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PHestivaL of Trees in Oaks to Raise Funds for Local Animal Shelters and Rescues Nov. 12-14
The second annual PHestivaL of Trees event is back! Presented by ACME Markets and Marketing by TKE, PHestivaL of Trees is a pre-Thanksgiving weekend activity for adults and families to get the holiday season started, all while supporting local animal rescues and shelters. This exciting three-day “PHestivaL” held at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in…
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Tinseltown Holiday Spectacular, Presented by Dietz & Watson, Coming to Oaks, Montgomery County
A brand-new, dazzling outdoor holiday entertainment and shopping experience is coming to the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks, beginning November 26. “Tinseltown Holiday Spectacular presented by Dietz & Watson” will bring the magic of the holiday season to the area through an immersive, one-of-a-kind event. Guests can stroll through a winter wonderland of lights (1.2…
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Chestnut Hill College Celebrates 35 New Doctors in Clinical Psychology in Official Hooding Ceremony
On Sunday, October 3rd, Chestnut Hill College formally celebrated the hooding of 35 students who had received their Doctors in Clinical Psychology in the years 2020 and 2021, with half of them attending the in-person ceremony. Two of the graduates; Paula Cortes-Daryanani and Janeé Stevenson even traveled a long distance from Hawaii and Texas respectively…
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Conshohocken-based David’s Bridal Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Wedding Planning App
Conshohocken-based David’s Bridal has launched David’s Bridal Planning App, the first-ever comprehensive wedding planning mobile app. The new app adds to the company’s already impressive suite of wedding planning tools and resources. It is available in the App Store and Google Play store and allows users to create their own custom wedding website that is…
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Chestnut Hill College Celebrates Special Golden Griffins Ceremony
At Chestnut Hill College, their alumni are the heartbeat of our institution. Every year, it is the great pleasure of the College to celebrate and honor a very special group of alumni, their Golden Griffins. Golden Griffins are alumni who have graduated from the College 50 years ago or more, and each year, a new class is…
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Manor College Student Riley Baltimore Studying Pre-Nursing Remotely
Riley Baltimore admits that she prefers learning in person. There’s just a different element sitting in a classroom to write notes and learn from the professors, she says. But when the call came to serve her country during Summer 2020, virtual learning became necessary to complete her degree at Manor College. Baltimore deployed for the…
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IKEA Predicts at Least Another Year of Stock Shortages Due to Supply Chain Issues
IKEA, with U.S. headquarters in Conshohocken, is facing at least another year of stock shortages due to the ongoing supply chain bottleneck, according to a staff report from PYMNTS.com. “We actually foresee that the availability and raw materials challenge will continue for the better part, if not the whole, of [the financial year to the…
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Chestnut Hill College Receives PSMLA Award For Excellence in World Languages
In celebration of a fervent commitment to the study of world languages, Chestnut Hill Chestnut is proud to be the recipient of the 2021 Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association (PSMLA) Merit Award. Given annually, the PSMLA Merit Award recognizes the dedication of individuals and institutions who have provided exceptional service in promoting and supporting the…
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Halloween Comes Early: Monster-Mania Con at the Greater Philly Expo Center October 22-24
Monster-Mania Con is bringing the largest horror convention ever to the Greater Philly Expo in Oaks the weekend of October 22-24. Guests scheduled to appear include: Christina Ricci, star of live-action film The Addams Family Horror host Joe Bob Briggs Stars from the Halloween film franchise: Nick Castle who played Michael Myers in John Carpenter’s…
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Chestnut Hill College’s Harry Potter Academic Conference Celebrates 10 Years of Scholarship
Chestnut Hill College’s Annual Harry Potter Academic Conference will mark its tenth anniversary this year, taking place October 15-16. The festival will feature a series of live discussions (attendees and presenters are asked to wear masks) with academic scholars on the topic of Harry Potter and the Wizarding World. The content will be streamed on…
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Jenkintown’s Manor College to Host Next Installment of Ukraine Dialogue Series
Manor College is pleased to host the next Ukraine Dialogue series, 30 Years of Ukrainian Independence – Linguistic, Financial, and Religious Implications. The panel for the event includes Ambassador Oksana Marakova, Minister Natalie Jaresko, and U.S. Congressman Joe Hoeffel. Maragova started as the First Deputy Minister of Finance of Ukraine and became the government’s entitled…
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Chestnut Hill College Kicks Off Humanities & Wellness Week with Series of Seminars
The faculty in the Center for Integrated Humanities at Chestnut Hill College believe any true discussion of holistic wellness originates in an understanding of our humanity and humanistic tradition. “Wellness week was originally designed to highlight our new Health Humanities minor, which is a course of study where students learn how humanities-based skills such as…
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75th Philly Non-Sports Card Show Returns to Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks This Weekend
After 14 years in Allentown, The Philly Non-Sports Card Show returns to the Philadelphia area for its 75th show, to be held Oct 16 and 17 at The Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA (100 Station Ave.). The show is the premier event for non-sport and entertainment trading card collectors, continuously running since the…
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Hatfield’s Clemens Food Group Welcomes Gov. Wolf for Tour of Its New Facility
Governor Tom Wolf visited Hatfield-based Clemens Food Group to tour the construction of the company’s new facility, according to an item on the Pennsylvania Governorship website. The project that will expand its business operations and create new jobs in the region received support from the Wolf Administration. “The construction of this new facility will help…
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Despite No Formal Announcement (Yet), Abington’s Josh Shapiro Is Presumptive Democratic Nomination for Governor
Abington’s Josh Shapiro has managed to achieve something that is virtually unprecedented in modern Pennsylvania Democratic politics, writes Andrew Seidman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. He has practically secured the Democratic nomination for governor without a serious challenge — despite yet having announced his run. Despite the uniqueness of the situation, however, his clinching of the…









































