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West Chester IT Consultant Offers Ways to Help Businesses Stand Out On Social Media This Holiday Season
No matter what industry your business is in, December is a busy month, especially when it comes to social media advertising. Whether it’s people buying gifts for holidays, ordering food for holiday parties, or finally getting around to that project they’ve been putting off, you can be assured that your busy season is here. With…
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‘I Wanted to Go Against the Grain’ 6abc Icon Jim Gardner Closes out 45 Year Tenure
6abc veteran anchor Jim Gardner is from New York, but he’s called he’s made it a point to call the Philadelphia area his home. “I wanted to go against the grain, to stay in one place for a lifetime, to raise my children here, and to call one place home,” Gardner told Main Line…
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MONTCO Today Seeks Your Feedback in Brief Survey
American Community Journals is in the process of gathering information from readers about their MONTCO Today experience. We invite you to share with us your feelings as a MONTCO Today reader by answering a few questions in a brief survey found below. Your feedback will help us refine our newsletter and homepage and create the…
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What a Bright Idea for the Holidays: Take in a Dazzling, Delightful Light Display
Although strolling by your neighbor’s holiday lawn décor is a nice way to spend an evening, sometimes it takes a professional to create a truly first-class light display. To kick the bulb-and-extension-cord experience up a notch, get behind the wheel of the car, fill the backseat with neighbors or friends, crank up the holiday tunes,…
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Ambler Videojournalist Spotlights Local Small Businesses to Help Them Succeed
Heather Michaelson of Ambler is a 46-year-old videojournalist who uses Facebook Live to spotlight — and therefore support — area businesses still troubled financially by the pandemic. Madeleine Wright covered Michaelson’s coverage for CBS3 Philadelphia. Michaelson professes a fondness for “…helping people with or without disabilities — all people.” Her viewpoint may be informed by…
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Cheltenham High Grad Sought Main-Dish Career as Food Critic, Dug into Side-Dish Role as Food Influencer
When Rebecca Nekritz was young, she didn’t read The Philadelphia Inquirer for celeb gossip, sports news, or fashion updates. She read it for the Craig LeBan restaurant reviews. That early interest was one of the ingredients in her present role as a food influencer. Hanna Albertine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, served up her story. Cheltenham High…
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MCCC Faculty Member Inducted into Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
He’s interviewed sports legends like Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, and Jack Nicklaus; held announcing jobs for the Philadelphia Eagles and Villanova Wildcats; and filled the airwaves in the Delaware Valley for over 45 years. Now a Montgomery County Community College faculty member is being honored for a legendary career in sports broadcasting. Mass Media Studies…
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Meteorologist Takes Trip Down Memory Lane at Spring-Ford High
Action News Meteorologist Brittany Boyer reconnected with her roots at Spring-Ford Area High School to visit the teachers that shaped her passion. In a special report for Action News, Boyer reunited with her broadcasting teacher Cheryl Murgia. It’s been 15 years since Boyers graduated from Spring-Ford in Royersford, but her face is not forgotten in…
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Ardmore Twin, Reunited with Unknown Floridian Sister, Embarks with Her on ‘Amazing Race’
Last March, a local law firm administrator was reunited with an identical sister she knew nothing about. The newly connected pair then participated in CBS’ The Amazing Race. Sarah Little, of Showbiz Cheatsheet, was just the ticket to carry their story. Sisters Emily Bushnell of Ardmore and Molly Sinert of Florida will comprise one of…
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Two Montco Digital Designers Advise Small-Business Owners on Big-Time Digital Marketing Returns
New data from UpCity, a Chicago research firm, shows that 70 percent of small-business digital marketing strategies now rest heavily on websites. But some company principals err by not keeping their online presence updated and relevant, which in turn can cause business losses. Gene Marks, The Philadelphia Inquier, reported on two Montgomery County experts who…
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Media Strategy Firm MayoSeitz Sets Sights on Conshohocken
Media advisory services provider MayoSeitz is vacating its Blue Bell center of operations, where it had conducted business for 20 years, and moving to Conshohocken. Natalie Kostelni covered the relocation for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The space that the firm is vacating, Arborcrest, was the former U.S. headquarters of Unisys. The computing company remains nearby,…
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West Chester Native, ‘Jackass’ Star Bam Margera Has ‘Never Felt Better’
Following his firing from Jackass Forever last year and recent substance-abuse treatment, West Chester native Bam Margera said he has “never felt better” in an episode of Jackass co-star Steve-O’s podcast that was released this month, writes Nick Vadala for the Philadelphia Inquirer. In the episode from Steve-O’s Wild Ride, which was recorded in May,…
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Hatfield Journalist — Whose Career Spanned Newsprint to Blogs — Files a Byline No More
Fred Donaldson, after a 60-year journalism journey, reached his final chapter back in May. Gary Miles, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, filed a remembrance of this Hatfield reporter who chronicled stories regionally, nationally, and globally. Donaldson’s term with the Fourth Estate began in 1959 as an Evening Bulletin copy boy — a deliverer of typed stories…
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Berwyn Sports Media Agency Brokers Colossal Marketing Deal for Oil-Change Franchise
Playfly Sports, a sports media and marketing agency based in Berwyn, has brokered a colossal marketing deal on behalf of Take 5, the oil-change franchise known for its unique, stay-in-your-car concept that provides service both speedy and convenient. The marketing will span three major leagues and showcase Take 5’s latest programs, perks, and offers. Through…
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Show Neighborly Niceness in Montco With Mr. Rogers–Themed Kindness Day Today
Announcing the fourth annual 1-4-3 Day in Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf encouraged Keystone State residents to show kindness, generosity, and love this coming May 23. The date is the 143rd day of 2022, a number imbued with special significance, writes James Wesser for WETM 18 News, Elmira, NY. The tradition was started in 2019 to…
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Walter Liss, Co-creator of One of the Most Iconic TV Theme Songs in Phila. History, Has Died
Most Montgomery County residents won’t know who Walter Liss is, but they would definitely recognize his work if they heard it. Liss was co-writer of one of the best-known theme songs in the region: the jazzy, upbeat music that opened each edition of Action News. Heather DeLuca reported his passing at age 78 for Cat…
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’60 Minutes’ Highlights Pottstown’s ‘Last Reporter Standing’ as It Chronicles the Demise of Local News
Evan Brandt, the last reporter of the once-thriving Pottstown Mercury, is overworked and overwhelmed as he continues to try and cover community news using the few remaining resources, writes Jon Wertheim for CBS’s “60 Minutes.” Brandt has been covering Pottstown and surrounding towns for the last 24 years. In that time, he has seen his…
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Here’s How Much Vanguard Funds Stand to Gain if Elon Musk’s Bid to Buy Twitter Is Accepted
If Elon Musk’s unsolicited offer of $43 billion to buy Twitter is accepted, funds controlled by Malvern-based Vanguard could gain more than $770 million in value, write Ryan Sharrow and Holden Wilen for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO and world’s richest person offered to buy the social media platform on Thursday…
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