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Montgomery County June 5th COVID-19 Update
Based on the information found on state and county’s COVID-19 website, here is a snapshot of the spread of coronavirus across Montgomery County, and Southeast Pennsylvania. Since Wednesday’s update, 64 new COVID-19 positive cases and 4 deaths were reported in Montgomery County. The 4 new deaths bring Montgomery County’s COVID-19 death toll to 706 individuals. The…
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Supporting Rioters in Philadelphia Protests While Condemning Looters Are Not Mutually Exclusive
Supporting the rioters in the Philadelphia protests and condemning the actions of the opportunistic looters are not mutually exclusive, writes Sandy Smith, Philadelphia Magazine’s Home and Real Estate editor. The protests that have erupted all over the nation because of George Floyd’s death are a reaction to decades of police’s mistreatment of people of color.…
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Is Your Company Ready to Emerge from COVID-19? RKL Offers To-Dos and Tips for Successful Recovery Planning
The future is coming and companies need to be ready. While no one can fully predict the new normal, a corporate recovery plan is the best way to rally a workforce and streamline operations as a company emerges from the crisis. The team of operations experts and business strategists at professional services firm RKL LLP…
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Malvern Bank House of the Week: Majestic Colonial Revival in Lafayette Hill
A majestic colonial revival home with six bedrooms and five full and two half bathrooms is available for sale in Lafayette Hill on the Philadelphia – Montgomery County border. The Andorra House is designed by Robert McGoodwin and is surrounded by the bucolic gardens conceived by the renowned Olmstead brothers. The home has maintained many…
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Area Drive-ins Offer Fun Date-night Alternative to Coronavirus Emptied Theaters
By Wendi Rank New movies are available to stream, but can we see a flick outside of our own living rooms? The answer to this new question is an old-time solution – the drive-in movie. ABC News reports drive-in movie theaters are experiencing a resurgence in the era of COVID-19. Three drive-in theaters in Pennsylvania…
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Remember the Lessons Learned in Kindergarten for Your Career and Life
By Lynne Williams How did we forget lessons we learned in kindergarten and the Golden Rule? How do we learn to be better? Do better? Make the world better? As an educator, I believe knowledge is power and I believe in lifelong learning. I know that I don’t know what I don’t know, but do…
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WCU Grad to Participate in Army’s Virtual National Commissioning Ceremony
On June 12, newly minted West Chester University graduate Joseph D. Bittner will represent the ROTC Dauntless Battalion during the virtual National Commissioning Ceremony, one of the most prominent adaptations to conducting Army ROTC training during COVID-19. Bittner – a native of Delta, a borough in York County – was awarded the Dauntless Battalion Saber…
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Nappen & Associates’ Newest Tenant to Play Crucial Role in Combating COVID-19 Pandemic
Nappen & Associates newest tenant, Provident Packaging Corporation, will play a crucial role in combating the coronavirus pandemic. The Philadelphia-based packaging service, recently acquired by Jillamy Supply Chain Logistics, has signed a lease with Nappen & Associates for a 30,000-square-foot industrial building in the Bonair Industrial Center in Warminster. The space, which is equipped with…
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Montco Commissioners Arkoosh and Lawrence Denounce Colleague’s Statement on Black Lives Matter
Montgomery County Commissioners Val Arkoosh and Ken Lawrence joined together Tuesday afternoon to denounce a statement regarding the riots and looting in Philadelphia and throughout the country issued by their colleague, Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Gale, on Monday. “The perpetrators of this urban domestic terror are radical left-wing hate groups like Black Lives Matter,” Gale…
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Toll Brothers Pauses Work on Jewelers Row Project Due To Economic Uncertainty Caused By Coronavirus Pandemic
Horsham-based Toll Brothers is pausing work on its condo projects in city centers due to the economic uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic, writes Jacob Adelman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. This includes the 24-story tower the developer planned to erect on Philadelphia’s Jewelers Row shopping street. According to the company’s chief executive Douglas Yearley, Toll…
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Montgomery County June 4th COVID-19 Update
Based on the information found on state and county’s COVID-19 website, here is a snapshot of the spread of coronavirus across Montgomery County, and Southeast Pennsylvania. Since Tuesday’s update, 97 new COVID-19 positive cases and 3 deaths were reported in Montgomery County. The 3 new deaths bring Montgomery County’s COVID-19 death toll to 702 individuals. The…
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Bloomberg: Protests Over George Floyd’s Death Bring Grim Realities of Racial Disparity in America Into Spotlight
Protests over the death of an unarmed African American man at the hands of police have brought other grim realities of America’s racial disparity into the spotlight, including the fact that African Americans are lagging behind other groups in almost every economic measure, writes Catarina Saraiva for Bloomberg. In Minneapolis, where George Floyd was killed,…
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Fabric Retailer the Latest Addition to Phoenixville’s Bridge Street, Courtesy of Pillar Real Estate Advisors
A startup business named Seamless Sewing Arts Ltd will be the latest addition to the bustling scene on Bridge Street in Phoenixville. A modern quilting and sewing store, Seamless will retail high-quality, contemporary, all-natural fabrics, as well as notions, patterns, and gifts. The store will combine a fabric shop, classes, and a gallery all under…
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Fitness and Wellness Tips for Golfers
By Wendi Rank For golfers, there’s benefit in a healthy lifestyle – a stronger game. Eating well and exercise can improve endurance and skill, says MONTCO Golf. The Mayo Clinic encourages tracking diet and activity through smart-phone apps or daily planners. Apply a range of exercises. According to the Mayo Clinic, strengthening your core –…
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Bryn Mawr Business Owner Turns His Staff into Essential Workers
By Jennifer Leonard Spike’s Trophies, a top manufacturer of trophies, medals and awards with locations in Bryn Mawr and Philadelphia, should be enjoying its busiest time of year. Instead, the Covid-19 shutdowns forced co-owner Keith Baldwin to let go of all 45 employees in March. “I had never laid anyone off before,” he says, choking…
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New Hobart’s Run Initiative Helps Keep Pottstown, Historic Edgewood Cemetery Clean
A new Hobart’s Run neighborhood improvement initiative wants to raise funds to help finance the year-round maintenance of the Historic Edgewood Cemetery by offering trash grabbers for donations. At the same time, it also hopes to inspire Pottstown residents to pick up litter on their blocks. The cemetery was abandoned eight years ago and quickly…
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Merion Station Photographer Captures One of Most Iconic Photos from Philadelphia Protests
Merion Station-based photographer Sarah Bloom has captured one of the most iconic photographs from the Philadelphia protests over the death of George Floyd, writes Victor Fiorillo for the Philadelphia Magazine. Bloom, whose captivating nude self-portraits in an abandoned Philadelphia building went viral several years ago, went to the city on Saturday to participate in the…
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Hundreds of Toll Workers to Lose Their Jobs as Pennsylvania Decides to Make Entire Turnpike Cashless
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission recently voted to make the entire interstate network a cashless system and lay off 500 toll workers as a result, according to a staff report from The Philadelphia Inquirer. The agency that once primarily relied on fare collectors has been transitioning to a system that uses E-ZPass as well as automated…
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