• Hydroponic Farm at Methacton High School Teaches Students, Feeds Community

    Hydroponic Farm at Methacton High School Teaches Students, Feeds Community

    Hydroponic Farm at Methacton High School has proven beneficial not just to students, but to the community as well, according to the staff report from The Times Herald. One of the school’s new STEM Innovation Labs, the farm is part of the Environmental Science and Biology curriculum. It started with a select group of six…

  • Ambler Savings Bank Seeds Student Interest in Unusual Crop-Growing — Like in a Shipping Crate

    Ambler Savings Bank Seeds Student Interest in Unusual Crop-Growing — Like in a Shipping Crate

    Ambler Savings Bank is well accustomed to encouraging investment growth. But that outlook took on a different character with its recent donation of $35,000 to Methacton High School. Yes, it’s hoping to see a yield; however, this one is meant to be edible, not accounted on a ledger. The funds supported the high school students’…

  • Eagleville Family Plans March Gala to Benefit Montco Cancer Respite Foundation

    Eagleville Family Plans March Gala to Benefit Montco Cancer Respite Foundation

    A chance meeting at a CEO networking event in 2000 established a chain of events that would change countless lives. Marci Schankweiler, a recent widow, came to the event to learn more about how to run a successful charity. It was there where she met local CEO Pat Bello, who was intrigued by her charisma…

  • Eagleview Woman Starts Successful Business Amid Pandemic Making Grazing Trays and Charcuterie Boards

    Eagleview Woman Starts Successful Business Amid Pandemic Making Grazing Trays and Charcuterie Boards

    Gina Stiteler of Eagleview has turned her pastime of creating grazing trays and charcuterie boards into a full-blown business called Grazefully Delicious amid the pandemic, writes Aunyea Lachelle for NBC 10 Philadelphia. Stiteler, who still works as a nanny by day, creates her delicious trays and boards in the evening. “I’ve always had love to…

  • Eagleville ‘Kafe’ Celebrates 10th Birthday at Phoenixville Location with Specials and Raffles

    Eagleville ‘Kafe’ Celebrates 10th Birthday at Phoenixville Location with Specials and Raffles

    It was the winter of 2011. Christina Rubeo (now Swartzentruber) was about to turn 20 years old and attending Montgomery County Community College in the Restaurant Management program. Her dad Ray asked her if she “wanted to get the best education she could get,” and they took a leap, deciding to open the Nook &…

  • Strike Avoided as Eagleville Hospital Nurses, Technicians Approve Contracts with Staffing Improvements

    Strike Avoided as Eagleville Hospital Nurses, Technicians Approve Contracts with Staffing Improvements

    Nurses and technicians at Eagleville Hospital have reached terms on a new three-year contract, averting a possible strike, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The 110 staff members at the behavioral health and addictions treatment medical center in Eagleville are represented by the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals. They had…

  • Eagleville Couple Takes Advantage of Market as Luxury Homes Catch Up with Middle Market

    Eagleville Couple Takes Advantage of Market as Luxury Homes Catch Up with Middle Market

    Judee Hashem-Rapoza, a Plymouth Meeting dentist, and her husband, Anthony, decided it was time to put their 8,600-square-foot Eagleview home on the market for $1.95 million in the hopes of taking advantage of the luxury housing market as it catches up with the middle market’s success, writes Michaelle Bond for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The property…

  • Local Heroes Make Sure Montgomery County Children in Need Are Fed During Pandemic

    Local Heroes Make Sure Montgomery County Children in Need Are Fed During Pandemic

    Local heroes are making sure that Montgomery County children facing hunger amid the coronavirus pandemic are getting fed throughout the summer, writes Alfred Lubrano for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Surprised by the number of children who needed summer food in his area “which has above-average income,” Democratic State Rep. Joe Webster of Montgomery County decided to…

  • Owner of Kriebel’s Custom Bakery in Eagleville Honored with Business of Year Award

    Owner of Kriebel’s Custom Bakery in Eagleville Honored with Business of Year Award

    Colleen Yaeger Kriebel, owner of Kriebel’s Custom Bakery in Eagleville, has been honored with Lower Providence Township’s 2019 Business of the Year Award, writes M. English for The Reporter. The 38-year-old Plymouth Meeting native discovered her aptitude for pie-making after she enrolled in the culinary program at Central Montco Technical High School. From there, she…

  • Steven Guzman of Eagleville wins Stream’s Power of Leadership award

    Steven Guzman of Eagleville wins Stream’s Power of Leadership award

    Eagleville resident and Stream Senior Director Steven Guzman recently won a Power of Leadership Award at Stream’s national annual conference, Ignition, in Fort Worth, Texas. The Power of Leadership Award is presented to Associates who have led by example and built large teams with integrity while also exemplifying leadership to others around them.  Stream (Stream…