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Act II Playhouse Opens With Holiday Comedy “Really Good Tidings” Nov 30. Through Dec. 30
Act II Playhouse in Ambler announces its return to a Mainstage Season with Really Good Tidings, a hilarious, holiday-inspired new variety show. “We are thrilled to be back in front of live audiences with a new show,” said Tony Braithwaite, Artistic Director. “We opened to smaller houses earlier this fall with very successful evenings of…
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Retired Ardmore Judge Recalls Toughest Cases in New Memoir, ‘Her Honor’
Ardmore native LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, a retired Santa Clara County Superior Court judge, recalls some of her toughest cases in her recently released memoir, Her Honor, writes Jessica Zack for the San Francisco Chronicle. During her time on the bench, Cordell, who became the first African American female jurist in Northern California when she was…
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Legal Matters: What You Need to Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine, Your Kids, and Legal Custody
by Elizabeth Billies While vaccinating children for COVID-19 is already a hot-button topic, it can be an especially thorny issue for divorced parents. Are you and your co-parent on the same page with regards to the vaccine? If the answer is no, read on for what you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccine, your…
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Montgomery Mall Sells for $55 Million to a New York Firm in Foreclosure Sale
Kohan Retail Investment Group, a New York-based shopping mall investment company, has bought Montgomery Mall in a foreclosure sale for $55 million, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The sale price represents 95 percent of the mall’s appraised $57.5 million value as of August. Seven years ago, the property was appraised at $195…
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Pennsylvania’s Favorite Thanksgiving Side Dish Isn’t Mashed Potatoes or Green Bean Casserole
Pennsylvania’s favorite Thanksgiving side dish isn’t baked potatoes. Nor is it green bean casserole. And it’s not that gooey ambrosia that Aunt Nancy brings every year. Deb Kiner for Penn Live Patriot-News sifted through the state-by-state list of preferences to find out what dish will accompany most turkeys on Pennsylvania tables this upcoming week. The…
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Conshohocken-based IKEA to Bump Up Starting Wage, Boost Its Benefits Package
IKEA, with U.S. headquarters in Conshohocken, is planning to begin the coming year with a wage increase and enhanced benefits for its co-workers. Effective January 1, 2022, the Swedish furnishings giant is increasing its starting wage in the U.S. to $16 per hour, with some hourly wages starting higher, at $17 or $18, depending on…
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Sandwich Shop with Its Award-Winning Zeps Has Been a Norristown Institution for Decades
In addition to always offering high-quality meals that are guaranteed to satiate everybody’s hunger, the eatery also offers a trip back in time as it has changed very little from when it was started in 1941 by Lou Bondi. Lou’s Sandwich Shop has been serving the same, award-winning Zeps and cheesesteaks to eager Norristown customers…
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Wynnewood Native Researching Magic Mushrooms for Psychotherapy
Brett Waters, a Wynnewood native and New York lawyer who founded Reason for Hope, a nonprofit that advocates for psychedelics-assisted psychotherapy, has high hopes for the newly proposed magic mushrooms bill in Pennsylvania, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Keystone State could become a national leader in studying magic mushrooms as a treatment…
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Qlik Partners with Montgomery County Intermediate Unit to Educate Students on STEM Leadership and Careers
The PA SEED Ecosystem is continuing the Chief Science Officers (CSO) Program for the 2021 – 2022 school year. The CSO Program is for students in 6th – 12th grade who demonstrate an interest in science, technology and/ or innovation and have a desire to impact their community. The overall Program Goals are to: create…
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Perkiomen School’s Institutes Hone Students’ Passions Through Real-World Skills and Experiences
At Perkiomen School, education gets personal. Faculty members help uncover the passion inside each student and aim to focus that passion by participating in project-based activities and applying hard and soft skills, preparing them for the world outside of school, into college, and beyond. Shaun T. Yorgey, Perkiomen’s Director of Strategic Innovation, has a goal…
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Jenkintown’s Manor College and The Swarthmore Group Partner to Create Student Internship Program
Manor College and The Swarthmore Group, the oldest active, minority-owned Registered Investment Advisor headquartered in Pennsylvania, are teaming up on an initiative to increase careers in asset management for minority and first-generation college students. Beginning in January 2022, The Swarthmore Group will provide paid internships to expose Manor College students to the four key functional…
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Johnson & Johnson to Separate Into Two Businesses
Johnson & Johnson will separate into two public companies, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. One company will focus on consumer health products, while the other concentrates on pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Johnson & Johnson is based in New Brunswick, NJ. Its local sites include a manufacturing plant in Fort Washington (where Tylenol,…
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Skippack Pharmacy Owner Dons Superman Costume Once Again for Youngest COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients
Mayank Amin, who owns the Skippack Pharmacy, donned his Superman costume once again to help keep the youngest yet COVID-19 vaccine recipients feel safe and relaxed, writes Erin McCarthy for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Amin has just started what he believes will be a marathon to get the region’s children vaccinated. Among the initial walk-ins was…
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Students Who Serve Their Country Thrive Under DeSales University Veterans Support
At DeSales University, students who are Veterans and served their country are in good hands with Joann Haws, Director, Veterans and Military Services. “I’ve been at DeSales for 30 years, assisting students and veterans after working my way up through the ranks here,” Joann shares. Joann’s very first advisee was a Veteran, one who was…
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Join The Art Trust for a Friday Night Artists’ Reception and Thoughtfully Give This Holiday Season
The Art Trust was founded in June of 2006 and is a volunteer-based organization that supports and cultivates the exploration of a contemporary aesthetic for the benefit of artists and the community. They hold several events a year, thanks to the support and generosity of their corporate sponsor, Meridian Bank. In 2020 through proceeds of…
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Chestnut Hill College Students Gain Business Expertise From Vanguard’s Former CEO
Chestnut Hill College offers for its Business Students, both traditional (SUS) and nontraditional (Accelerated Adult Degree Program), the ability to participate in its Business Lecture Series. Recently, Bill McNabb, former CEO, Vanguard, spoke to a packed room of business students and discussed financial literacy and the ABCs of investing. “He discussed leadership skills and the…
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DJ Pierre Robert Entertains Philadelphia Region at Bala Cynwyd-based WMMR for Decades
Greetings, good citizens! If you know WMMR, you know Pierre’s catchphrase, if you will. Now a Gladwyne resident, Pierre Robert arrived in Philadelphia and started working at rock-and-roll station WMMR in Bala Cynwyd in 1981, writes Victor Fiorillo for the Philadelphia Magazine. Four decades on, he is the most recognizable DJ in Philadelphia. He moved…
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Join Jenkintown’s Manor College Virtual Gala Honoring Leslie Turner, Esq.
Join Jenkintown’s Manor College for an Evening with Manor, Virtual Gala as they honor Leslie Turner, Esq. You won’t want to miss this exciting virtual event that includes fabulous entertainment; a cocktail-making demonstration; a chance to win fabulous raffle baskets, and more! Follow the live-streaming event here. Leslie Turner, Esq., is the honoree, as she is a…
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