• Local Actress and Former MCCC Acting Teacher Staring in ‘A Woman of No Importance’ at Walnut Street Theatre

    Local Actress and Former MCCC Acting Teacher Staring in ‘A Woman of No Importance’ at Walnut Street Theatre

    Jessica Bedford, a Philadelphia-based actress and former acting teacher at Montgomery County Community College, is currently starring in Oscar Wilde’s classic satire ‘A Woman of No Importance’ at Walnut Street Theatre, according to a staff report from the Chestnut Hill Local. The play directed by Walnut Producing Artistic Director Bernard Havard will finish its long…

  • Jenkintown Girls Basketball Team Continues Amazing Winning Streak

    Jenkintown Girls Basketball Team Continues Amazing Winning Streak

    The Jenkintown girls’ basketball team is looking to crown amazing three seasons with another district title when they face Chester Charter in the Class A final on Feb. 27, writes Kevin Cooney for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Over the last three years, the team has managed to win 86 of its last 89 games, two District…

  • Bryn Athyn Historic District Showcases Its Founders’ Love For Medieval Masterpieces

    Bryn Athyn Historic District Showcases Its Founders’ Love For Medieval Masterpieces

    The Bryn Athyn Historic District showcases the love and admiration its founders had for the religious structures of the Middle Ages, writes Samuel Newhouse for the Hidden City. “Of all the works of art created by the hands of men, there are none that seem to live, through the human spirit that breathes within their…

  • Auction House Puts Kobe Bryant Signed and Inscribed Bala Cynwyd Middle School Yearbook That Features Lakers Reference Up For Bids

    Auction House Puts Kobe Bryant Signed and Inscribed Bala Cynwyd Middle School Yearbook That Features Lakers Reference Up For Bids

    Iconic Auctions in Scottsdale, Arizona has put a Kobe Bryant signed and inscribed Bala Cynwyd Middle School yearbook with an L.A. Lakers reference up for bids. The 1992 yearbook is from the NBA legend’s eighth-grade year at the Montgomery County school. It is inscribed in blue ballpoint pen on the second-to-last left page. The inscription…

  • MONTCO Careers – Aetna

    MONTCO Careers – Aetna

    With a location in Blue Bell, The Aetna Life Insurance Company sells traditional and consumer-directed health care insurance plans and related services, such as medical, pharmaceutical, dental, behavioral health, long-term care, and disability plans. Digital Solution Architect This position designs, supports, and deploys mechanisms to enhance, refine, and deliver the architecture vision; provides leadership and direction…

  • Philadelphia Flower Show To Feature Award-Winning Exhibits From Montco Landscapers

    Philadelphia Flower Show To Feature Award-Winning Exhibits From Montco Landscapers

    The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Philadelphia Flower Show, which this year is inspired by exotic Mediterranean gardens, will feature several exhibits from Montgomery County landscapers, writes Samantha Cummons for The Montco Explorer. Focused around the Riviera Holiday theme, the 2020 Flower Show will offer dazzling displays by premier floral and landscape designers from around the world…

  • Montgomery County Community College Recognized As 2019 Leader College of Distinction for Achieving the Dream Nonprofit

    Montgomery County Community College Recognized As 2019 Leader College of Distinction for Achieving the Dream Nonprofit

    Montgomery County Community College has been named a 2019 Leader College of Distinction by Achieving the Dream, the nonprofit leader in championing evidence-based institutional improvement, becoming one of only 11 colleges in the country to receive this prestigious designation. MCCC has been recognized for its work in achieving higher student outcomes and narrowing equity gaps.…

  • Local Artist Creating Dog-Themed Coloring Book To Benefit Bala Cynwyd-Based Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation

    Local Artist Creating Dog-Themed Coloring Book To Benefit Bala Cynwyd-Based Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation

    Renowned pet artist from Philadelphia, Jay McClellan, is creating a special coloring book to benefit Bala Cynwyd-based Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. McClellan’s famous commissioned dog artwork is sold at Anthropologie and is also featured at White Dog Café restaurants across the region. His latest project will feature sketches of dogs that belong to ALSF supporters.…

  • Toll Brothers Continues Southeast Expansion With Acquisition of Atlanta-Based Thrive Residential

    Toll Brothers Continues Southeast Expansion With Acquisition of Atlanta-Based Thrive Residential

    Horsham-based Toll Brothers is continuing ts Southeast expansion by acquiring Atlanta-based urban developer, Thrive Residential, writes Sam Wood for The Philadelphia Inquirer. This is the second Atlanta acquisition for Toll in the last 12 months. In May, the company paid $93 million for high-end communities’ developer Sharp Residential. The terms of the latest deal have…

  • New Jersey School Partners With Hatboro Manufacturer To Implement Novel P-TECH Concept

    New Jersey School Partners With Hatboro Manufacturer To Implement Novel P-TECH Concept

    Trenton Central High School has partnered with Hatboro manufacturer M&S Centerless Grinding and Mercer County Community College to implement the Pathways in Technology Early College High School concept, writes Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman for The Trentonian. P-TECH is a growing trend in which learning centers provide teenagers with higher education in science, technology, engineering, and math –…

  • MONTCO Careers – Saint Joseph’s University

    MONTCO Careers – Saint Joseph’s University

    Founded in 1851, Saint Joseph’s University, the seventh oldest Jesuit university in the United States, and a university focused on supporting and challenging all aspects of its over 9,200 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students and helping them to grow mentally, spiritually, personally, and creatively. Marketing Coordinator This position assists in the implementation of marketing activities…

  • King of Prussia Mall Owner Adds One More Mall Chain To Its Portfolio

    King of Prussia Mall Owner Adds One More Mall Chain To Its Portfolio

    Simon Property Group, the owner of King of Prussia Mall, is adding Taubman Centers, another major mall chain, to its portfolio, writes Rebecca Cooper for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The closest Taubman property to one of the largest mall’s in the country is The Mall at Short Hills in New Jersey. The nation’s biggest mall…

  • 23+ Lovely Things to Do This Weekend in Montco

    23+ Lovely Things to Do This Weekend in Montco

    Happy Valentines Day weekend! For those in a loving mood, Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board has some twenty three lovely things to do this weekend across Montgomery County and beyond: SPECIAL EVENTS Romance on the River – Friday, February 14 Hearts & Hops – Saturday, February 15 Bouche Bridal Show – Sunday, February 16…

  • Lansdale’s Backyard Beans receives Prestigious ‘Good Food Award’ For Its Ethiopian Coffee

    Lansdale’s Backyard Beans receives Prestigious ‘Good Food Award’ For Its Ethiopian Coffee

    Backyard Beans in Lansdale has won a prestigious Good Food Award for its Ethiopian coffee Basa, writes Craig LaBan for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Good Food Award is a national competition for small producers that recognizes the best products that are also socially and environmentally sustainable. Only 27 coffees nationwide were honored with this year’s award.…

  • Student from Bryn Mawr Wins Prudential Spirit of Community Award

    Student from Bryn Mawr Wins Prudential Spirit of Community Award

    The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards named Brendan Hung of Bryn Mawr and Savannah Zeaman of Warminster the state’s top youth volunteers of 2020. The nationwide program honors young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism. Hung and Zeaman will receive $1,000 each, an engraved silver medallion, and a trip to the national event in Washington…

  • Lower Merion Singer to Be Featured in This Season’s Premiere of ‘American Idol’

    Lower Merion Singer to Be Featured in This Season’s Premiere of ‘American Idol’

    Louis Knight, a singer from Lower Merion, will be featured in the premiere episode of the new season of the ABC hit show “American Idol,” writes Julia Hatmaker for the Penn Live Patriot-News. Knight will audition in front of the celebrity judging panel. This year it features singers Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, and Luke Bryan.…

  • Jenkintown Holocaust Survivor Travels With Family To Auschwitz 75 Years After Its Liberation

    Jenkintown Holocaust Survivor Travels With Family To Auschwitz 75 Years After Its Liberation

    Anneliese Nossbaum, a Holocaust survivor who lives in Jenkintown, traveled with her family to Auschwitz 75 years after it was liberated by Soviet forces for one last ritual, writes Jason Nark for The Philadelphia Inquirer. In October 1944, 15-year-old Nossbaum was brought to Auschwitz with her mother Irmgard Winterberg and aunt Anita Lewinski. Right before…

  • After Both Daughters Moved Out, 47-Year-Old Woman Got Spin Instructor Job at Plymouth Meeting’s CycleBar

    After Both Daughters Moved Out, 47-Year-Old Woman Got Spin Instructor Job at Plymouth Meeting’s CycleBar

    After both of her daughters moved out, then 47-year-old Jamie Greenbaum auditioned for – and got – a job as a spin instructor at Plymouth Meeting’s CycleBar, writes Laura Brzyski for Philadelphia Magazine. When she joined the “empty nesters” club, the stay-at-home mom decided it was a time to reconnect with and reinvest in herself.…