Jenkintown
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New Brewery Coming to Jenkintown Early Next Year
Kensington-based Human Robot Brewing is preparing for the grand opening of its first suburban location in Jenkintown, writes Laura Smythe for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The 5,600-square-foot restaurant and brewing facility is expected to debut early next year. T his will be located in the former Neshaminy Creek Brewing’s Borough Brewhouse’s space at 210 York…
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Manor College Partners With WSFS Bank and Target For Giving Tuesday to Help Their Students’ Families
Manor College is participating in Giving Tuesday, on Nov. 30th for their students with children and families. Over 85% of Manor College students work part or full time, and many of their students have families with young children. Manny’s Wish List for Giving Tuesday: Earlier in October, they asked their Manor students if they could use…
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Real Estate Developer Launches Town Center Transformation With First Walkable Village in Jenkintown
The Galman Group, a Jenkintown-based real estate developer and property management company, is launching a transformation of The Pavilion complex at 261 Old York Road to establish the Pavilion Town Center, the municipality’s first mixed-use walkable village that blends residential living with commercial sites. The rebranding and updates to the site include the recent addition…
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Jenkintown’s Manor College and The Swarthmore Group Partner to Create Student Internship Program
Manor College and The Swarthmore Group, the oldest active, minority-owned Registered Investment Advisor headquartered in Pennsylvania, are teaming up on an initiative to increase careers in asset management for minority and first-generation college students. Beginning in January 2022, The Swarthmore Group will provide paid internships to expose Manor College students to the four key functional…
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Join Abington Friends School for a Virtual Open House on November 16 at 6:30 p.m.
AFS is excited to welcome you to their virtual Open House on Tuesday, November 16, at 6:30 p.m. Tune in on Zoom to hear from school leaders and community members. Learn more about the application process to become a ‘Roo in 2022 and hear from teachers and students in grade-level division presentations. It’s a great time…
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Join Jenkintown’s Manor College Virtual Gala Honoring Leslie Turner, Esq.
Join Jenkintown’s Manor College for an Evening with Manor, Virtual Gala as they honor Leslie Turner, Esq. You won’t want to miss this exciting virtual event that includes fabulous entertainment; a cocktail-making demonstration; a chance to win fabulous raffle baskets, and more! Follow the live-streaming event here. Leslie Turner, Esq., is the honoree, as she is a…
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After Surviving Haiti Earthquake, Manor College Student Desires to Save Others
Sabrina Augustin spent two days buried in the rubble following an earthquake in Haiti in 2010. On January 12, 2010, at 4:44 p.m., Sabrina Augustin prepared to watch her favorite telenovela with her cousins in Petionville, Haiti. Ten minutes later, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake centered just eight miles away hit the island. “I saw something shaking on…
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Jenkintown’s Adler Institute for Advanced Imaging Adds Superconducting Cyclotron That Detects Coronary Artery Disease
Jenkintown-based Adler Institute for Advanced Imaging has become the fifth site of its kind to add a machine known as a superconducting cyclotron to its existing cardiac PET/CT imaging services, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The roughly $3 million device, which is one of the latest advancements in outpatient cardiac imaging, makes…
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Abington Friends School Hosting an Election Day Open House on Nov 2.
AFS is excited to welcome you to their November Open House events, on November 2 and also November 16. Abington Friends School is in session on Tuesday, November 2, and invites families to see classes in action. This is a shorter Open House event, which will start with a presentation from Head of School Rich Nourie…
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Jenkintown’s Manor College Student Studying Pre-Nursing, Will be Learning Remotely Until Summer 2022
Riley Baltimore admits that she prefers learning in person. There’s just a different element sitting in a classroom to write notes and learn from the professors, she says But when the call came to serve her country, virtual learning became necessary to complete her degree at Manor College. Baltimore deployed for the military during Summer…
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Jenkintown’s Manor College to Host Next Installment of Ukraine Dialogue Series
Manor College is pleased to host the next Ukraine Dialogue series, 30 Years of Ukrainian Independence – Linguistic, Financial, and Religious Implications. The panel for the event includes Ambassador Oksana Marakova, Minister Natalie Jaresko, and U.S. Congressman Joe Hoeffel. Maragova started as the First Deputy Minister of Finance of Ukraine and became the government’s entitled…
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Abington Friends School to Host First Open House of the Fall Season October 16
Abington Friends School (AFS), for students age 3 through grade 12, is hosting an Open House on Saturday, October 16 at 1 p.m. This will be their first in-person Open House since February 2020. The Open House invites families to AFS’s beautiful 50-acre Jenkintown campus to take a look into classrooms and experience the culture…
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Truist Financial Donates $1,000 to Manor College “Bird Feed”
Manor College’s food pantry, known as the Bird Feed, received a generous $1,000 donation from Truist Financial recently. The food pantry is located on the second floor of Mother of Perpetual Help Hall, is meant to meet the immediate needs of Manor College’s students and their families. The donations will go towards stocking a new…
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Pandemic Teaches Abington Friends School Lessons for a Successful School Year
While the last school year brought with it some previously unforeseen challenges, it also ushered in a whole new understanding of the academic year and learning to students and staff alike, in both a personal and professional way at Abington Friends School. Andrea Emmons, Lower School Director, said that she learned the importance of community. “It…
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Jenkintown’s Maternal Wellness Village Hopes to Improve Health Outcomes for Pregnant Black Women
Maternal Wellness Village, a Jenkintown-based collective, is hoping to improve the health outcomes for pregnant Black people with help of Temple University researchers, writes Aparna Nathan for The Philadelphia Inquirer. They have partnered to study how easy access to community support services, such as Black doulas, lactation consultants, and more, can reduce complications and deaths…
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Penn Medicine Doctor Launches Initiative to Ensure People of Color Have Access to Quality Care, Salem Baptist Church in Jenkintown Joins
Salem Baptist Church in Jenkintown has joined an alliance that aims to ensure people of color with Parkinson’s disease have access to quality care, according to a staff report from the Penn Medicine Physician Blog. The initiative is the brainchild of Dr. Andrew Siderowf, Professor of Neurology and Chief of the Movement Disorders Division at…
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Manor College Grad and Navy Veteran Share Lifetime of Happiness, Support
Barbara Osinski, a Manor College graduate, and her husband, Frank, a King of Prussia native and Villanova student, are still going strong after more than half a century together, writes Kellie Patrick Gates for The Philadelphia Inquirer. When they first met, neither was interested in a serious relationship, but things did not work out exactly…
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New Mural in Jenkintown is ‘Symbol of Solidarity’ That Brings Message of Racial Justice
A new mural in Jenkintown that depicts a colorful raised fist is the result of a partnership between two childhood friends who want to bring a message of racial justice to the Philadelphia suburbs, writes Howard Monroe for CBS3 Philly. Titled the Symbol of Solidarity, the mural represents a colorful talking point from one of…
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