• MONTCO Careers – Abington Hospital – Jefferson Health

    MONTCO Careers – Abington Hospital – Jefferson Health

    Abington Hospital-Jefferson Health, formerly Abington Memorial Hospital, has 665 beds and more than 5,500 employees, including more than 1,100 physicians, and is one of the largest employers in Montgomery County, has the following career positions listed on their career page. Office Manager IV This position works under the direction of the regional manager to coordinate…

  • MONTCO Careers – Firstrust Bank

    MONTCO Careers – Firstrust Bank

    Headquartered in Conshohocken and with locations throughout the Delaware Valley, Lehigh Valley, and Southern New Jersey, Firstrust Bank has been run by the Green family since the bank’s founding in 1934 and is now one of the strongest FDIC insured banks in the country. Treasury Management Sales Consultant This position develops prospects for new business…

  • Arkema’s Chemical Factory in Texas Under Close Supervision During Flood

    Arkema’s Chemical Factory in Texas Under Close Supervision During Flood

    Arkema’s chemical plant in Texas is under close supervision due to fears of an explosion, writes Joseph N. DiStefano for Philly.com. The global chemical company that has its U.S. headquarters in King of Prussia, sent out a warning on Tuesday that its organic-peroxides plant in Crosby could be in danger of burning or exploding. This…

  • Mark Zandi: Public Infrastructure Needs Immediate Attention

    Mark Zandi: Public Infrastructure Needs Immediate Attention

    There are few things that all sides can agree on in today’s polarized political environment, but the dire need for action regarding the nation’s public infrastructure is one, writes Mark Zandi, the chief economist for West Chester-based Moody’s Analytics, for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Nowhere is this more conspicuous than in the Philadelphia area, where a…

  • Valley Forge’s Washington Memorial Chapel Restores Historic Justice Bell

    Valley Forge’s Washington Memorial Chapel Restores Historic Justice Bell

    Let Justice ring! The Washington Memorial Chapel has announced that the Justice Bell, which serves as the symbol of the women’s suffrage movement and the successful effort to pass the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote, has just been restored. Prominently displayed in the atrium of the National Patriots Bell Tower of the…

  • Corporate Interiors to Host Woodstock-Themed Event in Celebration of Their WorkLife Studio’s First Anniversary

    Corporate Interiors to Host Woodstock-Themed Event in Celebration of Their WorkLife Studio’s First Anniversary

    Calling all architects, commercial real estate professionals, interior designers, current or potential clients … or anyone who has their finger on the pulse of innovative commercial workspace creation. Join Corporate Interiors – a customer-focused organization that provides an unparalleled range of office furniture and related services – on Thursday, Sept. 7 from 5-10 PM, as…

  • Vermont Town Challenges Bala Cynwyd as Home to America’s First Boy Scout Troop

    Vermont Town Challenges Bala Cynwyd as Home to America’s First Boy Scout Troop

    A Boy Scout historian in Barre, Vt., is leading an effort to complete a piece of art commissioned more than seven decades ago honoring one of the nation’s first Boy Scout troops, writes Wilson Ring for the Associated Press. The granite statue of a scout carrying a person on his shoulders was incomplete at the…

  • MONTCO Careers – Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA

    MONTCO Careers – Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA

    Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA, headquartered in Conshohocken, is an association of 16 YMCA locations that serves more than 160,000 members and 240,000 individuals a year, regardless of age, income, or background. Group Supervisor This position plans classroom curriculum and ensures that child centered age appropriate lessons are offered, supervises classroom staff to ensure that they…

  • Jenkintown’s Goodway Group Uses Virtual Staff to Maintain Growth

    Jenkintown’s Goodway Group Uses Virtual Staff to Maintain Growth

    Jenkintown’s Goodway Group is using the internet to find people with the skills it needs who can work remotely, writes Jane M. Von Bergen for Philly.com. Now, over a decade on, the advertising media planning and buying company has around 400 employees, most of which have neither worked nor ever lived in Jenkintown. [uam_ad id=”54865″]…

  • United Way Announces Houston Flood Relief Fund

    United Way Announces Houston Flood Relief Fund

    United Way for Greater Houston has launched the United Way Flood Relief Fund to help support their community in the aftermath of Harvey. The devastation will be great and their community will need incredible resources to recover. United Way’s first priority will be safety, shelter and basic needs, like food. Once the community is stabilized,…

  • King of Prussia’s RCA Opens Its First Delaware Valley Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center

    King of Prussia’s RCA Opens Its First Delaware Valley Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center

    King of Prussia’s Recovery Centers of America has opened a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility in Devon, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. This is the drug and alcohol treatment center’s first facility in the Philadelphia area since the company was established two years ago by real estate developer J. Brian O’Neill. The…

  • MONTCO Careers – Arcadia University

    MONTCO Careers – Arcadia University

    Located in Glenside, Arcadia University is a top-ranked private university and national leader in study abroad and international education, with approximately 3,900 undergraduate and graduate students attending each year. Area Coordinator for Apartment Style Housing This position manages student concerns, situations, and processes that support the interpersonal development of resident and commuter students and manages all day-to-day…

  • Chester County Mutual Fund May Be Montco’s Largest Retail Landlord

      Vanguard is continuing to establish itself as the nation’s new landlord as it grows its real estate investments, writes Joseph N. DiStefano for Philly.com. According to Securities and Exchange Commission reports compiled by Bloomberg, Vanguard’s mutual funds and exchange-traded funds are now the largest shareholders in Real Estate Investment Trusts. REITs are the tax-protected…

  • Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA Finds New COO in Joseph Collins

    Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA Finds New COO in Joseph Collins

    Joseph Collins has been named the new Chief Operating Officer for the Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA who will head the operations of one of the largest YMCA Associations in the country. The PFVY in Royersford has 16 facilities from Berks to Delaware counties and an overnight camp site in the Poconos. Collins’ primary responsibilities will…

  • Hatboro’s Matt Spicer Wows In His Director Debut ‘Ingrid Goes West‘

    Hatboro’s Matt Spicer Wows In His Director Debut ‘Ingrid Goes West‘

    From watching the big screen to directing it, Hatboro’s Matt Spicer is now firmly in the Hollywood big leagues with “Ingrid Goes West,” writes Gary Thompson for Philly.com. Spicer’s love of movies began at Upper Moreland High School when he began to look at art movies in a new light, largely due to films such…

  • One of America’s Most Elite Purveyors of Luxury Watches Moves HQ to Bala Cynwyd

    One of America’s Most Elite Purveyors of Luxury Watches Moves HQ to Bala Cynwyd

    Govberg Jewelers‘ new headquarters has officially opened in Bala Cynwyd, following 18 months of intensive renovation, construction, and reimagined services to support luxury watch consumers. With an investment of $8.5 million dollars, Govberg’s new 20,000-square-foot building offers an innovative, shared workplace that unites departments previously spread between five facilities: Govberg’s pre-owned watch division, marketing, technology,…

  • VFTCB Optimistic About County’s Tourism Outlook

    VFTCB Optimistic About County’s Tourism Outlook

    It’s a great time to be a guest in Montgomery County, as business is booming in the hotel industry with five new hotels in the pipeline. Although there is more inventory, there is also more momentum because when new properties come on the market, it puts pressure on existing hotels to make improvements to their…

  • WalletHub: Pennsylvania Lags Behind on Woman’s Equality

    WalletHub: Pennsylvania Lags Behind on Woman’s Equality

    According to the latest analysis by WalletHub, Pennsylvania has a long road ahead when it comes to women’sequality. The 2017’s Best & Worst States for Women’s Equality study puts the Keystone State seventh from bottom nationwide, making it one of the worst states when it comes to the issue of women’s equality. The ranking was…