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Exton Senior Living to showcase Bridge to Rediscovery program at Paint and Sip Party
Unleash your inner artist at Exton Senior Living on Thursday, June 13 from 4-6:30 PM when it hosts a Paint and Sip Party. Enjoy painting your own flowerpot to add to your summer garden, while you sip on some wine. Get creative and learn about Five Star Senior Living’s Bridge to Rediscovery Program. Bridge to…
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Harcum College students showcase original designs at annual fashion show
Students learning Fashion Design and Fashion Merchandising recently showcased their original designs, which included everything from shimmering evening gowns to avant-garde raincoats, at Harcum College’s Annual Fashion Show in Bryn Mawr. This year’s theme was “Reaching for the Stars,” and the collections were haute couture. Twenty students displayed their collections in Klein Hall to 250-plus…
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Inquirer names Havertown’s Nolan Painting a Top Workplace in the Delaware Valley
Nolan Painting, a family-owned business based in Havertown that has been providing high-quality and honest workmanship in the house painting industry since 1979, has been honored with a Top Workplaces 2019 Award by The Philadelphia Inquirer. The honor is based on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by research partner Energage, a leading…
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From CHESCO: Paoli native dethrones Jeopardy! champion
Paoli native and Conestoga High School graduate Emma Boettcher, a librarian at the University of Chicago, has accomplished the seemingly impossible by breaking James Holzhauer’s 32-game winning streak on Jeopardy!, writes Rob Tornoe for the inquirer.com. Boettcher dethroned the champ on Monday’s episode of the popular game show. The new champion became interested in trivia…
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There’s nothing like summer nights in Delco
Fans of al fresco dining and free outdoor concerts should head for Delaware County, which draws more than 100,000 people each summer for Dining Under the Stars and its famous Rose Tree Park Music Festival that features 40 free twilight concerts. Both summer-long events take place in the county seat of Media. The first, Dining…
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Five Star Senior Living community raises funds for Parkinson’s Foundation
Exton Senior Living, a Five Star Senior Living community on Pottstown Pike, has partnered with the Parkinson’s Foundation to support its mission to improve the quality of care for people with the disease through research, education, and outreach. Exton Senior Living recently promoted the Foundation’s passionate vision by hosting a live auction of raffle baskets…
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Local woman receives highest academic award from Harcum College
A Kennett Square mother of two received the highest academic honor Harcum College confers on its graduates during recent commencement exercises. Rebecca Bondi, who obtained an A.S. in Interior Design, was given the Academic Excellence Award by Trustee Denis Boyle for maintaining a perfect 4.0 GPA throughout her college career. At Harcum, Bondi was a…
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Be a Hero to a Hero: Register for Saturday’s 12th Annual Walk for Wounded, Warriors 5K Run
Pennsylvania’s 12th Annual Walk for the Wounded & Warriors 5K Run is set for Saturday, May 18 from 9 AM-3 PM at Rose Tree Park in Media. This event has grown bigger every year and benefits Operation First Response (OFR), which has given financial assistance to more than 19,600 wounded veterans in need of aid…
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Stories of transition, reinvention at Villanova’s annual leadership symposium
Are you ready to welcome a new challenge? Or perhaps you’re looking for creative strategies for professional reinvention? Villanova University’s College of Professional Studies invites you to its 2019 Leadership Symposium, entitled “Transitions & Breakthroughs: Reinventing Yourself, Your Team, and Your Organization.” Held from May 31-June 2, this professional education course is designed to bring…
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Villanova University’s College of Professional Studies a hub for innovative programming for working adults
Villanova University boasts a longstanding tradition of service to adult learners. The College of Professional Studies (CPS) embodies this enduring commitment to provide access to academic excellence by offering premier, relevant, and innovative programs. Taught by an engaging faculty of scholars and practitioners, the breadth of academic offerings, both on campus and online, range from…
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Malvern Bancorp continues rapid growth
Malvern Bancorp is continuing its rapid growth under CEO Anthony Weagley, with two new locations accepting deposits and three more planned, writes Jeff Blumenthal for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The bank will soon start accepting deposits at its private banking centers in Quakertown and in Montchanin, Del. The Quakertown location, which is currently undergoing renovations,…
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Harcum College teams up with national design firm to create new Student Success Center
Harcum College has teamed up with Herman Miller, the national interior design and furnishing company, to create a new Student Success Center on campus, according to a report in Patches, the magazine of Harcum College. The new SSC is in Room 101 of the Academic Center and offers a sense of community and belonging while…
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Montco Leadership: Mike Capone, CEO of Qlik
Mike Capone, the CEO of Qlik, spoke with MONTCO Today about being born in the Bronx and raised just north of New York City and how his father, who came from an immigrant family and grew up on welfare, began working in the mailroom at a company while attending night school and climbed the corporate…
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Ambler-based Orbit Biomedical merges with Gyroscope Therapeutics
By Bob Mitchell Orbit Biomedical of Ambler, PA, a medical device company focused on targeted delivery of gene and cell therapies into the retina, is merging with Gyroscope Therapeutics of Stevenage, England, a biotechnology company developing gene therapies for retinal diseases. The merged company will be known as Gyroscope, and is the first, integrated retinal…
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Demonstrating Its Commitment to Local, Univest Bank and Trust Co. Teaches Youth the Value of Saving
One of the number of ways that Univest Bank and Trust Co. demonstrates its commitment to community is by teaching young people the value of saving. As part of its ongoing financial literacy efforts, the Souderton-based bank recently participated in the American Bankers Association’s Teach Children to Save Day. This national campaign, which occurs every…
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Delco tourism bureau launches new website
Destination Delco, the official tourism promotion agency of Delaware County, has launched a newly redesigned website. The revamped website was designed and implemented by Media Proper, a web design group based in Media, and features streamlined and simplified design, improved functionality, and enriched content areas. Visually dynamic while introducing some fresh rebranding initiatives, the colorful…
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The agony of the college admissions wait list
By David W. Clark, Ed.M. Remember, placing an applicant on a college’s Admissions Wait List, is a tool of enrollment management which serves the college’s interest, not yours. Good news/Bad news: You did not get rejected and the college is working to keep you from choosing another college. But your chances are slim. How does…
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Chester County Leadership: Jeanne Meikrantz, Executive Director, The Arc of Chester County
The Executive Director of The Arc of Chester County, spoke with VISTA Today about growing up in Schwenksville, working since she was 14 years old, playing lacrosse in college at Kutztown University, and the great advice her brother-in-law, a renowned attorney, gave her when she graduated. Meikrantz also discussed her entry into the nonprofit world,…
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