Montgomery County
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Celso L. Leite Jr., Attorney, Joins Dischell Bartle Dooley in Lansdale
Celso L. Leite Jr., Attorney, was born to Portuguese American immigrants in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; and he grew up in Montgomeryville. In 2014, Celso graduated from North Penn High School and continued his academic education at Villanova University, where he majored in finance and co-majored in real estate. “One of my mentors at Dischell Bartle…
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MCCC Nursing Program Receives Scholarship Grant From Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Montgomery County Community College Nursing students will receive a financial helping hand thanks to a generous donation. The Independence Blue Cross Foundation has awarded a $26,842 scholarship to the MCCC Nursing Program through its annual Nurses for Tomorrow Scholarship grant. The program awards grants to nursing schools in Southeastern Pennsylvania to fund scholarships for undergraduate,…
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BET Investments Buys Prudential Insurance’s Upper Dublin Property for $30.25M
BET Investments has finalized its purchase of Prudential Insurance’s 90-acre campus in Upper Dublin for $30.25 million, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The property at 2101 Welsh Road is visible from the Pennsylvania Turnpike. It has three interconnected office buildings and surface parking lots with 2,175 spaces. The buildings total 861,000 square…
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Local Foundation Helps Patients, Their Family Get Respite from Cancer
For Pete’s Sake Cancer Respite Foundation, based in Plymouth Meeting, helps families get a “break” from cancer by sending them on a respite trip, writes Beccah Hendrickson for 6abc. The nonprofit was founded by Marci Schankweiler, who lost her husband, Pete, to cancer. After he was diagnosed in 1999, the couple’s friends held a fundraiser…
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Lansdale Vet Wins Westminster Kennel Club Show’s Inaugural Veterinarian of the Year Award
Dr. Joseph Rossi, owner of North Penn Animal Hospital in Lansdale, is the inaugural winner of Westminster Kennel Club Show’s Veterinarian of the Year award, writes Jennifer Peltz for the Harrisburg Patriot-News. The award is part of the show’s efforts to shine a spotlight on veterinarians’ mental health. In addition to the award, the club…
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Mehmet Oz Spelled Name of His Montco Town Wrong on Official Campaign Form
Mehmet Oz, the GOP candidate for the Pennsylvania senate seat, spelled the name of his address in Montgomery County wrongly on an official campaign form, writes Jake Lahut for the Business Insider. The celebrity doctor and Trump-endorsed candidate had been living in New Jersey in the years before he decided to run for office. However…
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Huntingdon Valley Native, Car Dealership Heir Wanted to Be Actor, He Ended Up Becoming Corporate Spy
Robert Kerbeck, who grew up in Huntingdon Valley and graduated from Lower Moreland High School, was hoping to follow up a stint in the family car dealership with a career in acting, writes Sabrina Boyd-Surka for KYW Newsradio. Instead, he became a corporate spy. He described his unconventional career journey in his memoir, RUSE: Lying…
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PA Invests Money Into Montgomery County Dairy Farm For Future Development
A Montgomery County dairy farm received an investment of nearly $180,000 from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The funds are meant to ensure that this agribusiness remains viable and not someday evolve into residential development. The local support is part of a statewide initiative. In total, the program now protects 2,264 acres on 32 farms in…
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Theater with a View Returns to Pottstown With Nightdrive’s THE GROWN-UPS
Theater with a View, Pottstown’s professional outdoor theater company presenting modern works in a beautiful, multi-acre estate on the border of Chester and Montgomery Counties in Pennsylvania, is returning to live performances for the first time since August 2019 with the highly-anticipated regional premiere of one of New York’s most talked about immersive theater experiences. …
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Montgomery County Once Again Places Among 500 Healthiest Communities in Nation
Montgomery County has been recognized as one of the nation’s 500 healthiest communities by U.S. News & World Report. To determine which communities in the country are the healthiest, U.S. News & World Report in collaboration with CVS Health compared more than 3,000 counties and county-equivalents based on how they performed in 10 categories that…
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Salus University O&P Program Receives Candidacy Accreditation
Salus University faculty and staff are waiting with anticipation and excitement as they prepare to welcome the inaugural cohort of Orthotics and Prosthetics (O&P) students in the fall of 2022. Upon arrival, the University’s O&P program will be the 14th nationwide and will be integrated into the College of Health Sciences, Education and Rehabilitation (CHER). The program recently…
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Arcadia University and MCCC Announce New Public Health Program Agreement
Arcadia University and Montgomery County Community College are launching a new program-to-program agreement that provides a seamless, affordable pathway for students to earn their associate’s and bachelor’s degrees in the high-demand field of public health. Under the agreement, students who complete their Associate in Science degree in Public Health at MCCC will be assured junior…
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Integrate for Good Awarded $10,000 Grant From Dow
Integrate for Good, a nonprofit organization empowering children and adults with disabilities to share their talent through inclusive volunteerism, community leadership and meaningful employment, announced today they have been awarded a $10,000 grant from Dow Gives Community Grant Program in the Delaware Valley. The grant will allow Integrate for Good Empowerment Lab to welcome new…
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Family Members Give Back to Community by Volunteering for Jenkintown Fire Department
Mike Kolenkiewicz and his son-in-law, Sam Ford, are giving back to the community by volunteering with Jenkintown Fire Department’s Pioneer Fire Company #1, according to a staff report from The Reporter Online. Ford has been volunteering for three years, with his father-in-law joining in late 2021, after years of consideration. “I coached my two daughters’…
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KOP Restaurant Week & KOP Shops for CHOP Bring in Record Donation
On Wednesday, June 15, King of Prussia District and participating businesses, sponsors and friends gathered to celebrate a successful end to the District’s 8th annual King of Prussia Restaurant Week and KOP Shops for CHOP campaign. Presented by SERVPRO of King of Prussia, the 2022 campaign ran April 4-10 and included 61 businesses, all fundraising for Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s…
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50 Years Later, Alum Reflects on the Foundation Built at Manor College in Jenkintown
Every so often, Rose Pekala meets up for breakfast in a Bucks County restaurant with four of her friends. The group has supported each other through life’s joyful moments and tough hardships. It’s been that way since the five women met at Manor College in the 1970s. “College is a struggle,” Pekala said. “It’s not…
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Add This Elkins Park Business to Roster of Black-Owned Companies to Support
If you are looking for more Philadelphia-area Black-owned businesses to add to the roster of companies you regularly support, you need look no further than Mitchell & Mitchell Wines in Elkins Park, according to a staff report from The Philadelphia Inquirer. The wine-making company is one of the fourteen businesses that has made the list…
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Pottstown’s Medicare Education Services: Ask Dave
What are the differences between the different Medicare Prescription Drug Plans? Joanne G. Norristown That’s a common question Joanne. Before we get to what is different, let’s look at what is the same with all Part D Prescription Drug Plans (PDP’s). All Part D PDP’s are offered through private insurance companies and go through four…
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