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Jenkintown Death Prompts SEPTA to Consider Suicide Barriers
Following two deaths on its tracks last month, one of them in Jenkintown, SEPTA is considering implementing suicide barriers on its train platforms, writes Marielle Mondon for Philly Voice. Finding effective ways of preventing deaths on its tracks, whether they are accidental or suicide, is an issue SEPTA has been wrestling with for some time.…
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Fifteen Members of 2017 Leadership Tri-County Class Graduate
Fifteen members of the 10-month Leadership Tri-County program graduated last Thursday, writes Donna Rovins for The Times Herald. The program was introduced in 1993 and has already graduated over 200 community members through the support of the TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation. Before the graduation ceremony, class members presented their completed projects at the…
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Plymouth Meeting Resident First to Receive Non-Invasive Treatment for Essential Tremor in Pennsylvania
John Lukens from Plymouth Meeting is the first person in Pennsylvania to receive a non-invasive brain procedure to treat Essential Tremor, writes Lynne Adkins for CBS Philly. The sixty-one-year old suffers from the movement disorder that makes everyday tasks almost impossible. To fix this, Pennsylvania Hospital doctors used ultrasound waves to target the portion of…
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Ardmore’s Kramer Brothers Receive President’s Environmental Youth Award
The Environmental Protection Agency has recognized Ardmore brothers Devin and Roldan Kramer with the 2016 President’s Environmental Youth Award for K-5 grade levels. The award is given to exceptional students who have demonstrated creativity, innovation and leadership when addressing difficult environmental challenges. The brothers came up with their project after noticing that the growing number…
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Eight Attorneys from Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin Receive Peer Recognition
Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin – a law firm with offices in Lansdale, Limerick, and Harrisburg – has announced that four of its attorneys have been named to the 2017 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list and four of its young lawyers have been named to the 2017 Pennsylvania Rising Stars list. Attorneys named to the…
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West Conshohocken’s SMG Wins Major Management Contract in China
West Conshohocken’s facilities management firm SMG, has successfully landed a major contract in China for the upcoming Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center, writes Harold Brubaker for Philly.com. Construction on the Center began in September last year with the first phase expected to open in two years. When finished, it will provide around 4.3 million-square-feet…
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Nonprofit Ensures Feral Cats Find a Home
Forgotten Cats, a Delaware-based nonprofit that provides a humane and effective way to prevent the suffering of kittens born to abandoned and homeless cats, helps the animals find a permanent home through a network of eight pet stores, three of which are in Montgomery County, writes Bill Rettew Jr. for the Daily Local News. About…
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Trice Medical Raises Nearly $20M in Private Stock Sale
King of Prussia’s Trice Medical has raised $19.3 million in a private stock sale to finance the national rollout of its mi-eye2 product, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. This financing round saw the arrival of global medical equipment manufacturer Smith & Nephew, which acquired a minority stake in the company. It joins other…
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Penn Community Bank to Acquire Chelten Hills Savings Bank
Penn Community Bank is planning to expand into Montgomery County through the acquisition of Chelten Hills Savings Bank in Abington, writes Alison Burdo for Philadelphia Business Journal. The addition of Chelten Hills will bring Penn Community Bank to a total of 24 branches and two administrative centers. Penn Community also announced that lease negotiations are…
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King of Prussia’s Trevena Makes Headway in Search for Safer Opioid
King of Prussia’s Trevena is making headway on its Oliceridine painkiller which could provide a safer opioid alternative to current drug treatments, writes Laurel Hamers for Science News. The search for a ‘safe’ painkiller has been spurred on by the growing epidemic of opioid addiction. This has made doctors very reluctant to prescribe traditional pain…
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ArcelorMittal Plants in Conshohocken and Coatesville Set to Benefit from Navy Expansion
President Trump’s ambitious plan to expand the U.S. Navy from 275 to 350 ships could be very good news for ArcelorMittal’s steel-plate plants in Coatesville and Conshohocken, writes Joseph N. DiStefano for Philly.com. The Coatesville plant’s furnaces can produce carbon-steel and alloy-steel plates, steel-clad rolls and customize flame-cut shapes. Its plate steel is specially designed…
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E-Commerce Pioneer Backs Local News Website Chain in Montgomery County
E-commerce pioneer, Michael Golden, became rich when eBay acquired King of Prussia’s GSI Commerce six years ago for $2.4 billion. Now, he is investing around two hundred thousand into three Montgomery County local news websites, writes Joseph N. DiStefano for Philly.com. The acquisition of MoreThanTheCurve.com, which covers Conshohocken, AroundAmbler.com, and an upcoming Glenside site were…
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Sly Fox of Pottstown, Phoenixville to Debut Northern Liberties Standard Lager
Standard Tap, located at 901 North 2nd Street in Philadelphia, will host a debut brunch for Sly Fox Brewing Company’s Northern Liberties Standard Lager on Sunday at 11 AM. Brewed collaboratively by Sly Fox’s Brian O’Reilly, Standard Tap owner William Reed, and 91-year-old Bill Moeller, this extraordinary lager puts Moeller’s encyclopedic knowledge of beer as…
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PREIT Looking to Sell Less Profitable Malls to Strengthen Portfolio Quality
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, owner of Willow Grove and Plymouth Meeting malls, is looking to sell two of its less profitable locations to boost the quality of its portfolio and invest in its more promising assets, writes Jacob Adelman for Philly.com. PREIT has put Logan Valley Mall in Altoona and Valley View Mall in…
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Solar Power Brings Electricity and Jobs to the Region
Bryn Mawr is seeing an increase in the use of solar power to power people’s homes, writes Susan Phillips for State Impact. According to PECO, the number of households that are planning to install solar panels on their rooftops more than tripled between 2015 and 2016. Nick DiPatri from Bryn Mawr recently installed solar panels…
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Bryn Mawr’s Alliance Partners HSP to Buy Building Complex in Florida for $62.3M
Bryn Mawr investment group Alliance Partners HSP has agreed to buy Golden Bear Plaza in Palm Beach Gardens in Florida for $62.3 million, writes Alexandra Clough for Palm Beach Post. This is nearly double the amount paid by the current owner for the 243,000-square-foot, three building complex in December 2003. “It’s a Class A suburban…
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Entercom CEO Says CBS Radio Deal Will Bring New Jobs to the Region
The acquisition of CBS Radio by Bala Cynwyd’s Entercom Communications will bring new jobs to Philadelphia region, writes Jeff Blumenthal for Philadelphia Business Journal. However, by completing one of the biggest media deals in the country, it has also made Entercom CEO, David Field, one of the most influential media executives in the country. But…
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PhillyCAM to Feature Young Wynnewood Author Liliana Velásquez
Wynnewood author, Liliana Velásquez, will read from her book Dreams and Nightmares that describes her 2,000 mile journey to the U.S. at the PhillyCAM Community Room on Thursday, writes John Timpane for Philly.com. The true story follows the route of the then fourteen-years-old Velásquez who left her abusive family in in Guatemala to travel here.…
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