Montgomery County
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10 Ways to Celebrate Father’s Day in Montgomery County
Father’s Day arrives Sunday, June 21, and Montgomery County families have plenty of ways to celebrate without falling back on the usual necktie or grilling accessory. The forecast is cooperating: Sunday is shaping up sunny with a high near 82 degrees and just a 10% chance of rain, good news for outdoor plans as well…
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Gone but Not Forgotten: 10 Vanished Montgomery County Hangouts
You’ve probably driven past one of these without knowing it. The Aldi off Route 309 in Montgomeryville sits where carloads once swapped a driver’s license for an in-car heater on cold nights. The food court at Plymouth Meeting Mall covers the ground where moviegoers once sat near a fountain that never worked. And the office…
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MCCC Graduate Turns Classroom Success into National Business Competition Achievement
For Sloane Harker, Montgomery County Community College was never supposed to be more than a temporary stop. Instead, it became the place where she discovered her passion, developed leadership skills, found a future career path, and earned the opportunity to compete against some of the nation’s top business students. The 25-year-old Harleysville resident recently graduated…
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Montgomery County’s Careers of Tomorrow Initiative Wins National EDO Award
A workforce development initiative that has connected thousands of Montgomery County students with local employers has earned national recognition, and the program’s organizers are already building on that momentum heading into 2026. The Montgomery County Commerce Department’s Careers of Tomorrow initiative has been named a Large EDO Award winner by Business Facilities magazine, featured in…
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6 Montgomery County Day Trips That Feel Like a Mini Vacation
A memorable getaway does not require airfare or a hotel reservation. Sometimes a change of scenery and an unhurried meal are enough to make an ordinary Saturday feel like a trip. Montgomery County and its immediate surroundings offer six destinations that can turn a weekend into something closer to a vacation, from European-inspired architecture to…
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Montgomery County’s Colleges Are Quietly Driving a Major Transformation
Montgomery County’s colleges are no longer just places where students attend class. Across the county, campuses are becoming construction hubs, workforce pipelines, healthcare training grounds, environmental classrooms, and regional anchors that help define the communities around them. Penn State Abington’s Building Boom That shift can be seen most visibly at Penn State Abington, where the…
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Montco Careers — Montgomery County Community College
The success of Montgomery County Community College starts with the people behind it. From faculty and frontline staff to facilities and public safety professionals, employees across the College help create an environment where students can learn, grow, and achieve their goals. As MCCC continues to serve thousands of students across the region, it’s seeking talented…
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GSK Bets $10.6 Billion on Lung Cancer – and Its Montco Footprint Grows With It
GSK is making its largest acquisition in more than a decade, and Montgomery County has a clear stake in what comes next, writes John George for The Philadelphia Business Journal. The London-based pharmaceutical giant, which has major research and manufacturing operations in Upper Providence and Upper Merion, has agreed to acquire Boston-based Nuvalent for $10.6…
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The Montgomery County Trail Towns You’ve Been Sleeping On
Montgomery County’s trails are no longer just weekend paths for walkers, runners, and cyclists. Increasingly, they are becoming a connected network that could reshape how residents move through the county. These trails are also changing how certain towns define themselves. A major push to connect trails across Montgomery County is bringing new attention to places…
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Schuylkill River Water Trail Recognition Highlights Montco’s Outdoor Appeal
The Schuylkill River Water Trail has received a major federal upgrade, giving Montgomery County another reason to celebrate, writes Ron Devlin for The Republican Herald. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum recently designated the Schuylkill River Water Trail as a National Water Trail, making it the first in Pennsylvania to receive the honor. The…
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Montgomery County Has Some of the Oldest Taverns in America. Here Is What Makes Them Worth Visiting.
Before Montgomery County had shopping malls, office parks, commuter rail towns and four-lane highways, it had inns. They stood along old roads and stagecoach routes, offering food, drink, lodging and news to travelers moving through the Philadelphia countryside. They were gathering places before town halls, landmarks before GPS and, in some cases, the reason a…
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Father and Son Graduate Together From Montco’s Nursing Program
When David Gawel weighed 325 pounds, it was his son Aiden who helped turn things around. Aiden, a 2023 Abington Senior High School state and national track champion, got his father into running, and David went on to lose half his body weight. That shared discipline set the stage for what came next: both of…
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These Montgomery County Zip Codes Cracked the Top 1,000 Wealthiest in the US
Philadelphia-area ZIP Codes are well represented among the Wealthy 1000. These 1,000 ZIP Codes have some of the richest neighborhoods in the US, and include the Montgomery County neighborhoods of Wynnewood (No. 295), Merion Station (No. 309) and Narberth (No. 347).writes Joanne Drilling and Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The new ranking from…
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Four Montco Golf Courses Make List of Pennsylvania’s Top Ten
Four Montgomery County golf courses have found a place on the Top 10 Golf Courses from Arnold Palmer’s Birthplace list, writes Debayan Biswas for MSN. Merion Golf Club (East) ranks highest in second place. The course features winding fairways, punishing rough, and deep bunkers, which tested the world’s best golfers during the 2013 U.S. Open.…
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Three Montgomery County Companies Make Business Insider’s 2026 High-Growth List
Three Montgomery County companies have earned national recognition for something increasingly rare in today’s volatile markets: consistent, profitable growth. Globus Medical, Harmony Biosciences, and Hamilton Lane all appear on Business Insider’s High-Growth Companies 2026 list, a ranking that spotlights publicly traded companies demonstrating not just expansion, but financial staying power, writes Jonathan Diamond for Philadelphia…
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The ZIP Codes That Define Wealth in Montgomery County
Montgomery County’s wealth map is often reduced to a familiar phrase: the Main Line. But the county’s most affluent ZIP codes tell a more complicated story. Some were shaped by railroad suburbs and old estates. Others grew around schools, hospitals, country clubs, and proximity to Philadelphia. Places like Wynnewood, Gladwyne, Villanova, Bala Cynwyd, Lafayette Hill,…
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How the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Montgomery County Is Championing Local Nonprofits
For more than a century, the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Montgomery County has been the connective tissue between business and community across Montco. Established in 1913, it now counts roughly 800 members, and about 10% of them are nonprofits. The Chamber has built a genuine ecosystem around supporting them. Why the Chamber Invests in…
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The Montgomery County Food Festivals Worth Putting on Your Calendar Right Now
Food festival season is in full swing in Montgomery County, writes Main Line Today. If you missed Foodees Fest at Philadelphia Premium Outlets in Pottstown this weekend, you already have a sense of what the summer has in store. The traveling food truck and artisan market brought a packed lineup of vendors, crafters, and makers…
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