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Montgomery County Briefly: October 27
Manor College Manor College in Jenkintown has partnered with The American Red Cross for a vampiresque event – a Halloween-themed blood drive on Monday, Oct. 31, from 10 AM-3 PM. What better way to celebrate a holiday that is filled with lots of fake blood than by donating some real blood? All are welcome to…
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Legoland Discovery Center Comes to Plymouth Meeting Mall
Plymouth Meeting Mall’s Legoland Discovery Center is at the forefront of the Mall’s efforts to rebrand as a shopping and entertainment venue, writes Suzette Parmley for Philly.com. The Legoland Discovery Center will be the first of its kind in Pennsylvania out of a total of seventeen globally. The 33,000 square feet dynamic Lego center got…
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Find Out How Much Your School District Has Grown in Last 25 Years and the Negative Effects from It
School district enrollment levels have dramatically shifted in Pennsylvania over the past 25 years, writes Kevin McCorry in a fascinating report for NewsWorks that reveals the inequity of the state’s school-funding formula for the last quarter-century. More than a third of the state’s 500 districts have either grown or shrank by more than 25 percent…
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Pennsylvania Turnpike, America’s First Limited Access, Divided Superhighway, Turns 76 This Week
The number 76 is special to those of us who live in the Delaware Valley. The digits call to mind the signing of the Declaration of Independence and Philadelphia’s past as our nation’s capital. Seventy-six is also how old the Pennsylvania Turnpike turned this month. This birthday of the first limited access, divided superhighway in…
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Montgomery County Careers – Asplundh Tree Service
Since 1928 the Asplundh Tree Expert Co., headquartered in Willow Grove, has been dedicated to safe, efficient and innovative line clearance services to the utility industry. Family-owned and operated, Asplundh employs over 30,000 service professionals throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. As a full-service utility contractor Asplundh performs tree pruning and removals,…
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Universal Health Services Puts Money Down on Future KofP HQ Campus
Universal Health Services has a dream to consolidate the heart of its growing psychiatric care empire, and recent real estate moves are setting up the chess board around King of Prussia. Universal Health has acquired the two properties to the east of its current South Gulph Road headquarters in separate transactions this month and last,…
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New Spa Offers Resort-Experience on the Main Line
Anyone looking to get truly pampered on the Main Line now has the perfect opportunity, thanks to the new Essent Spa in Radnor Township which prides itself as the only resort-style spa experience in the area, writes Linda Stein for Mainline Media News. Dr. Alison Abiri has opened the Essent Spa in a 3,000-square-foot space…
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Employment Data Suggests Montco Prospering Relative to Rest of State, Nation
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry released its employment situation report for September 2016, and it reveals that Montgomery County (4.3 percent) currently has an unemployment rate much lower than not only the state average, but also the entire nation’s. Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate was unchanged from August at 5.7 percent. Pennsylvania’s rate remained above…
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Toy Safety Standard Updated by West Conshohocken-based ASTM International
West Conshohocken’s ASTM International has made major revisions to one of the world’s most respected and widely used toy safety standards. Hundreds of leading experts and advocates for toy safety worked together diligently over a five year period to finish the update, soon to be published as F963-16: Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety.…
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Local Life Science Innovators Make Greater Philadelphia One of the Best
Throughout an industry in which regions across the nation constantly jockey for prominence, Greater Philadelphia has remained a life science innovator that the world depends on. Greater Philadelphia boasts 90 colleges and universities, 100 hospitals, 1,600 life sciences companies, 11 million square feet, and the hearts and minds of up-and-coming millennials, according to the Philadelphia…
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Bala Cynwyd Startup to Provide Play-By-Play Election Day Coverage
While news organizations tend to refrain from reporting early election results to avoid affecting turnout, Ken Smuckler of Bala Cynwyd has decided to provide people with real-time voting information through his new startup, VoteCastr, writes Ian Bush for CBS Philly. “We will essentially become the play-by-play of the presidential and targeted senate elections,” said Smuckler.…
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Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Announces 2016 Reach Grant Recipients
Four childhood cancer researchers at three leading institutions across the country have been awarded Reach Grants this year by Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, the Bala Cynwyd nonprofit dedicated to finding a cure for cancer in children. The goal of the Reach Grant, which provides the recipient with $250,000 over two years, is to support cancer…
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Moyer Foundation Holds Champions for Children Celebration Honoring Philanthropic Work of the Shane Victorino Foundation
Local baseball legend Jamie Moyer was reunited with his former teammate, Phillies Shane Victorino, from the 2008 World Champion at the Moyer Foundation’s 4th Annual Champions for Children Celebration, writes Ryan Lawrence for Philly Voice. Victorino and his wife, Melissa, were presented with the Jamie Moyer Legends Award for the philanthropic work of the Shane…
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8 More Shops Open Doors at Newly Expanded King of Prussia Mall
The grand opening of King of Prussia Mall’s new 155,000-square-foot expansion keeps getting grander. New stores have continued to open with much fanfare, including eight new retailers just this month. Highlighting the latest wave of additions was the first American storefront for European luxury skincare leader Kneipp. “Opening our first shop in the U.S. is…
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Find Out the Median Salary Montgomery County’s Colleges Alumni Earned 10 Years After Graduation
The U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard has ranked the nation’s colleges and universities by the median salary earned by alumni – who received financial aid – 10 years after they first began taking classes at the school. Here’s how Montgomery County’s schools stack up: Bryn Mawr College – $53,600 Ursinus College – $52,100 Gwynedd…
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Three Montgomery County Women will Represent U.S. at World Maccabiah Games
Three women from Montgomery County will represent the U.S. at the 2017 World Maccabiah Games in Israel next year as part of the Open Women’s Basketball Team, writes Liz Spikol for Jewish Exponent. Allison Chernow and Lauren Rothfeld of Dresher and Hannah Fox of Plymouth Meeting will join forces with nine other athletes from across…
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King of Prussia Company Opens Second Addiction Treatment Facility with Plans for Five More
King of Prussia’s Recovery Centers of America has opened its second addiction treatment facility, with five more expected to be ready by the end of next year, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. The addiction treatment facility operator was formed last year by real estate developer Brian O’Neill. He has spent $13.7 million on…
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Bala Cynwyd’s Entercom Communications to Acquire Four NC Radio Stations, Refinance Debt
Bala Cynwyd’s Entercom Communications has agreed to buy four radio stations in North Carolina from the Beasley Broadcast Group and in a separate agreement, is refinancing its entire senior and senior unsecured debt, writes Jeff Blumenthal for Philadelphia Business Journal. The Four radio stations that the company will acquire as part of its deal with…
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