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Activists from Past Decades Gathered for Rally in Montgomery County
Activists from the 1960s and 1970s that led the civil rights and peace movement protests during the Vietnam War, dusted off their signs on Saturday to join an anti-Trump rally outside Sandy Run Middle School in Dresher, writes Jane M. Von Bergen for Philly.com. The protestors, many of whom are in their seventies and eighties…
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DOJ Investigating Janssen Biotech’s Management and Advisory Practices
During its quarterly earnings report, Johnson & Johnson announced that its Horsham subsidiary, Janssen Biotech, is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. Janssen Biotech received a Civil Investigative Demand from the DOJ in March for a False Claims Act investigation. The investigation is focused on the…
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MONTCO Careers – GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline, with a location in Collegeville, is the world’s sixth largest pharmaceutical company, and produces well-known products including Aquafresh toothpaste, Breathe Right nasal strips, and Nicoderm and Nicorette. Technical Operations Manager This position provides engineering experience to support the consistent delivery of facilities and services, supports the development and improvement of processes that support the operational…
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Montgomery Bar Association Judiciary Committee Updates Primary Election Recommendations
All candidates appearing on this year’s primary ballot in Montgomery County for the position of judge on the Court of Common Pleas have been voluntarily interviewed and reviewed by the 30-member Judiciary Committee of the Montgomery Bar Association. Recommendations for these and other candidates were initially released on Feb. 1, 2017, and are being reissued…
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MONTCO Today Careers – Nutrisystem
Headquartered in Fort Washington, Nutrisystem is a commercial provider of weight loss products and services through a direct-to-consumer business model, selling its products and programs on the Internet and through a call center. Associate Web Producer This position performs day-to-day creative and catalog maintenance of Nutrisystem affiliated web sites, ensures all marketing activities are properly designed and…
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Robots Kill Jobs, and So Do Companies That Don’t Automate
It’s kind of a catch-22. The medium-sized increase in the use of industrial robots across suburban Philadelphia in the 1990s and 2000s caused jobs and wages to fall, but companies that didn’t automate with robots also lost jobs. That’s the assessment of a new study from MIT and Boston University cited in a Bloomberg report…
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Ardent Credit Union Employees Graduate MBA Program with Help from Employee Cohort
Last week, seven Ardent Credit Union employees attended their graduation ceremony from Holy Family University’s MBA Program at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. Graduates included: Mary Hoffman, VP Chief People Officer Joe Walmsley, Benefits Specialist Steven Scoleri, Loan Closer Julie Mack, Director Project of Implementation and Compliance Eileen Hughes, VP Operations Lynnette Dykes, Real Estate…
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Pair of Montco Residents Among PECO’s Newest Natural Gas Mechanics
Stephen Lipford of Lansdale and Phillip Myers of Schwenksville recently graduated from PECO’s natural gas training program. The graduates are two of 12 new apprentice mechanics to complete the rigorous training program and join the company’s front lines – ensuring safe and reliable natural gas for more than 516,000 area customers. [uam_ad id=”51709″] Advertisement The…
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Iron Hill GM Still Stands Alone in Burger Month Challenge
In retrospect, a month’s worth of savory half-pound burgers from Iron Hill seems more like a mountain of meat. Maybe that’s why no other man has taken up general manager Warren Sewell on his National Burger Month challenge. Four years ago this month, Sewell sat down and cleaned his plate of Iron Hill’s one-a-day menu…
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Who is Mike Bowman’s New Friend?
Not a clue! All this handsome fox would tell Mike Bowman, President & CEO at Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board, last week is 1) that he was born and raised in a hut in Valley Forge National Park and 2) he had recently picked up an iPhone on a shopping spree at the King of…
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Longest Running, Largest Gaming Convention in Pennsylvania Expected to Draw 12,000 Gamers
TooManyGames, the longest running and largest gaming convention in Pennsylvania, will take place from June 23-25 at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks. With an expected attendance of more than 12,000 guests, the upcoming event marks the 13th expo over 10 years, and is expected to be the largest to date. TooManyGames is the…
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GSK Campus in Upper Merion Under Agreement with O’Neill Properties Group
GlaxoSmithKline’s West Campus in Upper Merion has been put under agreement by developer O’Neill Properties Group, write Natalie Kostelni and John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. The forty-three buildings that cover close to 2.2 million-square-feet of office, lab, and warehouse space are at 709 Swedeland Road. Three years ago GSK announced that it was planning…
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The Taco Truck at King of Prussia Mall’s Unexpectedly Closes
Four months after the Taco Truck started operating in King of Prussia Mall and established itself as one of the Savor food court’s more popular options, the eatery suddenly closed on May 1, writes Gary Puleo for The Times Herald. The owners were approached last year by Simon Property Group about locating a restaurant in…
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CBRE Global Investors Sponsored Fund Buys King of Prussia Town Center
King of Prussia’s newest retail destination, the 263,423-square-foot Town Center has been purchased by a fund sponsored by CBRE Global Investors, writes Natalie Kostelni for Philadelphia Business Journal. King of Prussia Town Center at 155 Village Drive is part of the Village at Valley Forge, a mixed-use development that will eventually also include between 2,000…
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How They Voted: American Health Care Act of 2017
The American Health Care Act of 2017 (AHCA), H.R. 1628, the House Republicans’ Bill to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, passed the house yesterday in a razor-thin 217 – 213 vote that saw zero Democrats join the majority. Here is how Chester County’s Congressional delegated voted: Dwight Evans (D,…
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Lansdale’s Jay Amin Partners with Eagles Malcolm Jenkins to Open Men’s Fashion Store
The upcoming men’s clothing store, Damari Saville, founded by North Penn High School graduate Jay Amin and Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins will offer not only impeccable designs, but the unique chance to be measured by the football star, writes Elizabeth Wellington for Philly.com. Amin, who moved to Montgomery County with his parents when he was…
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Suburban Congressmen Vote Against AHCA
It was touted by President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress, but local lawmakers, Republican and Democrats alike, voted against the proposed replacement for Obamacare. While the American Health Care Act has moved on from the House of Representatives to the Senate, news organizations across the country are trying to analyze its implications for Americans,…
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Knowledge@Wharton: Election Tech Crisis Could Force Future Changes
Funding shortages, state control and the periodic nature of elections in America have fostered a disconnect in the election technology industry, and the nation’s often-outdated tech is fast creating a crisis. “There’s a crisis in voting technology — that across the country voting technology is literally falling apart,” said doctoral student Matthew Caulfield in a…
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