• Aqua Pennsylvania Montgomery County employees win Hydrant Hysteria Competition

    Aqua Pennsylvania Montgomery County employees win Hydrant Hysteria Competition

    Aqua Pennsylvania employees Eastern Operations Leader Joe Sciallis of Willow Grove and Foreman Ken Pollarine of Audubon won the opportunity to represent Aqua in the Pennsylvania Section of American Water Works Association’s Hydrant Hysteria state finals in Hersey, Pennsylvania. The pair beat out three competing two-man teams, also from Aqua’s Eastern Maintenance Operation, to represent…

  • Perkiomen Valley Art Center announces award winners

    Perkiomen Valley Art Center announces award winners

    The Perkiomen Valley Art Center is pleased to announce the award winning artists of the 57th Annual Membership Exhibition currently at Mennonite Heritage Center,  565 Yoder Road, Harleysville.  The art show is free and open to the public  until April 26.  Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 4pm. PVAC appreciates the effort and expertise…

  • MCCC Culinary Arts Institute’s chef named 2019 Educator of the Year

    MCCC Culinary Arts Institute’s chef named 2019 Educator of the Year

    The American Culinary Federation Philadelphia Delaware Valley Chefs Association recently named Chef Benjamin Vozzo, instructor and culinary resource manager for The Culinary Arts Institute of Montgomery County Community College, as the 2019 Educator of the Year. The Educator of the Year award recognizes a culinary educator whose knowledge, skills and expertise have enhanced the image…

  • Time to ‘Reach’ (Climbing and Fitness) for the stars!

    Time to ‘Reach’ (Climbing and Fitness) for the stars!

    How high can you climb? There are a million metaphors for how far we can push ourselves and how high we want to go in life, but now you can get past the hyperbole and literally see how high you can climb at the new Reach Climbing and Fitness Center sitting on the edge of…

  • VFTCB honored with Manor College Award

    VFTCB honored with Manor College Award

    by Rachel Riley The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board (VFTCB) was recognized with Manor College’s Community Leadership Service Award during Thursday night’s “Evening with Manor” gala. “This is such an honor,” said Mike Bowman, president & CEO of the VFTCB. “We are so humbled to receive this award for our impact on the Montgomery…

  • House of the Week: 1040 Stony Lane, Gladwyne

    House of the Week: 1040 Stony Lane, Gladwyne

    Stunning 8200 square foot custom Mediterranean contemporary home positioned on 2 + private acres across from the 8th Hole of Philadelphia Country Club offers unparalled living with 5 bedrooms and 6 full baths in the main house and 1 bedroom with full bath in the adjacent cottage.Enter the grand Foyer highlighted by inset granite floors,…

  • You know you grew up in Montgomery County when…

    You know you grew up in Montgomery County when…

    Philadelphia is well known for its die-hard sports fans, world class cheese steaks, and of course, for “Being the birthplace of freedom and Democracy.” For those of us who were raised just outside of the city, we know that everything Philly gets credit for is reflected in the suburbs. “I’m talking about the Philadelphia suburbs known…

  • Manor College to honor Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board at annual gala

    Manor College to honor Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board at annual gala

    Manor College is excited to announce that it will honor the Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board at this year’s “Evening with Manor” gala on Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 6 pm. Evening with Manor, the college’s largest fundraiser, has been celebrated for nearly three decades. “Our Evening with Manor is our premiere event of…

  • Schwenksville dedicates Main Street Plaza funded by 2017 Montco 2040 grant

    Schwenksville dedicates Main Street Plaza funded by 2017 Montco 2040 grant

    Schwenksville Borough has completed the first phase of improvements for the Main Street Plaza, which was funded by a 2017 Montco 2040 Implementation Grant. The $200,000 grant, aimed at implementing the county comprehensive plan, Montco 2040: A Shared Vision, is one of thirteen recently awarded by the Montgomery County Commissioners. These 2017 grant awards accounted…

  • Washington Memorial Chapel appoints Reverend Mark Nestlehutt as Rector

    Washington Memorial Chapel appoints Reverend Mark Nestlehutt as Rector

    The Washington Memorial Chapel has announced the appointment of Reverend Mark Nestlehutt as its sixth Rector in its 116 year-history. In this position, he will serve as the community’s main preacher and teacher and will be responsible for helping the parish to articulate its vision and carry out its mission as a community seeking to follow Christ.…

  • Montco’s Best Pizza Tournament down to final two!

    Montco’s Best Pizza Tournament down to final two!

    Montco’s Best Pizza Tournament has its Final Two: Via Veneto in Norristown, and Palermo’s Pizza, both in Blue Bell. Final round voting will continue until Wednesday, April 10. The winner will be announced April 12. [uam_ad id=”54865″] For the fourth year in a row, the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board is pitting pie against…

  • Qlik helps companies transform data into key insights

    Just as we’ll soon find out who will be cutting down the nets tonight as this year’s national champion in college basketball, we’ll also soon discover who is going to be $100,000 richer as the winner of Qlik’s free Bracket Challenge. The software company based in King of Prussia tipped off its annual Bracket Challenge…

  • The Malvern School of Horsham earns top recognition among early childhood education programs

    The Malvern School of Horsham earns top recognition among early childhood education programs

     The Malvern School of Horsham recently earned top recognition among all early childhood education programs in the U.S., receiving accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The nation’s largest early childhood accrediting organization recognizes less than 10 percent of all child care centers, preschools, and kindergartens in the country. Achieving this recognition…

  • Associated Builders and Contractors Easter Division based in East Norriton announce awards

    Associated Builders and Contractors Easter Division based in East Norriton announce awards

     Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter, a merit construction industry trade association located in East Norriton, announced that several of its members were recipients of awards at the ABC National Convention in Long Beach, Calif. last week. “What an amazing convention! We are very proud of our member’s accomplishments of at this year’s…

  • King of Prussia chef wins regional cooking competition

    King of Prussia chef wins regional cooking competition

    The Bahama Breeze in King of Prussia hosted their fourth annual regional cooking competition on Tuesday night. Nine culinary professionals from nine Bahama Breeze restaurant locations in the northeast battled it out for the coveted title of Bahama Breeze’s “Top Chef.” During the event, more than 100 guests sampled the Caribbean-inspired original dishes created by…

  • Philadelphia Eagles’ Malcolm Jenkins to headline Habitat celebration

    Philadelphia Eagles’ Malcolm Jenkins to headline Habitat celebration

    A dynamic play-maker from the safety position and a tireless philanthropist in the community, Malcolm Jenkins is a pillar in the Philadelphia Eagles locker room and in the communities in which he has lived, worked and played. Jenkins is the special guest at Habitat MontDelco’s 30th anniversary celebration, where attendees will enjoy a question and…

  • Make your LinkedIn profile ‘skimmable’ and ‘scannable’

    Make your LinkedIn profile ‘skimmable’ and ‘scannable’

    Do you read the paragraphs on people’s LinkedIn profiles? If the answer is no, then others are not reading your paragraphs either. We are all inundated with so much content daily that we have had to change the way we read. Not only are we doing nonlinear reading, but we are skimming and scanning to…

  • VFTCB unveils 1st ADA compliant website in region

    VFTCB unveils 1st ADA compliant website in region

    The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board (VFTCB) is working on major technological enhancements to its website, and one of those updates will make valleyforge.org one of the first ADA compliant sites in the region. The VFTCB is partnering with AudioEye, a web personalization tool that allows organizations to provide website visitors with a fully…