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Lafayette Hill’s Michael Rubin Named to Time’s 100 Most Influential People in Sports
Lafayette Hill native Michael Rubin started his first business at 13 years old, using his Bar Mitzvah money to open a ski store. Today, he runs one of the most valuable sports companies in the world. Rubin, the CEO of Fanatics, was named to Time’s inaugural TIME100 Sports list of the 100 Most Influential People…
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How a Philadelphia Company Fits Into SpaceX’s $2 Trillion IPO Story
SpaceX completed its blockbuster initial public offering on Friday, and by the closing bell, its valuation had surged past $2 trillion, instantly making Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire, at least on paper. The headlines went where they always go: Musk, Starship, the future of space exploration. But buried in that story is a quieter…
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Every Gift Helps a Child: Why Supporting Nemours Children’s Health Matters
For parents, few things matter more than the health and well-being of their children. Whether it’s a routine checkup, a broken bone, a chronic illness, or a life-threatening diagnosis, families want to know that expert care is available when they need it most. Across the Delaware Valley and beyond, Nemours Children’s Health has spent generations…
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Happy Spouse, Happy House: A Marriage Therapist Talks About Modern Relationships
The statistics are sobering. According to the American Psychological Association, 40 to 50 percent of first marriages in the United States ended in divorce in 2024. For second marriages, that figure climbs to 67 percent. But according to Chimere Holmes, a licensed clinical social worker and marriage and family therapy doctoral candidate at Eastern University,…
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Montco Careers — Montgomery County Community College
The success of Montgomery County Community College starts with the people behind it. From faculty and frontline staff to facilities and public safety professionals, employees across the College help create an environment where students can learn, grow, and achieve their goals. As MCCC continues to serve thousands of students across the region, it’s seeking talented…
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Charlie Levy and Nate Perez Earn All-ESAC Second Team Honors for Manor College Baseball
The Manor College Blue Jays had plenty to celebrate after the 2025-26 baseball season — and two players just got official recognition to prove it. Junior shortstop-pitcher Charlie Levy and freshman first baseman Nate Perez were both voted to the All-ESAC Second Team by the conference’s head coaches. Levy, who already claimed the USCAA Baseball…
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Norristown Water Treatment Plant Earns National Recognition
The Norristown Water Treatment Plant is among sixteen facilities owned and operated by Pennsylvania American Water that were recently recognized by the Partnership for Safe Water at the Directors and Presidents levels for achieving water quality excellence. The national awards, which honor efforts to continuously optimize water treatment plant and distribution system operation and performance, were recently announced by the American…
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Ardmore’s Suburban Square Sees Surge in Demand with New Retail Additions
Ardmore’s Suburban Square has reached full occupancy following a surge of new leasing activity, writes Paul Schwedelson for The Philadelphia Business Journal. In recent months, a leasing surge brought 13 tenants to the popular open-air retail center. The growth aligns with the completion of Coulter Place, a 131-unit residential development that added 20,000 square feet…
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“An American Dream” Debuts at Longwood Gardens June 25 with Symphonic Salute to America250
The making of the Brandywine Valley Symphony’s commissioned patriotic piece for America250, An American Dream by Iowa composer Aaron Fullan, was “a genuine serendipity,” in the words of Symphony Vice President Colin Hanna. The piece will debut at the Symphony’s annual concert at Longwood Gardens on June 25 at 7:30 p.m., capping months of work…
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New Bucks-Ursinus Transfer Agreement Opens a Top 100 Liberal Arts Path With $43,000 in Scholarships
Bucks County Community College and Ursinus College have announced a deal that creates new possibilities for students in the Greater Philadelphia region. The dual admission and core-to-core transfer agreement, signed June 10 in a ceremony at Ursinus College in Collegeville, creates a direct pathway for Bucks graduates at the public two-year college to transfer to…
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Eagles Players Dominate NFLPA Merchandise Rankings for 2025-26 Season
Philadelphia Eagles players Saquon Barkley, Jalen Hurts, and Cooper DeJean all cracked the NFL Players Association’s latest year-end merchandise rankings, reports Conor Smith for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Barkley finished as the league’s third best-selling player overall, while Hurts ranked seventh. The list tracks sales of officially licensed player products purchased between March 2025 and February 2026, like jerseys,…
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QVC Group’s Preferred Shareholders Challenge $6.6 Billion Debt Restructuring Plan in Texas Court
A battle over the future of West Chester-based QVC Group is playing out in a Texas courtroom, where a group of preferred shareholders are fighting to block a bankruptcy reorganization plan they say would wipe out their investment while benefiting creditors, writes Jeff Blumenthal for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Judge Alfredo R. Perez in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court is…
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Inside The Library Collegeville, the Restaurant Rewriting the Story of a Civil War-Era Building
When The Library opened on Collegeville’s Main Street in June 2024, it brought craft cocktails and comfort food to a building that had been part of the borough since before the Civil War. The Library, located at 217 E. Main Street, has quickly become one of the most talked-about additions to Collegeville’s dining scene. Opened…
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Montgomery County Has Some of the Oldest Taverns in America. Here Is What Makes Them Worth Visiting.
Before Montgomery County had shopping malls, office parks, commuter rail towns and four-lane highways, it had inns. They stood along old roads and stagecoach routes, offering food, drink, lodging and news to travelers moving through the Philadelphia countryside. They were gathering places before town halls, landmarks before GPS and, in some cases, the reason a…
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Conshohocken Bridal Boutique Closes After 45 Years as Amazon and SHEIN Squeeze Out Local Shops
For 45 years, brides from across the region walked through the doors of La Bella Moda in Conshohocken and walked out with a dress, a memory, and a story to tell. That chapter is now closed, writes Erin McCarthy for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The bridal boutique founded by Italian immigrant Lena Pagano in 1981 shut…
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These Montgomery County Zip Codes Cracked the Top 1,000 Wealthiest in the US
Philadelphia-area ZIP Codes are well represented among the Wealthy 1000. These 1,000 ZIP Codes have some of the richest neighborhoods in the US, and include the Montgomery County neighborhoods of Wynnewood (No. 295), Merion Station (No. 309) and Narberth (No. 347).writes Joanne Drilling and Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The new ranking from…
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Three Montgomery County Companies Make Business Insider’s 2026 High-Growth List
Three Montgomery County companies have earned national recognition for something increasingly rare in today’s volatile markets: consistent, profitable growth. Globus Medical, Harmony Biosciences, and Hamilton Lane all appear on Business Insider’s High-Growth Companies 2026 list, a ranking that spotlights publicly traded companies demonstrating not just expansion, but financial staying power, writes Jonathan Diamond for Philadelphia…
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Malooga’s Narberth Location Brings Authentic Yemeni Cuisine to the Main Line
Yemen has met the Main Line. Malooga, the Yemeni restaurant that quietly became one of Philadelphia’s most talked-about dining destinations, has opened a second location in Narberth—and it’s bringing something the suburb hasn’t tasted before, writes Ed Williams for Main Line Today. Co-owner Mohammed Aqlan, who first stepped into a kitchen at age 12 in…
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