Montgomery County
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Einstein Medical Center Montgomery: 5 years strong
One institution replaces another, almost seamlessly In five short years, Einstein Medical Center Montgomery has become such an integral part of the East Norriton landscape that memories of Wood’s Golf Center, which had previously called the land home for 55 years, may be harder and harder to hold onto for some folks, writes Gary Puleo…
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What are you doing this weekend?
Weekend Lookahead Skippack Days October 7-8 Skippack Village The largest event of the year for Skippack Village, the annual Skippack Days festival features artisans and crafters, great food and live entertainment lining the Village streets. The event is free to attend, and runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days. KOP Beerfest Royale October 7 Presented by King of…
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IBM ‘calling back’ telecommuters
IBM was putting its stamp on the American landscape in 1979. For 20 years, it had been hiring the greats of modernism to erect buildings where scientists and salespeople could work shoulder-to-shoulder commanding the burgeoning computer industry. But that year, one of its new facilities—the Santa Teresa Laboratory, in Silicon Valley—tried an experiment. To ease…
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Proposed hotel tax concerns Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board CEO
House Republicans from Delaware County bucked their party Wednesday by voting to move a proposed Marcellus shale severance tax out of committee and onto the House floor, writes Rick Kauffman for the Delaware County Daily Times. The move came after the introduction of a bill that would impose greater taxes on the hotel industry, estimated…
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Providence Place coming to former Collegeville Inn site
The old Collegeville Inn is ready for a new life. How many times have you driven by the inn, glimpsed the over-sized wooden bear and the empty parking lot and wondered what was to become of the once-popular dining spot? Well wonder no more. The Lower Providence Township Board of Supervisors has approved the land…
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Cycle Con coming to Oaks
Looking to take a ride soon? How about a test ride on a cycle designed for those facing physical challenges? The 2017 Adaptive Cycling Expo will be held October 6 – 8, at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, 100 Station Ave., Oaks. [uam_ad id=”54865″] The annual Adaptive Cycling Expo is a gathering of suppliers and…
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Mid-Atlantic Events Magazine celebrates 30-year anniversary
Mid-Atlantic Events Magazine reached the three-decade plateau on September 30, 2017, and Jim Cohn, Publisher and Owner, believe he has created a niche. The magazine was recently honored with the Meeting Professionals International Greater Philadelphia chapter’s ‘Presidents Award’ and the Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association ‘Headliner Award,’ for the magazine’s coverage and involvement with the region’s hotel and hospitality industry, according to a recent press release.…
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Moody’s upgrades Montgomery County’s outlook to ‘positive’
Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded Montgomery County’s outlook to “positive” and has reaffirmed its Aa1 bond rating. The report noted that “Montgomery County benefits from strong management that adheres to fiscal policies, multi-year budgeting, and long term capital planning, according to a press release from the county. Moody’s further noted that the upgraded outlook from…
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Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles looking for former body works employees
Calling all cars…calling all cars, or should we say car makers? The call has gone out to former employees of the Boyertown Auto Body Works, which operated in Boyertown from 1926 until 1990. The Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles wants to honor those employees with a reunion to be held at the museum, according to…
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Phillies Legend Partners with Merck
Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Kelly and Pro Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt – two legendary athletes whose determination, faith, and hard work earned them a place in sports history – now have something else in common: overcoming cancer. Earlier this year, Kelly shared his “game plan” for tackling head and neck cancer…
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Malvern Bancorp Receives Exclusive National Recognition from Sandler O’Neill
The Malvern Bancorp has been named to the exclusive “2017 Bank & Thrift Sm-All Stars” list, from Sandler O’Neill + Partners, as a top-performing, publicly traded bank in America. Sandler O’Neill evaluated 404 publicly traded banks and thrifts with a market capitalization below $2.5 billion, and identified the nation’s 29 top-performing, small-cap banks and thrifts.…
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VFTCB, Commissioners Lead Team Serving 100 Meals in North Penn
On Tuesday, September 26, the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board (VFTCB) staff and Montgomery County Commissioners, along with students and staff from the Culinary Arts Institute at Montgomery County Community lent a helping hand at Manna on Main Street, a Lansdale-based nonprofit committed to ending hunger in the North Penn region by providing food,…
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Rep. Kate Harper, R-61st Dist., Expresses Anger Over State Budget
State Rep. Republican Kate Harper, R-61st Dist., has weighed in on the current hot-button issue of the Pennsylvania budget, writes John Baer for Philly.com. In a response to a column published by Philly.com, the 17-year incumbent took issue with all of the legislators being called out together. “You lump all of us legislators together,” she…
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Montgomery County Leadership: Brian Selander, Entrepreneur In Residence at SeventySix Capital
Brian Selander, Entrepreneur In Residence at SeventySix Capital and the speaker at next week’s Suburban Philadelphia Speaker Series presentation on the emergence of eSports, speaks to MONTCO Today about growing up in Piscataway, finding his way into journalism and then politics before he graduated high school and working on Senator Bill Bradley’s 1992 presidential campaign. Selander…
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Furia Rubel Celebrates 15th Anniversary, Rebrands and Launches New Website
Doylestown-based Furia Rubel Communications is celebrating its 15th anniversary by unveiling a new brand and launching an engaging, content-rich, new website. The marketing and public relations agency’s new brand is dynamic, engaging, and reimagined to reflect the client-focused, data-driven strategic counsel that characterizes its work. The agency’s new brand is the product of a year-long…
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Thirteen Montgomery County Companies in Pennsylvania’s Top 100 Best Places to Work
Team Pennsylvania Foundation has published its 2017 Top 100 “Best Places to Work” in the state with thirteen Montgomery County companies making the cut for the prestigious title, according to a staff report from Team Pennsylvania. Bala Cynwyd’s InvestEdge, Hamilton Lane, Philadelphia Insurance Companies, and TMNA Services are among this year’s winners along with King…
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See How Montgomery County Colleges Fared in National Student Loan Debt Ranking
A recently published Student Loan Debt by School by State 2017 report shows that Montgomery County colleges vary significantly on both the size of debt per borrower and the percentage of students who graduate with some debt, writes Dave Rathmanner for Lend Edu. The ranking was compiled by Lend Edu using the latest Peterson’s financial…
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Outrageous Prize Money at Stake in eSports, the Topic of Upcoming Speaker Series
Once dismissed as a simple diversion or an unhealthy obsession, depending upon your view of video games, eSports have quickly become a permanent fixture on the world’s athletic landscape. Colleges are now doling out scholarship for the most skilled gamers, eSports may be included in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, and millions of dollars…
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