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Crowdsourcing Sends Norristown Singer-Songwriter to Nashville
Thanks to a successful crowdsourcing campaign, Norristown’s Lenny Martelli is getting a chance to fulfill his dream of recording a world-class country album, writes Gary Puleo for the Times Herald. Martelli’s GoFundMe campaign has managed to raise more than $10,000 for him to record an album. “Some are donating on pure belief in me as an…
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Montgomery County Careers – Trevena
Located in King of Prussia, Trevena is a publicly-traded, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of groundbreaking new medicines. Established in late 2007, Trevena was created to translate Nobel Prize-winning research on GPCR signaling into a new generation of medicines: biased ligands. Director of Medical Affairs This position will be responsible for…
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Heroin Antidote Narcan Now Available at Montgomery County’s Health Centers
The heroin antidote Narcan Nasal Spray is now available at Montgomery County’s three health centers, according to a staff report from Philly Voice. The Montgomery County Health Department, in partnership with the Montgomery County Office of Drug and Alcohol Programs, has made Narcan Nasal Spray kits available at the Norristown Health Center, the Willow Grove Health…
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Competition Fierce, Local Farmers Markets Boom Plateauing
There are signs that the recent, national boom in farmers markets – they have nearly doubled since 2006 – might be plateauing. Farmers’ overall sales at markets, after climbing dramatically, declined about one percent from 2007 to 2012, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service. A few markets in the region have…
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King of Prussia Town Center Not Part of JBG’s Proposed Merger
The new King of Prussia Town Center , a project of The JBG Companies, will not be part of JBG’s planned merger with New York REIT, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The retail complex JBG is constructing at the Village of Valley Forge in King of Prussia is one of close to three…
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Montgomery County Careers – BTG
With a location in Conshohocken, BTG is an international specialist healthcare company that is developing and commercializing products targeting critical care, cancer, and other disorders. The company has diversified revenues from sales of its own marketed products and from royalties on partnered products. General Accountant This position prepares asset, liability, and capital account entries by…
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New App from Conshohocken’s BTG Helps Save Snakebite Victims
Local pharmaceutical company BTG is doubling down on its efforts to save the lives of snakebite victims with a dose of technology. The company’s U.S. headquarters in West Conshohocken makes Crofab, the only commercial anti-venom for American rattlesnake, copperhead, and cottonmouth bites. And now BTG makes SnakeBite911, a free iOS app that helps victims quickly…
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Montgomery County Careers – AmerisourceBergen
With a location in Conshohocken, AmerisourceBergen is a drug wholesale company that provides distribution and related services designed to reduce costs and improve patient outcomes. The company distributes pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter products and home health care supplies. AmerisourceBergen, Pennsylvania’s largest corporation, handles approximately 20 percent of all pharmaceuticals sold and distributed throughout the country, and ranked…
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Clement Family Donates to Help Others Who’ve Experienced Tragedy of Stillborn Birth
Beth and Chris Clement, whose son Theodore Jude Clement was born still last year, will donate four Cuddle Cots to the Maternity Units of each Main Line Health acute care hospital in memory of their late child during a ceremony Saturday from 10-11 AM at Lankenau Medical Center. In partnership with Stories of Babies Born…
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Train Station Lease Sparks Revitalization in Souderton
Thanks to a new lease on the train station, Souderton has become a hub of revitalization activity, writes Alan Heavens for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Montgomery County community off Route 309 leased the station, closed since the 1980s, and its adjacent structures at Broad and Main from SEPTA, and immediately started construction on the buildings. The $1.5…
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Huntingdon Valley’s Polonia Bancorp Acquired by Prudential for $38.1M
Prudential Bancorp has agreed to acquire Huntingdon Valley-based Polonia Bancorp for $38.1 million in a merger that will increase its number of branches to 11 and boost it to $850 million in assets, writes Jeff Blumenthal for the Philadelphia Business Journal. According to the terms of the agreement, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter,…
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Montgomery County Careers – Ursinus College
Located in Collegeville, Ursinus College’s mission is to enable students to become independent, responsible, and thoughtful individuals through a program of liberal education. That education prepares them to live creatively and usefully, and to provide leadership for their society in an interdependent world. Liberal education is provided through an academic program that empowers the intellect,…
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Plymouth Meeting’s MeID Sizes Up Growth Spurt With $1.7M Round of Capital
The parent company that bought up Plymouth Meeting’s Intellifit Corp. in 2009 may have another growth spurt in its bones. MeID is now sizing up something new for its 3D body scan technology with a $1.7 million round of local funding. The issuance was in convertible notes for senior preferred stock, according to a Philadelphia…
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Horsham’s PhotoMedex Nixes $48 Million Merger
PhotoMedex, Horsham’s maker of no! no! hair removal products, filed documents with the SEC on Tuesday, calling off its $48 million merger with DS Healthcare, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The skin-care products company has also filed a complaint against DS Healthcare with the U.S. District Court in New York, alleging failures…
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Montgomery County Careers – Monetate
Headquartered in Conshohocken, Monetate is the global leader in providing multi-channel personalization to the world’s best brands. Built for speed, the Monetate Platform’s easy-to-use interface allows marketers to create, test, and deploy an unlimited number of personalized digital experiences without writing code or involving IT resources. With Monetate, marketing is transformed from a world of…
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Horsham-Based Penn Mutual Uses Rugby to Court Millennials
Penn Mutual is focusing on rugby as a way to help raise its brand awareness among millennials, adding even more sponsorship deals to its already impressive lineup, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Horsham-based life insurance company has formed a partnership with New York-based Rhino Rugby, and for the second consecutive year, was…
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Montgomery County Community College Records Veterans’ Stories for Library of Congress
Most veterans have been shaped by the experiences and friendships they made while serving the country and have a unique story to tell, writes Linda Finarelli for the Times Herald. Now, thanks to the Veterans Resource Center at Montgomery County Community College, those stories are being recorded for permanent archive in the Library of Congress.…
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Conshohocken’s Monetate Rebuilds to Help Retailers Innovate
It took an introspective reshuffling for Conshohocken-based software developer Monetate to be able to take retail clients to a new level of innovation in creating personalized user experiences. That pioneering effort is now paying off. “We were one of the first firms in our industry to retrench,” CEO Lucinda Duncalfe said of rebuilding Monetate’s tech…
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