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Villanova Native, Best-Selling Author Returns to Main Line in Her New Book
Amy Meyerson, a Villanova native and internationally best-selling book author, returns to the Main Line in her new book, The Imperfects, writes Lisa Dukart for the Main Line Today. Meyerson, a Friends’ Central School alum, published her debut book, The Bookshop of Yesterdays, two years ago. Her newest – and second – endeavor focuses on…
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Penn State Great Valley to Host Virtual Discussion About Post-Quarantine Meetings on Thursday
Penn State Great Valley and Penn State at the Navy Yard will host a virtual discussion – “Conference Co-Op: An Open Discussion on Post-Quarantine Meetings” – via Zoom on Thursday, May 14 at 2 PM. Click here to register. Kristen Footo, conference services manager for both locations, will lead the conversation and discuss how Penn…
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MONTCO Today to Host 4th Session in Four-part Webinar Series on Marketing in Uncharted Waters
On Tuesday, May 12th, MONTCO Today will host the 4th in a four-part webinar series “Marketing in Uncharted Waters presented by Brandon Steiger will happen at noon. This free webinar series is for marketing professionals, business development professionals, the C-Suite, and business owners who are struggling to keep their businesses in front of prospects and…
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President’s Visit to Delaware County Plant Cancelled Due to Health Safety Concerns
President Donald Trump was scheduled to visit the Braskem factory in Marcus Hook last Friday, but factory officials cancelled because they were worried about health risks, writes Carol D. Leonnig for the Washington Post. Workers lived at the factory for 28 days so the coronavirus would not contaminate their production work. President Trump planned to…
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Manor College Waives Standardized SAT/ACT Tests Requirement
With testing for SAT and ACT exams suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic, Manor College in Jenkintown has joined more than 1,000 educational institutions nationwide in making standardized testing optional. The college has also decided to waive the SAT/ACT test requirement for those students that are applying with a high school GPA of 2.0 or…
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Montgomery County Ranks 2nd in Pennsylvania Based on Purchasing Power
Montgomery County ranked near the top in Pennsylvania based on its residents’ purchasing power, according to a new study recently published by SmartAsset. To find places where average living expenses are most affordable to the people who live there, SmartAsset looked at the cost of living relative to income to determine the purchasing power in…
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WuXi Biologics Expects to Add 100 Jobs at Its Newly Leased Space at King of Prussia Discovery Labs
The rapidly-growing biotech company WuXi Biologics has leased space at the Discovery Labs in King of Prussia and is planning to add 100 new jobs by year’s end, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The company signed a deal for 33,000 square feet earlier this year. It plans to use this space to…
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Upper Merion’s McKaig Nature Education Center Sees Ninefold Foot Traffic Jump During Pandemic
The McKaig Nature Education Center has been thriving during the coronavirus pandemic, with foot traffic jumping ninefold to around 500 visitors a day, writes Anthony R. Wood for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “People say, ‘I lived here 10 years; I didn’t know this was here,’” said park ranger Vytas Masalaitis. The 93-acre nature preserve had become…
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Montgomery County May 11th COVID-19 Update
Based on the information found on state and county’s COVID-19 website and the Commissioner’s Saturday press release, here is a snapshot of the spread of coronavirus across Montgomery County, the Delaware Valley, and Pennsylvania. Montgomery County reported 73 new COVID-19 positive cases Saturday, down from the 101 new cases reported the previous day. Read the…
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Nursing Student at Harcum College Donates Her Plasma After Recovering from COVID-19
Cynthia Solis, a Nursing student at Harcum College, was raised by a family of caregivers. Her mother, a nurse, cared for her grandmother and worked in various healthcare settings throughout Mexico and the United States. She invoked in Solis a strong desire to help others. Also, her brother serves as an emergency department nurse in…
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Penn State Great Valley to Expand Its Entrepreneurial Outreach with LaunchBox Program
Penn State Great Valley is expanding its entrepreneurial outreach with the new Great Valley LaunchBox program. Great Valley joins multiple other Penn State campuses with LaunchBox programs, which are funded by Invent Penn State, a commonwealth-wide initiative to spur economic development, job creation, and student career success. In May 2016, Penn State Great Valley received…
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1,000 Meals a Day: Springfield Country Club Chef Uses Skills to Feed the Elderly
The executive chef at the Springfield Country Club, used to making a lot of meals every day, decided to donate 1,000 meals a day to help feed the elderly during the pandemic, reports Bill Anderson for fox29.com. “We’re just so used to cooking for everyone every day and it’s hard for us to watch people…
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Qlik’s Technology Helps Australians Impacted by COVID-19 Get Back into the Workforce
Qlik, the data and analytics company based in King of Prussia, is helping to connect Australians to available jobs across their nation. The Australian Government recently announced the availability of its Jobs Hub, which was built on the Qlik Analytics Platform and aims to help Australians impacted by COVID-19 get back into the workforce. The…
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Montgomery County COVID-19 May 8th Update
Based on the information found on state and county’s COVID-19 website and the Commissioner’s Thursday afternoon briefing, here is a snapshot of the spread of coronavirus across Montgomery County, the Delaware Valley and Pennsylvania. Since the county’s last update Thursday afternoon, Montgomery County reports 105 new COVID-19 positive cases, down from the 123 new cases reported…
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Second Saturday Offering Free Virtual Divorce Workshop
Divorce and Family Law Attorney Cynthia Weiss Stein of the Blue Bell law firm Shemtob Draganosky Taylor, PC, is teaming up with Tim Seiders, a financial planner in Worcester Township to present a free virtual divorce workshop for women of central Montgomery County on Saturday May 9th as part of the Second Saturday Divorce Information…
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Employee of Souderton Meat Packing Plant Dies from Coronavirus, Now His Family Is Suing World’s Biggest Meat Company
The family of Ferdinand Benjamin, a JBS USA employee who worked at the Souderton plant and died from the coronavirus, is suing the company for wrongful death, writes Millie Munshi for Bloomberg. Benjamin’s son, Enock, filed the suit in a Philadelphia court after his father died from a COVID-19-caused respiratory failure. “JBS treated workers as…
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Malvern Bank House of the Week: Beautiful Historic Stone Farmhouse in Telford
A beautiful historic stone farmhouse with five bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms is available for sale in Telford. The home is set on an 8.88-acre lot in a picturesque setting that overlooks the stone-walled perennial gardens and in-ground pool with a large cabana/pool house, as well as the four-story stone mill, the mill…
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Chester Paper Mill Maximizing Toilet Paper Output and It Still Can’t Keep Up
Manufacturers are cranking out more toilet paper than ever before, yet demand never seems satisfied, writes Miles Bryan for WHYY.org. “I never expected such an infatuation with toilet paper as we see right now,” said Marcal Paper CEO Rob Baron. In Chester, the; Kimberly Clark paper mill only produces one kind of toilet paper, Scott…
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