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Check Out the Highest Paid CEOs of the Philadelphia Area
Last year was a big one for Philadelphia area CEOs. Ten of the top twelve highest earners saw an increase in salary over 2022, write Isaac Avilucea and Mike D’Onofrio of Axios. According to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, the company leaders saw a salary increase ranging from 4.6 percent to 52.5 percent. Topping…
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Learn How Philadelphia Neighborhoods Earned Their Names
Philadelphia is a historic city of neighborhoods. Each one has a story as to how they earned their names, and a Reddit page has compiled a list of those stories. Bartram Village is named in honor of famous botanist, John Bartram, who lived in the nearby area. Bella Vista is Italian for “Beautiful Sight,” and…
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Waste Management’s New $40M Philadelphia Plant Boosts Recycling Efficiency for City, Surrounding Region
Waste Management’s new 57,860-square-foot Philadelphia Recycling Facility will be able to handle all of the city’s and part of surrounding suburban counties’ recycling needs, writes Frank Kummer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The modern plant relies on optical sorters that are powered by artificial intelligence. These help separate waste into appropriate categories. Both the automation addition…
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Penn Alums, ChompShop Founders, Present New Product on ‘Shark Tank’ After Last-Minute Name Change
University of Pennsylvania alums and ChompShop founders Kausi Raman and Max Liechty presented their new product to Shark Tank investors in the latest episode of the popular business reality show, after being forced to come up with a new name for their company at the last minute, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal.…
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Millstone Spirits Group Plans to Expand to Larger Facility in Northeast Philly, See Seven-Fold Production Increase
Millstone Spirits Group is working on expanding into a larger space in Northeast Philadelphia and increasing its annual spirits production by over 700 percent, writes Emma Dooling for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The 11-year-old Philadelphia company plans on moving into the new 35,000-square-foot facility before the end of the month. Millstone Spirits Group is the…
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This Neighborhood is Making a Case for Being One of Philly’s Best Foodie Destinations
While Fishtown, Kensington, and Rittenhouse Square are known as Philadelphia’s dining hot spots, Queen Village is quickly emerging as the city’s newest food destination, writes Michael Klein for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The neighborhood has recently added — or is about to add — around 30 new restaurants and food retailers. These newcomers offer a diverse…
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McAlister’s Reopening, Firebirds Opening Highlight This Week’s Bucks County Dining News
Bucks County’s restaurant scene has been buzzing this week, with McAlister’s announcing its reopening and Firebirds gearing up to open its first location in the area, writes Jeff Werner for the Patch. McAlister’s Deli Restaurant And Sandwich Shop first opened at Warrington Crossing in March before closing in September. The restaurant is now set to…
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Germantown-Based, Why Not Prosper, Ensures Formerly Incarcerated Women Have Positive Futures
Why Not Prosper, a social services organization in Philadelphia, focuses on providing transitional housing to women who were formerly incarcerated, to help make sure they have a positive future ahead, reports Marcus Espinoza for FOX 29. “We support them with staying clean, getting a job, and of course reuniting with their children,” said Rev. Dr.…
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The Athletic: After Slow Start to Season, Flyers Start to Find Their Identity
The Philadelphia Flyers started their season 1-5-1 with the team not earning its first regulation win until their eighth game. However, after shaking off the abysmal start and cleaning up some of their issues, the Flyers have gone 4-2-1 in their next seven games, writes Kevin Kurz for The Athletic. The team is also riding…
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Here Are the Highest-Ranked Pizza Restaurants in Philadelphia
Pizza is a universal language that Americans from all over the country enjoy, write Kristen Hickman and Karim Noorani for Stacker. The publication has compiled a list of the top 30 highest-ranked pizza restaurants in Philadelphia. The ranking is aided by Yelp data and its ranking system, which calculates an adjusted rating value that takes…
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Community Conversation Series Continues, Highlights Philly’s Small Businesses
A community conversation series hosted by WHYY and the Free Library of Philadelphia recently highlighted the impact of Philadelphia’s small businesses, write Sandra Jones and Liv Barry for WHYY. The November 7 Bridging Blocks event brought together small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs alike. Fred Sutherland, former EVP and CFO of Aramark, expressed that the…
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Philadelphia Phillies Raise $500M from New Investors, Valuing the Team at Around $3B
The Philadelphia Phillies have raised approximately $500 million in capital from three new investors, writes Michael Ozanian for CNBC Sport. The transaction values the Major League Baseball team and its 25 percent stake in NBC Sports Philadelphia at around $3 billion. Two of the Phillies’ existing owners, managing partner John Middleton and Stanley Middleman, have…
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50 Watts Books Takes Unusual Journey to Opening Brick-and-Mortar in Chestnut Hill
Will Schofield spent over a decade writing about obscure literature on his popular literary blog, 50 Watts, writes Kiersten Tate for Billy Penn at WHYY. In the spring of 2021, he launched an online bookstore he named 50 Watts Books. He took another step earlier this year when he opened a brick-and-mortar location for 50…
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SS United States to Depart From South Philly Pier Starting Nov. 14
The SS United States will be departing from Pier 82 in South Philadelphia over two days: November 14-15, writes Tom Dougherty for CBS News Philadelphia. The iconic ocean liner will first be moving to a docking area in Mobile, Alabama. Okaloosa County, Florida, recently acquired the SS United States in a $10 million and plans…
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Magical Holiday Tours Coming to Fonthill Castle in Doylestown
Fonthill Castle in Doylestown is gearing up to celebrate the holiday season with a variety of special events and tours, running from November 16 to December 31, writes Jeff Werner for the Patch. The castle, the former home of Henry Chapman Mercer, is a National Historic Landmark operated by the Bucks County Historical Society. Each…
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Phillies Great Dick Allen Eligible for Baseball Hall of Fame Once Again
Former Philadelphia Phillies slugger Dick Allen is once again under consideration for an induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, writes Matt Breen for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Allen was one of eight players named to the Hall’s Classic Baseball Era Committee ballot this year. To get inducted, a candidate must receive 75 percent of the…
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Meet Aliya Burroughs: 2024 Peirce College MBA Graduate, Program Coordinator II and Admissions Coordinator
To celebrate new MBA graduates, Peirce College is thrilled to highlight and share their journeys. Today’s feature is Aliya Burroughs, two-time Peirce graduate receiving her Bachelor’s in Healthcare Administration in 2020 and her Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) with the Class of 2024. Burroughs’s journey at Peirce began in 2017, after researching different colleges that…
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Truman Field Hockey Seniors Celebrate Their First-Ever High School Victory
The seniors on Harry S. Truman’s field hockey team managed to achieve something they had yearned for throughout their entire high school career: a win on the hockey field before they graduated, writes Melissa Hanejko for the Bucks County Courier Times. In an exciting atmosphere, the team defeated their crosstown rival Bristol High School on…
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