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Bryn Mawr’s American College of Financial Services Joins Task Force on Retirement Planning
The Bryn Mawr-based American College of Financial Services, the nation’s largest nonprofit educational institution devoted to financial services, and the Funding Longevity Task Force have announced a partnership designed to expand the body of knowledge on issues related to reverse mortgages and home equity in retirement planning. Since its inception in 2012, the Task Force…
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Conshohocken Brewing Expands to Bridgeport with New Brewpub
By Shannon Maria Jones Conshohocken Brewing opened its Bridgeport brewpub in the late summer, and it continues to grow in popularity amongst both locals and travelers. The bi-level space has seating for 180 and offers different beers on its 12-tap system from those on draught at the original Conshohocken Brewery, located just five miles away.…
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Bryn Mawr-Based Aqua America Appoints President of Pennsylvania Subsidiary
Aqua America, the Bryn Mawr-based water utility, has promoted Marc Lucca from vice president of network to president of Aqua Pennsylvania, according to a staff report from Water World. Lucca will take over the reins from Steve Tagert, who is retiring in December after nearly five decades with the company. The Aqua America subsidiary provides…
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Montco Scholar Unlocks Medieval Jewish Mysteries
He came on board to help finish a translation of Jewish mysteries 20 years in the making, and this week, the first of two works by Joel Hecker, a Bala Cynwyd resident and associate professor at Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Wyncote, will be unveiled to the world. “I have little doubt this will be one of…
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Montgomery County Careers – Swain Techs
Headquartered in Horsham, Swain Techs is an award-winning, 8(a)-certified small business with more than a decade of exceptional performance. Swain Techs has won more than $20 million in prime contracts in the last three years, and are among the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the country, according to Inc. magazine. As an Enterprise Systems Integrator with…
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Conshohocken Businessman’s Plan to Bring Football to China Comes to Fruition
Taking American football to China might have been an idea many had dismissed as a joke, but it has certainly paid off for Conshohocken businessman Marty Judge. Last Saturday, Judge – the founder and CEO of The Judge Group, a professional services firm that provides technology, talent, and learning solutions to businesses around the globe…
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The Heck with London and Rome! Ursinus College Selects Philly for Study-Abroad Concept
Ursinus College is offering students “The Philadelphia Experience,” a program based around the study-abroad concept, but instead focused on Philadelphia, writes Susan Snyder for the Philadelphia Inquirer. As part of the program, known as PhillyX, students stay on Drexel University’s West Philadelphia campus for a semester. From there, they can get truly immersed in the…
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Conshohocken-Based IKEA to Sell Only Cage-Free Eggs in Its U.S. Restaurants
IKEA U.S., which is headquartered in Conshohocken, has announced that, as part of its commitment to sustainable food offerings, it will only be selling cage-free eggs in all of its restaurants in the United States. “At IKEA, we want to improve our contribution to a better everyday life through a wider offer of delicious, healthy…
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Montgomery County Careers – Gen3 Marketing
Based in Blue Bell, Gen3 Marketing is an award-winning, industry-leading, full-service marketing agency, specializing in all aspects of digital marketing. Leveraging its years of business strategy, relationship management expertise, and data-driven capabilities, the company helps advertisers launch and manage integrated marketing programs, enabling them to maximize performance quickly and effectively. Affiliate Marketing Manager This position…
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Blind Pottstown Native Transfers Home for Senior Year of High School, Contributes to Football Team
He has lived for the day he’d see the football field through the mask of a Trojans helmet. And while he technically can’t see it, that day has come for Marvin Pearson. The Pottstown native transferred from the Overbrook School for the Blind to Pottstown High School for his senior year, and he now stands…
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Queen Elizabeth II Honors Jenkintown Church for Volunteerism
A local church, Jenkintown’s World Mission Society Church of God, has received the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the United Kingdom’s most prestigious volunteer award. The Church addresses needs in the area through various initiatives, from supporting charity walks that promote environmental protection to fundraising for Montgomery County public schools. “The Church of God contributes…
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Valley Forge Casino Resort Rolls the Dice with New CEO
After just a year, the Valley Forge Casino Resort is folding on short-lived chief executive James A. Rigot and dealing a new CEO for its promising future. Hailing from Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut, the largest resort casino on the continent, Eric Pearson has been charged with leading the King of Prussia destination toward a…
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Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team Visits Lansdale
The Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team visited Lansdale last Saturday for an all-day round-robin-style softball tournament with the town’s first responders and veterans, writes Michael Goldberg for The Reporter. The visit was organized by Tracey Leinen, founder and executive director of the Griffin Gives Foundation, a nonprofit philanthropic group that helps to support veterans and…
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Rosemont Sees Enrollment Spike Following Significant Tuition Cuts
Rosemont College has slashed tuition prices for the 2016-17 school year by an astonishing 43 percent, bringing a wave of new enrollments to the small Catholic college on the Main Line, writes Susan Snyder for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Last September, Rosemont announced it was cutting tuition costs and taking an additional $1,900 off room-and board-fees…
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Huntingdon Valley Bank Prepping to Go Public
Huntingdon Valley Bank is throwing open the doors to its vault — so the community can bring money in, not take it out. It’s going public in a conversion from a mutual bank to a shareholder-owned institution in hopes of raising more capital. Despite a legacy that extends back to 1871, Huntingdon Valley Bank has…
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Montgomery County Careers – Ditech Financial
Headquartered in Fort Washington, Ditech Financial makes financially sound homeownership possible for millions of customers as a well-known lender and servicer of residential mortgages. With more than 4,500 employees in locations across the U.S., the company provides residential mortgage products through a team of home loan specialists who are accessible by phone and online. Ditech…
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Nurses at Pottstown Memorial Join Increasing Number of Peers Seeking Union Protection
Early last month, Pottstown Memorial Medical Center nurses voted to become members of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Nurses Lori Domin and Rebecca Malfaro were among the 189 professionals who voted affirmatively. “Medicine has changed so much,” said Domin, a hospital nurse for…
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Fort Washington’s Arcadian Telepsychiatry One of Six Winners in Stellar StartUps Competition
Although there was no prize money or investors waiting for them in the winners’ circle, nearly 100 of the region’s early-stage companies entered this summer’s inaugural Stellar StartUps competition presented by the Philadelphia Media Network, writes Diane Mastrull for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Last week’s awards event at the new Pennovation Center in West Philadelphia was…
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