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Penn Community Bank Offers Financial Keys to Help Unlock Your Own Front Door
Congratulations! You’ve made the decision to purchase your first home. You’ve run the numbers and gotten all your ducks in a row — now it’s time for you as eager homebuyer to test the market. Finding a house can be relatively easy. Finding a home that fits a budget, the owner’s needs, and his or…
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Area Uber Drivers Not Exuberant About Local Riders’ Behavior
Local Uber riders can be a handful, says a new report released by the ride-sharing company. It cites a national survey of Uber etiquette — or its absence — showing that Phila. passengers are among the worst. Mike D’Onofrio and Taylor Allen picked up on the City-of-Not-So-Much-Brotherly-Love behavior for Axios. The data are unclear if…
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West Chester Chef Named a Semifinalist for the ‘Oscars of the Restaurant Industry’
Chef Anthony Andiario, who has been wowing diners with culinary creations at his eponymous restaurant in West Chester, is one of the semifinalists for the 2022 James Beard Awards. Laura Smythe savored the task of covering the honor in the Philadelphia Business Journal. The program, often referred to as the Oscars of the restaurant industry,…
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Federal Funding to Juice Up Number of Local EV Charging Stations
Thanks to a recently launched $5 billion program by the Biden admiration to expand electric vehicle (EV) charging networks nationwide, the Philadelphia region will likely soon see several new charging stations being installed. Mike D’Onofrio and Taylor Allen plugged into the particulars for Axios. Access to the battery revival sites is becoming increasingly important in…
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55+ Housing Proposed for Stone Meadows Farm, County’s ‘Largest Last Remaining Open Space’
The 168 acres of Stone Meadows Farm — Bucks Count’s largest parcel of remaining open space — may end up as a combination of mixed-use housing and preserved easement. Its proposed uses were unearthed by Gregory Vellne for Newsbreak. If the plan submitted by Metropolitan Development Group is approved, the tract on Route 413 in…
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A $13.5M Villanova University Gift From Former Sunoco CEO, Tech Execs
The former CEO of Sunoco John “Jack” G. Drosdick and two other tech executives have given a combined $13.5 million to Villanova University toward its $135 million renovation of the school’s engineering building, writes Kennedy Rose for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Drosdick is a 1965 graduate of Villanova’s College of Engineering and he has chaired…
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New Newtown Restaurant, Bomba Taco + Bar, Explodes the Culinary Traditions of the Hand-Held Dish
Bomba Taco + Bar, which opened this weekend in the Village at Newtown, seeks to blow up everything customers ever thought about Mexico’s handiest dish. Hadas Kuznits bit the bullet and covered the story for KYW Newsradio. The restaurant operates under the corporate umbrella of the Paladar Restaurant Group, whose other local eatery is the…
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WCU Swimmers Save a Woman’s Life, Then Win a Conference Championship
A group of West Chester University swimmers recently helped save the life of a choking woman at a lunch spot in York, Pa. They then went on to win several races at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Swimming Championship. Mike Jensen dove into the circumstances of this memorable day for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “We…
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Only Two Bucks County School Districts Enrolled to Receive Pa.’s Free COVID-19 Tests
Despite low child vaccination rates and spikes in the number of coronavirus infections, schools around Pennsylvania have been slow to take advantage of the state’s free COVID-19 tests. Here in Bucks County, only two are participating, writes Jamie Martines for The Philadelphia Inquirer. As of Feb. 16, only 750 out of the more than 5,000…
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Absent Replenishment, Bucks County’s Residential Real Estate Inventory Would Last About Two Weeks
The Bucks County residential real estate market is still characterized by inadequate supply and rising demand. Michaelle Bond unlocked the economic significance of local housing supply data for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The imbalance is so significant, that the current, in-county housing supply has dropped to 15 days. “Housing supply” is the rate at which available…
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Political Pundits Consider Implications of Bucks County’s Row-Election Red Wave
Bucks County Republicans saw a red wave of positive results in the 2021 row elections — the hyper-local races to fill roles like district attorney, coroner, and registrar of wills. Two local, political reporters considered the implications on the PoliticsPA podcast. Chris Ullery, of the Bucks County Courier Times, and David Murrell, of Philadelphia Magazine,…
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Food-Truck Pop-Up in Yardley Holds Charitable Preview of Pita Chip Opening
Pita Chip, the Middle Eastern quick-serve restaurant whose locations include one on the Temple University campus, is getting ready to open its newest site — a 3,500 square foot flagship location in Yardley. It is set to open this spring. In preparation — and to give neighbors a taste of fast-casual restaurant’s menu — Pita…
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Palisades School District Leader Dr. Bridget O’Connell Named Pa. Superintendent of the Year
The Pennsylvania School Superintendent’s Association (AASA) — in a collaborative effort with the Penmsylvania Association of School Administrators (PASA) — has named Dr. Bridget O’Connell of the Palisades School District its Superintendent of the Year. Sam Barney-Gibbs educated readers about the accolade in The Brown and White, the Lehigh University newspaper. The AASA and PASA…
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Morrisville Middle School Math Teacher Tallies Pastimes: Swimming + Running + Cycling = Triathlon Success
Morrisville Middle School math teacher Jessica Reichert started as a competitive swimmer in high school. She burned out on the sport, but a casual invitation from her brother years later rekindled her competitive spark. Times three. Wayne Fish, in the Bucks County Courier Times, clocked in with the story of her present-day love of triathlons.…
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Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce Prepares to Lift the Curtain on Its 2022 Talent Show
The hopeful entrants for the 2022 edition of the Central Bucks County Chamber of Commerce annual talent show will soon know if they have been chosen to strut their stuff in front of a local, live audience. Auditioners submitted applications in early Feb., describing their musical, magical, comedic, dance, or poetic abilities. A panel review…
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Meridian Bank House of the Week: Quakertown Farmhouse to Which No Horse Lover Could Say Nay
1563 Stoney Garden Road, Quakertown, is all about wide, open spaces. The home, built in 1840, sits on nearly 15 acres of secluded, beautiful land. More, it’s in close proximity to Lake Towhee, Lake Nockamixon State Park, and Haycock Mountain. Its proximity to the trails associated with these Bucks County natural treasures make it ideal…
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Fort Washington-based Toll Brothers Reports Better-Than-Expected Quarterly Orders
Fort Washington-based Toll Brothers has reported better-than-expected quarterly orders thanks to strong demand for high-end homes that is not wavering as the pandemic continues for the second year, writes Prashant Gopal for Bloomberg. Purchase contracts for the three-month period through January increased two percent from a year earlier to 2,929. Analysts forecast 2,844 orders. Toll…
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Despite Popularity of Online Gambling, Parx and Chickie’s and Pete’s Go All-In on the In-Person Alternative
While there is no denying the popularity of online wagering, the owners of Parx and Chickie’s and Pete’s in Malvern have gone all-in for the in-person alternative. Katie Kohler calculated the strategy’s odds for success in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The confidence in the preference for a live betting experience led to the opening of Parx…
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