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Montgomery County Home to Two of Top 50 Suburbs in America to Buy a House
Niche, an online resource that transforms the way people make big life decisions by providing reviews and insight from everyday experts on places to live and schools to attend, has released its 2016 rankings of the Best Suburbs to Buy a House in America. And two Montgomery County communities cracked the Top 50. West Conshohocken…
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Dresher Native, Upper Dublin Grad Loaned to United Soccer League Team
Dresher native Zach Pfeffer, a 21-year-old Upper Dublin High School graduate, was recently loaned from the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer to the Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC of the United Soccer League for the remainder of the 2016 season. The USL sits on the third-tier of the American soccer pyramid, behind the MLS and…
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Conshohocken’s Allied Universal on Its Way to Becoming Public Company
Allied Universal, with headquarters in both Conshohocken and Santa Ana, is on its way to becoming the next public company in the Greater Philadelphia, writes Alison Burdo for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Allied Universal was formed last month after the merger of Conshohocken’s Allied Barton and California’s Universal Services of America. This made the newly…
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Blue Bell’s Skanska USA to Build New Hospital in South Jersey
Skanska USA, with local offices in Blue Bell, has been hired by Inspira Health Network to build the new Gloucester County (N.J.) hospital, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The $350 million project will be a five-story hospital building with 204 beds in Harrison. It is the second major hospital contract in the…
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Conshohocken’s Instem, Based in the UK, Acquires France’s Notocord
United Kingdom-based Instem, which has its U.S. headquarters in Conshohocken, is continuing to grow by making its fifth acquisition in five years with no intention of slowing down, writes Joseph DiStefano for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The leading provider of IT solutions for the worldwide early development healthcare market has purchased France-based Notocord, which focuses on…
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Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board Earns Industry Recognition for Marketing, Communications
The Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board’s website saw record activity this summer. From Memorial Day to Labor Day, more than 250,000 visitors arrived at ValleyForge.org, a 100 percent increase over last summer. “Foodies, gamers, delegates, and shoppers all found reasons to visit our collection of microsites this summer,” said Ed Harris, VFTCB’s Vice President…
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Byrn Mawr Professor, Chemist Skeptical about Natural Hair Dyes
While natural and organic cosmetics have become a multibillion-dollar industry, many experts, including chemist Michelle Francl of Byrn Mawr College, agree that there is little truth behind the natural label, writes Lateshia Beachum for The Washington Post. After combing through a list of 25 ingredients that are commonly present in the most popular brands of…
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King of Prussia’s Radial Aims to Fill 20,000 Seasonal Jobs Nationwide
Radial, King of Prussia’s e-commerce technology and operations company, is looking to fill 20,000 seasonal positions to cover increased traffic over the holiday shopping season, writes Michelle Caffrey for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Radial, founded earlier this year by the merger of eBay Enterprises and e-commerce company Innotrac, runs 26 fulfillment centers across the country.…
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Montco Companies Dominate List of Fastest-Growing Philadelphia Firms
The Philadelphia Business Journal has launched a new initiative to identify the fastest-growing companies in Greater Philadelphia, writes Craig Ey, its Editor-in-Chief. The companies that made the list have been dubbed the “50 on Fire in Philly.” The actual rank of each company is being kept a secret until a special event at the SugarHouse…
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Couple Transforms 292-Year-Old Hatboro Building into Italian Restaurant
The Old Mill Inn – nearly three centuries old after being built in 1724 in Hatboro – has been transformed by real estate developers Lynda Clauser and Jim Case into Louie’s Old Mill Italian restaurant, writes Gary Puleo for The Times Herald. The restaurant is named after resident chef Louie Zweifach. The herculean task of transforming…
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House of the Week: Mid-Century Stunner in Bryn Mawr
A mid-century gem designed by famed architect Robert McElroy has hit the market in Bryn Mawr, writes Melissa Romero for Curbed Philadelphia. The four-bedroom, two-bathroom home was built in 1960 and designed by McElroy, whose unique touch can be seen throughout the Main Line. The house spans 2,510 square feet, and has been updated with…
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Talent Attraction, Retention an Issue for Manufacturers in Montgomery County
A discussion on the lack of manpower and possible ways of attracting new talent was the main focus of the recent meeting of the Manufacturing Alliance of Bucks and Montgomery Counties, writes Jane Von Bergen for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The lack of manpower is a huge issue in the field, according to Jim McKeown, the…
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Knopf Joins Fox Rothschild’s Blue Bell Office
Kimberlee S. Knopf has joined Fox Rothschild as counsel in the firm’s Blue Bell office. Knopf, a member of the Corporate Department, serves as a strategic counselor to banks, commercial finance companies, and businesses in an array of commercial finance and real estate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and asset purchases. She provides guidance on…
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Plymouth Meeting’s Inovio Pharmaceuticals Starts Testing Zika Vaccine in Puerto Rico
Plymouth Meeting’s Inovio Pharmaceuticals has started a clinical study of its experimental Zika vaccine on 160 healthy adult volunteers in Puerto Rico, after the territory declared a public health emergency over the virus’s outbreak, writes Linda Loyd for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The news gave an immediate boost to the company’s shares, which jumped by 4.63…
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Springfield High School Cancels Football Season
Springfield Township High School has been forced to cancel its varsity football season due to a lack of participation, writes Austin Hertzog for PaPrepLive.com. The move was made official Monday evening in a letter from Jason Pane, an Assistant Principal and Athletic Director at Springfield High School. “The decision was delayed as long as possible…
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Sly Fox Music Festival in Pottstown Reflects Link Between Original Music, Craft Beer
Pottstown’s Sly Fox Brewing Company is well known for two things: deliciously authentic representations of classic beer styles and unrivaled, amazingly fun events at the brewery. The Can Jam Music Festival – the brewery’s free concert that fills its adjoining field with fans and the air with the sweet sounds of a full slate of…
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‘Solid Economy and Employment Picture’ Benefits Horsham’s Toll Brothers
Horsham’s Toll Brothers is feeling the benefits of a recovering housing market by reporting growth in both profits and revenue for the third quarter, writes Austen Hufford for The Wall Street Journal. The company revealed that, in general, homeowners have been building up home equity since the financial crisis, and could soon move to newer…
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Abington Resident Chosen for Best Lawyers for Work in Immigration Law
The Klasko Immigration Law Partners of Philadelphia has announced that William A. Stock, an Abington resident, has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2017 in the area of Immigration Law. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to…
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