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Corner Bakery with Several Montco Locations Acquired by Pandya Restaurant Growth Brands
Corner Bakery, with locations in King of Prussia, Bala Cynwyd, and Warminster, has been acquired by Feasterville-based Pandya Restaurant Growth Brands, one of the Rohan Group of Companies. PRGB purchased the brand from affiliates of Roark Capital Partners for an undisclosed amount. The Rohan Group of Companies is owned by real estate investor and restaurant…
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Secretary of State, Former Bryn Athyn Lifecycle WomanCare Exec. Leading Election Reform
Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar was faced with additional challenges in the already complicated process of overseeing state election reform courtesy of the coronavirus pandemic, writes Chris Ullery for the Courier Times. Boockvar, who previously served as executive director of the nonprofit Lifecycle WomanCare in Bryn Athyn, took over as Secretary of State in…
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Challenger Biden Outraises Trump in Philadelphia and Four Suburban Philadelphia Counties by More Than $1.4M
Joe Biden has raised $1.6 million from donors in Philadelphia and the four surrounding Pennsylvania counties, while Trump received just $183,738 from the same area, writes Kennedy Rose for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The former vice-president has been favored by donors in the majority of Montgomery County ZIP codes. In ZIP code 19422 in Blue…
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Mobile Data Confirms Pandemic Is Driving Migration of People from New York City to Philadelphia, the Suburbs
New Unacast data has confirmed the locally popular notion that the pandemic is encouraging more people from New York’s five boroughs to move to the Philadelphia region, writes Matthew Rothstein for the BisNow. According to data from the location services firm, 7,500 people migrated from New York to Philadelphia from the start of this year…
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Warehouse Rental Availabilities with Montgomeryville’s Nappen & Associates
Nappen & Associates, a leading industrial/flex real estate developer based out of Montgomeryville, has announced its latest warehouse rental availabilities to all prospective businesses. Nappen & Associates offers a wide variety of available industrial/flex buildings, ranging in size from less than 5,000 square feet to over 150,000 square feet. Currently, the largest of Nappen’s present…
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Main Line Health’s New COO ‘a Champion of Patient Experience, Safety, Nursing Excellence’
Main Line Health has named Barbara Wadsworth its Chief Operating Officer. She is the health system’s first Chief Operating Officer. Wadsworth has been a member of the Main Line Health team since 2012, when she joined as Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer. She will continue to serve in the role while taking on…
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DNA Sleuthing Helped Reunite Local Woman with Biological Mother
Irene Mannheims Mueller, who grew up in Olney and Cheltenham, discovered she lived a mile and a half from a daughter she had given up for adoption decades earlier, writes Kellie Patrick Gates for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Mannheims Mueller got pregnant in 1965 aged 26 when an acquaintance raped her on the ride home from…
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Kathy Barnette is First Black Woman to Run for Congress in Pennsylvania’s Fourth District
Republican congressional candidate Kathy Barnette is the first black woman to run for Congress in Pennsylvania’s fourth district that encompasses the majority of Montgomery County, writes JD Mullane for the Courier Times. Democrat Madeline Dean currently holds the seat. Barnette grew up on a pig farm in southern Alabama “below the bottom rung on the…
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Amazon Prepares to Enter Philadelphia Marketplace
Amazon is reportedly preparing to enter the Philadelphia marketplace by opening its first grocery store in the region, writes Thad Rueter for the Progressive Grocer. The eCommerce giant has signed a lease for a 40,000-square-foot space on the ground floor of a building in the central part of Philadelphia. At this time it is still…
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Put a Little Sunshine on Your Business – Invest in Solar Energy
Say you’ve been considering solar panels for your business. Maybe a neighbor has been talking it up, or you are growing concerned about climate change and want to do something about it. This is a great time to make it happen while grants and tax credits make new solar projects cheaper than ever, writes Managing…
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Montgomeryville’s Nappen & Associates Expands Portfolio with Quakertown Addition
Montgomeryville-based industrial real estate developer, Nappen & Associates, is expanding its portfolio with its latest Quakertown addition. Located at 2525 Milford Square Pike in Quakertown, this 125,000 square foot state-of-the-art warehouse is quickly nearing completion. Featuring 33’6” high ceilings, 16 tailgates with levelers, 4 drive-in doors, the building also provides an ESFR sprinkler system and…
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Silky White Webs Dominating Area Landscape Are Work of Native Moth
The silky white webs that have been dominating the area landscape along many scenic roads are the work of fall webworms and do not represent a serious threat to local flora, writes Frank Kummer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Some have feared that the thousands of webs were an indication of a return of the dreaded…
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Hatboro-Horsham Seniors Completed Research That Will Be Used by Atrin Pharmaceuticals
Despite doing most of their internship over Zoom, rising Hatboro-Horsham seniors Sarah Shegogue and Allyson Suman have successfully completed research that will be used by Atrin Pharmaceuticals in the future, according to a staff report from the Montgomery News. The pair worked on research related to Wee-1, a kinase or enzyme that is involved in…
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Kulps Corner Farm Co-Owned by Gwynedd Valley Family Preserved in Conservation Pact
Blue Rock Farm in Kulps Corner in Bucks County, co-owned by Carmen and Rita Rocco of Gwynedd Valley, is being preserved in a conservation pact of $1.36 million, writes Frank Kummer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Four entities have joined forces to ensure the preservation of the 97-acre farm in Bedminster Township, including the state, Bucks…
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Local Hip-Hop Artist Releases New Album Inspired By His Newfound Family
Alexander Charles, a hip-hop artist who grew up in neighboring Bucks County, has released a new album, Fortune Cookies, inspired by the discovery of a biological sister he did not even know he had, writes Kevin Riordan for The Philadelphia Inquirer. His ambitious new work combines fluid beats with heartfelt words enriched by the newfound…
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Local Teen Makes Wooden American Flags to Support First Responders
Matt Menditto, an eighteen-year-old entrepreneur from Northampton Township, is using his handcrafting skills to create wooden American flags that he is now donating to first responders in his community, writes Matteo Iadonisi for the 6abc. Menditto began crafting the flags last year and has been selling them through his business, “Summit Flags.” But recently, he…
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Local Family Law Firm Express Challenges Amid Pandemic
Because of COVID-19 related shutdowns, practicing family law has become difficult for many family law firms including Shemtob Draganosky Taylor, P.C, writes Sophie Panzer for The Jewish Exponent. By order of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, most courts were closed to the public in March, excluding domestic abuse courts which operated remotely at the time. When…
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COVID-19 Testing Trucks Bring Safe Testing to Vulnerable Populations
Conshohocken-based Aardvark Mobile Health is bringing safe and efficient coronavirus testing to vulnerable populations with its COVID-19 testing trucks, writes Queen Muse for the Philadelphia Magazine. The company was originally Aardvark Mobile Tours. It organized various promotional events for large brands such as Coca-Cola and Starbucks using trucks it builds in Pennsylvania. But with the…
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