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Drexel Expert 2022 Prediction for Sellers in Area Housing Market: Let the Good Times Roll
According to a Drexel University expert, 2022 will bring much of the same for Greater Philadelphia’s housing market, writes Kennedy Rose for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Kevin Gillen, a senior research fellow at Drexel’s Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation forecast, predicts another seller’s market year with low inventory and rising prices. Among his observations for…
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Chester Springs-Based Architect, Interior Designer from Phoenixville Cook Up Fresh Look for Kitchen’s Remodeling
An extensive kitchen remodeling by John and Kelli Yeager has added a delightful industrial and modern edge to their historic Phoenixville farmhouse, writes Eileen Smith Dallabrida for The Hunt magazine. When the farmhouse was originally built in the mid-1800s, the kitchen was a utilitarian space where people spent very little time. When the couple moved…
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Pa. Forum on Educational Funding Shows Bucks County As Scholastic Land of Haves and Have Nots
Karen Downer, president of NAACP Bucks County, shared her observations of disparities in educational funding on a local level, particularly in two Lower Bucks school districts. Samantha Bambino instructed Lower Bucks Times readers on Downer’s assertions. Downer voiced her opinion on the status of school finances at a virtual rally for fair education. Her comments…
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Digital Photography Saves Impressive Impressionist Mural of Doylestown Landmarks
An artist’s view of Doylestown landmarks — rendered in the geometric style of impressionistic cubism — has made the journey from its original site to the borough’s new home. Freda R. Savana, Bucks County Herald, filled in the details of this digital save. The work, done in 1981 by local artist Denver Lindley Jr., originally…
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Phila. Cost of Living Rate: It’s One Tenth of a Percentage Point Cheaper Living in Vegas Than Here
In the past decade, the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area recorded the fourth-lowest cost of living increase out of 55 large-sized metro areas, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. A new report by Filterbuy ranked areas with the highest cost of living rise over the past ten years. The analysis looked at cities with more…
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Lighter Crowds at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Leave Elverson Man Crowing About the Experience
Lower attendance at this year’s Pennsylvania Farm Show — which was virtual last year — might have disappointed many retailers and exhibitors. But one attendee, Charles Graydus from Elverson, was pleased with the turnout, according to Jason Nark for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “I like it this way,” said Graydus, 67. “You can walk around and…
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The Fanatic’s Mike Missanelli Brings His Bristol Grandmothers’ Italian Cooking to New Broadcast
When it comes to triple plays, sports radio host Mike Missanelli is obviously quite adept at describing Phillies outs at first, second, and third. But his expertise on trios could just as well extend to breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Jeff Blumenthal served up the story of Missanelli’s diversification for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Missanelli, whose…
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Tu BiShvat, Jewish ‘New Year of the Trees,’ Recalls a Concentration Camp Sapling Saved in New Hope
Tu BiShvat, today’s Jewish “New Year of the Trees,” features a number of ecologically oriented celebrations. But it also recalls a significant silver maple tree steeped with meaning. Sasha Rogelberg covered the historic sapling for the Jewish Exponent. The tree is known as “The Theresienstadt Tree,” named for a concentration camp located in what is…
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Bucks County Gains a ‘Visit House,’ Enabling Foster Children and Their Parents to Reconnect
A new $330,000 facility in Middletown Township will become a key component in strengthening the effectiveness of Bucks County foster care. The opening of a “visit house,” where foster children and their parents connect in a supervised environment, was covered by Gregory Vellner of the Community Voice. Commenting on the new resource, Marjorie McKeone, director,…
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Flushed with Anticipation, Aqua Pennsylvania Acquires Lower Makefield Sewer System
Aqua Pennsylvania has acquired the sewer system of Lower Makefield Township, along with its 11,000 wastewater customers. Andrew Maykuth got a handle on the deal’s particulars for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission unanimously approved the deal, which reportedly set Aqua back $53 million dollars. The 11,151 commercial and residential customers along the…
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In the Pandemic New-Normal of Online Life, Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions Keeps Devices Humming
Although it’s true our lives were digitally focused before the pandemic, now, with work-at-home provisions becoming even more entrenched, tech reliability is a major priority. Professionally and socially, users simply cannot afford to have the devices they rely on fail. The effort to keep them clean and healthy, however, is now more convenient in Bucks…
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West Chester Man Pays Forward a Kindness Shown to Him by Helping the Disabled and Senior Citizens
Following a personal mission of giving back, West Chester resident John Kane offered to help the disabled and senior citizens clear snow from their driveways during harsh weather for free. Fran Maye scooped up his reasons for the Daily Local News. Last year, Kane started his small lawn care business, which he had been dreaming…
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Help Wanted, *Please!*: Bucks County Employers Heap on the Incentives to Fill Open Positions
As the current real estate market has morphed to sellers’ significant advantages over buyers’, so, too has the area job market, which now heavily favors job seekers. To fill open positions, Bucks County employers are now coughing up perk after perk, and available personnel are reaping the benefits. Michelle Haddon linked into this new normal…
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Via Transformative Journey, Tyler Murphy, Langhorne, Lost Weight But Not Sense of Humor
Langhorne resident Tyler Murphy was an emotional eater as a child. His mother routinely “cured” skinned knees with a serving of pudding. In 2016, however, he caught the running bug, a pastime that transformed him from severely overweight to downright svelte. Wayne Fish laced up the loose ends of Murphy’s tale for Flying Fish Hockey.…
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Great Skates: Bucks County Is Graced with Numerous Sites for Traditional Pond Ice Skating
The blustery January weather has gotten Bucks County off to a full-bore parka, mittens, scarf, double-socks, chapped skin winter. But there’s something bracing in facing the cold outside, on its own terms, and finding enjoyable things to do. Like good, old-fashioned ice skating — traditional, outdoor-style. Visit Bucks County has a list of fresh-air sites…
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Floridian Chef Susan Cohen Takes Reverse-Snowbird Migration Route to Start Anew in Langhorne
Floridian Susan Cohen’s multifaceted career included work as a natural foods chef, a cooking instructor, a yoga teacher, a foot reflexologist, and a massage therapist. In 2019, when she decided to pack up in a reverse snowbird move and leave the Sunshine State for Langhorne, it was a career reset for her. She arrived with…
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Perkasie Teacher of the Year Earns Honors for Work with English-as-Second-Language Students
TESOL International Association — formerly the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages — has named Meg Eubank from Perkasie its 2022 Teacher of the Year. Fares J. Jaram covered the announcement and Eubank’s backstory for TESOL Connections. Eubank is currently a professor at Bucks County Community College (BCCC). For the past 11 years…
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Rash of Resignations Puts Women’s Health Associates of Bucks County Out of the Baby Business
The resignation of five physicians at Women’s Health Associates, Langhorne, is compelling the need for alternate delivery arrangements for its maternal patients. Peg Quann reported the development for the Bucks County Courier Times. Labor-and-delivery services at the healthcare center are scheduled to end March 26, 2022. The reason for the numerous resignations was not made…
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