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Govberg Jewelers Opens $8.5M Bala Cynwyd Headquarters
Govberg Jewelers’ new Bala Cynwyd headquarters opened earlier this summer, giving its employees a spacious open plan and featuring giant sculptures of pop culture icons including Marvel’s Hulk, writes Clara Lefton for Philadelphia Business Journal. The new headquarters, which cost $8.5 million, is at 166 E. Levering Mill Road. It is already home to 85…
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FDA Green Lights CSL Behring’s Privigen for New Use
King of Prussia’s CSL Behring has received more positive news for its autoimmune and inflammatory disease disorder drug Privigen, as the FDA has approved it for a third use, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. Earlier this summer, the drug was approved for treating primary immunodeficiency, the generic condition that makes the immune system…
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Step Up for Hearing Loss; Register for Next Month’s Pennsylvania Walk4Hearing at Navy Yard
The Hearing Loss Association of America invites you to the Pennsylvania Walk4Hearing on Sunday, October 22 at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. The HLAA Walk4Hearing is a family-friendly event that raises awareness about hearing loss and coming together to eradicate the stigma associated with it. Join more than 2,500 walkers at the Pennsylvania Walk4Hearing to…
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GoPuff’s Delivery Service Expands Into Montgomery County
GoPuff, the on-demand delivery service that provides refreshments all night long, has expanded into Montgomery County, writes Jordan McBride for Main Line Today. At the beginning of the year, the Philadelphia based business opened in Manayunk, and its service is now available to Roxborough, Manayunk, East Falls, Bala Cynwyd, Merion Station, Narberth, and Ardmore. [uam_ad…
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Bala Cynwyd’s Stoltz Real Estate Partners Buys Nashville Property for $28.3M
Stoltz Real Estate Partners from Bala Cynwyd has paid $28.3 million for ‘The Sheds on Charlotte’, an office and retail development in Midtown Nashville, writes Getahn Ward for Tennessean. The purchase comes almost a year after the Montgomery County real estate fund manager acquired The Stahlman and The Lofts apartment complexes in downtown Nashville. [uam_ad…
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$1 Million Donation Kick Starts Renovation of Century-Old Mansion in Radnor Township
Renovations plans for a century-old mansion in Radnor Township have gained a huge boost through a $1 million anonymous donation, writes Alison Burdo for Philadelphia Business Journal. The Willows at 490 Darby-Paoli Road, covers almost 48-acres including a picturesque pond and fountains. But the million dollar donation is not enough to finance the entire renovation…
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John L. Asher of Asher’s Chocolates, Aged 83, Dies
John L. Asher, known as ‘the Candy Man’ due to his family’s multi-generational ownership of Asher’s Chocolates, has died at Artman Lutheran Home in Ambler aged 83, writes Dan Geringer for Philly.com. Asher took leadership of Asher’s Chocolates with his brother Bob after their father died five decades ago. He retired as co-chairman in April,…
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Texas Fugitive Discovered in Lansdale Thanks to Ancestry.com
The Texas fugitive Jon Vincent has been found living in Lansdale as Nathan Laskoski, thanks to an accidental discovery on the genealogy website Ancestry.com, writes Jeremy Roebuck for Philly.com. Vincent was convicted of indecency with a child in 1991. He served out five years of his ten-year sentence before being released into a halfway house,…
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Pottstown’s Brick House to Close
Pottstown’s Brick House is closing its doors and moving its operations to Amity Township where it will merge with BlackJax American Pub and Grill, writes Brad Rhen for Reading Eagle. Both eateries are owned by Dave and Blair Walsh. The Brick House opened in March 2008 at the former Security Trust building at the corner…
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Lower Merion High School Graduate Expands College Party Scene with Premier STL
Zach Moskow, a Lower Merion High School graduate and already accomplished entrepreneur, has found success in his latest business venture that gives college students a new social scene, writes Ashley Jost for St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Moskow, who is currently a sophomore at Washington University, got the idea after being underwhelmed with the typical options at…
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Willow Grove’s NMS Labs’ Swelling Opioid Caseload Drives Move to Bigger Facility
Willow Grove’s NMS Labs will soon have to relocate into a larger facility to accommodate its huge caseload increase from the ongoing opioid crisis, writes Sam Wood for Philly.com. For nearly half a century, NMS Labs has operated from the same Willow Grove campus, but it is now planning to move half-mile up the road…
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Incyte Looks to Raise Additional Funds After Positive Results from Merck Combination Therapy Tests
Following the positive clinical testing results from a combination cancer therapy developed by Incyte and Merck, Incyte is looking to raise $666.6 million to fund further research, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. The clinical testing combined Merck’s immuno-oncology drug Keytruda with the enzyme inhibitor epacadostat developed by Incyte. The combination was used in…
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Malvern Federal Helps Prepare Children for School, Donates Essential Supplies for Learning
Malvern Federal Savings Bank has announced the donation of school supplies to the Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County. The Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County, a charitable organization that supports the community by providing services to meet emerging needs of families, was the recipient of donations made at Malvern Federal…
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Pennsylvania in Top Half of Happiest States in Nation
Pennsylvanians are happier than over half of the country according to a new study on the happiest states in the nation, writes Richie Bernardo for WalletHub. The study, compiled by the personal-finance website WalletHub, used previous research on happiness to determine which environmental factors have been linked to the overall well-being and satisfaction. Previous studies…
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Plymouth Meeting’s ECRI Institute Explains Importance of Suture Types in New Report
Plymouth Meeting’s ECRI Institute has published a suture report that explains the importance of using the right brand of this essential medical tool, writes Stacey Burling for Philly.com. The Montgomery County institute that evaluates medical procedures, devices, and drugs, decided to look into sutures after requests from surgeons to use a different kind than was…
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Montgomery County Pays Philly’s Top Average Wage
Montgomery County workers continue to enjoy the Philadelphia metro area’s top average wage, and it’s rising at a healthy clip. Montgomery County’s workforce grew 1 percent over the past year, and those 484,800 workers saw their average weekly wage rise to $1,449, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ first quarter numbers. Within the…
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Bala Cynwyd’s WCAU Television Studio Building on Lower Merion Conservancy’s 2017 WatchList
Bala Cynwyd’s WCAU Television Studio Building is among the historic properties on this year’s Lower Merion Conservancy’s WatchList, according to a staff report from Mainline Media News. For over two decades, Lower Merion Conservancy has published the WatchList. This helps protect historic properties in Lower Merion and Narberth under threat of demolition, neglect, or development.…
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Bala Cynwyd Touch-Screen Kiosk Offers More Options to Patrons of Local Jewish Federation Food Pantry
A touch-screen kiosk in Bala Cynwyd is one of the newly implemented technologies offering more options to clients of the food pantries of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, according to a staff report for Jewish Exponent. Before the touch-screen kiosks, people visiting one of the nearby Jewish Federation food pantries would be given a…
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