• MCCC Offering Free Estate Planning Seminar During National Estate Planning Awareness Week

    MCCC Offering Free Estate Planning Seminar During National Estate Planning Awareness Week

    A free seminar on estate planning is being offered by the Montgomery County Community College Foundation’s Planned Giving Advisory Council in conjunction with National Estate Planning Awareness Week. “Estate Planning: 10 Stories from the Front Line” will take place on Monday, Oct. 21, from 8:00 to 10:00 AM at College Hall on Central Campus in…

  • MCCC to host Goebel Collection of Eastern University Through January

    MCCC to host Goebel Collection of Eastern University Through January

    Montgomery County Community College will host Inside/Outside: Views from the Goebel Collection of Eastern University from October 16, 2019 to January 10, 2020 at the Fine Arts Center Gallery, Central Campus, 340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell. The exhibition will feature prints from the late Renaissance through mid-1900s focusing on shifting perspectives of inside and outside…

  • Warner Bros. Says No To Local Harry Potter Fan Festival

    Warner Bros. Says No To Local Harry Potter Fan Festival

    Local Harry Potter fans were not happy to find out that the Harry Potter Festival in Chestnut Hill has fallen victim to Warner Bros. crackdown on similar gatherings in an attempt to halt the unauthorized commercial activity, writes Kristen De Groot for the NBC Bay Area. “It’s almost as if Warner Bros. has been taken…

  • Want To Learn How To Not Cook? Ambler Author Has You Covered

    Want To Learn How To Not Cook? Ambler Author Has You Covered

    In a throng of new cookbooks being published every week, Ambler author Maureen Ann Clarke has hit back with a humorous book for those who hate to cook called The Anti-Cooking Bible: 50 Ways To Get Out Of Cooking. “We spend too much of our lives trying to decide what we will have for dinner,”…

  • MONTCO Careers – Henkels & McCoy

    MONTCO Careers – Henkels & McCoy

    Headquartered in Blue Bell, Henkels & McCoy, Inc. is a leading utility construction firm providing critical infrastructure for the Power, Communications, Oil & Gas Pipeline, and Gas Distribution markets throughout North America. Estimating Process Manager This position collaborates on continuous improvement of enterprise estimating tools, process, and procedures; collaborates with functional departments on process and system alignment;…

  • Master Plumber to Teach Plumbing Basics at North Montco Technical Career Center

    Master Plumber to Teach Plumbing Basics at North Montco Technical Career Center

    The new Plumbing Basics class at North Montco Technical Career Center will provide aspiring plumbers with an opportunity to learn the tools of the trade from master plumber Andrew Cappello. The course is ideal for anyone interested in an entry-level position in the plumbing industry. Salaries start around $40,000 and can easily go over $60,000…

  • Philly-Area Magician Takes National Tannen’s Magic Competition in Bryn Mawr

    Philly-Area Magician Takes National Tannen’s Magic Competition in Bryn Mawr

    Warwick native Eaden Marti used a blend of mentalism, magic, and years of performing experience to wow audiences and judges and win the national Tannen’s Magic Competition in Bryn Mawr, writes Zack DeLuca for the Greenfield Reporter. The 19-year-old local mentalist and magician has been attending Tannen’s Magic Camp since he was 14. He spent…

  • CEO of King of Prussia’s Morgan Properties Started in His Father’s Shoe Store

    CEO of King of Prussia’s Morgan Properties Started in His Father’s Shoe Store

    Mitchell Morgan, founder and CEO of King of Prussia’s Morgan Properties, one of the nation’s largest apartment companies, began his career working full time at his father’s shoe shop to pay his way through business school at Temple University, writes Morgan Zalot for the Temple Now. Morgan decided to pursue a degree in accounting after…

  • Celebrate Fall Harvest Fest This Weekend at Plymouth Meeting Mall

    Celebrate Fall Harvest Fest This Weekend at Plymouth Meeting Mall

    Plymouth Meeting Mall welcomes the fall season with new tenants and a family-friendly weekend. Stop by for a Fall Harvest Fest to celebrate the Mall’s newest tenant additions and the fall season. The Festival runs Friday, Oct. 11, 5 to 7 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 12, 1 to 3 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 13, 1 to…

  • Norristown woman named Executive Director of the Year for Malvern School

    Norristown woman named Executive Director of the Year for Malvern School

    Angela Ludwig from The Malvern School of Blue Bell was named Executive Director of the Year for the second time in her career. There are 10 Malvern Schools in Montco alone, and more than two dozen throughout the region. Ludwig, of Norristown, was also given this honor in 2015 when she was working in the…

  • Victim Services Center presents: From Trauma to Healing

    Victim Services Center presents: From Trauma to Healing

    While some instances of abuse might be quite obvious, there are subtle signs that should also be considered warning signs of something less apparent. Victim Services Center of Montgomery County invites you to attend the training and discussion on child abuse, child sexual violence prevention, risk reduction and healing session featuring Jody Plauche, a former…

  • Woman sees beauty in dead spotted lanternflies, turns their remains into jewelry

    Woman sees beauty in dead spotted lanternflies, turns their remains into jewelry

    As dead spotted lanternflies keep piling up, one Philadelphia woman has found a way to make use of their remains by turning them into jewelry, writes Victor Fiorillo for Philadelphia magazine. Candice Jeffries, a visual anthropology graduate of Temple University, knew she wanted to make spotted lanternfly jewelry from the moment she first saw the…

  • Abington named to ‘Money’s’ 2019 Best Places to Live

    Abington named to ‘Money’s’ 2019 Best Places to Live

    “From cities to towns to neighborhoods, here’s where you should — and can afford to — settle down,” writes Shaina Mishkin, Prachi Bhardwaj, Olivia Raimonde, and Chloe Wilt for Money’s Best Places to Live 2019. Abington, Pennsylvania ranked a respectable 74th on Money’s “The Best Places to Live in America,” a list of the top…

  • Montgomery County Coaches Hall of Fame adds four to Honor Roll

    Montgomery County Coaches Hall of Fame adds four to Honor Roll

    With an eye toward those who serve the community – through long hours and for no pay – the Montgomery County Coaches Hall of Fame once again announces its Community Coaches Honor Roll. Four honorees, from different regions of Montgomery County, will be in the spotlight at the 18th annual induction banquet on Tuesday, November…

  • Theatre Horizon celebrates 15th year in Norristown

    Theatre Horizon celebrates 15th year in Norristown

    By Rachel Riley For the last 15 years, the artists behind Theatre Horizon in Norristown have continuously looked beyond the stories on the stage to connect to the tales the audience and the community’s history are telling. That’s partly why the professional theater has attracted the finest performers from Philadelphia and New York to put on…

  • Norristown fire, Lower Merion police departments recognized by National Liberty Museum with valor award

    Norristown fire, Lower Merion police departments recognized by National Liberty Museum with valor award

    The National Liberty Museum presented 15 Awards of Valor to police officers and firefighters in the Greater Philadelphia area  in the Museum’s Liberty Hall.  Now in its 14th season, the Awards of Valor sponsored by your local Chevrolet Dealers, honors extraordinary police officers and firefighters for their remarkable acts of heroism and for being role models…

  • NAMI hosts annual Benefit for the Brain

    NAMI hosts annual Benefit for the Brain

    It’s time once again to recognize those in our community who go above and beyond to help those with mental illness. Join us for the 8th Annual Benefit for the Brain on Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 at The Highlands in Fort Washington, PA from 5pm-7pm. This event highlights the need for both medical and non-medical research…

  • Bala Consulting Engineers Inc. of King of Prussia expands to D.C.

    Bala Consulting Engineers Inc. of King of Prussia expands to D.C.

    With its latest acquisition of Meta Engineers, a Northern Virginia firm, Bala Consulting Engineers has landed footprints in the Washington D.C. market. The deal with Meta, which was established in 1979 has has 17 employees, is the fifth of the decade for Bala and brings the totals of employees for Bala to 200. The first…