onsite forensic lab. The new educational asset was made possible in part by a donation from Ambler Savings Bank. The lab widens the roster of coursework the…
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Swoop May Be the Mascot of the Hour, But These Collegeville School Kids Sure Enjoyed the Phanatic
Students at Holy Cross Regional Catholic School, Collegeville, gathered enough food in a “Full Belly Bag” challenge to earn an onsite visit by the Phillie Phanatic. Despite baseball season being long over (and logical conjecture that Swoop’s datebook for Eagles gigs may be tight at present), the kids nonetheless responded enthusiastically to their diamond-associated visitor.…
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London Pollster — Analyzing the Holidays’ ‘Grinchiest’ Places — Also Arrives at List of Most Overplayed Songs
A 2022 survey from OnePoll, a London market research company, asked Americans about their “Grinchiest places,” defined as Dec.’s most stress-inducing settings. The results, including opinions on the songs heard at these locations, were reported on MSN. No. 1 on seasonally uncomfortable sites was malls and shopping centers, followed by (in order) by airports and…
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Lancaster County’s Seasonal Offerings Extend beyond Dec. 25, Enabling a Great Cure for Post-Holiday Slump
The annual run-up to Christmas is so active (often too active) that when it’s over, a post-holiday slump can set in. With no more gifts to open, a Christmas roast devolving into leftovers, and a tree that’s shedding needles by the hour, it’s easy to think: Is that all there is? But the seasonal opportunities…
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Danish Bakers, Rockledge, Excels at Labor-Intensive but Utterly Delicious Springerle German Christmas Cookie
Familiar ethic Christmas cookies include Italian pizzelles, Polish kolaczky, and Scottish shortbread. But a Christmas sweet from Germany — springerle cookies — has somewhat slid into obscurity. Fans of the unique cookie can, however, still obtain quality ones at Danish Bakers at 107 Huntingdon Pike in Rockledge. Springerle cookies (pronounced “spring-girl”) are made from a…
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Elkins Park’s FarmerJawn Agricultural Program Branches Out with West Chester Acreage
FarmerJawn Agriculture, an Elkins Park community-supported agriculture (CSA) entity, is adding 123 acres of Chester County fields to her array of local greenhouses, Founder Christa Barfield commented on what the added capacity means for her mission to Michael Klein of The Philadelphia Inquirer. FarmerJawn’s Chester County acquisition is on the grounds of The Westtown School,…
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Norristown to Deploy License Plate Detection to Identify Drivers Maneuvering around Stopped School Buses
Norristown drivers who let their elapsed patience awaiting school kids boarding a stopped, flashing bus had best calm down in early 2023. Justin Heinze, Norristown Patch, reported on a high-tech license plate detection system coming to the ubiquitous morning yellow transport. The high-tech initiative is designed to keep Norristown School District students safe as they…
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Hatboro School Board OKs Bids on New Middle School to Replace Its ‘Duck-and-Cover’ Eisenhower-Era One
The Hatboro-Horsham School Board voted unanimously to award bids for the construction of a new Keith Valley Middle School. Dino Ciliberti sharpened his No. 2 pencil to write the story for the Hatboro-Horsham Patch. Discussion on a new education building has been ongoing in the area since 2008. Further studies made it an unavoidable priority…
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Area 2023 Residential Real Estate Market: Prices Up, Deals Soft, One Montco Zip Faring Better Than Most
An Axios analysis reported by Isaac Almuces peers into the area’s 2023 residential real estate market. The outlook for the Philadelphia metro area shows not much improvement. Home prices are expected to increase, but how bad remains to be seen. Drivers of the upward nudges are familiar by now: rising demand and limited inventory. Predictive…
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PennDOT 2023 New Year’s Resolution: Further the Route 309 Connector Project
There’s good news and bad news from PennDOT on its multiphase Route 309 Connector project in the northwest corner of Montgomery County. WFMZ 60 News covered the mixed blessing. The upside is that the work is about to begin its second stretch toward completion. The downside is that to advance, the project will see the…
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Raise a Glass to the 2022 Holidays with Plenty of Locally Crafted Potables That Pop
In the light of Hanukkah candles, the Christmas yule log, and Diwali fireworks, the winter holidays shine even brighter with seasonal drinks from Montco. The county’s array of inventive breweries, wineries, and distilleries bringing back old favorites and releasing new ones, all while offering cocktail workshops, food-truck festivals, and music. All five of these recommendations…
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Villanova Eagles Fan Displays Deeply Rooted Sense of Team Devotion
A passionate Eagles fan isn’t shy about his long-term devotion to the Birds, evidenced by a large-scale carved eagle he hired an artist to create on his Villanova property. Colin Newby sanded off the story’s rough edges to bring it to Philly Sports Network. John Braithwaite is the Radnor Township green-bleeding football fan, having been…
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December Birthday of Walt Disney Gives Local Elementary School Cause to Recall His Long-Ago Visit
Walt Disney, Hollywood visionary, was born Dec. 05, 1901, and the proximity of that date today recalls a unique local connection to the entertainment pioneer. Jake Rossen recounted the link for Mental Floss. The Walt Disney Elementary School in Levittown is, indeed, named for the famed filmmaker. It is one of 60 schools across the…
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