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Directed Traffic, Limited Food Court Seating Among Changes Coming to KOP Mall Once It Reopens
Many changes will be put in place once King of Prussia Mall – owned by Simon Property Group – is allowed to reopen under Gov. Wolf’s phased reopening plan, writes Megan Frank for the WLVT. According to Eric Goldstein, executive director of the King of Prussia District, shoppers visiting King of Prussia Mall in the…
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Montgomery County Leadership: Marc Minnick of Manor College
Marc Minnick, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Manor College, spoke with MONTCO Today about growing up in Ridley Park, discovering a deep sense of community at his first job at Swiss Farms, a Delaware County-based drive-thru convenience store chain, finding his calling as a teacher while completing his undergraduate degree at four…
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Gwynedd-Mercy Academy Elementary Only PA School to Earn Green Ribbon Award for 2020
Gwynedd-Mercy Academy Elementary is the only Pennsylvania school that has been recognized with a Green Ribbon Award for 2020 for its dedication towards going green, writes Marc Narducci for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The prestigious national honor is presented by the U.S. Department of Education. The ribbon recognizes schools, districts, and higher education institutions for their…
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Ambler Bodyboarder Dominates Big-Wave World
Andrew Karr, a 22-year-old Ambler resident who grew up 75 miles from the ocean, is challenging expectations and taking the world of big-wave bodyboarding – usually dominated by athletes from California or Hawaii – by storm, writes Phil Anastasia for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “People are always saying to me, ‘Wait, where are you from?’” said…
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Montgomery County May 21st COVID-19 Update
Based on the information found on state and county’s COVID-19 website and the commissioner’s Wednesday press briefing, here is a snapshot of the spread of coronavirus across Montgomery County, the Delaware Valley, and Pennsylvania. Since the last update Tuesday afternoon, 111 new COVID-19 positive cases ranging in age from 4-months to 99-years-old were reported in…
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RKL Addresses Knowns and Unknowns of New PPP Loan Forgiveness Application
The Small Business Administration issued a Loan Forgiveness Application on May 15, intended to help borrowers more definitively calculate how much of their Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan will be forgiven. The application offers clarity in a several areas, but it is not comprehensive in scope and some key questions remain unanswered. The team of…
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Main Line Health: Easy Exercises for Seniors to Do at Home
By Main Line Health Now that we’re spending more time inside, it’s easy to get accustomed to spending most of your time sitting. And without our usual gyms and exercise classes to keep us moving, it can be easy for anyone to fall into a sedentary lifestyle. But the risk is especially great for seniors.…
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See How Montgomery County Companies Did on This Year’s Fortune 500
Conshohocken-based AmerisourceBergen is once again the highest-ranked Philadelphia area company on the Fortune 500 list, coming in at tenth place, writes Kennedy Rose for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The company held steady compared to last year, preserving its spot in the top ten of the annual list published by Fortune magazine that ranks 500 of…
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Montgomery Bar Association Continues to Offer Legal Answers to Pandemic-Related Consumer, Employment Complaints
While law offices and courts across Montgomery County are closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, except for emergency matters, the Montgomery Bar Association has continued to offer legal answers to consumer and employment complaints related to the coronavirus pandemic, writes Carl Hessler Jr. for the Montgomery Media. According to Jim Mathias, the association’s director of…
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Hampton Inn Limerick-Philadelphia Sets Standard for Cleanliness, Meets Challenges Posed by COVID-19
Travel is an unstoppable force, and it’s only going to increase as people are eager to hit the roads to see family, friends, clients, and co-workers. Hotel guests will be expecting a level of cleanliness greater than ever before, and the Hampton Inn Limerick-Philadelphia, located in Royersford, is meeting those expectations. With cleanliness as its…
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Montgomery County May 20th COVID-19 Update
Based on the information found on state and county’s COVID-19 website and the commissioner’s Tuesday press briefing, here is a snapshot of the spread of coronavirus across Montgomery County, the Delaware Valley, and Pennsylvania. Since the last update Monday afternoon, 53 new COVID-19 positive cases ranging in age from 14- to 98-years-old were reported in…
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New Study Shows SEPTA Will Play Essential Role in Region’s Recovery
A new study shows that SEPTA’s economic impact on the region is crucial to its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic-caused losses, writes Patricia Madej for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The study from Econsult Solutions found that SEPTA plays a key role in moving workers and consumers throughout the growing five-county region, an area that represents 42…
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Montgomery County Community College Finds Its Sixth President in Dr. Victoria L. Bastecki-Perez
After an extensive nationwide search, Montgomery County Community College’s Board of Trustees has selected Dr. Victoria L. Bastecki-Perez to serve as the College’s sixth President. Bastecki-Perez, who joined MCCC in 1996, has signed a three-year contract and officially began her tenure on May 18. “We are confident that Dr. Bastecki-Perez’s strong leadership and unwavering dedication…
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Bloomberg Businessweek: Plymouth Meeting’s Inovio’s COVID-19 Vaccine Among Most Promising
Drug companies and university scientists across the world are working around the clock to find a vaccine against COVID-19 and Plymouth Meeting-based Inovio Pharmaceuticals is among the companies leading the way, write Cristin Flanagan, Riley Griffin, Robert Langreth, and John Lauerman for Bloomberg Businessweek. While many experts caution that the whole process will take time,…
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State Deploying Strike Teams to Four Montgomery County Long-Term Care Facilities
Over the following several weeks, the state Department of Health will send strike teams – launched in collaboration with the National Guard – to four long-term care facilities in Montgomery County, writes Allison Steele for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The teams are being sent out to a small number of facilities statewide and are prioritizing the…
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Montgomery County May 19th COVID-19 Update
Based on the information found on state and county’s COVID-19 website and the commissioner’s Monday press briefing, here is a snapshot of the spread of coronavirus across Montgomery County, the Delaware Valley, and Pennsylvania. Since the last update Saturday afternoon, 173 new COVID-19 positive cases ranging in age from 5-months to 101-years-old were reported in…
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3 Options to Get A Mail-in Primary Ballot in Montgomery County
Registered voters wishing to cast a ballot in the June 2nd Primary election can do so either in person, or, for the first time in history, via mail-in ballot. On March 27, when Governor Wolf signed Senate Bill 422 rescheduling Pennsylvania’s primary election from April 28 to June 2 due to the COVID-19 emergency, he…
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Tuesday with Michael: 5 Ways to Eliminate Time Wasting
By Michael Gidlewski How often do we excuse unaccomplished goals with the statement “I don’t have time?” I believe that we all have the time to achieve everything we want in life and business if we focus more on what really matters most – high payoff activities. You want to spend time doing the right…
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