Montgomery County
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Montgomery County Among the 50 Places with the Fastest-Selling Homes
While high home prices and mortgage rates are impacting the U.S. real estate market, there are still communities in the U.S. where homes are quickly being bought up, writes Elena Cox for Stacker. Montgomery County and many other places in Pennsylvania are on that list. To determine the rankings, Stacker looked at the median number…
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IKEA Is Celebrating the Holidays with Gifts for Customers and Employees
As a thank you for a record-high sales year, IKEA U.S. is lowering prices on hundreds of products for customers and giving many employees a bonus. The total amount of the bonus payout is expected to be $54.5 million through its “One IKEA Bonus,” a performance-based payout. In FY23, IKEA U.S. had a record year…
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Montgomery County Community College President Among City & State PA’s 2023 Fifty Over 50
City and State PA’s 2023 Fifty Over 50 list is out and some of Pennsylvania’s most influential leaders over the age of 50 have earned top ranking, including Montgomery County Community College president Victoria Bastecki-Perez. Bastecki-Perez’s commitment for academic access and inclusion stems from her own background, writes Hilary Danailova for City and State PA.…
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8 Cities in Montco Have Some of the Most Expensive Homes, Is Yours One of the Them?
Home prices in the United States are still on the rise and finding an affordable home has become very challenging for many families, especially with the current high mortgage rates. In Pennsylvania, 8 of the 30 cities with the most expensive homes are in Montgomery County, according to Stacker. To compile the list, Stacker used…
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6 Montgomery County Breweries Raise Money for Hops and Vines for Hunger
Feeding Pennsylvania, PA Eats and breweries in Pennsylvania join forces every November to combat hunger through its month-long statewide fundraiser, Hops and Vines for Hunger, writes Emily Kovach for PA Eats. Throughout the month of November, 6 Montgomery County breweries donated $1 for every sale of certain select beers, cocktails and food. The participating breweries…
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TD Bank Again Largest SBA 7(a) Lender in Eastern Pennsylvania
For the second year in a row, TD Bank was the largest U.S. Small Business Administration 7(a) lender in eastern Pennsylvania, writes Jeff Blumenthal for Philadelphia Business Journal. M&T and Meridian Banks came in second and third place. The 7(a) loan program offers financial help for small businesses. It is usually recommended for small businesses…
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Rite Aid Adds One More Montgomery County Location to Bankruptcy Sale
Philadelphia-based Rite Aid has added another seven Philadelphia-area locations to its sale list amid its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, including one in Montgomery County, writes Paul Schwedelson for the Philadelphia Business Journal. With these latest additions, the retail pharmacy currently has 84 retail leases and 21 fee-owned properties available for sale across fourteen states. There…
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Merck Says Inflation Reduction Act Impacts Drugmakers’ Ability to Innovate
Merck, the biggest employer in Montgomery County is fighting back against the Inflation Reduction Act in court and in Washington, writes Andrew Seidman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Inflation Reduction Act was passed last year in part to reduce prescription drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries, but Merck and other pharmaceutical companies call the pharmaceutical price…
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CNN’s Jake Tapper Sheds Light on Philadelphia Wrongful Conviction Case
Last October, CNN’s Jake Tapper, a Lower Merion native and a graduate of Barack Hebrew Academy, wrote an exposé on a controversial attempted murder conviction in Philadelphia. C.J. Rice was only 17 years old in 2011 when he was accused of a Philadelphia shooting that wounded four people, including a 6-year-old girl, writes Liam Quinn…
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Suburban Police Chiefs Express Hope as Philly Appoints North Wales Man as Its New Police Commissioner
When Philadelphia Mayor-elect Cherelle Parker appointed North Wales’s Kevin Bethel as the new Philadelphia Police Commissioner, many suburban police chiefs expressed hope at the news, writes Vinny Vella for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Concerns over crime from Philadelphia spilling into other parts of the region have led many suburban police chiefs to speak out in frustration…
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Feds Appear Likely to Approve Schuylkill River Reading to Philadelphia Passenger Train Project
The Schuylkill River Passenger Rail Authority is expected to secure grant funding from the Federal Railroad Administration for the re-establishment of passenger rail services between Reading and Philadelphia, writes Holly Herman for the Patch. According to Thomas Frawley, the authority’s executive director, the application for the project to take part in the Federal Railroad Administration…
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MCCC Employee Named REACH Woman of Influence and Empowerment
The TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce has awarded a Montgomery County Community College employee as its REACH Woman of Influence and Empowerment. The organization’s REACH committee selected Amy Auwaerter, Director of Pottstown Campus Operations, from its nominations and celebrated the award during its third annual REACH conference Thursday, Nov. 9. “It’s very exciting,” said Auwaerter…
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Schuylkill River Trail Getting Closer to Continuous Trail Between Philly, Frackville
The partnership between nonprofits and local governments working on creating a continuous trail along the Schuylkill River that would run from Philadelphia to Frackville in Schuylkill County is getting closer to achieving its goal, writes Gabriela Martínez for the WHYY. The trail network has been expanding since the 1980s and continues to make progress each…
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2 Montco Schools Top Final Pennsylvania High School Field Hockey Ranking of 2023
Two Montgomery County schools have topped the final Pennsylvania high school field hockey ranking of 2023 and made the top three national rankings, writes Jana Benscoter for Female Athlete News. According to MAX Field Hockey, following an intense postseason, The Academy of Notre Dame de Namur in Villanova and The Hill School in Pottstown came…
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‘The Real James Bond’: Exploring Montgomery County’s Unlikely Connection to Iconic Super Spy
When author Ian Fleming was searching for a name for his spy character, he found it on the cover of a birding guide, writes Avi Wolfman-Arent for Billy Penn. Little did Fleming or the real James Bond, a Montgomery County ornithologist, for that matter, know how famous the moniker would become. When he was writing…
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Penn Community Bank & PHDC Creating More Affordable Homeownership Opportunities
Recently, the Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation and the City of Philadelphia celebrated Turn The Key’s expansion across the city with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting. Turn the Key is a public-private partnership funded through the City’s Neighborhood Preservation Initiative to help up to 1,000 Philadelphia families become first-time homebuyers. City of Philadelphia employees get first preference. “The Turn the Key…
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The Plaza at SORA West to Host Conshohocken Winter Market This Weekend
The Conshohocken Winter Market, presented by Cencora, takes place Friday, December 1st, Saturday, December 2nd, and Sunday, December 3rd, at the Plaza at SORA West, adjacent to Hotel West & Main, at 46 Fayette Street between Elm Street and First Avenue in Conshohocken. The market will feature approximately twenty-five vendors offering items for holiday gift shopping.…
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Across the Nation More Home Sales Are Falling Through, Not in Montgomery County Though
High costs are driving up the percentage of would-be buyers who back out of home purchase contracts across the United States, but here in Montgomery County, the real estate market is still hot, writes Grant Welker and Lisa Dukart for Philadelphia Business Journal. A recent Redfin analysis shows that nationally, 17% of homes under contract…
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