Professional Services
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Joseph Levine & Sons to Open New Location In Blue Bell
After more than 130 years of providing funeral and burial services to the Jewish community in the Philadelphia area, Joseph Levine & Sons will now have a location in Montgomery County, writes Matt Silver for the Jewish Exponent. The fifth-generation family business is set to open a Blue Bell location in the fall next year.…
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HomeServe Buys Controlling Stake In Conshohocken-Based eLocal Holdings
HomeServe, based in the U.K., has acquired a controlling stake in Conshohocken-based eLocal Holdings, for $140 million, writes Joseph N. DiStefano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. eLocal Holdings specializes in “pay per call” and “pay per lead” consumer sales leads for home repair, debt, addiction, and legal services firms. The group led by LLR invested $25…
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Death of Longtime Ludington Library Employee with Down Syndrome Leaves Huge Hole In Lower Merion Community
The recent death of Douglas Jarett, a longtime Ludington Library in Bryn Mawr employee with Down syndrome, has left a huge hole in the Lower Merion community, writes Stacy Jarrett Levitan for The Philadelphia Inquirer. After he died, both the Lower Merion Police Department and the Lower Merion Library System dedicated Facebook posts to Jarett.…
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Job At VarietyWorks Coffee Cart in the Montgomery County Human Services Center Provides Neurodivergent Barista with Sense of Independence
Thanks to VarietyWorks, a program created to provide individuals with disabilities access to employment, Eric Salomon has found a calling that makes him feel independent, writes Ronnie Polaneczky for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Salomon sought employment through the program after he finished school at 21. He originally tried out for several areas at Variety campus in…
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Glenside Woman Shares Story of Her Husband’s Two-Time Struggle With Cancer
Some children cancer survivors have to face the fallout of what has happened to them as adults due to no follow-up professional support, writes Jennifer Lowman of Glenside for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Lowman’s husband, Matthew Anzideo, survived testicular cancer He was diagnosed just three weeks ahead of his 18th birthday and a week before he…
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MCCC Launches New Tourism & Hospitality Management Program In Response To Growing Employment Opportunities
In response to the fast growth of the tourism and hospitality industry and increasing employment opportunities in these fields, Montgomery County Community College has launched a new Tourism & Hospitality Management Program. The program launch was announced Nov. 6 during the celebratory event at MCCC’s Culinary Arts Institute in Lansdale. Keynote speaker was Megan Miller,…
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Blunt and Outspoken Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood Is Retiring From Upper Darby
After 55 years in law enforcement, Upper Darby’s colorful police superintendent Michael Chitwood announced he is retiring, writes Anthony R. Wood and Joseph A. Gambardello for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Chitwood plans to step down Dec. 1. “I really don’t want to leave,” Chitwood said Friday. “My next birthday, I’ll be 76. I still run up…
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Plymouth Meeting Businesswoman Gets Boost From EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women Program
Ellen Stang, an MD from Plymouth Meeting and founder of ProgenyHealth, credits her participation in the Winning Women program with shifting her mindset on how big her business could get, writes Geri Stengel for the Forbes. Stang started ProgenyHealth in 2003 to provide comprehensive case management for neonatal intensive care units. She realized that social…
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Narberth’s Uppercut Gym Among Top 5 Philly Area Old-School Boxing Gyms
While boutique boxing is on the rise in the Philadelphia area, there are still a number of old-school boxing gyms that can make any aspiring boxer feel like Rocky, write Samantha Spengler and Cara Heenan for Philadelphia Magazine. Among the best is Uppercut Gym in Narberth. This second-floor studio that has boxing gloves lining the…
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Here’s What’s Coming to the New Upper Darby Community College Campus at Prendie
In September 2019, Delaware County Community College agreed to buy the former Archbishop Prendergast Catholic High School to create a new Upper Darby full-service campus. The Prendergast building at Garrett Road and Lansdowne Avenue will provide 30 classrooms with chemistry and biology labs, according to a release from the college. The campus will offer a…
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Founder of Mi Casita Ardmore Introduces Main Line’s First Spanish Immersion Preschool
Melissa Page Peter, founder of Mi Casita, the Spanish immersion preschool, is bringing her brand of multicultural learning to Ardmore, writes Laura Englehart for the Main Line Today. The new Main Line location is the third Mi Casita to open since the original Philadelphia preschool first welcomed students in 2015. Page Peter developed her love…
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Master Plumber to Teach Plumbing Basics at North Montco Technical Career Center
The new Plumbing Basics class at North Montco Technical Career Center will provide aspiring plumbers with an opportunity to learn the tools of the trade from master plumber Andrew Cappello. The course is ideal for anyone interested in an entry-level position in the plumbing industry. Salaries start around $40,000 and can easily go over $60,000…
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Gladwyne Pet-Sitting Business Gives People with Autism an Opportunity to Work
Gladwyne-based PETacular Pet Sitting is providing people with autism with an opportunity to work with a student scholar on hand to help them get used to their new role, writes Beccah Hendrickson for ABC7. PETacular Pet Sitting, the Main Line pet care company that provides pet care services through a diverse and inclusive workforce, has…
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Local Officials Testify About State’s Shortage of Volunteer Firefighters, EMS Workers
Tax credits, a rewards program, and free state or community college were some incentives considered recently to attract more volunteer firefighters and EMS workers, writes Josh Popichak for SauconSource.com. Finding volunteer firefighters and EMS workers was the topic of a hearing called by State Sen. Tim Kearney and the Pennsylvania State Senate Democratic Policy Committee.…
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J.P. Mascaro & Sons awarded Dupont Borough contract
Local waste company J. P. Mascaro & Sons has been awarded a two-year service contract valued in excess of $400,000 to serve the residents of the Borough of Dupont, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, starting January 1, 2020, according to a press release. Mascaro, based in Audubon, Montgomery County, is Dupont’s first private contractor, as previously, the…
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J.P. Mascaro and Sons announces Pottstown as the first municipality to recycle flexible plastic packaging
J. P. Mascaro & Sons, based out of Lower Providence, announced that as part of its contracted curbside recycling program, the Borough of Pottstown will be the first community in the United States to handle and process flexible plastic packaging (“FPP”) as a recyclable, instead of landfilling that material. After a nationwide solicitation by Materials…
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Exeter Township and Mascaro’s Pioneer Crossing Landfill bolster successful public-private partnership
The Exeter Township Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve and enter into two long-term agreements with the Pioneer Crossing Landfill, a J. P. Mascaro & Sons-affiliated company on Sept. 9, 2019. For many years, that DEP-permitted facility has operated in the Baumstown area of Exeter Township near the Borough of Birdsboro. The two agreements allow for the…
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Quakertown awards J.P. Mascaro and Sons longer-term contract
Quakertown Borough Council awarded its comprehensive residential trash collection and recycling contract by unanimous vote to local waste service company J. P. Mascaro & Sons, which has its headquarters in Audubon, Montgomery County. The three year contract, with two option years, is valued at $3 million to $5 million. Mascaro will provide Borough residents with…
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