Downingtown
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Chester County’s StreamGeeks Cultivate Global Following in Online Video Production Community
Paul Richards and Tess Protesto have made a name for themselves as a dynamic duo in the online live-streaming and video production community. As the faces of the renowned camera brand PTZOptics, the two have cultivated a global following while staying true to their local roots. PTZOptics’ technology campus in Downingtown employs more than 50…
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Downingtown Mom Miraculously Saved After Rare Complication During Childbirth
Kayleigh Summers, a Downingtown resident, was saved by a blood transfusion after she experienced a rare and often fatal complication while in childbirth, writes Beccah Hendrickson for 6ABC. The mom had a healthy pregnancy. However, once she was in the delivery room everything changed. She experienced an amniotic fluid embolism which required immediate blood transfusions…
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Chester County Native Featured in Super Bowl Commercial With a Special Guest
Already a movie star in his own right, Downingtown native Miles Teller and his wife Keleigh will have the spotlight in an upcoming Super Bowl commercial for Bud Light with a special guest: their six-year-old French bulldog Bugsy, writes Samantha Kubota for Today. The set of the commercial is designed to look like the couples’…
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Local Quadruplet Sisters Show Animals Together at Pennsylvania Farm Show
Quadruplet sisters Emma, Hannah, Deborah, and Sarah Uhlman — Bishop Shanahan High School, Downingtown, seniors — are competing together at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, writes Elizabeth Worthington for WNEP. The sisters are showing pigs this week, something they have done together many times since their first event when they were eight. They started with pigs…
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Downingtown Financial Planner Advises Against Taking Cash for Winner of Nov. 5 $1.5-Billion Powerball Drawing
The extremely lucky winner of the $1.5 billion Powerball prize now faces major decisions, including whether he or she wants to take cash, which would pay out $745.9 million, or choose the $1.5-billion annuity option, which pays out twice as much but over 29 years, writes Scott McFetridge for FOX 29 News. Under the annuity…
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Despite Playing Hard, Downingtown Pediatric Nurse Voted Out of Tribe on ‘Survivor’ TV Series
Despite playing hard, Lindsay Carmine, a 42-year-old pediatric nurse from Downingtown, was voted out of the Coco Tribe in the latest episode of the 43rd episode of Survivor, writes Elizabeth Kwiatkowski for Reality TV World. Carmine was voted out at Tribal Council following a 1-1-4 vote on Night 9 of the game due to her…
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As Part of Statewide Effort, All Three Montco Wegmans Locations Are Phasing Out Plastic Bags
Wegmans, the New York-based grocery store, has enforced the ban of plastic bags in its Pennsylvania stores beginning on Sept. 22, writes Jennifer Shannon for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Montgomery County Wegmans locations in Collegeville, King of Prussia, and Montgomerville will follow as directed. Wegmans had begun to phase-out plastic bag usage in Massachusetts, Maryland,…
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Downingtown Resident Among Castaways on Newest Season of ‘Survivor’ TV Series
The popular Survivor tv show will return for its 43rd season on Sept. 21, and among the 18 new castaways is Downingtown resident Lindsay Carmine, writes staff from CBS Los Angeles. Carmine, 42, is a pediatric nurse who will star in the Emmy Award-winning series for a new chapter on the ultimately competitive island of…
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Greenleaf at Cheltenham — Once the Cheltenham Square Mall — Turns Over Ownership Once Again
Greenleaf at Cheltenham, the Wyncote commercial real estate property that operated for decades as the Cheltenham Square Mall, has a new owner. Natalie Kostelni covered the property’s various transferals, including this latest one, for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Paramount Realty, a Lakewood, N.J. firm, is the latest acquirer of the 65-acre site, which has been…
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Downingtown 12-Year-Old Is One of Nation’s Top Youth Female Figure Skaters
Downingtown’s Meghan Huffman, a rising seventh grader at Villa Maria Academy, has blossomed into one of the nation’s top youth female figure skaters, writes Neil Geoghegan for the Daily Local News. At the age of 12, Huffman is so advanced that she skipped Intermediate Girls competitive level and went straight from Juvenile Girls to Novice…
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Matrimony on the Move: Downingtown Woman Ties the Knot on SEPTA’s Paoli/Thorndale Line
Autumn Katzenmoyer and Steve Patterson’s life together has started on the right track, after the couple and their guests boarded a SEPTA train at the Downingtown Station and got married, according to a report from 6ABC. Following a luncheon at the Station Tap Room in Downingtown, Katzenmoyer and Patterson boarded a train on the Paoli/Thorndale…
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Highly Anticipated Mixed-Use Community in Downingtown Beginning to Take Shape
River Station, a residential and retail development project in Downingtown, is edging closer to completion, with phase one set to be done by November, writes Jen Samuel for the Daily Local News. The first phase includes the construction of 203 apartment units and 10,000 square feet of retail space, according to Becky Reeves, vice president…
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NBC News: Downingtown Area School District Faces Backlash from Parents, Advances Equity Nonetheless
According to a new NBC analysis, the parental pushback against diversity measures in the Downingtown Area School District may have helped educators’ efforts to make the student body more inclusive. Tyler Kingkade and Nigel Chiwaya reported on the inverse relationship for NBC News. In 1994, the Downingtown Area School District only had five percent of…
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The Philadelphia Region’s Affinity for Pretzels Took Numerous Twists and Turns
Philadelphia and its suburbs — especially Montgomery County — love their soft pretzels. We’re so devoted to them that we eat more than 12 times more of them than any other area in the nation. And we bake more than 80 percent of the U.S. supply. We are, indeed, the U.S. pretzel capital. Sandy Hingston…
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Hankin Group Starts Construction on Much-Anticipated Mixed-Use Community in Downingtown
Hankin Group has officially begun construction on the first phase of its latest community, River Station. The mixed-use, transit-oriented project will ultimately include more than 400 luxury apartments and 10,000 square feet of retail space and encompass the future site of the new Downingtown train station. It will also feature a pedestrian bridge connecting Johnsontown…
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In a Region Awash in Craft Breweries, Victory Brewing Company Floats to the Top
Craft brewery openings in the Philadelphia region are becoming commonplace; however, Downingtown-based Victory Brewing Company has cemented its place among the best. Its enviable position results from diligent work creating classic beers and inventive seasonal offerings, writes Jim Cheney for Uncovering PA. Victory Brewing was started 25 years ago in an old Pepperidge Farm bakery.…
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Downingtown-Based Auctioneer Helps Reunite Two-Year-Old Puritan Girl from the 1700s with Her Family
Pook & Pook, a Downingtown-based auction and appraisal service, helped return the gravestone of a Puritan girl, Abigail Chase, to her resting place. The marker’s relocation reunited a family that was devastated by diphtheria in the 1700s, writes Cynthia Beech Lawrence for Antiques and the Arts Weekly. Ron Pook discovered the gravestone of Abigail Chase…
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Local Couple’s Transplanted Garden a Certified Wildlife Habitat
When they moved from West Chester to Downingtown, retirees Gary and Susan Erb took more than their furniture and closet contents. They transported their entire garden, writes Sally Downey for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “We were spending more time at home and wanted more space to garden,” said Susan. Before moving, the pair dug up 399…
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