• House of the Week: Gorgeous French Normandy Home in Huntingdon Valley

    House of the Week: Gorgeous French Normandy Home in Huntingdon Valley

    A gorgeous French Normandy stone house custom built seven years ago by a third generation local builder is available for sale. The property is set on five secluded acres surrounded by hundreds of trees adjacent to more than 800 acres that are preserved by the Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust. The entrance to this stunning five-bedroom,…

  • Graterford Prison Welcomes First Formal Music Program for a Decade

    Graterford Prison Welcomes First Formal Music Program for a Decade

    The first formal music program in a decade has returned to Graterford Prison in Skippack Township, providing a long-awaited dose of humanity for its inmates, writes Samantha Melamed for Philly.com. Songs in the Key of Free was launched last October as a barely funded initiative mostly staffed by volunteers. However, the program has been hugely…

  • MONTCO Careers – Lankenau Medical Center

    MONTCO Careers – Lankenau Medical Center

    The Lankenau Medical Center, located in Wynnewood, is a 331-bed tertiary care, teaching hospital, research institute, and a founding member of Main Line Health, a community-based not-for-profit health system. Manager, LHG Access Center This position manages all access center services, promotes a positive patient, physician, and staff experience, and oversees nurse triage, document management, and…

  • Philadelphia Business Journal Praises Montco Companies for Their Philanthropy

    Philadelphia Business Journal Praises Montco Companies for Their Philanthropy

    With its annual Faces of Philanthropy Awards, the Philadelphia Business Journal recently highlighted “what the business community is doing to make the region a better place for all of the region’s people.” As a result, the PBJ honored a number of suburban companies for their work with the nonprofit sector. The criterion for this year’s…

  • PhillyCAM to Feature Young Wynnewood Author Liliana Velásquez

    PhillyCAM to Feature Young Wynnewood Author Liliana Velásquez

    Wynnewood author, Liliana Velásquez, will read from her book Dreams and Nightmares that describes her 2,000 mile journey to the U.S. at the PhillyCAM Community Room on Thursday, writes John Timpane for Philly.com. The true story follows the route of the then fourteen-years-old Velásquez who left her abusive family in in Guatemala to travel here.…

  • MONTCO Careers: Abington Hospital – Jefferson Health

    MONTCO Careers: Abington Hospital – Jefferson Health

    Abington Hospital-Jefferson Health, formerly Abington Memorial Hospital, has 665 beds and more than 5,500 employees, including more than 1,100 physicians, and is one of the largest employers in Montgomery County. CDI Specialist This position reviews inpatient medical records, teaches physicians how to properly fill out quality and reimbursement documentation, and works with the CIS coding…

  • From Chesco: Check Out This Awesome Video on Longwood Gardens as Main Fountain Set to Reopen this Weekend

    From Chesco: Check Out This Awesome Video on Longwood Gardens as Main Fountain Set to Reopen this Weekend

    This weekend, Longwood Gardens will reopen the main fountain garden after a two-year, $90 million renovation. Four thousand pieces of carved limestone were removed and sent to conservators, while underground pipe was also removed so a new infrastructure of underground concrete tunnels could be built. The restored gardens will wow visitors with water streams that…

  • State Correctional Institution in Skippack Township Gets New Completion Date

    State Correctional Institution in Skippack Township Gets New Completion Date

    State Correctional Institution in Skippack Township Gets New Completion Date Meta Description (150 Characters): After ongoing delays, the completion date for the State Correctional Institution Phoenix in Skippack Township has now been set for September 29. SEO Keyword (1-2 Words): Skippack Township Word Count (Less 31 For Template): 248 The Post (Target length: 250 to…

  • Debut Novel by Cheltenham Author Shows a Difference in the Times

    Debut Novel by Cheltenham Author Shows a Difference in the Times

    “Lilli de Jong,” the debut novel by Cheltenham author Janet Benton, hits exactly the right cord in the current political climate, writes Elizabeth Licorish for Philly Voice. The new book offers a stunning look at life as a Quaker woman and unmarried mother in the nineteenth century, as she fights in a world that considers…

  • Abington Speech Pathology Services Expands Into Telepractice with RemoteSpeech

    Abington Speech Pathology Services Expands Into Telepractice with RemoteSpeech

    Abington Speech Pathology Services has added RemoteSpeech, a new high-definition video calling service that helps people in schools, hospitals, and retirement communities who are struggling with speech issues, writes Marissa Stern for Jewish Exponent. The Willow Grove Company launched the service in September to provide the therapy remotely. To boost awareness, owner Orna Kempler-Azulay has…

  • Souderton Teacher Fills In As WTXF‘s Good Day Philadelphia Co-Host

    Souderton Teacher Fills In As WTXF‘s Good Day Philadelphia Co-Host

    A Souderton school teacher enjoyed his recent television debut so much that he jumped at the chance to repeat the experience, writes Stephanie Tsoflias Siege for TV Spy. Richard Curtis, a Souderton Area High School TV production teacher, first stood in front of the cameras six months ago on Live with Kelly. This time, he…

  • MONTCO Careers – Greenphire

    MONTCO Careers – Greenphire

    Located in King of Prussia, Greenphire is the industry’s leading provider of clinical payment and communication solutions, providing technologies that are used to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, mitigate regulatory risks, and produce quantifiable results for clients. Treasury Accountant, Financial Services This position produces customer invoicing for escrow account funding, reconciles all client funded bank accounts and…

  • VFTCB’s Dan Weckerly Wins Navigational Challenge with Waze

    VFTCB’s Dan Weckerly Wins Navigational Challenge with Waze

    Dan Weckerly, Communications Manager for the Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board, was the clear winner after using Waze in a friendly three-way showdown to find the most effective GPS navigation system, writes Meisha Johnson for CBS Philly. His two competitors used either Google Maps or built-in GPS. These both gave a different route and…

  • Nine Montgomery County Elementary Schools in Greater Philadelphia’s Top 25

    Nine Montgomery County Elementary Schools in Greater Philadelphia’s Top 25

    Nine schools from Montgomery County are among the top 25 in the Greater Philadelphia area based on the 2017 ranking of public elementary schools published by Niche earlier this month, according to a staff report from Philadelphia Business Journal. The Pennsylvania Data Company has expanded on the test score based state public school grading system…

  • MONTCO Careers – Tozour Energy Systems

    MONTCO Careers – Tozour Energy Systems

    Located in King of Prussia, Tozour Energy Systems is the region’s leading distributor and service provider of high-performance building systems from Trane, as well as other manufacturers, and a full array of SMART energy and building performance services. Executive Account Manager This position manages vendor selection, procurement processes, and aligns resources with customer requirements, develops and…

  • Life Time Athletic Facility in Fort Washington Opens Its Doors

    Life Time Athletic Facility in Fort Washington Opens Its Doors

    After yesterday’s soft opening, the Life Time Athletic facility in Fort Washington will officially open its doors to fitness enthusiasts in Fort Washington on Friday morning, writes Natalie Kostelni for Philadelphia Business Journal. The Fort Washington gym is the fitness company’s second foray into the Philadelphia market after opening its Mount Laurel facility two years…

  • Two New Entertainment Retailers Coming to Plymouth Meeting Mall

    Two New Entertainment Retailers Coming to Plymouth Meeting Mall

    Plymouth Meeting Mall will soon have even more entertainment options as live-action event organizer 5 Wits and indoor cycling venue CYCLEBAR are both opening venues there, writes Suzette Parmley for Philly.com. CYCLEBAR, which opens on Thursday, will offer visitors various state-of-the-art studio classes spread across its 2,700-square-feet. These will give participants a variety of high-energy…

  • Bestselling Author Urges Penn State Abington Largest Graduating Class to ‘Take a Stand’

    Bestselling Author Urges Penn State Abington Largest Graduating Class to ‘Take a Stand’

    With Penn State Abington’s spring 2017 commencement moved indoors due to heavy rain, the campus community joyfully weathered a downpour of emotions as the 400 graduates — the largest class in its history — moved on to new challenges. New York Times bestselling author and attorney Lawrence Otis Graham urged the Class of 2017 not…