• Montgomery County Careers – PRA Health Sciences

    Montgomery County Careers – PRA Health Sciences

    PRA (Pharmaceutical Research Associates) Health Sciences provides clinical development services. Some of its services include drug development and regulatory strategy plans, phase I clinical trials, phase II through IV multi-center clinical trials, development and analysis of integrated global clinical databases, and preparation and submission of regulatory filings in North America and Europe. PRA has more than…

  • Conshohocken Duo Carve Pennsylvania Farm Show Butter Sculpture

    Conshohocken Duo Carve Pennsylvania Farm Show Butter Sculpture

    A masterpiece created by a duo from Conshohocken was unveiled at the 101st Pennsylvania Farm Show continuing its almost three decade tradition of starting the show with sculptures made out of local churned butter, writes Mari A. Schaefer for Philly.com. Jim Victor and Marie Pelton crafted the 26th annual sculpture from 1,000 pounds of butter…

  • Colony Realty Partners Nabs $54 Million for Oaks Distribution Hub

    Colony Realty Partners Nabs $54 Million for Oaks Distribution Hub

    Colony Realty Partners of Boston made a great investment ten years ago when they nabbed the Greentree Logistics Center in Oaks for $34 million, as the property has just sold for $20 million over its original purchase price, writes Natalie Kostelni for Philadelphia Business Journal. The 823,000-square-foot distribution hub at 125 Green Tree Road was…

  • Updates May Be Coming to Pennsylvania’s ‘Antiquated’ Property Assessments

    Updates May Be Coming to Pennsylvania’s ‘Antiquated’ Property Assessments

    Property assessments haven’t changed in suburban Philadelphia since the turn of the century or before. And after eight years in the making, updates to the rules that have enabled Pennsylvania to “become known for having the least regulated — and most antiquated — property assessment system in the country” are finally on the horizon, according…

  • Pittsburgh Becoming More Attractive to Philadelphians According to Census Numbers

    Pittsburgh Becoming More Attractive to Philadelphians According to Census Numbers

    While Pittsburghers used to head east for greener pastures in recent decades, now the tide has changed with the latest census data on migration patterns showing that Pittsburgh is gaining residents, many of them from the Philadelphia region, writes Gary Rotstein for The Philadelphia Tribune. The five years of compiled migration data from the U.S.…

  • Collegeville Nonprofit Brings the Farm Feeling to Montgomery County Schools

    Collegeville Nonprofit Brings the Farm Feeling to Montgomery County Schools

    A Collegeville nonprofit has thought of an innovative way to bring the farm feeling directly to Montgomery County schools by using a large cooking and gardening truck, writes Gary Puleo for The Times Herald. Greener Partners’ Farm Explorer has been traveling through a five-county area carrying thriving beds of vegetables and fruits in an attempt…

  • Montgomery County Careers – Merck

    Montgomery County Careers – Merck

    Merck, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, is a global healthcare leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products. Merck is building a new kind of healthcare company, one that is ready to help create a healthier future for all of us Associate Director Statistical Programming This position manages…

  • House of the Week: $1.8M Lower Merion Home

    House of the Week: $1.8M Lower Merion Home

    A charming recently fully renovated six-bedroom home, located in an excellent school district, is on offer in Lower Merion, writes Shannon Rooney for Philly.com. Situated just across the street from Lower Merion High School, it used to be owned by Hilary Koprowski, inventor of the first live-virus polio vaccine. Recently purchased by investment company Flip…

  • New Members of VFTCB’s Board of Directors Bring Decades of Experience, Insight

    New Members of VFTCB’s Board of Directors Bring Decades of Experience, Insight

    Hot off a record 2016, the Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board has jumped into 2017 by naming two new members, Kristopher Fair and Beth Moy, to its current Board of Directors. Fair is General Manager of Blue Bell Country Club, which – along with its sister property, Normandy Farms Hotel and Conference Center –…

  • Montgomery County Leadership – Jonathan Peri

    Montgomery County Leadership – Jonathan Peri

    Jonathan Peri, President of Manor College speaks with MONTCO Today about growing up on Long Island, racing go-carts with his father as a teenager, finding his way into Villanova and then Widener Law School before deciding practicing law wasn’t for him, shepherding Neumann College through the university accreditation process and his hopes that Manor College’s…

  • Royersford’s Stickman Craft Brewery Extends hours

    Royersford’s Stickman Craft Brewery Extends hours

    By Shannon Maria Jones Taking effect this Wednesday, January 11th, Stickman Brewing Company in Royersford will implement new, longer hours based on customer demand. For the first time since the company’s inception, they will be open on Wednesdays.  Due to customer demand, they are also extending their operating hours on the other days of the…

  • Lansdale Boardroom Spirits Offers Healthier Cocktail Class

    Lansdale Boardroom Spirits Offers Healthier Cocktail Class

    By Shannon Maria Jones On January 12 at 7pm, Lansdale based micro-distillery Boardroom Spirits will be hosting a Fresh and Fit Cocktail workshop at their distillery.  All of the fresh Cranberry and Citrus Vodka lovers out there would be disappointed to this opportunity to learn how to make three delicious and fun cocktails using their…

  • Huntingdon Valley’s Polonia Bancorp Acquired by Prudential Bancorp

    Huntingdon Valley’s Polonia Bancorp Acquired by Prudential Bancorp

    Huntingdon Valley’s Polonia Bancorp has been acquired by South Philadelphia’s Prudential Bancorp for $37 million, writes Jeff Blumenthal for Philadelphia Business Journal. The deal came into effect on January 1, with Prudential acquiring 100 percent of Polonia’s outstanding shares in exchange for cash and common shares from Prudential. The transaction gives Polonia shareholders $11.28 per…

  • Innovative King of Prussia Medical Company Raises $5 Million

    Innovative King of Prussia Medical Company Raises $5 Million

    King of Prussia’s Trice Medical, the developer of the mi-eye medical device to help diagnose joint injuries has raised $5 million in debt financing, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. While the amount is a little shy of the $6.3 million the company is looking to raise according to documents file with the SEC,…

  • Cunningham Piano’s Co-owner Rich Galassini: King of Prussia Expansion Draws New Customers

    Cunningham Piano’s Co-owner Rich Galassini: King of Prussia Expansion Draws New Customers

    A respected name in the piano business around the globe for over a century, Philadelphia’s Cunningham Piano has recently moved the bulk of its operations from Germantown to its newly opened showroom across from King of Prussia Mall, writes Victor Fiorillo for Philadelphia Magazine. In the wake of the move, the piano maker’s co-owner, Rich…

  • Bloomberg: Trump’s Immigration Policies Could Adversely Affect Pennsylvania’s Economy

    Bloomberg: Trump’s Immigration Policies Could Adversely Affect Pennsylvania’s Economy

    Despite his promise of economic prosperity, Donald Trump and his much-vaunted tightening of immigration policies could mean there are fewer residents in Pennsylvania over the next decade, and that would have an adverse effect on the state’s economy, writes Conor Sen for Bloomberg. While the decline in manufacturing has been blamed for many of the…

  • Montgomery County Careers – SEI Investments

    Montgomery County Careers – SEI Investments

    Headquartered in Oaks, SEI Investments is a financial-services company and global provider of investment processing, investment management, and investment operations solutions. SEI provides products and services to corporations, financial institutions, financial advisors, and ultra-high-wealth individuals. As of March 31, 2016, SEI – through its subsidiaries and partnerships – manages or administers $684 billion in mutual fund and…

  • Manor College’s Rebranding to Include New Tagline and Institutional, Athletic Logos

    Manor College’s Rebranding to Include New Tagline and Institutional, Athletic Logos

    Manor College, a private college located in Jenkintown that offers more than 38 associate’s degree programs, recently announced its future plans for rebranding. Effective Jan. 27, the college will implement a polished institutional logo, tagline, and a suite of athletic logos featuring their mascot, the Manor Blue Jay. To prepare for the rebrand, Manor College…