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Montco Office Break Rooms That Once Produced Coffee and Water Cooler Chitchat Could Soon Yield Medical Breakthroughs
Office space that once produced things like ideas and strategies — and their kitchens that once bred weird things in the refrigerator and countless pots of coffee — could soon issue something else. Emptied by work-at-home employees, these sites are finding new purposes, writes Jake Blumgart for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “Landlords in their private moments…
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Ambler Savings Bank Seeds Student Interest in Unusual Crop-Growing — Like in a Shipping Crate
Ambler Savings Bank is well accustomed to encouraging investment growth. But that outlook took on a different character with its recent donation of $35,000 to Methacton High School. Yes, it’s hoping to see a yield; however, this one is meant to be edible, not accounted on a ledger. The funds supported the high school students’…
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Show Neighborly Niceness in Montco With Mr. Rogers–Themed Kindness Day Today
Announcing the fourth annual 1-4-3 Day in Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf encouraged Keystone State residents to show kindness, generosity, and love this coming May 23. The date is the 143rd day of 2022, a number imbued with special significance, writes James Wesser for WETM 18 News, Elmira, NY. The tradition was started in 2019 to…
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Cost of a Turnpike Trip Thru Montco to Rise Five Percent in 2023, Offsetting the Pandemic’s Toll on Tolls
With more motorists on the road again, the Pennsylvania Turnpike is looking to recoup some of its pandemic-related losses with a toll increase of five percent, writes Holly Herman for the Phoenixville Patch. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission approved a $425.2 million operating budget on May 3, along with a $651 million capital budget, effective June…
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C&N Bank Brings Big-Time Personal Touch to Small Business Week
C&N Bank did not celebrate the May 1–7 Small Business Week with giveaways of corporate-branded tchotchkes. Rather, it offered a home-spun representation of its personal relationships with commercial customers. Employee teams home-baked cookies to thank business banking clients. The sweets were one of a number of gifts delivered to customers; others included donuts and flowers.…
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Climbing Grocery Costs Has Montco Shoppers Peeling off More Green to Purchase Greens
April provided a modest reprieve in inflation, dropping to 0.3 percent from March’s staggering 1.2 percent. Nonetheless, some grocery items still saw prices steeply climb, writes Lauren Liebhaber for Stacker. Year-over-year, the cost of groceries went up by 10.8 percent, the largest annual foodstuff increase in more than four decades. The increase was primarily driven…
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Peddler’s Village Welcomes Two New Shops: One for Fans of Wizards, One for Fans of Wines
By mid-summer 2022, visitors to Peddler’s Village will be able to practice casting spells and then wine-toast their magical outcomes. The robes-rosé mashup comes from the opening of two new shops in the Lahaska destination: The Cloak and Wand and Nissley Vineyard. The former is a fantasy store from appropriately named Mystic, Conn. The latter…
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Walter Liss, Co-creator of One of the Most Iconic TV Theme Songs in Phila. History, Has Died
Most Montgomery County residents won’t know who Walter Liss is, but they would definitely recognize his work if they heard it. Liss was co-writer of one of the best-known theme songs in the region: the jazzy, upbeat music that opened each edition of Action News. Heather DeLuca reported his passing at age 78 for Cat…
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Bucks County HS Senior Becomes First PA High School Competitor to Run an Under-Four-Minute Mile
The first PA high school student ever to break the four-minute mile threshold did so at last weekend’s Philadelphia Catholic League championships. Gustav Elvin reported the good news in The Philadelphia Inquirer. Senior student Gary Martin had flirted with the Pa. record in the past. But at the regional competition, held at Delaware County’s Cardinal…
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First Quarter Venture Capital Investment Growth in Phila. Area Highest Among Montco Metros
The Phila. region recorded the biggest first-quarter increase in venture capital investments among major metro areas in the country this year, writes Noah Zucker for Philly Voice. According to a new report from CB Insights, startup funding went up by 71 percent in the first three months of 2022. This more than doubles the 30…
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Firstrust Bank CEO Richard L. Green Delivers Anti-Hate Message at ADL Event: ‘Be That Somebody’
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) event that honored Firstrust Bank Board Chairman and CEO Richard L. Green became an opportunity for the corporate leader to decry society’s alarming rise in hate. Green’s comments came during his acceptance speech for the ADL’s Americanism Award. The Americanism Award recognizes individuals or companies in the financial services industry for…
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Allentown Branch for Penn Community Bank Marks Its Lehigh Valley Expansion
Penn Community Bank is officially entering the Lehigh Valley market. The financial institution announced its newest branch and business center in Allentown. The 3090 Tilghman Street site is the bank’s first retail office outside Bucks and Montgomery Counties. It will support the organization’s existing commercial banking and lending presence. “As a proud Lehigh Valley native,…
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Gwynedd Mercy University Tallies Up Numerous Reasons to Fly with the Griffins
Education has been a part of the Sisters of Mercy — whose foundations serve as the core of Gwynedd Mercy University — long before there even was a Gwynedd Mercy University. Or even its forebear, Gwynedd Mercy College. Or even Sisters of Mercy. History The Sisters of Mercy started with a single visionary in Dublin,…
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Attention Pennsylvania Passengers: Federal REAL ID Requirement for Domestic Travel Starts Year From Now
Pennsylvania travelers now have a year to get a federal REAL ID before it become a requirement for domestic air travel. The new documentation is being phased in as legacy verifications for boarding fade into history. Kiley Koscinski filed a first-class explanation on the issue for WHYY. After several pandemic-related postponements, the ID deadline has…
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20 Years after Local Star Nearly Won ‘American Idol,’ Doylestown’s Justin Guarini is Still a Commercial Force
It’s been 20 years since singer Justin Guarini nearly walked away with the American Idol crown that Kelly Clarkson won. Shirley Bryan, in The Hub, reported on Guarini’s present career, launched atop his Doylestown upbringing and Central Bucks High School – East vocal experience. Guarini was born in Georgia and started singing at age four,…
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When Adding a Unique Element to a Property, There’s No Need to Be Coy About Koi, Says Jenkintown’s AquaReale
The pandemic’s increase in residents’ time close to home has led to a run of on-property improvements. One interesting add-on is a backyard or garden Koi pond. AquaReale, a Jenkintown water features company and Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce member, is a font of information on them. A Koi pond is essentially an ecosystem, meaning…
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Gwynedd Mercy Directs Largest Gift It’s Ever Received to New Healthcare-Career Training Center
The largest gift in the history of Gwynedd Mercy University will lead to the establishment of a unique approach to training local healthcare professionals. Ryan Mulligan reported on the largesse in the Philadelphia Business Journal. A $10 million gift from the Maguire Foundation will fund the construction of the Frances M. Maguire Healthcare Innovation Campus,…
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Amber Savings Bank Warning: A ‘Bank’ Request for Personal Info May Not Be Coming from a Bank
The Federal Trade Commission, in a February 2022 report, presented data that should cause U.S. consumers to sit up and take note: Fraud in 2021 reached a massive $5.8 billion, up 70 percent from the year prior. That loss resulted in 2.8 million U.S. consumers victimized by a scam. Thousands of these preyed-upon consumers respond…
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