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Generous Donation Enables Parents to View Their Preemies at Abington Hospital
Parents of infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Abington Hospital-Jefferson Health can now feel a little more at ease when they’re unable to be physically present at their baby’s bedside. Thanks to a generous donation, each of the NICU’s 34 beds are now equipped with NICVIEW web cameras, which allow parents, family, and…
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Narberth’s Royal Bancshares Offering Mortgages for First Time
Narberth-based Royal Bancshares, the parent company of Royal Bank America, is dipping a toe in new waters by entering the residential and refinanced mortgage business for the first time, writes Jeff Blumenthal for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The bank started taking applications in its branches this week, and will act as a mortgage broker under…
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Ardmore, Bryn Athyn Rate Among Curbed Philly’s 14 Best Towns Outside of City
There are plenty of charming small towns scattered within two hours of Philadelphia that make for easy day trips or overnight stays, writes Melissa Romero of Curbed Philly. Of the 14 towns she gave shout-outs, two are in Montgomery County: Ardmore and Bryn Athyn. “This small town on the Main Line featured the first suburb…
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Merck Plans Layoffs at North Wales Facility
Merck has announced plans to lay off research-and-development workers at three East Coast sites, including its North Wales facility, writes Peter Loftus for The Wall Street Journal. The move is part of a shakeup of its early-stage drug development efforts and also includes a change in focus to the health effects of micro-organisms, which inhabit…
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Nationally Renowned Development Consultant Shows Businesses and Nonprofits How to Ask for Money
Grammatically speaking, the word money is nothing but a harmless noun. A collective noun, to be exact. However, in society, it is so much more, as the mere mention of those two syllables has the potential to elicit a wide range of sentiments. Money is a notion that can mean success, power, freedom, and accessibility.…
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Crave Magazine Celebrating Montco’s Dining Scene Unveiled by Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board
Crave, a new publication from the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board, is a celebration of the dining scene throughout Montgomery County. The first edition of this magazine, seen below, is 30 pages, each of which feature stunning photography and detail Montco’s most active dining hotspots. The VFTCB makes its recommendations for eating in each…
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Souderton Resident Walks 600 Miles to Michigan to Fight Against Pediatric Brain Tumors
Souderton resident Jim Burns, 49, has returned from his 600-mile walk to Ann Arbor, Mich. that raised money for the fight against pediatric brain tumors, writes Bob Keeler for the Lansdale Reporter. “Other than the birth of my three kids,” said Burns, “it was by far the most rewarding experience of my life.” Burns met…
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Dino’s Backstage & Celebrity Room in Glenside Brings the ’40s to Montgomery County
The extravagant Dino’s Backstage & Celebrity Room next to the Keswick Theater in Glenside takes guests back in time with its ’40s supper club/cabaret feel, writes Michael Klein for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The $1.5 million project was two years in the making and is the work of Michael and Dino Kelly-Cataldi, who meshed their pasts…
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Foosball, Air Hockey, Tug of War in the Office? Beer Pong on St. Patrick’s Day? It’s Just Business as Usual at KOP’s Greenphire
Greenphire’s King of Prussia office has revolutionized the workplace by making sure the expectations of its 95 employees are exceeded, writes Jacqueline Tanner for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The 18,000-square-foot office located on Allendale Road has been named Philadelphia Business Journal’s “Best Places to Work” three times in the past four years for good reason.…
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As if We All Didn’t Know, Upper Merion Township a Real Estate Hot Spot
With an array of cultural attractions, a plethora of career opportunities, and an incredible ease of transportation, Upper Merion Township has become a hotbed of prime real estate. “All you need to do is spend $300,000 to $400,000 on average for a house and just roll out of bed for work,” Duffy Real Estate’s John…
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Manayunk’s Union Taco Arrives in Flourtown
Nick Farina, the owner of Manayunk’s Union Taco, has opened a second location of his Mexican eatery in his hometown of Flourtown on Bethlehem Pike, writes Alex Tewfik for Philadelphia Eater. Farina has had a somewhat turbulent track record in Philadelphia in recent years. His restaurant and tequila bar, Verdad, in Bryn Mawr closed last…
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Internet Shopping, Giant Malls Leave Ardmore’s Suburban Square Struggling to Find Tenants
Three months after Macy’s vacated its 100,000-square-foot space at Suburban Square Mall, the landlord, Kimco Realty, still has not found a tenant to take its place, writes Suzette Parmley for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Such is a common plight of middle-tier malls that have lost their key anchor, as they often struggle to find new tenants…
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Biochemistry Major from Hatboro Joins Study on Bats and Organic Pest Management
Hatboro’s Justin Hoffman, a biochemistry major at Albright College, and fellow student Joshua Reeder will be studying bats and organic pest management over the summer as part of a co-operation between Albright College and the Rodale Institute, according to a staff report from BCTV.org. Rodale was awarded a $15,000 grant by the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture…
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Pottstown’s Tilted Barn Farm at Center of Region’s Hops Revival
It has been hard and sometimes fruitless work, but Tilted Barn Farm in Pottstown is ploughing new ground as Pennsylvania forges back in time to revive hops as a local crop. The region has been devoid of hops knowledge, experience, and even experimentation since before Prohibition. However, a few brave beer enthusiasts are pioneering the…
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Flight from Syria Inspires Upper Merion Grad, GlaxoSmithKline Scholarship Winner
She endured months of confinement in the midst of Syrian civil war and then months of homelessness after fleeing to Philadelphia. But now that harried past is inspiring a promising future. Maryam Hallaj, an Upper Merion High School graduate and Temple University senior majoring in architecture, is about to step into a landscape of opportunity.…
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Future of Narberth’s Historic Elmwood Church Still Under Discussion
Although the new owner of Narberth’s oldest church was given permission to demolish it four months ago, the future of the former Baptist Church of the Evangel is still undecided, writes Cheryl Allison for the Main Line Media News. In the unanimous vote held during its June 30 meeting, the Borough Council extended its 90-day…
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Fort Washington Mansion with Indoor Basketball Court Most Expensive Property on Market in PA
Currently the most expensive property on the market in Pennsylvania, this stone mansion located on 70 acres at the top end of an upscale neighborhood in Fort Washington is being offered for $25 million, writes John Frank for Realtor.com. The home, designed by noted Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly, features a stone exterior reminiscent of a…
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