• Pottstown’s MVD Entertainment Finds Success in Fringe and Nostalgia Media

    Pottstown’s MVD Entertainment Finds Success in Fringe and Nostalgia Media

    MVD Entertainment Group in Pottstown is bucking the trend of moving away from selling ‘hard’ media after having its best year yet in the last three decades, writes Jonathan Takiff for Philly.com. The company sells music and video entertainment out of its 30,000-square-foot facility that is filled with over 40,000 titles and close to a…

  • Montgomery County Community College Appoints New VP Position

    Montgomery County Community College Appoints New VP Position

    In an effort to better serve the workforce needs of the region, Montgomery County Community College has appointed Dr. David DiMattio to the new position of Vice President of Workforce Development and Continuing Education. Also, the college’s Workforce Development department has moved to the West Campus in Pottstown. Since becoming president of Montgomery County Community…

  • Pottstown’s Distiller Works Opens Testing Room on Philadelphia’s East Passyunk Avenue

    Pottstown’s Distiller Works Opens Testing Room on Philadelphia’s East Passyunk Avenue

    Pottstown’s Manatawny Still Works is bringing its spirits directly to Philadelphia with a tasting room on East Passyunk Avenue, writes Kenneth Hilario for Philadelphia Business Journal. The company already has a distribution network that covers Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, and Delaware, but the distillery is nearly an hour’s drive from a key target market, Center…

  • Pottstown’s Diamond Credit Union Offers Video Conferencing as Alternative Communication Option for Members

    Pottstown’s Diamond Credit Union Offers Video Conferencing as Alternative Communication Option for Members

    Pottstown’s Diamond Credit Union is using Vidyo‘s video conferencing to provide a convenient, time saving face to face meeting option for its members. Vidyo’s real time video service allows Diamond Credit Union members in Montgomery, Chester and Berks counties to quickly and efficiently connect with experts throughout the Credit Union. The goal of the new…

  • Waste Hauling Services Contractor Donates $50K to YMCA’s of Pottstown and Audubon

    Waste Hauling Services Contractor Donates $50K to YMCA’s of Pottstown and Audubon

    Audobon’s J.P. Mascaro and Sons, Lower Pottsgrove’s waste hauling and recycling services contractor, has donated $50,000 to the YMCA’s of Pottstown and Audubon, writes Joe Zlomek for Sanatoga Post. However, Mascaro is not stopping there and is offering up to $50,000 in matching grants to other businesses in the area that make a donation. [uam_ad…

  • Grassroots-Led Pottstown GoFourth! Confirms Live Music Schedule for Festival

    Grassroots-Led Pottstown GoFourth! Confirms Live Music Schedule for Festival

    The music lineup of free entertainment has been finalized for the Pottstown GoFourth! Festival, a newly conceived community celebration featuring outstanding entertainment, arts and crafts, and wonderful food. The Pottstown GoFourth! Festival will be held in Pottstown’s Memorial Park on July 3 and 4 from approximately 11 AM to approximately 11 PM. Festival planners also…

  • Pottstown Welcomes World’s Largest Grass Doubles Volleyball Tournament

    Pottstown Welcomes World’s Largest Grass Doubles Volleyball Tournament

    The 26th annual edition of the Pottstown Rumble, the largest grass doubles volleyball tournament in the world, will take place this weekend, from June 24-25, at Memorial Park on West King Street in Pottstown. More than 3,500 men and women from across the United States and Canada will vie for nearly $20,000 in prize money.…

  • Reading Health System to Buy Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, Four Other Regional Hospitals

    Reading Health System to Buy Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, Four Other Regional Hospitals

    Pottstown Memorial Medical Center announced last week that they will soon become affiliated with Reading Health System through an acquisition agreement that includes the sale of the hospitals and their associated assets. A total of five hospitals are being sold as part of the agreement: Brandywine Hospital in Coatesville Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia Jennersville…

  • PECO Announces Major Grant for Outdoor Education Program in Pottstown

    PECO Announces Major Grant for Outdoor Education Program in Pottstown

    Representatives of Natural Lands Trust, the Pottstown School District, and NorthBay, a Maryland-based nature center, have announced a major grant from PECO and the Exelon Foundation in support of a new and innovative outdoor education program in the District. Launched last fall, the program – called Powered by Nature – emphasizes exploration in nature, authentic…