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La Salle College High School Grad is Barber to the Stars and NFL Players
Pat Regan, a Rockledge native and La Salle College High School graduate, started his career crafting $5 blowouts in his mother’s basement. Now, he is a barber to the stars with Patty Cuts, writes Tommy Rowan for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Regan’s clients include many NFL stars such as Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens and…
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Abington Soldier Joyfully Returns Home to Surprise His Family
U.S. Army Soldier Chad Wood has been deployed overseas in Kuwait for the past year but got to happily surprise his children at school. Back home in Abington, the first order of business was to head over to Overlook Elementary and surprise his two children, Luke and Ella. The children knew someone was coming to…
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Abington Hospital Pediatric Surgeon is One of Fortune’s World’s 50 Greatest Leaders
Dr. Ala Stanford, a pediatric surgeon at Abington Hospital and founder of the nonprofit Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium, is one of Fortune’s World’s 50 Greatest Leaders. Stanford spent the early days of the coronavirus outbreak trying to provide COVID-19 tests to communities of color in the Philadelphia region. Despite Black and Latinx residents suffering disproportionately…
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After a Hectic Year, Couple With Decades of Service Retire from Abington Hospital
Following a hectic, COVID-19-defined year, Chuck and Debbie McClinton have decided to retire from Abington Hospital after decades of service, writes Beccah Hendrickson for 6abc. The couple has been connected to the hospital their entire lives. Debbie was born in the hospital, as were the pair’s children. Chuck has been working at Abington in operations…
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CHOP Opens New Specialty Care Center in Abington, Expands Reach in Montgomery County
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has announced the opening of a new, 37,000-square-foot Specialty Care Center in Abington, PA. This is the latest expansion in the CHOP Care Network, which includes more than 50 primary care offices, specialty care and surgical centers, urgent care centers and community hospital alliances throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey. CHOP Specialty Care…
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After Fighting Trump’s Travel Ban and Taking on the Catholic Church, Running for PA Governor Should be No Sweat for Abington’s AG Josh Shapiro
Attorney general Josh Shapiro, an Abington native and former Montgomery County commissioner, is planning to run for governor of Pennsylvania in 2021, writes Robert Huber for the Philadelphia Magazine. Shapiro has established himself a progressive from the start as attorney general when he decided to take on the Catholic Church and proceeded with a grand…
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Renowned Free Montco Garden Welcomes Visitors Back Safely With Re-Imagined Garden Spaces
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society will welcome guests back to Meadowbrook Farm beginning April 14, 2021 with timed and reserved tickets available to the public starting April 1, 2021. Meadowbrook Farms will be open through October 30, 2021. Meadowbrook Farm is a 25-acre garden property that was entrusted to PHS by the late J. Liddon Pennock,…
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Abington Friends School Center for Experiential Learning Immerses Students in Real-Life Experiences
At Abington Friends School, finding the best ways to educate, mentor and support their students is essential, and they are leaders in creating experience-based learning. This kind of learning imparts knowledge to students because they are deeply involved in the lessons, which also results in being more useful to the students in the real world.…
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Join Abington Friends School on March 13, 2021 for a Virtual Open House
With a school year that has included many different ways of learning and uncertainties, the faculty at Abington Friends School focused the curriculum on student learning and stability. On Saturday, March 13, they invite you to a Virtual Open House with Abington Friends School at 1pm. They will offer an in-depth program with featuring current…
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Philly Pretzel Factory CEO Fighting COVID-19 Personally and in Business
After Dan DiZio, CEO of Philly Pretzel Factory, emerged from a medically induced coma following a month spent on a ventilator, he had to relearn how to walk while also figuring out how to get his business through the pandemic unscathed, writes Hannah Kanik for the Philly Voice. .DiZio, a healthy and active 47-year-old, started…
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Abington Speech Pathology Looking for Investors to Expand Its Teletherapy Product Nationally
Abington Speech Pathology, which started offering teletherapy long before the COVID-19 outbreak, is now ready to take its newest product called VirtualTx national, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Orna Azulay, the owner and CEO of Abington Speech Pathology and its subsidiary Remote Speech, is currently talking with outside investors as she attempts…
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Penn State Abington Welcomes New Chancellor
Margo DelliCarpini, Ph.D., has assumed the position of Chancellor and Dean of Penn State Abington, which oversees approximately 3,700 students, more than 320 faculty, 22 bachelor’s degree programs, an MBA partnership with Penn State Great Valley, the NCAA Division III athletics program, and numerous outreach initiatives and partnerships that benefit the region and beyond. “My own experience as a…
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Penn State Abington Professor Honored with Prestigious Award for His Social Media Research
Lei Song, assistant professor of marketing at Penn State Abington, has been recognized along with his colleagues for their social media research by receiving the prestigious 2020 Emerald Literati Award for Highly Commended Paper awarded by Emerald Publishing, writes Regina Broscius for Penn State News. “Unlocking value through an extended social media analytics framework: Insights…
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Virtual Visit at Abington Friends School on February 2
Get to know Abington Friends School! Their focus is on fearless, curious learning in a co-educational, college preparatory, Quaker school for students age 3 through grade 12. AFS provides a genuine and supportive community where students are challenged academically and develop a love of learning that lasts a lifetime. Get a feel for what school…
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Despite Demotion and Defunding, Abington Scientist Continued Crucial mRNA Research in COVID-19 Vaccines
Despite being demoted by the University of Pennsylvania, Abington scientist Dr. Katalin Karikó persisted in continuing work on her mRNA research that proved crucial in creating COVID-19 vaccines, writes Michaela Winberg for Billy Penn. Karikó worked for decades on adapting mRNA to bring out its therapeutic qualities, but her efforts were continuously dismissed by the…
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Proposed Merger of Einstein Healthcare Network and Jefferson Health Clears Another Hurdle
A Philadelphia U.S. District Court judge has denied a request by the Federal Trade Commission and the Pennsylvania Attorney General to grant a preliminary injunction to block the proposed merger of Einstein Healthcare Network, which operates Einstein Medical Center Montgomery in East Norriton and MossRehab and Elkins Park hospitals, into Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson…
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Research by Abington Biochemist Proves Crucial for Both COVID-19 Vaccines
Decades of mRNA research by Abington biochemist Dr. Katalin Karikó have proven to be crucial in the development of both COVID-19 vaccines, writes Dana Kennedy for the New York Post. Karikó, who immigrated to the United States from Hungary in 1985 and is the mother of Olympic gold medalist Susan Francia, spent four decades obsessively…
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Mediplex Property Group Completes Abington Medical Office Building
Mediplex Property Group has completed the build-out of Mediplex Abington, the first ground-up, Class-A MOB to be developed in this area in several decades, writes Eric Althoff for the HC+O News. The two-story facility is situated next to Abington Hospital–Jefferson Health, the largest of the hospitals serving the communities of Philadelphia’s north suburbs. Mediplex Abington…
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