• FROM CHESCO: As Frequency of Mass Shootings Increases, Local Lawyer’s Website Aims to Prevent Murder

    FROM CHESCO: As Frequency of Mass Shootings Increases, Local Lawyer’s Website Aims to Prevent Murder

    West Chester-based attorney James Kimmel Jr. — a renowned author and academic lecturer — has spent the last 20 years researching and writing about preventing murder. It’s an issue that hits home for Kimmel, who leads the Healthcare Law Practice Group at Buckley, Brion, McGuire & Morris. He grew up in central Pennsylvania, and almost…

  • Malvern Federal Charitable Foundation Awards Grants to Local Nonprofits

    Malvern Federal Charitable Foundation Awards Grants to Local Nonprofits

    The Malvern Federal Charitable Foundation – the purpose of which is to promote charitable and educational activities within the markets that Malvern Federal Savings Bank serves – has awarded 10 grants to charitable, nonprofit organizations totaling $75,000. The recipients are: Chester County Fund for Women and Girls ensures, through philanthropy and advocacy, that women and…

  • Air Pollution Concerns Delays Opening of New West Norriton Amazon Woot! Facility

    Air Pollution Concerns Delays Opening of New West Norriton Amazon Woot! Facility

    An air pollution review has pushed the opening of the new Amazon Woot! manufacturing facility near Norristown to next year, write Sam Wood & Joseph N. DiStefano for Philly.com. The Woot! facility in West Norriton will produce print-on-demand T-shirts. It applied for a factory air-quality permit in August from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection,…

  • Traditionally a Beacon of Acceptance, Cheltenham Now Entering Time of Uncertainty

    Traditionally a Beacon of Acceptance, Cheltenham Now Entering Time of Uncertainty

    Traditionally a beacon of acceptance, Cheltenham is currently going through a period of uncertainty that could affect everyone who lives in the township, writes Avi Wolfman-Arent for NewsWorks. For more than 150 years, this Montgomery County town has been welcoming to all. The diverse makeup of the town has its roots in the Civil War,…

  • MONTCO Careers – CBIZ

    MONTCO Careers – CBIZ

    CBIZ, with more than 100 offices in major metropolitan areas and suburban cities throughout America, including Plymouth Meeting, provides its clients with accounting, tax, benefits advisory, and financial advisory services. Personal Lines Account Executive This position quotes, binds, and issues new auto, homeowners and other related personal lines business, services, remarkets, and retains high revenue…

  • PJM Interconnection’s Adoption Policies Help Gilbertsville Employee Expand Family

    PJM Interconnection’s Adoption Policies Help Gilbertsville Employee Expand Family

    If you ask PJM Interconnection employees, being known as one of the top adoption-friendly companies in the nation is a well-deserved honor for PJM. Gilbertsville’s Sean McNamara, a director at IT Business Solutions at PJM, embraced the company’s philosophy when adopting his daughter four years ago. The girl has been with the family since birth,…

  • Norristown’s Columbus Monument to Celebrate 25th Anniversary in October

    Norristown’s Columbus Monument to Celebrate 25th Anniversary in October

    Columbus Monument in Norristown will celebrate its 25th anniversary on October 12, according to a staff report from The Times Herald. The event at Harding Boulevard and Sterigere Street is being organized by Elmwood Park Zoo in partnership with J.P. Mascaro & Sons. Starting at 11 a.m., the public event will include the singing of…

  • MONTCO Weekend Preview

    MONTCO Weekend Preview

    According to the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board, here are some of the cool and exciting events happening in Montgomery County this weekend: AMERICAN BIRDING EXPO Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks – September 29 – October 1 Reconnect with nature during the three-day American Birding Expo at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks.…

  • Glenside to Host High-Quality Replicas of Museum Masterpieces … Outdoors

    Glenside to Host High-Quality Replicas of Museum Masterpieces … Outdoors

    When walking the streets of Glenside this fall, you may feel like you’re in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. That’s because Glenside, in Cheltenham Township, has been chosen as one of four neighborhoods in and around the city to take part in Inside Out. The program brings high-quality replicas of museum masterpieces to communities throughout…

  • IKEA Plans to Open Four New Locations This Year

    IKEA Plans to Open Four New Locations This Year

    IKEA, the Swedish furniture giant which has its U.S. headquarters in Conshohocken, plans to open four more stores by the end of the year, including its upcoming store in Jacksonville, writes David Cawton for Daily Record. The Jacksonville store is the company’s first single-story store in Florida. It covers 290,000-square-feet and is set to open…

  • $350M Opening of Phoenix State Prison Delayed Until Next Summer

    $350M Opening of Phoenix State Prison Delayed Until Next Summer

    The opening of the new $350 million Phoenix state correctional institution in Montgomery County has been delayed until summer next year, writes Holly Herman for Reading Eagle. The construction of the new prison complex has been plagued with problems that have already pushed the opening date more than two years later than originally planned. [uam_ad…

  • Two Montgomery County Towns on Money’s Best Places to Live in America

    Two Montgomery County Towns on Money’s Best Places to Live in America

    Montgomery County’s Lower Merion and East Norriton are among the best places to live in the nation according to Time’s Money. Money has partnered with Realtor.com to identify the top hundred locations nationwide for this year’s Best Places to Live in America list. This highlights towns and cities that have the best synergy between a…

  • House of the Week: Gorgeous Historic Estate with Charming Stone Colonials in Ambler

    House of the Week: Gorgeous Historic Estate with Charming Stone Colonials in Ambler

    A stunning 22-acre estate dating back to the early eighteen century with two charming stone colonial homes is available for sale in Ambler. The “Dawesfield” includes two three-story homes and three barns, one of which dates back to 1796. The estate also includes a three-hole golf course, swimming pool, greenhouse, spring house and guest house…

  • Lower Merion to Add More Sites to Historic Resources Inventory

    Lower Merion to Add More Sites to Historic Resources Inventory

    Lower Merion Board of Commissioners is moving forward with a plan that could add around a dozen new sites to the Historic Resources Inventory, writes Richard Ilgenfritz for Main Line Times. The township’s Historic Commission compiled the list of possible additions earlier this month. It was then forwarded to the board’s Building and Planning Committee…

  • New GrubHub and Wawa Partnership to Bring Home Deliveries to Ardmore, 3 Other Locations

    New GrubHub and Wawa Partnership to Bring Home Deliveries to Ardmore, 3 Other Locations

    Ardmore residents craving a hoagie but do not feel like going out are in luck, as the new partnership between Wawa and GrubHub will get it delivered right to their door, writes Patricia Madej for Philly Voice. The convenience store chain and the food delivery service have teamed up to ensure that hungry customers can…

  • Bala Cynwyd’s Stoltz Real Estate Partners to Acquire Nashville Office Towers

    Bala Cynwyd’s Stoltz Real Estate Partners to Acquire Nashville Office Towers

    Stoltz Real Estate Partners from Bala Cynwd is under agreement to acquire an office tower in downtown Nashville, writes Adam Sichko for Philadelphia Business Journal. The Montgomery County real estate investment firm has agreed to buy the ServiceSource Tower, one of the largest buildings in downtown Nashville for an undisclosed amount. The 20-story building is…

  • MONTCO Careers – Inovio Pharmaceuticals

    MONTCO Careers – Inovio Pharmaceuticals

    Plymouth Meeting’s Inovio Pharmaceuticals is engaged in the development of a new generation of vaccines, called synthetic vaccines, focused on cancers and infectious diseases like cervical dysplasia, avian influenza, prostate cancer, and HIV. Systems Administrator This position creates solutions for projects and operational needs, installs new and rebuilds existing servers in a virtual environment, and installs and…

  • MONTCO Careers – Radial, Inc.

    MONTCO Careers – Radial, Inc.

    Headquartered in King of Prussia, Radial, Inc. is a multinational e-commerce company, providing order management, payment processing, order routing, fulfillment, and analytics services for companies such as GameStop, DSW, Shoe Carnival, and Destination XL. Client Finance Lead This position supervises a team of one to three accountants and directs, supervises, and monitors staff, analyzes monthly revenue compared…