Lower Merion
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Williamson’s Restaurants Hosted a Magical Montco Matchmaking Moment 50 Years Ago
Williamson’s has been a Montgomery County restaurant brand for decades, with a Bala Cynwyd dining room and a now-closed Lower Merion location. A couple who met while under Williamson’s employ — Mary Ellen and Chris Mullins — are still serving each other a half-century later. Kellie Patrick Gates plated their relationship’s details in The Philadelphia…
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James Lledo, Former Lower Merion Wrestler, Makes His Amateur Mixed Martial Arts Debut This Summer
James Lledo, who wrestled at Lower Merion High School before joining the University of Pittsburgh, will be making his amateur mixed martial arts debut this summer with 247 Fighting Championships, according to a staff report from My MMA News. Lledo will fight Derrick Brown II on July 9. The “Brawl in the Burgh 12” fight…
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Lower Merion School District Settles Long-Running Lawsuit Challenging Property Tax Increases, Agrees to Pay $27M
Lower Merion School District has agreed to return $27 million to taxpayers over several years as part of a settlement of a long-running lawsuit over property tax increases in the affluent district, writes Maddie Hanna for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The settlement with aviation lawyer Arthur Wolk and other taxpayers who had accused the district of…
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Lower Merion Approves Preliminary Plan for Mixed-Use Building Along North Side of Lancaster Avenue
Lower Merion officials have approved the preliminary plan for the development of a mixed-use building on Lancaster Avenue in Haverford, writes Richard Ilgenfritz for the Main Line Media News. The plan for the site at 355 West Lancaster Avenue includes the consolidation of four lots. The 1.89-acre site is currently home to five office buildings.…
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Saint Joseph’s University Looking to Raise $300M for Multiple New Projects in Lower Merion
Last week, Saint Joseph’s University unveiled a $300 million fundraising campaign to finance several planned capital projects, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The campaign comes less than a month before the university finalizes its merger with the University of Sciences. The funds raised will be used on various projects on the school’s…
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Fox 29 Anchor From Lower Merion Keeping Score in Facebook Court Fight
The Meta company Facebook wants to toss out the case with Karen Hepp (Hepp v. Facebook, No. 20-2725), but the judge said no. Victor Fiorillo reports the very latest details on Karen Hepp’s Facebook battle for Philadelphia Magazine. The Lower Merion-based Fox 29 anchor is continuing her fight against Zuckerberg and Facebook over advertisements over…
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Lower Merion Police Join Forces with Local Organizations to Make Transportation Easier for Afghan Refugees
Lower Merion Township Police has joined forces with M+M Two Wheelers in Bryn Mawr and HIAS Pennsylvania to welcome Afghan refugees by providing them with bikes to help them get around the area more easily, writes Beccah Hendrickson for 6abc. The police confiscate dozens of stolen and abandoned bikes each year that are usually left…
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Lower Merion Grad, a Rising Star in the Music Industry, Releases New Song with Grammy-Award Winner
Lizzy McAlpine, a Lower Merrion High School graduate, has unveiled the song hate to be lame featuring Grammy-Award winner FINNEAS from her new album, five seconds flat, writes Michael Major for the Broadway World. McAlpine has previously released several singles from the album, including erase me, doomsday, all mu ghosts, and reckless driving, all of…
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Demographer Offers Unexpected Prediction for Lower Merion School District
After years of increasing enrollment, a demographer is forecasting that Lower Merion School District will see a reverse in this trend and possibly lose hundreds of students over the next decade, writes Richard Ilgenfritz for the Main Line Times & Suburban. Richard Grip is executive director of Statistical Forecasting, a firm that has been providing…
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Nike Launching Partnership with Vanessa Bryant to Honor Late Husband, Lower Merion’s Kobe Bryant, and Daughter Gianna
The new Nike partnership with Vanessa Bryant aims to honor her late husband, Lower Merrion High School’s Kobe Bryant, and daughter, Gianna, writes Demi Lawrence for the Philadelphia Business Journal. “Kobe Bryant means so much to so many of us, not just NBA fans but globally beyond the game,” said Nike CEO John Donahoe. “His…
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Author of ‘The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality’ Highlights Impact Lower Merion High School Librarian Had on NBA Superstar’s Path
Philadelphians might have warmed up to Kobe Bryant recently, but he was not always in good graces of the City of Brotherly Love, according to Mike Sielski, author of The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality, writes Dan Woike for the Los Angeles Times. While the smaller group of people who knew him…
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Kobe Bryant Was Not the Only Hoops Superstar at Lower Merion; Sultan Shabazz Could Have Had It All
Kobe Bryant is undisputedly Lower Merion High School’s biggest basketball star, but there was another player before him who could have taken the world of hoops by storm, had he not thrown his career away the senior season, writes Mike Sielski for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Sultan Shabazz was ahead of Bryant by two years. He…
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Special Needs Children Play Sports, Make Friends Through Lower Merion’s Challenger Division Program
The Little League created a nationwide Challenger Division in 1989 to include children with physical and intellectual disabilities, and this program eventually made its way to Lower Merion Township, reports Matteo Iadonisi for 6abc. “We’ve been running that program for 15 or 20 years,” said Wally Orlov, President of the Lower Merion Little League. “And…
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St. Joseph’s University to Open Residence Hall for Students with Autism
St. Joseph’s University, home to the Kinney Center for Autism Education and Support, is planning to open a residence hall specifically for students on the spectrum, writes Susan Snyder for The Philadelphia Inquirer. This will make St. Joseph’s one of the first traditional college campuses nationwide to offer such an option to its students. Saint…
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Lower Merion’s Kobe Bryant’s Rarest Cards Fetches a Record $2Ms
One of the rarest Kobe Bryant cards sold last week for a record $2 million, making it the most expensive card ever sold of the Lower Merion High School and Los Angeles Lakers star, writes Eduardo Gonzalez for the Los Angeles Times. The sale of the 1997-98 Metal Universe Precious Metal Gems Emerald Kobe Bryant…
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Lower Merion Fox 29 Anchor Ready to Take Her Battle with Facebook to Supreme Court
Fox 29 anchor Karen Hepp, a Lower Merion resident, is not backing down from her fight with Facebook over advertisements over dating sites that used her image without permission, writes Victor Fiorillo for Philadelphia Magazine. Hepp first found out about the ads from her coworkers. “Everybody at work knew about it,” said Hepp. “Usually, the…
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Thanks to Montco Collaboration, Authentic Labaneh Cheese Hits Philadelphia Market
Merion Park Cheese has joined forces with Erivan Dairy, an Oreland-based Armenian yogurt producer, to bring authentic Middle Eastern labaneh cheese to the Philadelphia market, writes Craig LaBan for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The spreadable cheese named Love-A-Neh has been causing quite a stir lately, attracting the attention of many prominent area chefs, like Michael Solomonov…
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New Kobe Bryant Book Covers His Years in Italy, Lower Merion, and How They Helped Shape Him into a Star
Mike Sielski’s new book The Rise – Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality covers the legendary player’s early years in Italy and Lower Merion and how this helped shape him into a star, writes Gavin Newsham for the New York Post. Kobe Bryant moved to Italy with his family when he was 6 after…
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