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Abington-Jefferson Breaks Ground on New Outpatient Cancer Center
Ground has finally been broken for the long-awaited Abington-Jefferson Health outpatient cancer center. The 82,000-square-foot Asplundh Cancer Pavilion located on the Willow Grove campus will cost almost $75 million and is expected to open next year, writes John George of the Philadelphia Business Journal. Abington Memorial Hospital and Jefferson Health have joined forces to create Abington-Jefferson Health.…
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Valley Forge Company Hops on Presidential Candidate Candy Train
A young Philadelphia couple is taking advantage of the current bitter election season in a fun and tasty way, with Candidate Candy, and Zwahlen’s in Valley Forge is joining the party, writes Victor Fiorillo for Philadelphia Magazine. Husband-and-wife team, Mitt Coats and Samantha Gutièrrez, announced the startup of their candy company Candidate Candy, which pokes fun…
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VP of Blue Bell’s CoreDial Named to CRN Magazine’s 2016 Women of the Channel
Blue Bell’s CoreDial, a leading SaaS channel automation provider for cloud communications services, has announced that CRN (Computer Reseller News) Magazine, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Caitlin Clark-Zigmond to its prestigious 2016 Women of the Channel list. Clark-Zigmond is CoreDial’s Vice President of Product Management for Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS).…
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Montgomery County Careers – IMS Health
With locations in Plymouth Meeting, Horsham, and Collegeville, IMS Health is one of the largest employers in Montgomery County. It is a leading global information and technology services company providing clients in the healthcare industry with end-to-end solutions to measure and improve their performance. It is the largest vendor of U.S. physician prescribing data. IMS…
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PTMA of Montgomery County Presents Annual Transportation Awards
It’s difficult to get stranded in the North Penn region thanks to the efforts of several transportation organizations and groups. Some of them were recently recognized when The Partnership Transportation Management Association of Montgomery County presented its annual awards, writes Dan Sokil for the Times Herald. One of the recipients of the award was SEPTA, and its…
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Hatboro’s PerformTex Teams Up with Therapists to Produce Popular Athletic Kinesiology Tape
Hatboro’s PerformTex, a manufacturer and online retailer of therapeutic and athletic support products, has teamed up with sports medicine practitioners and therapists to incorporate athletic kinesiology tape into their regimens. The taping method is not new. However, it has improved greatly since its inception in the 1970s. PerformTex’s kinesiology tape is sold in stores nationwide,…
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Urban Outfitters to Supersize Anthropologie Store in King of Prussia Mall
Urban Outfitters Inc. is making another attempt to boost its lower performing brands by rolling out larger Anthropologie stores as they seem to be resonating with customers who want more variety, writes Suzette Parmley for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Encouraged by first-quarter numbers for fiscal 2017, which show a three percent increase in net sales as well…
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Montgomery County Careers – Johnson & Johnson
With a location in Fort Washington, Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Inc. provides sales, marketing, and logistical services to U.S. retail customers on behalf of the U.S. consumer companies. It represents one point of contact with customers for selling teams, customer service, distribution, retail merchandising, and professional detailing. J & J develops and markets baby care,…
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Spring-Ford Teacher Rakes in More Than $60,000 on Wheel of Fortune
Royersford resident and Spring-Ford teacher Melanie Bowen won more than $60,000 in cash and prizes on Wheel of Fortune. Melanie Bowen, a Royersford resident and history teacher at Spring-Ford High School, won $63,644 in cash and prizes on the Wheel of Fortune, writes Eric Devlin of the Pottstown Mercury. Bowen’s episode – during which she…
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Plymouth Meeting’s Inovio Pharmaceuticals Has Breakthrough with Zika Virus Vaccine
Plymouth Meeting’s Inovio Pharmaceuticals has announced that testing of its synthetic vaccine for the Zika virus induced robust antibody and T-cell responses in monkeys, demonstrating the product’s potential to prevent infection from this harmful pathogen. As a result, Inovio will conduct human studies later this year. The company synthetically generated DNA vaccine constructs targeting multiple…
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7 Things Employers Need to Know About the New Overtime Rule
By Mary-Ellen Allen & Guy Donatelli, Esquires The Obama Administration, through the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, announced new federal regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FSLA”) that will dramatically change the way in which payments for overtime will be calculated. As an employer, you are probably asking: What do I need…
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Montgomery County Briefly: Friends’ Central Aquatics, Jenkintown School District, St. Philip-in-the-Fields, and Lower Merion Graduate Amy Gross
Here’s a quick rundown of business news in Montgomery County: Friends’ Central Aquatics Raises $10K for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Every other year, Friends’ Central Aquatics in Wynnewood hosts a Swim-A-Thon to raise money and awareness for a designated charitable cause. At this year’s event, more than 100 FCA swimmers of all ages participated in the…
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Pottstown Deals Tax Breaks for Business Improvements
Pottstown is making a deal with businesses to boost investment in local revitalization. Under the terms of the proposal, qualifying companies would get to bypass paying taxes on the improved value of their facilities in exchange for the economic development and its ripple effect throughout the neighborhood. As long as the Pottstown School District and…
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Montgomery County Careers – Endo
With an office in Horsham, Endo International is a global specialty pharmaceutical company focused on improving patients’ lives while creating value. Endo develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes quality branded and generic pharmaceutical products as well as over-the-counter medications through its operating companies. Endo employs approximately 6,000 people worldwide. Analytical Services Associate Director This position is…
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Conshohocken Restaurant Rally Lures Diners for a Good Cause
The 10th Annual Conshohocken AMBUCS Restaurant Rally recently united diners, enabling them to enjoy a gamut of food that ran from Italian pork sandwiches to seafood soup and macaroni and cheese. And the 60-dollar registration fee helped support the Conshohocken arm of AMBUCS, a national charitable service organization, whose goal is to create mobility and…
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Traffic Flow and Safety to Improve in Montco Thanks to State’s Largesse
Gov. Tom Wolf has announced that several municipalities in Montgomery County will receive some of the $12 million the state has allotted to underwrite the costs of upgrading traffic signals, writes Justin Heinze of the Hatboro-Horsham Patch. The funds are courtesy of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s “Green Light-Go” program. According to Heinze, Hatboro will…
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Bryn Mawr’s Noble.MD Gets Million-Dollar Prescription to Launch New Products
Area investors are prescribing $1.45 million to help Noble.MD, a health care technology firm in Bryn Mawr, achieve new levels of success. Equity financing from Radnor-based investors Safeguard Scientifics and BioAdvance, along with numerous individual angel investors, will enable Noble.MD to launch two new products and expand its sales and marketing push. “We have been helping…
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Montgomery County’s Republicans Presidential Conflict Dissected by Wall Street Journal
Two Wall Street Journal writers recently traveled to Blue Bell and Reading to highlight the split feelings on Donald Trump among Republicans in neighboring counties. Whereas Trump’s swagger and promises to get tough with trading partners have rallied Republicans in Reading, many Republicans in Montgomery County worry that those same qualities are repelling upper-income GOP…
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