Philadelphia Region
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Montco well represented in ‘What’s So Cool About Manufacturing’ video contest
Public voting for the Philadelphia Region’s “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?” (WSCM) Student Video Contest will open on Wednesday, March 20, 12:01am and run until Friday, March 22, 11:59 pm at the http://www.whatssocool.org website. Go to the website and vote for your favorite Montco school’s video now! The video with the most online votes will receive the…
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Loss of productivity during this ‘Madness’ time of year costs employers $4 Billion
Let the ‘Madness’ begin! Hoops lovers are psyched for this magical time of year, and those living locally are some of the luckiest fans in the nation, as Philadelphia ranks among the Top 10 Best Cities for College Basketball Fans, according to recently published analysis by WalletHub. To determine the rankings for 2019’s Best Cities…
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Cirque du Soleil returns to Montco
Cirque du Soleil proudly announces its return to the Philadelphia area in Oaks, PA with a new Big Top show, AMALUNA. The critically acclaimed production will be visiting Oaks for an engagement of 40 performances. AMALUNA will premiere on July 24, 2019 under the Big Top adjacent to the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, minutes from…
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Philadelphia’s suburban developers look to the future
The suburbs of Philadelphia are beginning to catch up with the demand from multifamily households. The real estate community is going with a long term approach to the suburbs, looking past the immediate downturns of the markets and focusing their attention on future market cycles. The real estate community is looking further into the future…
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WSFS Financial Corporation completes acquisition of Beneficial Bancorp, Inc.
WSFS Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: WSFS) (“WSFS”), the parent company of WSFS Bank, has completed the acquisition of Beneficial Bancorp, Inc. and its primary subsidiary, Beneficial Bank, and is now operating as one Company. With the acquisition finalized, WSFS has approximately $13 billion in assets and is the largest, premier, locally-headquartered bank in the Greater Delaware…
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Business leaders offer thoughts on Bryce Harper’s worth as a big ticket item
In the realm of professional sports, it doesn’t get much bigger than this. A 13-year contract for $330 million — a record for Major League Baseball – and a city is ready to embrace Bryce Harper. So, will the slugger earn that price tag? And is it a wise investments? The contract features no opt-out…
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Retired NBA player David Robinson enters KoP office market
David Robinson retired from the NBA in 2003 but continues to make moves off the court in the real estate business. Robinson, nicknamed the Admiral, co-founded Admiral Capital Group. Admiral Capital Group is a real estate and private equity investment firm that recently acquired Valley Forge Park Place, a two building office property in King…
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Relic from Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game up for auction
A scoresheet from Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game that originally belonged to Toby DeLuca, the late Springfield resident and longtime statistician for Philadelphia-area television and radio broadcasters, is up for auction, writes Frank Fitzpatrick for the Philadelphia Inquirer. DeLuca kept the numbers for WCAU-AM’s Bill Campbell on March 2, 1962, when the Philadelphia Warriors beat the…
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Washington Post: Montco daily newspapers among those caught in ‘mercenary’ strategy
Several local newspapers have been caught in Alden Global Capital’s strategy of buying newspapers, drastically cutting jobs, and then selling the real estate, write Jonathan O’Connell and Emma Brown for The Washington Post. The New York City hedge fund’s newspaper business, Digital First Media, the parent company of The Times Herald, The Mercury and The…
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Kids’ Art to blossom at 2019 Philadelphia Flower Show
Fresh Artists, an award-winning nonprofit empowering young lives through art, has been invited to exhibit children’s art for the 2019 Philadelphia Flower Show, illustrating its theme, “Flower Power.” In partnership with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, SEPTA, and the Fashion District, Fresh Artists has engaged 2,254 K-12 children in 42 schools to make a portrait of a powerful…
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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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Philadelphia 76ers double in value over two years
Taking the Los Angeles Lakers to the cleaners certainly ups your image, and during the past couple of years the Philadelphia 76ers the City of Brotherly Love’s NBA basketball franchise has been doing a consistent job of polishing their profile, and their net worth. The Sixers were the sports version of a distressed asset at…
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Montco home to 15 of the Top 50 private high schools in greater Philadelphia
Private education is flourishing in Montgomery County. Montco is home to 15 of the Top 50 Private High Schools in Greater Philadelphia, according to the latest rankings published by Niche.com, writes Clara Lefton for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Niche.com calculated its rankings based on academic and student life data, along with test scores, college data,…
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Independence Blue Cross commits to reimagining healthcare delivery
Dan Hilferty, CEO of Independence Blue Cross, is at the forefront of innovation in the health insurance industry. “You’re really innovating,” Matthew Cabrey, executive director of Select Greater Philadelphia and senior vice president for the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia, told Hilferty during a discussion at Independence LIVE. “And you’re inspiring your team to…
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MONTCO.Today sponsoring Bisnow’s “Future of the Philadelphia Suburbs”
A venue for the “Future of the Philadelphia Suburbs” forum has been announced by Bisnow. The Bellevue Hotel, 200 S. Broad St., Philadelphia will be the site of the event, which will explore “How to make the ‘Burbs the ultimate live, work, play destination,” on Feb. 28, beginning at 7:30 a.m. [uam_ad id=”54865″] MONTCO.Today is…
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Phillies, Aramark team up to announce family-friendly sports pub Pass and Stow
The Phillies and Aramark, Citizens Bank Park’s exclusive food and beverage provider, are currently transforming 24,500 square feet of space adjacent to the Third Base Plaza into Pass and Stow, a new area that features an outdoor beer garden and bar, Foundry Pizza serving brick-oven pizza, a family-friendly sports pub, 44 TVs to catch game…
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Philadelphia Auto Show returns to Pennsylvania Convention Center
The Philadelphia Auto Show proudly returns to the Pennsylvania Convention Center February 2-10. Media Preview Day is Feb. 1, followed by the Black Tie Tailgate that evening. “Philadelphia, we are back!” said Ian Jeffery, chairman of the 2019 Philadelphia Auto Show. “Our 2019 display floor has everything that makes an auto show a must-attend event.…
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Greater Philadelphia YMCA offers relief for impacted federal employees
The Greater Philadelphia YMCA announced it will defer membership dues for February 2019 at all of its 17 locations for members & their families who are currently affected by the partial federal shutdown. They are also inviting non-member government employees and their families affected by the shutdown to come to the Y for the month…
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