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Indulge in Hand-crafted, Locally-sourced Ice Cream At Owowcow Creamery
At Owowcow Creamery in Chalfont, customers can enjoy delicious ice cream from local farmers, reports Bob Kelly for FOX 29. The Owowcow takes all-natural ice cream made from scratch, puts it in the freezer, and the lines are out the door. “All of our ice cream is made from scratch, so we use local eggs,…
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Property in Hamptons Purchased By Gladwyne Real Estate Developer For $118.5M in 2021 Hits Market Again For $99.5M
A Hamptons compound purchased by Gladwyne real estate developer Michael Karp for $118.5 million in late 2021 is once again on the market now for $99.5 million, writes Zachary Kussin for the New York Post. The property consists of two homes located at 70 and 71 Cobb Lane, the priciest residential property for sale in…
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Haverford College Seeks $1 Billion Endowment Amid Plans For Future Take Shape
Haverford College President Wendy Raymond is making fundraising a priority as the college moves forward with its strategic, and in-the-works campus plan, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. To this end, Raymond has set a $1 billion goal for the school’s endowment, which would entail about a 50 percent increase in the school’s…
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WSJ: Rite Aid Strikes Deal To Transfer Control Over To Creditors, Settle Opioid Claims
Rite Aid has struck a preliminary deal to transfer ownership of the bankrupt drugstore operator to senior bondholders while also settling lawsuits over its alleged role in overprescribing opioids, writes Alexander Gladstone for The Wall Street Journal. Under the agreed plan, Rite Aid’s senior bondholders would swap their claims for 90 percent of the stock…
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WSJ: Pennsylvania Sees Influx of Trade Workers Since Pandemic As Many Gen Zers Choose This Over the College Path
More members of Gen Z are choosing to leave the college path and instead turning to skilled trades, writes Te-Ping Chen for The Wall Street Journal. According to Michael McGraw, executive director of the Pennsylvania Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association, the trades in Pennsylvania have recorded a significant influx of workers since the pandemic. Among the reasons…
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Philadelphia-area Nonprofits Get Donations From Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott recently made major contributions to 361 nonprofits nationwide. Of the more than 300 nonprofits, 11 are based in Pennsylvania, including five that have operations in Philadelphia, writes Daniel Urie for Penn Live. One is Bread & Roses Community Fund, a funder of grassroots organizing for racial, social, and economic justice in the…
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New Exhibit at Glencairn Museum in Bryn Athyn Showcases Art Form of Easter Egg Decorating
A new exhibit at Glencairn Museum showcases the art form of Easter egg decorating brought to the United States by the Pennsylvania Dutch, writes Emily Neil for WHYY. While egg decorating is an essential element of Easter today, when immigrants first brought it to the U.S., they were not received kindly. “Some people rejected it,…
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Owner of Now-defunct Tootsie’s Salad Express is Feeding Philly’s Hungry Again in Her New Role with St. John’s Hospice
Tootsie Iovine-D’Ambrosio is continuing the important work she did when she owned Tootsie’s Salad Express at the Reading Terminal Market in her new position at St. John’s Hospice, writes Mike Newall for The Philadelphia Inquirer. While it was open, her iconic lunch counter served as an informal aid station. Iovine-D’Ambrosio offered food to hurt and…
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Developers Behind Town Center Project Accuse New Hanover Township of Racially Motivated Plot to Prevent People of Color from Moving Into Area
RP Wynstone and a group of landowners in New Hanover are accusing township officials of a racially motivated plot to prevent people of color from relocating to the area, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. The developer and the group of landowners filed a federal lawsuit against the township, seeking an unspecified amount of damages for…
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Philadelphia Now Among Top 10 Most Sought-After Cities For Apartment Renters
Thanks to a soar in rental activity in February, Philadelphia is now among the 10 most sought-after cities for renters, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. According to the newest monthly report from RentCafe, which measures website traffic for listings in the 150 largest cities in the U.S., Philadelphia jumped 42 spots from…
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Project to Link Cynwyd Heritage Trail to Pencoyd Landing Area One Step Closer to Becoming Reality
A project to connect the Cynwyd Heritage Trail to the Pencoyd Landing area and the bridge to Manayunk is one step closer to becoming reality after a committee recently recommended approval to award the Cynwyd Spur Trail Extension contract, writes Richard Ilgenfritz for the Main Line Times & Suburban. According to Eric Traub, finance director…
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Jean-Georges Philadelphia Hires Colin Henderson As New Chef de Cuisine
Celebrity chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s restaurant, Jean-Georges Philadelphia has hired a new chef de cuisine, writes Michael Klein for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The new chef is Colin Henderson, who is an acolyte of the multi-Michelin-starred chef Daniel Boulud. After being born and raised in Canada, Henderson eventually gained culinary experience in the United States. This includes…
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Washington Post: Nearly Half of Polling Places Moved in Montgomery County For Passover Located in Synagogues
Some of Pennsylvania’s most populous counties, including Montgomery County, are relocating polling places out of synagogues and other Jewish buildings to avoid time conflicts with the first day of Passover, writes Mark Scolforo for The Washington Post. In Montgomery County, the most populous Philadelphia suburb, eight of the 17 polling places that were moved had…
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Program Spotlight: Online Certificate In Medical Billing
Are you interested in pursuing a career in one of the fastest-growing fields? Earning a Certificate in Medical Billing from Peirce College is a great way to start your career in health information management. The college’s Online Medical Billing Certificate is an ideal credential for those interested in entering the healthcare and health information management field, especially…
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Some Philly Companies Are Embracing A Four-Day Workweek
Sen. Bernie Sanders recently introduced a bill to reduce the standard U.S. workweek to 32 hours over four days as opposed to 40 hours over five days. While the idea is gaining some traction now due to Sanders’ proposal, some companies within pockets of the corporate world have already implemented the move, writes Lizzy McLellan…
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Philly’s Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History Could Soon Be Part of the Smithsonian Institution
Several members of the U.S. House and Senate recently proposed a new commission that looks into the possibility of transferring ownership of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History to the Smithsonian Institution, writes Peter Dobrin for The Philadelphia Inquirer. According to Rep. Brendan Boyle, bringing the Weitzman under the wing of the Smithsonian…
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University of Pennsylvania Libraries Receive Donation of Over 75,000 Comics from Avid Collectors
Avid collectors Gary and Dawn Prebula have donated over 75,000 single-issue comics and graphic novels to the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, writes Amanda Alexander for Penn Libraries. Gary Prebula, a University of Pennsylvania alumnus, received his first comic book when he was just 3, which sparked an interest in him that would grow and develop…
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Goldstein’s in South Philadelphia Has Helped Boys Obtain White Suits For Their Holy Communion For Over 100 Years
Goldstein’s Men’s & Boys’ Wear in South Philadelphia is one of the few local spots that specialize in the formal white suits worn by boys for their First Holy Communion, writes Mike Newall for The Philadelphia Inquirer. For 122 years, hundreds of families from neighborhood parishes and diocesan schools from the region have been flocking…
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