Montgomery County
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Check Out Which Local Colleges Are Among the Priciest in the Philadelphia Area
The 25 priciest colleges and universities in the Philadelphia area cost (in the last fiscal year) an average of $62,232 per year to attend, up nearly 40 percent from a decade ago, writes Kennedy Rose for the Philadelphia Business Journal. These costs include everything from tuition and supplies to room and board, transportation, and personal…
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Chester County Teen Could Save Lives with Her Invention to Alleviate Blind Spots in Cars
Alaina Gassler, a student at Avon Grove Charter School, could save lives with her simple but effective invention to help alleviate blind spots in cars, writes Nursah Ergü for InterestingEngineering.com. Many cars today have external blind-spot detection that includes visual, audible, and vibrational aids to warn the driver about other vehicles, cyclists, or pedestrians that…
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VFTCB Leads Way In Region In Making Website, Various Tourist Spots ADA Compliant
The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board is leading the way with changes to its website that will make it one of the first that is ADA compliant in the region. VFTCB has partnered with AudioEye, a web personalization tool that makes it possible for organizations to provide their website visitors with a fully customizable…
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Project Will Improve Flow of Jenkintown Creek, Reducing Flooding and Erosion Downstream
A new restoration project is underway to get Jenkintown Creek in Cheltenham Township to flow more easily, writes Catalina Jaramillo for WHYY. The creek trickles into a concrete pipe. The restoration will remove 235 linear feet of concrete to let the creek flow freely through a bank surrounded by bushes and trees. “Instead of the…
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VFTCB’s Wants the World to Fall in Love with Montgomery County
Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board has crafted a new, three-year strategic plan to make Montgomery County an even better tourist destination and presented its goals together with the many county events of the current year in its latest publication. The plan has a brand-new mission of “inspiring the world to fall in love with…
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How to Wish a “Branded Happy Birthday” on LinkedIn
By Lynne Williams It’s my birthday next week … on election day (so get out and vote) … and hence, my inspiration to share with you how to send a “Branded Happy Birthday” message to your connections. Please read all the way to the bottom as I DO have a special birthday request for you!…
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Montgomery County Video Store Reflects a Different Time, Now Featured in a TV Pilot
Viva Video in Lower Merion, Montgomery County, harkens back to a different time and a different approach to watching movies at home, reports Tom Rader for WFMZ.com. Now the store is the subject of a TV show pilot on the SYFY Network. “With a video store, when you are making the trek, you put on…
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Don’t Get Spooked by These Financial Scares
The Halloween season is in full swing and there are plenty of ghouls and ghosts out there trying to trick you. Don’t let these financial demons sneak up on you! Unchecked Spending If you don’t have a budget in place, your finances can be scary! To get a snapshot of where your hard-earned money is…
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Harriet Tubman Often Found Refuge with Montgomery County Quakers While Helping Escaped Slaves Reach Safety
Harriet Tubman, the prominent abolitionist and political activist, often found refuge at the home of a Montgomery County Quaker family while helping escaped slaves reach safety, writes Scott Mingus for the York Daily Record. Tubman herself escaped slavery with her two brothers in Maryland’s Eastern Shore in 1849. While the men turned back, she walked…
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Lower Merion Grad’s Nonprofit Aims to ‘Bring Fast Breakthroughs’ to Cystic Fibrosis Patients
By Brenden Curry Emily Kramer-Golinkoff is on a mission to deliver hope and breakthroughs in research for curing all types of cystic fibrosis. Cystic fibrosis is a chronic fatal disease that affects the lungs and digestive systems. For many years, it was a death sentence for the individuals who were diagnosed. Since 2011, Emily’s Entourage…
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Data Breach in Area School District Has Everyone Scratching Their Heads
As Downingtown Area School District administrators are hard at work trying to determine who and how someone hacked their college resource website, the reasons behind the data breach remain uncertain amid conflicting reports, writes Maddie Hanna for The Philadelphia Inquirer. On Oct. 11, administrators discovered that students had gained teacher-level access to Naviance, a college…
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Villanova Man Wants to Bring a Sports Museum to Philadelphia
Villanova’s Lou Scheinfeld is the man behind the Spectrum. Now he’s ready to take his decades of sports experience and turn them into a sports museum. All he needs is money, writes Michael Bradly for Main Line Today. He’s got the exhibits, an address (the corner of Darien Street and Pattison Avenue in Philadelphia), and…
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Learn More About Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program At MCCC’s Informational Breakfast
Montgomery County Community College will hold an Educational Improvement Tax Credit informational breakfast on Thursday, November 7 in East House on its Central Campus in Blue Bell. This free event is the ideal opportunity for businesses and corporations to learn more about how they can use Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit program to help students…
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Six Montco Executives Honored with Most Admired CEO Award
Six Montgomery County executives have been recognized as Most Admired CEO honorees for 2019, writes Ryan Sharrow for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Philadelphia Business Journal selected the 25 local honorees for its sixth class of awardees from almost 100 nominations across a variety of industries. The selection process zeroed in on the individuals who…
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Montco Companies On Philadelphia 100 List Share Their Insights on Branding
Local companies that made it on this year’s Philadelphia 100 list of fastest-growing privately held companies are well aware of the role the good branding of their products played in their growth, writes Howard Gensler for The Philadelphia Inquirer. beMarketing in Blue Bell has reported $2,047,444 in income for 2018 and is looking at 25…
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MCCC Encourages Students To Pledge To Complete Their Degrees As Part of Completion Week
Montgomery County Community College encouraged students to pledge to complete their degrees and credentials as part of Completion Week held from Oct. 21 to 25. Completion Week was hosted by Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, the international honor society for two-year colleges, at all community colleges across Pennsylvania. It is envisioned as a time for…
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Montgomery County Leadership: Jill Bodensteiner
As she prepares to deliver the keynote address at the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board’s annual luncheon at the Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks Friday afternoon, Jill Bodensteiner, the Director of Athletics at Saint Joseph’s University, spoke with MONTCO Today about growing up in Indiana, where she fell in love with the game of…
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Kennett Square Woman One of Several Entrepreneurs Finding New Uses for Shuttered Gas Stations
In an increasingly competitive market that has seen many gas stations close for good, local entrepreneurs are finding new uses for the structures, writes Katie Park for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Three years ago, Tara Dugan was looking for a building to open a boutique in when she saw a decades-old gas station on a lightly…
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