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Bucks County Video Gamer Connects the Dots to Achieve Goal of Worldwide Pac-Man Crown
Bucks County’s Jake Goldberg has retained his love of arcade play well into adulthood. He recently focused his devotion to retro fun on the original Pac-Man. ABC7 New York reported where that hobby led him. Goldberg set out to survive the entirety of electronic encounters with the Pac-Man crew: Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde. His…
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Rising Rent Rates Are Closing Doors to Low-Income Bucks County Renters
Like most of the country, Bucks County is seeing record increases in rent rates that are making housing costlier than ever for many residents. Abha Bhattarai, Chris Alcantara, and Andrew Van Dam reported the trend in The Washington Post. Nationally, rent prices went up by a record 11.3 percent last year. This fast pace of…
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In the Local Competitive Supermarket Market, A Tried-and-True Brand Stays Relevant
Phila. area grocery shoppers have a multitude of choices for amassing food and other goods. And several of the current competitors — Wegman’s, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, even Hello Fresh — are decidedly high-end. But a legacy brand has shouldered on, becoming the region’s top grocery store chain for 2021, according to statistics from a…
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As Netflix Loses Subscribers, Vanguard Funds Lose Billions of Dollars
With Netflix losing about 200,000 subscribers between January and March, Vanguard funds that hold shares of the streaming service have lost more than $12.9 billion, writes Ryan Sharrow for the Philadelphia Business Journal. As of April 4, Vanguard owns a combined 33.56 million shares of Netflix, or about 7.55 percent. This makes Vanguard the largest…
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Doylestown Tailor Stitches Together a Career of 40-Plus Years in an Industry That Suits Him
The 40-plus years of Frank Ventresca’s career isn’t best measured in legacy accounting records or discarded business calendars but in inches. Despite the general decline of bespoke men’s suits (Brooks Brothers of New York abandoned the service in 1976), his custom craftsmanship continues at his namesake Doylestown clothing shop, Ventresca Ltd. Ventresca, a Central Bucks…
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New Book by Swarthmore Author Tackles the Humorous Side of Real Estate
After 40 years in the commercial real estate business, Brian Dickens Barrabee has heard a few stories, some of them fairly bizarre, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. Now the Swarthmore resident has decided to put 81 of those humorous — and sometimes inspirational — stories into a book, Confessions of a Real Estate…
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Drama at Central Bucks High School – West: When Is No Answer on a Musical an Answer?
Students at Central Bucks High School – West are wondering if the non-answer they received on a proposed student production is, in fact, an answer. Maddie Hanna lifted the curtain on the details in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The school’s performance group, the Harlequin Club, sought the rights to perform Rent School Edition. On-campus administrators viewed…
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Former Summer Home of the Guggenheim Family, Founder of New York’s Famous Museum, Hits the Market
Solomon R. Guggenheim, the mining titan behind the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, escaped the pressures of his business career as many other people of means did in the last century. He and his family annually retreated to a summer home in the country. That dwelling, in Upper Black Eddy, Bucks County, is now…
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Perkasie Garage Houses Classic British Sports Cars, Each Lovingly Restored by Ragtops & Roadsters
Ragtops & Roadsters, a specialty garage in Perkasie, specializes in reviving the 1950s–1960s two-seater English sports cars. Chrysa Smith looked under the hood of this niche restorer in Bucks County Magazine. Bryan Joslin is the managing director of the automobile servicer, which has its roots in a Pottstown restoration garage that focused on American classics.…
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Families Will Soon Need Another Visual Icon Telling Them ‘How to Get, How to Get to Sesame Place’
The Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority (BCWSA) tower in Middletown Township is coming down. Its loss won’t mean much to customers, as it has been empty for years. But its absence may disappoint area children, reports Peg Quann in the Bucks County Courier Times. The 145-foot tank was once a dull gray. But in…
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Plumsteadville Fire Company Volunteer, 22, Passes Away Suddenly at Utica University in N.Y.
The sudden death of 22-year-old John Paul “JP” Ramel has robbed Plumsteadville Fire Company of a dedicated volunteer and Utica University (N.Y.) of a student about to graduate. Ramel’s untimely passing, likely caused by stroke, was covered in the Daily Sentinel. The announcement of the loss came from Utica University President Laura Casamento, who reported…
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Uncle Sam’s Annual Reckoning: How Many of Us Are Getting a Tax Refund? How Many of Us Owe?
Income tax filing day 2022 has come and gone. It its wake is now a general sense of glumness for those who owed and a feeling of glee for those awaiting rebates. The number of county residents at both ends of that spectrum was revealed in a recent SmartAsset study. SmartAsset’s experts analyzed IRS data…
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Despite Some March Wobbliness, Parx Again Hits Jackpot of Pa.’s Most Profitable Casinos
Parx Casino, Bensalem, has again brought in the most revenue among all Pa. casinos. Its $55.6 million in slots and table games income in March 2022 was off only 2.2 percent from two years ago and 4.2 percent better than one year ago. Gary Rotstein reported the results for Penn Bets. Last month, the Keystone…
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National Ranking Shows Pa. as Perhaps a Better Place to Work from Home Than Live Here
Pennsylvania ranks in the middle of the pack among the best states for work-from-home employees, according to a recently released report by WalletHub. To identify the states that are most conducive to working from home, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across two key dimensions: work environment and living environment. These…
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Meridian Bank House of the Week: Bensalem Colonial with a ‘Sound of Music’ Gazebo Attached
Any potential home buyer looking for a Bucks County property — who also happens to be a fan of the 1965 film The Sound of Music — will want to see the four-bedroom, 2.5-bath Colonial at 2957 Columbia Drive in Bensalem. It features no Tyrolean architecture. It’s not bordered by a waterway in which children…
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As a Teenager, Local Political Influencer Paul Martino Built a Career Selling One $15 Product at a Time
Paul Martino, 47-year-old Doylestown venture capitalist, was notably focused even as a Lansdale teen. Robert Huber profiled his early entrepreneurial years and their effect on his current political activities in Philadelphia Magazine. Martino is the second of two sons; his father wrote code in the then-emerging tech industry. His mother noticed her younger child’s early…
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15 for 15: Foundations Community Partnership Commemorates Anniversary with Grants
Foundations Community Partnership (FCP) celebrated its 15th anniversary with an Apr. 12 “Partnership in Youth Services” luncheon in Doylestown. The event celebrated the organization’s decade-and-a-half of success in promoting behavioral health among children, inspiring youth, and creating partnerships to enhance the local quality of life. At the event, the FCP funded 15 local organizations with…
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Workforce Trends Put Extra Bucks in Area Wallets, Yet Phila.’s Windfall Lags National Stats
While wage increase statistics are increasing steadily nationwide amid a candidate-friendly market, Greater Philadelphia still finds itself in the lower half of the list of wage increases nationally. Ty West and Ryan Mulligan tallied the implications for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Playbook reviewed Bureau of Labor Statistics data and found that average weekly earnings…
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