Norristown
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Eagles mascot Swoop kicks off Early Access Mornings at Elmwood Park Zoo
Elmwood Park Zoo’s Early Access Mornings provide guests with a 9:00 am entry to the zoo before the 10:00 am public opening. They are designed to offer zoo guests with special needs and their families a quieter, more relaxed setting before the rush of the crowds. There will be some friendly animals to meet and…
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Montco’s Best Pizza Tournament down to final two!
Montco’s Best Pizza Tournament has its Final Two: Via Veneto in Norristown, and Palermo’s Pizza, both in Blue Bell. Final round voting will continue until Wednesday, April 10. The winner will be announced April 12. [uam_ad id=”54865″] For the fourth year in a row, the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board is pitting pie against…
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Montco nonprofit, Expressive Path, receives $15,000 donation from Ambler Bank
Expressive Path students at Norristown Area High School, Art Teacher Sue Guido, and Pamela Martin, Executive Director of Expressive Path, recently accepted a $15,000 donation from Ambler Savings Bank. The donation, made through the Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program, will be used to provide free creative arts workshops at local schools, centers, and shelters…
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Norristown Area School District welcomes Spring with Choral Festival
Today inside of the auditorium at Norristown Area High School, roughly 600 students from Cole Manor Elementary School, East Norriton Middle School, Eisenhower Science and Technology Leadership Academy, Gotwals Elementary School, Hancock Elementary School, Marshall Street Elementary School, Paul V Fly Elementary School, Norristown Area High School, Stewart Middle School, and Whitehall Elementary School gathered…
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Montco Comic Fest goes to the library
The 4th annual MontCo Comic Fest will be held on Saturday, April 6, from 10 am to 3 pm at the Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library. This year’s Montco Comic Fest event will feature a Smash Brothers ® tournament, open gaming, and an art contest. There will also be workshops & panel discussions on topics such…
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Elmwood Park Zoo’s employee fitness challenge to raise money for conservation
Elmwood Park Zoo has begun a new program intended to promote physical fitness among its employees, with the added goal of raising money for wildlife conservation. Entitled “Conservation Migration,” the program proposes that if the zoo’s employees were to walk to 95 fellow AZA-accredited zoos across the country, the roundtrip would total over 10,100 miles.…
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High Swartz initiates sale of historic Norristown building to make way for apartments, cafe
The residential situation at the corner of Dekalb and East Airy Streets in Norristown was dire. The apartments were in very bad shape and the rent it brought in wasn’t enough for the current landlord to keep the property going. That’s when the partners at High Swartz Law Firm just a couple of doors down stepped in. Approaching 100…
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Pucker power leads to a $5,500 grant for Norristown Area High School
Norristown High School teachers chuckled when they first heard about TruMark Financial® Credit Union’s Kiss A Pig Financial Literacy fundraiser. The more they thought about it, they realized it wouldn’t be difficult to get their principal, Edward Roth, to pucker up and kiss a pig if it would benefit the school. Roth readily agreed and…
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Wolf administration tours blighted properties, details benefits of Restore PA for Norristown
Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Deputy Secretary for Community Affairs and Development Rick Vilello joined local officials and community leaders on a tour of blighted properties in Norristown, Montgomery County. The tour included a discussion about the region’s challenges in its fight against blight. They also discussed how the Restore Pennsylvania proposal could…
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REAL IDs now available to Pennsylvania residents; Norristown one of seven participating locations
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is proud to announce that optional REAL ID-compliant driver’s licenses and photo ID cards are now available for Pennsylvania residents who want one. A federally-accepted form of identification (whether it’s a Pennsylvania REAL ID driver’s license or ID card, a U.S. Passport/Passport Card, a military ID, etc.) must be used as identification…
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Elmwood Park Zoo receives $20,000 grant from SEI Cares fund
Elmwood Park Zoo is pleased to announce it has received a $20,000 grant from the SEI Cares Fund, a charitable donor-advised fund of SEI Investments Co. The grant will be used to continue the zoo’s “Touch Tours” program, which provides tactile and sensory-driven experiences for blind and auditory-impaired children. [uam_ad id=”54865″] “SEI Cares has sustained…
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Elmwood Park Zoo celebrating 95th anniversary in 2019
Elmwood Park Zoo is observing an exciting milestone in 2019, as the nonprofit organization and Norristown, PA landmark celebrates 95 years of supporting and promoting wildlife conservation. Elmwood Park Zoo first opened to the public on July 4th, 1924, with 6 white tailed deer headlining its meager collection. Today the zoo is home to dozens of…
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Norristown Police Department Integrates for Good
By Whitney Evelyn A meeting of minds was held at the Norristown branch of the Senior Adult Activities Center on February 15th, 2019. The Indian Creek Foundation, The Sleeping Mat Project and Integrate For Good, a newly founded not for profit organization, presented officers of the Norristown Police Department with a vital item to add to…
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Reclaiming Norristown’s elegant past
Norristown, Montgomery County was once a thriving hub of commerce, manufacturing, and leisure with DeKalb Street serving as the town’s crown jewel. Beautiful buildings that remain standing today were home to many of Norristown’s most prestigious residents. Already 75 percent of the 34 total homes in the Arbor Knoll community are sold, almost entirely to…
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Black History Month event to feature author Terri Lyons
The Greater Norristown NAACP Freedom Fund Committee and the Youth Division invite you to attend our “Black History Live” event on February 24, 2019 4:30 P.M. at Norristown Municipal Hall (234 E. Airy Street Norristown, PA 19401.) This free event is expected to draw over a 100 youth and adults from Norristown and the surrounding…
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Norristown native making waves in Music City
The greater Philadelphia area has produced countless musicians that have gone on to become huge success stories. The list goes on forever, but includes Hall & Oates, Jim Croce and Chubby Checker. It isn’t necessarily thought of as a hot bed for country music, but don’t be fooled. There are people in that part of…
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Centre Theater renovations officially complete
By Emily Keel After months of hard work and preparations, Norristown’s Centre Theater is officially ready to welcome newcomers and long-time patrons into its newly revitalized space. As of November 2018, full building renovations were officially completed after many months of hard work from local organizations and members of the community. The Dekalb Street landmark’s…
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A. Scott McNeal, DO, becomes the new President and CEO of Delaware Valley Community Health, Inc. (DVCH)
Dr. Scott McNeal assumes the role of President and CEO at DVCH after 25 years of service as the Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Delaware Valley Community Health, Inc. (DVCH), a community focused non-profit health care organization that provides affordable and accessible primary medical, dental and behavioral health care services in Philadelphia, Montgomery and…
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