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Culinary Arts Institute Has Long History of Helping Countywide Hunger Drive, Testing Chefs’ Mettle with a Kettle
Since its 2015 inception, the fledgling chefs at Montgomery County Community College’s Culinary Arts Institute (CAI) have supported the Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board effort to address the county’s food-insecurity issue, branded as its Freedom from Hunger initiative. The CAI’s ongoing contribution has generally been at the drive’s annual kick-off event. The announcement of…
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Bakery That Launched as Lansdale Farmers’ Market Kiosk Rises in Acclaim for Its Artistry and Its Advocacy
Kyle Cuffie-Scott, owner-baker at Darnel’s Cakes in Phila., started his mission-oriented business as a tented vendors at the Lansdale Farmers’ Market. He’s now using its success to bolster an at-risk population, reported Maddy Sweitzer-Lammé in Philadelphia Magazine. Cuffie-Scott began baking commercially as an AIDS fundraiser. His reputation for excellence spread from the reactions of loyal…
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If Montgomery County Halloween Events Were Pieces of Candy, Area Trick-or-Treat Bags Would Overflow
Haunted by the thoughts of missing out on Montgomery County’s bumper crop of Halloween celebrations? Fear not. The Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board has assembled a Halloween event calendar with October events that are both monstrous and mild. Daily Fun Brick-or-Treat This Halloween, LEGO Monsters have taken over LEGOLAND Discovery Center Philadelphia and they’re…
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Atop Quality Ranking of Montco High Schools Come Data on the Districts behind Them
In conjunction with the recently published list of top Montgomery County high schools comes a similarly themed Niche.com assessment of the Montco school districts in which they operate. Niche has identified 11 of them to be among the top 50 school districts in Pa. for 2023. To determine 2023’s best school districts, Niche analyzed U.S.…
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Lansdale Medical Corps Is Boots-on-the-Ground in Orlando to Aid in Ian Recovery
A paramedic crew from the Volunteer Medical Service Corps left Lansdale on Sept. 27 for the not-so-sunny Sunshine State, arriving before Hurricane Ian came ashore at Cayo Costa, Fla. CBS News Philadelphia covered the long-distance mission. The local deployment is part of a national network of medical service providers that partner with the Federal Emergency…
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Lansdale Pop-Punk Band Pays Homage to ‘Saint Nick’ Foles
The Wonder Years, a pop-punk band from Lansdale, is honoring its Philly area-roots in its new album “The Hum Goes on Forever.” Lead singer Dan “Soupy” Campbell is an avid Eagles fan, so it’s no surprise that he would give a shoutout to Super Bowl legend Nick Foles in the track “The Paris of Nowhere,”…
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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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Lansdale Parents on Injured Daughter in Ohio: ‘We Lost Her Three Times, and We Got Her Back’
Fran and Mary Alice Cannon spent the summer in Youngstown, Ohio, tending to their hospitalized 38-year-old daughter, Mary Catherine. She’s recovering from an accidental but serious head injury. Michelle Rotuno-Johnson captured the parents’ worry and hopes in the Montgomeryville-Lansdale Patch. Mary Catherine Cannon arrived home from a May 22 dog walk when one of her…
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National Merit Scholarship Semifinals List Reveals In-County High School High Achievers
The 2022 list of National Merit Semifinalists reveals the top PSAT scorers in Pa., a measure that may contribute to their earning of National Merit Scholarship achievement. Kristen A. Graham checked her spelling and her math in filing the related story for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The local scholastic standouts were among the highest scorers on…
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VFTCB Unlocks Meetings Campaign to Market Overnight Hotel Room Stays
The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board (VFTCB) has announced a new marketing effort to raise awareness among event planners nationwide of the appeal of Montgomery County for conference and meeting travelers. The effort’s tagline — Room for Meetings, Room for More — encapsulates the destination’s suitability for conducting business and also enjoying numerous other…
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Montgomery Township Police Officer Joins His Former K-9 Partner in Retirement
After 35 years of protecting the residents of Montgomery Township, Sgt. Robert Hart, copying the career move of a close partner, has brought his law-enforcement career to an end. Jon Campisi, of the Montgomeryville-Lansdale Patch, covered Hart’s professional decision to retire. The career-exiting footsteps Sgt. Hart is following are, in more accurately, paw prints. Hart’s…
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Two Montco Schools Earn National Recognition for Performance and Closing Achievement Gaps
The 2022 list of National Blue Ribbon scholastic institutions — a U.S. Secretary of Education honor given to public and private elementary, middle, and high schools for overall academic excellence — contains two Montgomery County honorees. The full roster of nationwide honorees numbered 297 this year, the 20th anniversary of the program; 10 of them…
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Amid Plans to Adopt, Gwynedd Mercy Lacrosse Coach and Her Husband Have Two Children of Their Own
Shannon Algeo and Pete DeLago, a Lansdale couple intending to adopt their children, became biologic parents instead. Despite the change in how they blossomed as a family, they’re now happily embarking on the unpredictable, funny, and often emotional road of parenthood. Anndee Hochman covered the clan in The Philadelphia Inquirer. With their adoption paperwork prepped…
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Legal Matters: When Is a Release from Liability Not a Release?
By Eric Wert It’s a situation everybody has been in: We are excited to participate in a local race, activity, or fundraiser. But when we show up to register for the event, we are told that we are required to sign a document releasing the property owner and event organizer from any liability for injuries…
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2022 Miss Black Pa., from Lansdale, Succeeds in ‘Pageant System that Had the Same Moral Compass as Me’
Penn State Abington senior Molaea-Rene Goodman — whose platform focused on reducing the stigma surrounding mental health challenges among Black women — is the new Miss Black Pennsylvania. Regina Broscius did a banner job in her coverage of the win for Penn State News. “This pageant is not just about the glamour. It is about…
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Local Boys of Summer — Who Left Their Youth Years Ago — Continue to Take to the Baseball Diamond
Throughout summer 2022, four divisions of the Bux-Mont Senior Men’s Baseball League suited up, trotted to their positions, and battled it out. The season has ended, but many of these senior players (45+ years old), plan to be back next year. Paul Kurtz, KYW Newsradio, covered this story of baseball devotees in a league of…
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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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Montco Networking Org Invites CRE Professionals to Gather, Connect under One Roof
The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Montgomery County offers local commercial real estate professionals a specific forum. Called the Montgomery County Development Professionals (MCDP), its membership is open to industry participants that include commercial realtors, developers, bankers, engineers, title agents, and real estate attorneys. The MCDP has created a dynamic and competitive business climate county-wide.…
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