Plymouth Meeting
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Merry Menus: Montgomery County Restaurants Supply Much More than Milk and Cookies
It takes a lot of energy to navigate the Dec. timeframe, given the calorie burn involved with shopping, wrapping, mailing cards, hosting meals, and decorating. They’re tasks best not tackled on an empty stomach. The following restaurant recommendations from the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board are not only fortifying, they’re convenient and delicious. Capital…
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Upper Perkiomen High School Grad Wins 2022 Legoland Title; Beating the Competition Was No Snap
Thayden Reinhart, 19, a graduate from Upper Perkiomen High School and resident of Pennsburg, clicked with the judges to earning the title of 2022 Master Model Builder at Legoland Discovery Center. In addition to bragging rights, the distinction earned him a position at the center, located within the Plymouth Meeting Mall. As a Master Model…
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Plymouth Meeting Firm Tests Liver Disease Gene Therapy; Trials Target the Condition in Babies
A gene-therapy regimen designed to treat liver disease is being tested on babies at iECURE, a Plymouth Meeting-based biopharma company. Tom Avril covered the development in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The effort is being funded by $65 million in new venture capital financing, backing an idea of University of Pennsylvania scientist Jim Wilson. Wilson, iECURE’s chief…
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Montgomery County’s Array of 2022 Holiday Displays will Dazzle and Delight
The holiday season in Montgomery County is an immersive experience, engaging the eyes, ears, and heart of residents and visitors. The following list of 2022 holiday displays will wrap attendees in a 360-degree blanket of Yuletide cheer. American Treasure Tour, Oaks This eclectic museum comprises pop-culture icons from the past in a collection so massive,…
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Ho-Ho-Holy Mackerel! Area’s 2022 Holiday Calendar Is a Stuffed Stocking of Seasonal Splendor
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around Montgomery County, with special events, displays, dining, and libation opportunities stretching from northeast Bryn Athyn to southwest Pottstown — and everywhere in between. The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board has made a festive list (a very extensive one), checked it twice, and compiled this guide…
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Underground Railroad Stop Abolition Hall in Montco is Officially Preserved
A stone barn on a Plymouth Meeting farm used to play an important role in history, serving as a stop on the underground railroad. After years of developers trying to get their hands on the property —the place formerly known as Abolition Hall has been officially preserved. The place was owned by George Corson…
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Inovio Pulls Development of Two Vaccines; Stock-Price Health Weakens in Response
Plymouth Meeting pharmaceutical company Inovio has discontinued development of two vaccines, based on evidence of their ineffectiveness. As a result, its stock prices showed a less-than-healthy response, as reported by John George in the Philadelphia Business Journal. The vaccines were being developed to address: Inovio’s leaders said they agreed with its development collaborator — the…
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Plymouth Meeting Candy Maker’s Holiday Gifts Will Stick in Recipients’ Memories: Gourmet Marshmallows
Dana Hermann, a Plymouth Meeting native, found some comfort from what was going on around her when the pandemic started in gourmet marshmallows, writes Mary English for The Pottstown Mercury. When the delicacies turned out to be a hit with her family, she realized she could make them herself for less money than she was…
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Couples: Don’t Let the 2022 Holiday Dazzle Wear You to a Frazzle; Schedule a Montco Date Night
The holiday onslaught is building; it’s almost palpable throughout Montgomery County. Calendar dates are filling; shopping lists are lengthening; the whole pace of daily life seems to be quickening. Which makes the Nov.–Dec. timeframe particularly suitable for couples to schedule a date night. Tung Chi, of COHAITUNGCHI.com, compiled a list of Montco-centric options for two…
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Wedding Industry: ‘Do You Take This New Business Model?’ David Bridal’s Response: ‘I Do’
David’s Bridal is embarking on a new business model that it is calling a “redesigned bridal experience.” The program will revise retail operations at the brand’s locations nationwide, including its high-profile Plymouth Meeting site. The impending change in methodology was rolled out during a soft launch across the nation, at David’s Bridal sites in Calif.,…
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Suburbs Now Have More Vacant CRE Space — Including a Harleysville Site — than the Comcast Tower × Two
The former headquarters of Nationwide Mutual Insurance in Harleysville has sold to a pair of real estate investors. The vacated site is one parcel in a glut of current suburban commercial real estate (CRE) inventory. Bob Fernandez did a walk-through of the transaction’s greater implications for the market in The Philadelphia Inquirer. Nationwide, which was…
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Plenty of Buzz Surrounds Phillies Fan/Barber in Plymouth Meeting
The Phillies have proven to be a team that’s a cut above others. And with any luck, it’s about to clip the Astro’s hopes of obtaining a set of 2022 World Series rings. Helping fans root for that outcome is Sal Giannone of Sal’s Barbershop in Plymouth Meeting. Beccah Hendrickson, 6abc, combed through the details…
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Plymouth Meeting Woman Featured in Powerful Portrait Series of Breast Cancer Survivors
A Plymouth Meeting resident was featured in a stunning portrait series of breast cancer survivors. New-York based jewelry designer Alexis Bittar told the women to dress up as if they were “going to an amazing party”, writes Pandora Amoratis for London’s The Daily Mail. Speech pathologist Abby Match was one of the survivors featured…
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Honeygrow Plans Expansion into Plymouth Meeting Mall, Accessing a Beehive of Activity in the Stir-Fry Market
Among recent leases signed by PREIT, owner of area malls that include Plymouth Meeting Mall’s, is one for Honeygrow, the brainchild brand of a Temple University MBA student. Kevin Tierney queued the announced expansion plans for readers of More than the Curve. The quick-serve, create-your-own salad and stir-fry service has, since it’s 2012 debut, leveraged…
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If Montgomery County Halloween Events Were Pieces of Candy, Area Trick-or-Treat Bags Would Overflow
Haunted by the thoughts of missing out on Montgomery County’s bumper crop of Halloween celebrations? Fear not. The Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board has assembled a Halloween event calendar with October events that are both monstrous and mild. Daily Fun Brick-or-Treat This Halloween, LEGO Monsters have taken over LEGOLAND Discovery Center Philadelphia and they’re…
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Plymouth Meeting Developer Part of Collaboration to Do More with Moorestown Mall in New Jersey
The revival project of N.J.’s Moorestown Mall has, among its development participants, Plymouth Meeting firm Bel Canto. Kevin Riordan constructed the story on its cross-river revitalization project in The Philadelphia Inquirer. Moorestown Mall is owned by the Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT), a familiar entity in Montgomery County for the local retail properties in…
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Greater Montco Chamber of Commerce Announces October Job Fair and Business Expo
The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Montgomery County is hosting a job fair and business expo on October 11 from 12–5 p.m. The event at Plymouth Meeting Mall has been arranged in partnership with MontcoWorks, an organization devoted to stimulating economic development by strengthening the workforce. MontcoWorks’ role in the job fair and business expo…
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Local Boys of Summer — Who Left Their Youth Years Ago — Continue to Take to the Baseball Diamond
Throughout summer 2022, four divisions of the Bux-Mont Senior Men’s Baseball League suited up, trotted to their positions, and battled it out. The season has ended, but many of these senior players (45+ years old), plan to be back next year. Paul Kurtz, KYW Newsradio, covered this story of baseball devotees in a league of…
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