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Washington Memorial Chapel’s Restoration Committee Enlists Help of Acclaimed Architects
The Washington Memorial Chapel Committee in Valley Forge National Historical Park has announced that the first phase of the chapel’s restoration process has started. Enlisting the help of acclaimed restoration architects Frens and Frens of West Chester, the chapel received a thorough assessment to determine the extent of the repair work that would be needed…
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Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board’s Guide to Montco’s Best Holiday Light Displays
There are no doubt visions of sugar plums dancing in the heads of several Montgomery Countians, as the Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board has reported heavy traffic on its website since posting a guide to the area’s best holiday light displays. “The tradition of lighting the exterior of a home during holiday season goes…
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Wynnewood’s Lankenau Medical Receives Book Donation in Honor of World Prematurity Day
Jenné Johns, author of Once Upon a Preemie, recently visited the Lankenau Medical Center in Wynnewood in honor of World Prematurity Day to present the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with 30 books to gift to parents of prematurely born children. Although Johns has worked in the healthcare field for many years, her personal mission as…
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New Rankings Reveal How Montco’s Private High Schools Fare Relative to Others in State
Based on rigorous analysis of key statistics and millions of reviews from students and parents, Niche.com has unveiled its 2017 rankings of the Top 100 Private High Schools in Pennsylvania. The Hill School in Pottstown checked in at No. 3, trailing only Philadelphia’s Germantown Friends School and Newtown Square’s Episcopal Academy, while The Baldwin School…
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5 Leadership Lessons From Penn State’s 2016 Football Team’s Success
By Glenn Ebersole What a story the 2016 Penn State football team has written so far this year! Reflecting on winning the Big Ten Football Championship on December 3rd, I came up with 5 lessons that I believe leaders can learn from this year’s Penn State football team. Here they are: Lesson #1: Failure precedes…
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Former O’Neill Site in Bala Cynwyd Back on Market after Development Project Falls Through
Despite already being approved for a mixed-use development project, the former O’Neill site on Rock Hill Road in Bala Cynwyd is back on the market, writes Richard Ilgenfritz for Main Line Times. The project for four four-story buildings with underground parking decks had been proposed by Brian O’Neill, the owner of O’Neill Properties. But despite…
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Much Hyped Urban Renaissance Fails to Dethrone Suburbs
The idea that Millennials are shifting from suburbs and back into cities has been challenged in a new report by the Urban Land Institute’s Terwilliger Center for Housing, writes Eleanor Klibanoff for Keystone Crossroads. The Housing in the Evolving American Suburb report, which looked at the years 2000 to 2015 in the 50 largest metro…
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SAP and IKEA Two of 50 Best Workplaces for Diversity Nationwide
Proving that diversity is not just a buzzword for them, both Conshohocken’s IKEA at 23rd and Newtown Square’s SAP America at 41st are on the recently released Fortune Magazine’s list of the 50 best workplaces for diversity, writes Michelle Caffrey for Philadelphia Business Journal. IKEA, with around 15,000 workers in the U.S., reported that 20…
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Republic First Bancorp Elects Vernon W. Hill, Completes $100M Common Stock Offering
Republic First Bancorp, the holding company for Republic First Bank with offices in Abington, Bala Cynwyd, Plymouth Meeting, and Wynnewood, has elected Vernon W. Hill, II as its new Director and Chairman. Hill, who is credited with reinventing Retail Banking, has an impressive resume that includes being the Founder and Chairman of Commerce Bancorp, the…
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Horsham Welcomes 15th Compressed Natural Gas Fueling Station in the Region
Getting through its hectic holiday shipping season across the region just became a little easier for UPS, after the carrier opened its 15th compressed natural gas fueling station along with Peco Energy in Horsham on Friday, writes Andrew Maykuth for Philly.com. Located at the huge UPS distribution center in Montgomery County, the station provides Peco’s…
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Montgomery County Careers – First Quality Enterprises
With a location in King of Prussia, First Quality Enterprises, founded in 1988, is a global, multibillion-dollar, privately held company with more than 4,200 employees. FQE is a diversified family of companies manufacturing consumer products ranging from Absorbent Hygiene (adult incontinence, feminine care, and baby care), Tissue (bath and towel), and Industrial (non-woven fabrics, print and…
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Audubon Charitable Trust Awards $10k to Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust
Audubon’s Francesco A. Mascaro Charitable Trust has awarded a charitable contribution of $10,000 to the Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust, according to a staff report from The Times Herald. The contribution will help support the nonprofit’s work on revitalizing local economies through the restoration of the Civil War-era Colebrookdale Railroad. The latest funding is part Mascaro’s…
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Blue Bell’s Normandy Farm Promises Great Food and Entertainment for New Year’s Eve
Normandy Farm from Blue Bell is promising an unforgettable evening of amazing food and great entertainment for the upcoming New Year’s Eve celebration, writes Ed Williams for The Town Dish. The venue is offering a superb four-course farm-to-table menu prepared by award-winning executive chef Mtele “Abu” Abubakar. Surrounded by the history and charm of Normandy…
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QVC: Relationships Key to Leading in Business
While technology has been crucial to QVC’s success over the years, providing the “joy of serendipitous discovery” is more importantly linked to the “power of relationships” — a goal that is applicable across the business world, according to QVC President and CEO Mike George in a Daily Local News report by Cheryl Allison. “In this…
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Conshohocken’s IKEA Expands Its Parental Benefits Program to All Employees
Hourly-paid employees at IKEA stores across the country are in luck, as the Swedish furniture maker giant with U.S. headquarters in Conshohocken has announced it is expanding its benefits program, writes Lauren Weber for The Wall Street Journal. IKEA, which employees around 13,000 workers in the United States has said that starting January 1, its…
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Professional Quartet Returns to Pottstown with Free Concert of Slavic Christmas Music
Theoria, a quartet of four professional vocalists, will return to Pottstown to perform an a cappella concert of beautiful Slavic and other Eastern European Christmas music and Western carols on Sunday, Dec. 18 at 3 PM at St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church on 301 Cherry Street. This concert is free and open to…
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Malvern Bancorp Hires New Exec to Work with Nonprofits, Independent Schools
Malvern Bancorp, the parent company of Malvern Federal Savings Bank, has recruited Patricia McLennan to join the organization in January 2017, and serve as Senior Vice President and Director of Community Development, dealing specifically with nonprofits and independent schools. McLennan will be working with the CEO and executive management team in handling and coordinating internal…
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Universal Health Services’ Lakewood Ranch Medical Center Appoints New Chief Executive
Lakewood Ranch Medical Center, which is part of King of Prussia’s Universal Health Services along with Manatee Memorial Hospital, has found its new chief executive in, the former CEO of Jennersville Regional Hospital in West Grove, according to a staff report from Herald-Tribune. Prior to his position at Jennersville, Guz had also served as chief…
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