Montgomery County
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WSJ: Be Happier and More Productive, Care Less About Your Email
With how connected we all are now, there is pretty much always a way for someone to reach out to you. And thanks to smartphones, you are likely getting an alert the second anyone emails you for anything. It has created a heightened and, for some, exhausting sense that you need to be ready to…
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4 Montgomery County Companies Make Fortune 500 List Again for 2022
Thirteen publicly traded companies from the Philadelphia region, including 4 from Montgomery County, once again made the Fortune 500 list in 2022, writes Ryan Sharrow for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Fortune 500 ranks the companies by annual revenue. AmerisourceBergen Corp in with distribution and pharmaceutical services came in on the list at No. 8,…
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Hydroponic Farm at Methacton High School Teaches Students, Feeds Community
Hydroponic Farm at Methacton High School has proven beneficial not just to students, but to the community as well, according to the staff report from The Times Herald. One of the school’s new STEM Innovation Labs, the farm is part of the Environmental Science and Biology curriculum. It started with a select group of six…
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Conshohocken Woman Created ‘Fashion Capsule’ of Her Honeymoon Clothes, Seven Decades Later Her Granddaughter Shows Clothes on TikTok
When Marie D’Allesandro Donato, of Conshohocken, returned from her honeymoon in 1952, she packed all the clothes she wore during that special trip into one green suitcase and put it aside as a fashion capsule to pass down to her family, writes Celia Fernandez for the Insider. “The excitement of the future ahead was what…
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Baederwood Shoppes in Jenkintown Sells for Second Time in As Many Years
Regency Centers has acquired an 80 percent stake in Baederwood Shoppes on the Fairway in Jenkintown, which is anchored by Whole Foods and Planet Fitness, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The seller was Charter Realty and Development, which bought Baederwood in partnership with Inland Real Estate Group for $44 million in January…
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Abington Friends School Strives to Inspire Authentic, Transformative Experiential Learning
At Abington Friends School one day a few years ago, some teachers surveyed the 50 acre campus and suggested how great it would be to have a garden outside and for the students and clubs to use them for science classes and other learning opportunities. And thus, after some deep thinking and planning the Meadow…
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MCCC Celebrates Its 55th Commencement with Three Drive-in Ceremonies in Blue Bell
With three drive-in ceremonies, Montgomery County Community College’s 55th Commencement was a full celebratory day for the Class of 2022 – the largest class to graduate in the College’s history. Standing at 1,606 graduates, the Class of 2022 collectively earned 1,664 degrees and certificates. Forty-two students graduated with a perfect 4.0, and five students earned…
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After Completing Disney College Program, Jenkintown’s Manor College Graduate Sets Sights on the Sports World
Shawn Wood grew up in Northeast Philadelphia and never lived on his own. Then he got accepted into the Disney College Program last summer. It thrust him into a new environment 17 hours away from his family. “It forced me to take risks,” Wood said. “It was a huge change and I wasn’t sure if…
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On National Caterer Appreciation Day, Celebrate One of the Best in Montgomery County: Curds & Whey
Davida Berger learned everything about owning your own business from her mother Asna, an entrepreneur long before the term took on today’s current meaning, who founded Curds & Whey over 45 years ago as a cheese shop in Jenkintown. After Davida joined the business in the 1990’s, the once cheese shop grew into a restaurant…
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Hobart’s Run Hosts Successful Pottstown Neighborhood Summit
Entire communities benefit when organizations work together to create affordable housing such as the Beech Street Factory lofts at 341 Beech St., according to Ben Lockwood, President and CEO of Housing Visions, Syracuse, N.Y., a nonprofit that works to create such below-market accommodations. Speaking at the Hobart’s Run Neighborhood Summit on Saturday, May 14, Lockwood…
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King of Prussia Mall Stands Tall Among the Biggest Malls to Shop at in the USA
One of the largest malls in the country to shop at is in Montgomery County, writes Unindita Bhatia for The Travel. There are several malls in the United States with many stores and lots of areas to walk. Some say, with the advent of online shopping (as well as home delivery) that the mall culture…
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NMHC Names Fort Washington Company One of the Largest Multifamily Developers in the U.S.
Fort Washington-based Toll Brothers Apartment Living®, which is a rental division of Toll Brothers, Inc. is the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes. They have been named one of the largest multifamily developers in the United States by the National Multifamily Housing Council’s 2022 NMHC 50, which is the annual ranking of the nation’s largest…
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Full of Hand-Made Goods and Vintage Finds, Flourishing Main Line Market Returns
Clover Market, which originally started on the Main Line, will pop up in Kennett Square on June 5. It is a wonderland of high-end, artisan-made and vintage goods that has everything from clothes and jewelry to tableware and furniture, writes Melissa Jacobs for the Main Line Tonight. Clover Market was started by Janet Long in 2010. The…
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COVID-19 Cases Rising Again in Montgomery County
At a Montgomery County Commissioners meeting recently, they have found the latest data is showing COVID-19 cases rising again in Montgomery County, reports Gregory Purcell for WFMZ. “In the past few weeks, we have seen an uptick in COVID cases due to the omicron sub-variants,” Christina Miller, Administrator of the Office of Public Health, said.…
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Legal Matters: Your Child’s High School Graduation Can Affect Your Child Support
By Liz Billies Memorial Day, the unofficial start to summer, is almost here. While it certainly ushers in more BBQs and trips to the shore, it also signals the start of high school graduation season. Graduation is a special time for all graduates and their loved ones alike, but, it can have additional significance for divorced…
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Montco Integrate for Good Candidate Accepted Into PECO Energy Force Ambassador Program
Integrate for Good is thrilled to share that their candidate, Varun Parakala, was accepted into the PECO Energy Force Ambassador Program. This program is a great opportunity to elevate a young person with a disability into a leadership role with PECO. Each year, non-profit organizations are invited to nominate one eligible Ambassador to participate in the program.…
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Montco Workers Want Four-Day Workweek, But Not If It Means Losing Some Company-Provided Benefits
A new survey by software company Simple Texting found that 74 percent of Americans would walk away from their current job for a four-day workweek, writes Andy Medici for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Out of 1,000 respondents, 97 percent said they would be more productive if they worked four instead of five days a week.…
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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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