Glenside
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Malvern Bank House of the Week: Glenside Stone Home with a Turret for Those Who Prefer It
The three-story charmer at 7816 Conwell Road, Glenside, is the perfect antidote for house hunters tired of viewing cookie-cutter homes in bland developments with a half-dozen hastily plopped plantings wilting in the front yard. This unique stone home, built in 1930, is three floors of character and class, nested on a quarter-acre lot with plenty…
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Lever-Pullers with Longevity: 55 Montco Voters Tick Enough Boxes to Make Pa. Voter Hall of Fame
As the 2022 election cycle trundles on, all the rhetoric, differences of opinion, and “I-approve-of-this-message” messaging may try the patience of some Montgomery County voters. But a select few have dedicated themselves so solidly to the electoral process that they enthusiastically participate anyway, keeping alive a decades-long streak of ballot casting. Those citizens have earned…
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Women’s Ice Hockey Coach Making Herstory at Arcadia
Kelsey Koelzer was just four years old when she stepped on the ice and began to glide forward with life-long passion for hockey. Now at 27, she has the experience of being a decorated player in both the Ivy League and professional spheres. Koelzer’s current career milestone is for the Division III school at Arcadia…
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Glenside’s Carminati Creamery Is the Home of Delicious Gelato, Just in Time for Summer’s Last Hurrah
In the heart of Keswick Village, the Carminati Creamery offers up delicious creamy gelato, reports Ben Bergman for GlensideLocal.com. Co-owner Darin Carminati always enjoyed making homemade ice cream, and while at work at the Boot in Ambler, the onsite gelato machine wasn’t getting much action, so he began to learn how to use the machine…
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Terrif Riffs to Float Across the County in VFTCB Inaugural September Jazz Fest
A five-day, multisite exploration of the multifaceted sounds of local music artists is about to unfurl across Montgomery County like a soulful, muted trumpet solo. The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board presents its first-ever Montco Jazz Fest. The concerts and events highlight vocalists, ensembles, and even double-Oscar winner Peabo Bryson in ticketed performances (some…
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Montco Has 24 Top Workplaces in 2022 List of Top Small Company Workplaces, Including No. 1
The Philadelphia Inquirer Top Workplaces has recognized 24 small Montgomery County companies as the best in the Phila./Delaware Valley area. The list is based on a 24-question survey administered by Energage and completed by the company’s employees. It measures 15 cultural drivers that are crucial to the success of any organization, including alignment, execution, and…
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New Mexican Restaurant Coming to Glenside
El Limon Mexican Taqueria is continuing its expansion in the Greater Philadelphia area with a soon-to-open location in downtown Glenside, writes Jon Campisi for Patch. The popular Mexican eatery will be opening a new spot on Wesley Avenue off Easton Road in a space once home to Ann’s Kitchen Table. News of the opening was…
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Arts Montco Week, Returns for 2022 and Includes First-Ever Montco Jazz Fest
The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board announces the return of Arts Montco Week, a celebratory initiative that supports Montgomery County’s over 200 arts, culture, and entertainment venues. The festivities will highlight artists, entertainers, makers, and attractions in the region, which normally represent $100 million in positive economic impact, not to mention hundreds, if not…
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Coppa Rage, with Key Montco Players, Is the First Area Youth Soccer Club with National Title Since 1967
Montgomery County athletes were key in the recent 2022 U.S. Youth Soccer National Championship. Coppa Rage, the victors, becomes the first Phila.-area players to take that title since 1976, reports Andrew Robinson for PR PrepLive. In the final, rising junior Emma Levin (Hatboro-Horsham H.S) scored just 35 seconds into the fray against Tonka Fusion Elite…
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Montco Is Home to 23 Least Budget-Friendly Communities in the State, Including Number One
A Seattle software company’s national and statewide analyses of household expenses reveals Montgomery County communities in which monthly bill paying takes the least — and largest — bites. The study by fintech firm doxo shows that nationwide, the monthly outlay for bills is $2,003, which goes to the following: Mortgage Rent Auto loans Utilities Auto…
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Princeton Professor and Glenside Resident Enlightens Others about the South, the ‘Soul of a Nation’
Imani Perry, now of Glenside, was born in Alabama and then moved to Massachusetts. That change that gave her an “external view of the place that was home to me,” she said. Robin Rose Parker explained how that impact shaped Perry in The Washington Post. Perry, a professor of African American Studies at Princeton, collected…
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Montco Moms Formulate a Plan for Hard-to-Find Baby Formula
In Glenside, and across Montgomery County, moms are suffering through a baby formula shortage, and have created a plan to help other moms that this shortage is affecting, reports Katie Katro for 6abc. Drugstores and grocery stores are currently experiencing a shortage of baby formula, and many moms are seeking other alternatives, like other moms’…
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Manor College Grad Gina Burke Embodies Entrepreneurial Spirit at Her Glenside Restaurant
The entrepreneurial spirit is a quality embedded in a person’s DNA. It’s a constant desire that drives someone to go out on their own and work towards something they’re passionate about. Gina DiSalvo Burke ‘82 would know that better than anyone. It’s why the Manor College graduate owns two local businesses, including TreVi, a delicious…
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Glenside Entrepreneur Brings Italy to Montgomery County With New EVOO Business Venture
Glenside native turned expat and now bicontinental entrepreneur, Alexa Dombkoski, converted a pandemic pivot into a business venture with the launch of Bellecento Extra Virgin Olive Oil, a luxe first cold-pressed olive oil harvested in Fall 2021 on a single estate in the Tuscan countryside. Now, Dombkoski is bringing a taste of her adopted home…
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Former Glenside Fire Company Voluntary Firefighters Share Special Bond After Kidney Donation
Brendan Dougherty and James Woods, both former volunteer firefighters with Glenside Fire Company #1, share a special bond, writes Matteo Iadonisi for 6abc. Woods who had already had a kidney transplant in 2001, was once again suffering from kidney failure. The kidney his sister donated was working for full 16 years before starting to give…
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Arcadia University’s Hockey Coach Has Been Breaking Barriers Ever Since She First Stepped on the Ice
Kelsey Koelzer is making history at Arcadia University as the first Black woman to coach an NCAA team and the first Black person to occupy such a role in over 120 years of college hockey, writes Andrew Lawrence for the Sports Illustrated. Koelzer is an accomplished player who was a USA Hockey Under-22 selection in…
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University in Glenside Plans to Buy Former Bishop McDevitt High School from Archdiocese of Philadelphia for $6.5M
Arcadia University in Glenside will pay $6.5 million to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for the former Bishop McDevitt High School and the over 18 acres of surrounding property, writes Oona Goodin-Smith for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Arcadia president Ajay Nair called the purchase an “extraordinary opportunity” and said that the university plans to “take a measured…
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Arcadia University Hockey Head Coach Builds School’s Program from Scratch
When he first joined Arcadia University in Glenside as a head coach, Vincent Pietrangelo was the only thing the hockey program had, writes James Cook for the Traverse City Record-Eagle. There were no players, equipment, uniforms, or even a skate sharpener. But the 30-year-old Pietrangelo relished the monumental task of building the whole program from…
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