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Montco Dance Instructors Make Math, Language Studies More Fun with Innovative Approach
Two Montgomery County dance instructors are bringing a new approach to teaching math and language by adding dance moves to help with understanding, writes Kristin E. Holmes for Philly.com. Children in kindergarten and elementary schools are learning about fractions through spinning symmetry which mimic numerical patterns while moving to a beat. To assist with language…
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Montgomery County Careers – First Quality Enterprises
With a location in King of Prussia, First Quality Enterprises, founded in 1988, is a global, multibillion-dollar, privately held company that manufactures consumer products for institutional and retail markets throughout the world. Demand Planner This position develops and maintains the demand plan at the sku and customer level, maintains statistical models that account for historical trends…
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PECO Announces Further Price Cuts
More good news is coming from PECO, as the electric company has announced further price cuts from June 1, writes Andrew Maykuth for Philly.com. PECO’s customers have already been paying less for their electricity over the last six years, since competitive market rates took effect. In competitive markets such as Pennsylvania’s, retail customers have the…
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International Travel Writers Visit Valley Forge, King of Prussia Mall
The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board helped welcome eight travel writers from across Europe to Montgomery County. The journalists were drawn to the U.S. by a preview visit to the Museum of the American Revolution, on track for its April 19 opening. The VFTCB welcomed the group to Valley Forge as a way of…
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Huntingdon Valley Startup Aims to Turn Sports Fan Rage into Lucrative Business
Everybody knows that the rage of a sports fan after losing a tight game can rarely be matched. Now a Huntington Valley startup is trying to turn this fury into a lucrative business opportunity, writes Diane Mastrull for Philly.com. Dan Bagelle, Jeff Phillips, and Tim Wozniak have launched the SportsVenting mobile app for Android. The…
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Penn State’s Young Innovators Fair Aims to Inspire Future Generations of Engineers
Penn State’s College of Engineering is holding its Young Innovators Fair on the June 10-11 weekend this year to inspire the next generation of engineers, writes Samantha Chavanic for PennState News. The event will show visitors how engineers take their knowledge and bring benefits to the world. It also highlights the Multidisciplinary Engineering Design option…
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King of Prussia’s Village at Valley Forge Named PBJ’s Project of the Year
King of Prussia’s Village at Valley Forge from Realen Properties has been named Philadelphia Business Journal’s Project of the Year, writes Natalie Kostelni for Philadelphia Business Journal. Thanks to the vision and perseverance of the project’s main developer Realen Properties along with financial partner, Northwestern Mutual Life, the long-term vision has finally turned into reality.…
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Two Montgomery County Billionaires Featured on Forbes’ Richest List for 2017
Forbes’ annual ranking of richest people around the globe is out, and two billionaires from Montgomery County have made the cut, writes Fabiola Cineas for Philadelphia Magazine. John Middleton ranks 717 with $2.8 billion while Michael G. Rubin is at 896 with $2.3 billion. John Middleton sold his family’s tobacco business to Altria for $2.9…
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Paratek Pharmaceuticals Expands KoP Office Ahead of Hiring Spree
While Paratek Pharmaceuticals is headquartered in Boston, the company’s expansion is currently focused on its King of Prussia office which has recently increased threefold to make way for new hires, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. The biopharmaceutical company is keeping its location on First Avenue, but has moved into a significantly larger space…
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Montgomery County Careers – Almac Group
With a location in Souderton, the Almac Group is a recognized, global, knowledge-based leader for the research, development, and delivery of pharmaceutical services, from drug discovery through all areas of clinical trials to the commercialization of pharmaceutical products. Contract Analyst This position generates and processes all Almac study-specific change order documents, tracks and ensures the execution…
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JLL Announces Details of Fort Washington Technology Center
JLL, a professional services firm that specializes in real estate and investment management, has announced new details in the leasing and redevelopment of the Fort Washington Technology Center at 1100 Virginia Drive in Fort Washington. Spanning 660,000 square feet, the property, owned by Somerset Properties, is the largest multi-tenant office building in the Philadelphia suburbs.…
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New Owner Ready to Invest in Audubon Village Shopping Center
The Audubon Village Shopping Center, at the busy intersection of Egypt and Pawlings roads in Lower Providence Township, has a new owner. The center was purchased by Westover Companies, a King of Prussia-based firm that’s anxious to get started on improvements to re-energize the center. “The center needs updating and new energy. We are committed…
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Montgomery County Towns Dominate ‘Best Places to Live in Philadelphia’ List
With fourteen of its boroughs, towns, and townships making the list, Montgomery County dominates the Niche.com ranking of 25 Best Places to Live in Greater Philadelphia, writes Clara Lefton for Philadelphia Business Journal. The site aims to help people discover schools and neighborhoods that are the right fit for them within 25 miles of the…
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Six Montgomery County Campus Redevelopment Projects Move Forward
Montgomery County is moving forward on the $281 million redevelopment of key buildings essential to the county’s governance, writes Eric Devlin for Montgomery Media. Three projects of the projects will focus on One Montgomery Plaza, with a new security entrance, facade replacement, and interior renovations, while the remaining three projects will focus on the new…
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House of the Week: Haverford’s Stunning $6M Stone Mansion
Lavished with beautiful stone inside and out, Arbor Aves is a prominent masterpiece in a premier Haverford neighborhood. The six-bedroom, 10-bath and four-level House of the Week boasts 14,098 square feet of exquisite living space surrounded by “spectacular gardens, a resort-quality vanishing-edge pool, hot tub and expansive light stone terraces,” according to its listing on…
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Bala’s Entercom Looking to Transfer 14 Stations Acquired Through CBS Radio Deal
Bala Cynwyd’s Entercom Communications is looking to sell or swap fourteen of the FM stations it recently acquired in a deal with CBS Radio, writes Jeff Blumenthal for Philadelphia Business Journal. The stations will be placed into the TDC Communications station trust run by broker Elliot Evers until their fate is determined. However, none of…
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Hill School Rolls Up Its Sleeves for a Lesson on Priorities
The spotlight of attention from alumni like Donald Trump Jr. may be distorting the public’s view of the Hill School and its “manicured walls, stately buildings and stained-glass windows,” but school leaders are rolling up their sleeves to prove what the Hill School is really about, according to a Philly.com report by John Ryan Barwick.…
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Lower Merion Remembers Famous Son Chuck Barris
Whether he brought fame or infamy to his childhood home, unforgettable memories of “The Gong Show” icon Chuck Barris have reverberated through Bala Cynwyd and Lower Merion High School this week as locals mourn his death at the age of 87. Barris went on from Montgomery County to become “responsible for an outrageous form of…
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