Downingtown
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Nearby Town Bolsters Struggling Teens in an Effort to Stem the Tragic Tide of Recent Suicides
As it grieves the loss of seven young lives, Downingtown is now grappling with how to show teens who are struggling that suicide is preventable, writes Maddie Hanna for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Parents and students are putting pressure on Downingtown Area School District through petitions and social media posts to improve its mental health education…
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NBC’s Today Show: In Wake of Tragedy, Coatesville High School Shows Support for Rival Downingtown West
Downingtown West High School tragically lost two of its students to suicide this spring. A touching gesture from rival Coatesville High School helped soothe the pain, reports Kait Hanson for NBC’s TODAY show. After Coatesville High School Principal Michele Snyder heard the news of the tragedies, she met with her own students. Together, they decided…
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Downingtown-Based Haverford Systems Sets Up Local College for Success with Long-Term Hybrid Learning
Downingtown-based Haverford Systems was instrumental in Rosemont College’s efforts to develop a successful system for long-term hybrid learning, according to a staff report from Commercial Integrator magazine. Rosemont has adopted a hybrid model as the new long-term model of teaching. This allows educators to teach classes with both in-person and remote students present. The college…
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Victory Brewing Company Jumps into Hard-Seltzer Market as Consumers Are Drinking More Than Craft Beer
Downingtown-based Victory Brewing Company is jumping into the rapidly growing hard-seltzer space with Victory Waves, a new line of hard seltzers. Victory’s newest offering combines its 25 years of brewing experience, innovation expertise, and close connection to its consumers. “We know that our consumers are drinking more than craft beer today,” says Derek Detenber, Victory’s…
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Check Out Where Victory’s Parent Company Ranks Among the Nation’s Top 50 Craft Brewers
Artisanal Brewing Ventures, the parent company of Downingtown-based Victory Brewing, is once again among the 10-largest craft brewers in the country, write Christopher Bjorke and Ryan Sharrow for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The joint venture — comprising Victory, Sixpoint, and Southern Tier — managed to climb two places this year on the Brewers Association’s list…
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Chadds Ford Native’s Designs at Downingtown-Based Haverford Systems Help People Connect
Matthew Davis, who grew up on an Angus farm in Chadds Ford, may not have forged the typical path to a career in technology, but that’s certainly where he is thriving today. Davis, 38, is the lead engineer for Downingtown-based Haverford Systems, Inc., an audiovisual design and integration company that also manufactures two video conferencing…
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Championship-Winning Freshman Develops Chess Guidebook to Teach Powerful Strategies
The record-breaking success of Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit has revitalized global interest in chess, with significant spikes in sales of chess sets and “how to play chess” searches. However, as people set up their new boards and seek out the best strategies for winning, they may encounter difficulties in finding comprehensive, digestible guides that cater…
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Local Couple Opens Good Life Organic Kitchen in Eagleview Town Center
Downingtown couple Abigail and Tom Scogna have opened a Good Life Organic Kitchen franchise in the Eagleview Town Center, Hankin Group’s award-winning, mixed-use community in Exton. Good Life Organic Kitchen is the brainchild of Conor Delaney, who worked with local farmers and vendors to open the franchise’s first stand-alone location in Lancaster. The Scognas followed…
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Downingtown West Grad Becomes Just 48th American to Play in World’s Most Famous National Soccer League
Downingtown West High School graduate Zack Steffen, a goalkeeper for Manchester City, made his English Premier League debut a successful one, writes Jonathan Tannenwald for The Philadelphia Inquirer. On Sunday, his team beat Chelsea, 3-1, in a match that left Steffen with little to do. He made a blunder early on, when he illegally picked…
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Two Gander Farm Had to Reinvent Itself to Survive Pandemic
Trey and Deirdre Flemming, who run Downingtown’s Two Gander Farm, had to reinvent their business model during the pandemic to make sure their certified organic farm survived, writes John Fennell for The Loquitur, Cabrini University’s student newspaper. The Flemmings grow fresh produce that they sell at farmers markets and to grocery chains. Also, they grow…
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Downingtown’s Victory Brewing Company Selling T-Shirts to Benefit Hospitality Assistance Response of PA
Downingtown-based Victory Brewing is doing its part to help hospitality workers who have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic by selling T-shirts to benefit the Hospitality Assistance Response of PA, according to a staff report from the Beaver County Times. HARP is an initiative that provides financial relief to hospitality workers throughout the state who…
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Area Man Launches Three-Day ‘Homeless Experience’ to Raise Money for Local Nonprofit
Downingtown resident Frank Nicolazzo recently launched a three-day “homeless experience” to raise awareness and funds for CityTeam, a Christian nonprofit in Chester that serves community members who are experiencing homelessness, poverty, hunger, and addiction, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Local News. Nicolazzo, who works as a support-service professional with The Arc of Chester County,…
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Worship Summit Live Returns on Nov. 18 to Prepare Houses of Worship for Busy Holiday Season
After three successful educational sessions this year, Worship Summit Live is back in time for houses of worship to acquire critical technical training for a busy holiday worship season. PTZOptics – a subsidiary of Downingtown-based Haverford Systems and sister company to HuddleCamHD, manufacturers of professional video conferencing cameras – will host Worship Summit Live 4…
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Gold Level Certification from Zoom Verifies Local Company’s Expertise in Systems Integration
Being a Zoom expert is something many aspire to these days, but few can actually claim. Haverford Systems, an experienced AV systems integrator with a 30-year history in the Philadelphia area, has recently earned its Gold Level as a certified integrator from Zoom Video Communications. The Downingtown-based company has earned this distinction by helping several…
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Local Man Creates Simple Product to Help People Have Greater Clarity, Presence in Their Lives
For all of the hardships the coronavirus pandemic has created, there is seemingly an equal amount of good that has arisen during these challenging times. For instance, 3×5 Life is a new product that is the brainchild of Downingtown native and West Chester resident Bryan McFarland. 3×5 Life are easily transportable cards, measuring three inches…
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Haverford Systems’ AV Expertise Helps Other Businesses Rise to Challenges Posed by COVID-19
If ever there was a company built to help other businesses rise to the challenges posed by a pandemic, it would be Haverford Systems. Based in Downingtown, this audio-visual technology integration company has unparalleled experience with the type of AV installations that businesses, nonprofits, schools, law firms, healthcare facilities, and even senior living facilities could…
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Downingtown-Based PTZOptics to Once Again Host Full Day of Virtual Church Production Education
Worship Summit Live is back by popular demand. PTZOptics – a subsidiary of Downingtown-based Haverford Systems that manufactures pan, tilt, and zoom cameras for a variety of broadcast applications – will host Worship Summit Live 3, a virtual event, on Wednesday, July 29. The success of the first two Summits, held last winter and spring,…
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Downingtown’s HuddleCamHD to Offer Full Day of Professional Development for Video Communicators
With online meetings literally consuming our lives these past several months, have you ever considered spending time on professional development for online communications? Take a minute and think about how you’re presenting yourself on video. Are you constantly anxious about being on camera? What’s your communication style, and why should it matter? To inspire and…
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