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BUCKSCO Careers – Firstrust Bank
Founded more than 90 years ago, Firstrust Bank is the largest family-owned commercial bank in the region. Firstrust’s promise is to empower its customers’ success by offering them the most tailored, state-of-the-art banking solutions they can get, along with advice on how to best manage their finances, build their businesses, and overcome financial challenges. Firstrust…
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C&N Strengthens Commercial Banking Team in Southeastern Pennsylvania with Two Veteran Lenders
For business owners, choosing the right banking partner often comes down to one thing: having experienced advisors who understand both the opportunities and challenges that come with growth. That’s why C&N continues to invest in its commercial banking team across Southeastern Pennsylvania, recently welcoming two highly respected banking professionals whose combined experience spans more than…
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Green Family Foundation, Firstrust Bank Award $360,000 in Scholarships to 18 High School Seniors
In a powerful celebration of leadership, academic achievement, and commitment to serving their communities, the Green Family Foundation and Firstrust Bank awarded $360,000 in scholarships to 18 exceptional high school seniors during a recent ceremony at The Franklin Institute. The students, chosen for their academic drive and commitment to their communities, are the newest cohort…
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Pennsylvania Lawmakers Push to Ban Data Centers on Farmland as AI Demand Grows
As artificial intelligence reshapes the global economy, Pennsylvania farmers are watching their fields eye a new threat: massive data centers hungry for flat, affordable land, writes Mark Walters for USA Today. State lawmakers are now weighing regulations to protect the state’s agricultural backbone from large-scale data center development, and the debate is exposing a sharp…
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Penn Community Bank CEO Jeane Vidoni Wins State Banking Advocacy Award
For Jeane Vidoni, banking has never just been about balance sheets. The Penn Community Bank CEO was recently honored with the 2026 William S. Latoff Advocacy Award from the Pennsylvania Bankers Association — a recognition given to bankers who don’t just serve their institutions, but fight for the communities, families, and small businesses that depend…
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Philadelphia Is Opening a New Agricultural Resource Center This Summer, With $200K in Tools for Urban Farmers
Philadelphia is about to get a serious upgrade for anyone growing food in the city. This summer, the new Agricultural Resource Center (ARC) will open its doors as a one-stop hub for community gardeners, urban farmers, orchard stewards, and neighborhood food initiatives, and it’s bringing nearly $200,000 worth of tools and equipment with it, writes…
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She Couldn’t Get Answers About a Nearby Data Center Proposal. So She Built a Map.
Emilia Doda wasn’t trying to become a watchdog. She was just looking for answers. When a data center was proposed across the street from her childhood home in Blakely, near Scranton, she went searching for details. What she found was a wall of inaccessible information buried across government websites, zoning filings, and local news archives…
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Vacant Bristol Truck Dealership Site to Become 129,000-Square-Foot Warehouse
A long-dormant stretch of Veterans Highway in Bristol Township may finally be getting new life in the form of a 129,000-square-foot warehouse, writes JD Mullane for Bucks County Courier Times. Township council members granted tentative approval on May 21 for Herring Properties to build the facility at 313 Veterans Highway, the site once home to…
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Mid-Year Market Outlook: Key Themes, Risks, and Opportunities
As we move through the midpoint of 2026, the market environment continues to evolve. Slowing growth, persistent inflation, and shifting market leadership are creating both challenges and opportunities for investors. In Citadel Wealth Management’s latest fireside chat, Dean Mioli, Director of Investment Planning at Citadel Wealth Management, sits down with Gene Goldman, Chief Investment Officer at Cetera…
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How South Philly Robotics Company Exyn Technologies Is Redefining Autonomous Navigation
Deep underground, where GPS signals die and human workers risk their lives mapping tunnels by hand, a South Philadelphia robotics company has found its footing, as well its future. Exyn Technologies, born out of the University of Pennsylvania’s renowned GRASP Lab, builds autonomous drones that can navigate GPS-denied environments. This underground mines, crumbling infrastructure, sprawling…
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10 Ways This Man and His Malvern Company Changed the Way Ordinary Americans Invest
A company founded at Valley Forge manages more than $12 trillion in assets, owns major stakes in nearly every major American corporation, and quietly helped reshape the way millions of people save for retirement. You may drive past its campus on Route 202 without giving it a second thought. That would be a mistake. Recently,…
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Meridian Bank Supports Former Broadcast Journalist’s Successful Pivot Into Construction
After nearly two decades as an Emmy-winning Broadcast Journalist, Rosemary Connors made a bold and unexpected career shift: trading the newsroom for the construction industry. Today, as founder and owner of Rosette Specialty Trades, she is leading a rapidly growing business that is making its mark across the region. Connors’ transition was fueled by both…
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WSFS Bank Survey Finds Mid-Atlantic Small Businesses Show Resilience as Cost Pressures, AI Reshape the Local Landscape
Small businesses across the Greater Philadelphia region and Mid-Atlantic — from neighborhood retailers to local service providers — are demonstrating remarkable resilience in an economic environment defined by persistent cost pressures and ongoing uncertainty. Despite inflation, rising cost-of-living expenses, and tariff-related disruptions, the vast majority of business owners report that they are not just holding…
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Governor Shapiro at the PGA: Billions In, More Coming
While most eyes at Aronimink Golf Club were tracking scorecards, Governor Josh Shapiro was working the gallery with a different kind of pitch, writes Ryan Mulligan for The Philadelphia Business Journal. Shapiro, an Abington native, used his time at the PGA Championship in Delaware County as something of an impromptu economic press conference. He rattled…
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Bucks County Leadership: Andrew Storti, Chief Investment Officer, Brumbaugh Wealth Management
Andrew Storti, Chief Investment Officer of Brumbaugh Wealth Management, spoke with BUCKSCO Today about growing up in Phoenixville. He recalled playing baseball in his local youth leagues and ice hockey for his small Catholic school and proudly working weekends and summers at his family’s restaurant. Wanting to continue his education in a similarly close-knit Catholic…
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Citadel Wealth Management to Discuss Long-Term Care Planning During Upcoming Webinar
For many families, long-term care planning is one of those conversations that gets pushed off until it suddenly becomes urgent. But on Wednesday, June 10, Citadel Wealth Management is giving people an opportunity to approach it proactively instead of reactively. Citadel Wealth Management will host “Future Care: Building a Sustainable Long-Term Care Plan,” a virtual…
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The Long Run: How Ultramarathon Discipline Shapes One Meridian Banker’s Approach to Everything
There’s a moment in every ultramarathon — somewhere past mile 60, when the trail is dark, and the finish line still feels impossibly far — where discipline becomes the only currency that matters. Michael Dectis knows that moment well. On April 24 and 25, the Meridian Bank Mortgage Loan Officer completed a 100-mile ultramarathon. Not…
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Citadel Credit Union Celebrates First Philadelphia Branch with Community Block Party, Announces Second Location
Citadel Credit Union recently celebrated the opening of its first Philadelphia branch with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, followed by a community block party in Overbrook Park. Located at 7557 Haverford Avenue, the Overbrook Park branch marks Citadel’s 25th location and represents the credit union’s first physical branch within the City of Philadelphia. The ribbon cutting brought…
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