• Work-From-Home Is Here to Stay, Will Reduce Driving in Country Drastically

    Work-From-Home Is Here to Stay, Will Reduce Driving in Country Drastically

    Work from home and online shopping are here to stay, found new KPMG International study, and will cut driving in the country up to 270 billion miles a year, writes Keith Naughton for Bloomberg. According to the study, the coronavirus pandemic has ushered in a new cocoon culture that is not likely to revert to…

  • Malvern Bank House of the Week: Stunning Georgian-Style Colonial in Bryn Mawr

    Malvern Bank House of the Week: Stunning Georgian-Style Colonial in Bryn Mawr

    A stunning Georgian-style colonial home with eight bedrooms and nine full and five half bathrooms is available for sale in Bryn Mawr. The home is nestled on a magnificent 5.8-acre lot with gorgeous hardscaping and landscaping. Wonderful nature vistas can be enjoyed from within the home as well as serene outdoor patios and the in-ground…

  • In a Coronavirus Summer, What Must You Know for School this Fall

    In a Coronavirus Summer, What Must You Know for School this Fall

    By Wendi Rank Each July, I download school supply lists and shuttle my kids to Target. But this is 2020. I’m watching video updates from my school district and researching microschools. As a nurse and parent of – let’s be honest – some very unhygienic middle schoolers, my concerns range from the practical (will the…

  • Employers: Are You Claiming All Your COVID-19 Tax Credits? RKL Can Help

    Employers: Are You Claiming All Your COVID-19 Tax Credits? RKL Can Help

    Between the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, there are a number of tax credits available to provide support and assistance to employers during the pandemic. Each credit comes with its own set of eligibility requirements, wage and leave tracking, and reporting protocol, which employers…

  • Let LinkedIn Record & Display Your Name Pronunciation

    Let LinkedIn Record & Display Your Name Pronunciation

    By Lynne Williams Living between our dashes from birth to death, we should consider ourselves a work in progress to become more linguistically and culturally competent. There should always be room for improvement when it comes to cultural intelligence. What is cultural intelligence?  Like emotional intelligence, or EQ, cultural intelligence, or CQ, consists of four…

  • Main Line Health to Host Women’s Wellness Chat on Instagram on Tuesday

    Main Line Health to Host Women’s Wellness Chat on Instagram on Tuesday

    Main Line Health invites you to join it on Instagram on Tuesday, July 21 at 7 PM for a live chat with Barbara Catania of the Women’s Emotional Wellness Center. Catania will be answering questions about everything from mental health and marital issues to parenting questions and professional stress … and so much more. Tune…

  • Local Woman Uses Her Experiences in Labor to Invent Device for Expecting Mothers

    Local Woman Uses Her Experiences in Labor to Invent Device for Expecting Mothers

    West Chester resident Lauren Richards, 33, has delivered all three of her children at Chester County Hospital, but it was after the birth of her third child when she realized she had almost broken her husband’s arm during labor. “You always see the classic image of a pregnant woman clutching her husband’s hand,” said Richards.…

  • ‘Exact Change Only’. Local Businesses Struggle With Coin Shortage

    ‘Exact Change Only’. Local Businesses Struggle With Coin Shortage

    Of all of the consequences of COVID-19, a national coin shortage wasn’t one we saw coming, writes Victor Fiorillo for phillymag.com. So why is there a national coin shortage?  According to the U.S. Federal Reserve, the COVID‐19 pandemic has disturbed the normal circulation patterns for coins. Cash transactions declined significantly during the COVID-19 shutdown. That…

  • Sports Agent from Coatesville Brokers Richest Player Contract in History of American Sports

    Sports Agent from Coatesville Brokers Richest Player Contract in History of American Sports

    Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes just signed the richest contract for an athlete in the history of American sports. And a Coatesville native helped broker the deal. Mahomes, the 2018 NFL MVP who led the Chiefs to their first championship in 50 years with a victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl…

  • Anthology Senior Living Nearing Completion, COVID-19 to Present ‘Biggest Challenge’ in Leasing

    Anthology Senior Living Nearing Completion, COVID-19 to Present ‘Biggest Challenge’ in Leasing

    Anthology Senior Living community at The Village at Valley Forge in King of Prussia is nearing completion, but CA Ventures is facing an uphill battle in leasing the 192 units at the facility, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. “COVID will be our biggest challenge,” said Janine Dambrosio, Director of Sales Marketing at…

  • Suburban Office Market Seeing New Trends Emerging, Deals are Still Being Made

    Suburban Office Market Seeing New Trends Emerging, Deals are Still Being Made

    Despite the pandemic, the suburban office market is seeing new long-term deals finalized and new trends emerging that are pushing Center City companies to seek out short-term space for satellite offices in the suburbs, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. These satellite offices give employees an alternative workspace which helps them avoid using…

  • Montgomery County July 15th COVID-19 and Testing Update

    Montgomery County July 15th COVID-19 and Testing Update

    Based on the information found on the county’s COVID-19 website, here is a snapshot of the spread of coronavirus across Montgomery County. As of Wednesday afternoon, 59 new COVID-19 positive cases and, for the second day in a row, zero new death were reported in Montgomery County. Montgomery County’s COVID-19 death toll is at 811, and…

  • Jenkintown-Based Galman Group Reaches First Milestone of $30M Renovation Plan for Apartment Complexes in Delaware

    Jenkintown-Based Galman Group Reaches First Milestone of $30M Renovation Plan for Apartment Complexes in Delaware

    Jenkintown-based Galman Group completed the first phase of its $30 million renovation plan for the once struggling apartment complexes in Delaware, writes Michelle Caffrey for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The group bought two apartment communities near the University of Delaware for $41 million. At the time, the Lehigh Flats and Thorn Flats complexes were 75…

  • Main Line Health: How to Deal with Back Pain from Sitting Too Long in All the Wrong Ways

    Main Line Health: How to Deal with Back Pain from Sitting Too Long in All the Wrong Ways

    By Main Line Health What started out as two weeks turned into two months and now looks like an indefinite work-from-home reality for many. Yet few of the new remote workforce were prepared for the physical effects of a work from home lifestyle — as freeing as it may be in other respects — and…

  • Wall Street Journal: Backyard Putting Green Helps Collegeville Man Improve His Golf Game During Pandemic

    Wall Street Journal: Backyard Putting Green Helps Collegeville Man Improve His Golf Game During Pandemic

    Installing practice golf green in his back yard during the pandemic helped Dean Vagnozzi of Collegeville stay active and improve his short game significantly, writes Beth DeCarbo for The Wall Street Journal. When the coronavirus outbreak began in the United States, 51-year-old Vagnozzi decided to call up Tour Greens Mid-Atlantic and create a personal –…

  • MCCC Online Associate’s Degree Program Garners National Attention for Excellence

    MCCC Online Associate’s Degree Program Garners National Attention for Excellence

    Montgomery County Community College’s online associate degree program in Public Health is garnering national attention for excellence. College Consensus recently published the list of the top colleges in the country to earn an online associate’s degree in Public Health with MCCC’s program coming among the best in eighteenth place. The college review aggregator combines the…

  • Local Photographer Part of Nationwide Effort to Create 10,000 Free, Professional Headshots to Help America Get Back to Work

    Local Photographer Part of Nationwide Effort to Create 10,000 Free, Professional Headshots to Help America Get Back to Work

    Nothing says “I’m ready to work” more than a freshly pressed suit, an updated resume, and – of course – a professional headshot. Regardless of profession, COVID-19 sent millions of Americans to the unemployment line without warning. That is why Isolde “Iba” Baylor, a Paoli-based photographer and the proprietor of Images by IBA, is participating…

  • Montgomery County July 15th COVID-19 and Testing Update

    Montgomery County July 15th COVID-19 and Testing Update

    Based on the information found on the county’s COVID-19 website, here is a snapshot of the spread of coronavirus across Montgomery County. As of Tuesday afternoon, 34 new COVID-19 positive cases and zero new deaths were reported in Montgomery County. Montgomery County’s COVID-19 death toll is at 811, and the 34 new positive cases bring the…