Culture
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Bryn Mawr Veteran Retells His Experiences from Vietnam War in PBS Documentary Mini-Series
Bryn Mawr veteran, Bill Ehrhart, is at the center of a new documentary mini-series ‘The Vietnam War’ by PBS, writes Ellen Gray for Philly.com. The mini-series is a dense and often revelatory look back at the history, politics, and ugly realities of the conflict. Ehrhart, who grew up in Perkasie and now teaches English and…
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Princeton University Tour Pays Homage to Bala Cynwyd’s Hobey Baker
Princeton University’s tour across the nation that visits sites of famous alumni makes a stop in Bala Cynwyd to pay respect to Hobey Baker, the celebrated hockey player who studied there at the beginning of last century, writes Mark F. Bernstein for Princeton Alumni Weekly. Baker, who graduated from Princeton in 1914, is the only…
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Having the Last Name Penn Unlikely to Mean Relation to Pennsylvania’s Founding Father
Despite many people having the last name Penn, none are related to Pennsylvania’s founding father William Penn, writes Mark Dent for Billy Penn. Stories of Penn’s descendants have been passed down for generations, but unfortunately, none of them are true. Unlike the other founding fathers that have prominent direct descendants, William Penn did not have…
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Visionary Park Coming to King of Prussia Business Park
A new visionary park is coming to King of Prussia thanks to a partnership between King of Prussia District and Upper Merion Township, writes Eric Goldstein for Philadelphia Business Journal. KOP-BID and the township came together two years ago to begin work on a 2.6 mile linear park on First Avenue. The idea came after…
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Conshohocken Pair Impresses New York State Fair Visitors with Detailed Butter Sculpture
Jim Victor and Marie Pelton, a husband-and-wife team from Conshohocken, have created their fourteenth consecutive butter sculpture for the New York State Fair, according to a staff report from Daily Freeman. The Montgomery County team has carved every butter sculpture for the fair since 2003. Their latest sculpture was unveiled on Wednesday, when Governor Andrew…
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Valley Forge’s Washington Memorial Chapel Restores Historic Justice Bell
Let Justice ring! The Washington Memorial Chapel has announced that the Justice Bell, which serves as the symbol of the women’s suffrage movement and the successful effort to pass the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote, has just been restored. Prominently displayed in the atrium of the National Patriots Bell Tower of the…
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Lower Merion High School Graduate Brings Art Project to His Alma Mater
Over two decades after graduating Lower Merion High School, Peter Gard has returned to display his 700 pound sculpture The Lockersphere, writes Brendan Gee for NBC10. The sculpture, which was unveiled on Thursday outside of the Bryant Gymnasium, is made exclusively of locker doors that were salvaged during the school’s renovation seven years ago. When…
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Steve Sims Takes the Reins at Valley Forge National Historical Park
Valley Forge National Historical Park has found its new superintendent in Steve Sims, a former facility manager at Independence National Historic Park, writes Mark Abrams for CBS Philly. A California native, the 43-year-old graduated from West Point and spent six years serving in the Army before joining the park service. In his new position, Sims…
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Rydal Couple Add Outdoor Escape to Their Home
After their son Owen was accepted to the U.S. Naval Academy, Rydal residents Jen and Tripp Davis decided to add a 260-square-foot ‘outdoor’ living area to their home in Rydal, writes Diane M. Fiske for Philly.com. “I told Owen he’d better do well `because we are using your college money for another purpose,’ ” said…
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DVRPC Awards Funding to Four Montgomery County Trail Projects
Four trail projects in Montgomery County have received funding from the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission through its Regional Trails Program. The program provides funding and planning assistance to help complete ‘The Circuit’, a planned 750-mile network of multiuse trails throughout the Greater Philadelphia area. [uam_ad id=”51709″] . Out of the four projects, $100,000 was…
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Wyncote’s Janet Benton Receives Rave Reviews for Her Debut Novel
The debut novel by Wyncote’s Janet Benton “Lilli De Jong” is earning the writer rave reviews, writes Linda Finarelli for Times Chronicle. The historical fiction tells the story of a young Quaker woman in late nineteen century Philadelphia. Abandoned by her lover and forced to leave her home and job as a teacher, she gives…
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Book Notes: Getting Naked: A Business Fable About Shedding the Three Fears That Sabotage Client Loyalty
By Leslie Finkel What a great read! Funny and insightful, Getting Naked uses a “fable” to illustrate how best to market management consulting services – however, the model that the author, Paul Lencioni posits is applicable across any business that builds and manages client relationships. Lencioni owns a management consulting firm and is the New…
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Bryn Mawr College’s Thomas Great Hall Renovation Receives Prestigious Award
Bryn Mawr College has received the Grand Jury Award from the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia for its multi-year renovation of Thomas Great Hall, according to a staff report from Bryn Mawr College News. The Preservation Alliance praised the renovation as “not only a model of excellence in stewardship by an academic institution, but also…
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MONTCO Today is Taking a Vacation; We’ll Return on Monday, July 24
Every hard worker is entitled to a vacation, and that time has arrived for the handful of us here at MONTCO Today who work hard to keep you up to date on the positive, upbeat news and events in Montgomery County. The employees at MONTCO Today are taking a one-week hiatus from July 17-21 to…
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Valley Forge’s Washington Memorial Chapel Added to National Register of Historic Places
The Washington Memorial Chapel, located in Valley Forge, has been added to the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The chapel is listed as the Washington Memorial Chapel Historic District, a designation that includes the beautiful Chapel and Bell Tower, as well as its cemetery and ancillary buildings, among…
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Glenside Sculptor Creating Controversial Statue for Tennessee
Glenside sculptor Zenos Frudakis is creating a statue of famed civil liberties lawyer, Clarence Darrow, which will be placed at the site of the famous 1925 “Scopes Monkey Trial” in Tennessee, writes Jason Nark for Philly.com. During what many called a trial of the century, Darrow defended John T. Scopes who was being prosecuted by…
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Graterford Prison Welcomes First Formal Music Program for a Decade
The first formal music program in a decade has returned to Graterford Prison in Skippack Township, providing a long-awaited dose of humanity for its inmates, writes Samantha Melamed for Philly.com. Songs in the Key of Free was launched last October as a barely funded initiative mostly staffed by volunteers. However, the program has been hugely…
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Washington Memorial Chapel to Host Free Concert on Memorial Day
This holiday weekend, celebrate Memorial Day with the magnificent sounds of the Carillon during a special outdoor concert at the Washington Memorial Chapel in Valley Forge starting at 2 PM. The Chapel’s Carillon, which is an extraordinary instrument housed in a 112-foot-tall building that is dubbed the “National Patriots Tower,” comprises 58 bells, each tuned…
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