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Doylestown Vintage Sports Gear Company Slides into New Home
As the COVID-19 pandemic spread, Derrick Morgan, co-owner of The Monkey’s Uncle in Doylestown, knew that in-store social distancing wouldn’t work. The shop’s footprint was too small. So rather than close, he moved, as reported to Tracy Davidson for NBC10. Morgan described The Monkey’s Uncle as “…a retro, vintage-inspired t-shirt boutique.” Its specialty is throwback Phillies sports gear. “Old Phillies gear in powder-blue and maroon, old TastyKake shirts,” he…
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Quite the Feet: A 320-Mile Stroll from Washington to New York Pauses in Bucks County
Last month, Neil King left his Washington D.C. home for a walk. About four weeks later, he will wrap it up. But he’ll be in Manhattan, 320 miles away from his starting point, reports Freda R. Savana, for the Bucks County Herald. “This walk started out essentially as a joke,” King, 61, told NPR. “I said to myself: If you wanted to…
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Out-of-Shape Doylestown Businessman Reinvents Himself as Fit-and-Trim Ironman
Fast food and a sedentary lifestyle had made Doylestown resident Derek Fitzgerald so doughy, he had trouble buttoning his button-down business shirts, reports Rita Giordano in The Philadelphia Inquirer. A diagnosis of non-Hodgkin lymphoma — followed by cardiac distress — changed all that. Fitzgerald spent seven years waiting for a new heart. One came in the nick of time. “I was just grateful to be…
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DelVal’s 2021 Spark Bowl Competition Juices-up Students’ Creativity and Business Skills
The 2021 edition of DelVal’s Spark Bowl competition didn’t have TV’s “Mr. Wonderful” (Canadian entrepreneur Kevin O’Leary) in attendance. Nonetheless, it had plenty of wonderful ideas. Spark Bowl teams comprised five pairings of local business leaders and undergrad student advisors: Philly Esports, Philadelphia (online gaming) B-Comfee, LLC, Hilltown (animal grooming) Pippy Sips, Philadelphia (baby care) GrowFlux Inc., Philadelphia (horticulture technology) Xenoil, LLC, Southampton (green manufacturing/renewable waste) COVID-19 restrictions…
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Miles for Molars: Doylestown Cyclists Support Dental Services to Low-Income Residents and Veterans
Encore Rides, a Doylestown guided bike tour business, considers community support so integral to its operations, it donates 15 percent of every tour fee to charity. One recent outreach was to Healthlink Dental Clinic. This nonprofit Southampton dentistry office offers free preventative and restorative care. Its client list includes low-income workers and veterans in Bucks and Montgomery Counties. The timing of the day of service was chosen…
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CB West Senior Sails Right Over PA’s All-Time Highest Pole Vault Record
The first girl ever to clear 14 feet in a Pennsylvania pole vault event did so at the Central Bucks West Relays recently, reports Nur B. Adams at the Bucks County Courier Times. Central Bucks West senior Chloe Timberg used a powerful run and fiberglass pole to hurtle herself 14 feet, 2.25 inches in the air. By the time she thumped to the mat…
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Doylestown is Super Excited about its Super Wawa
Communities slated for an upgrade of their Wawas from economy-size to super-size often worry about traffic flow and light pollution and other drawbacks of large-footprint convenience stores. Those concerns, however, have been alleviated in Doylestown, reports Natalie Kostelini in the Philadelphia Business Journal. When Provco Group, the developer of Wawa convenience stores, approached Doylestown in 2017 about a building a new Super Wawa, the borough was…
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Doylestown Pool Contractor Treads Water to Keep up with Deep Demands
As it did last summer, the coronavirus outbreak is cancelling vacation plans countywide. Isolated Bucks Countians therefore continue investing in at-home leisure upgrades like in-ground pools. Demand remains high, leading to a gush of sales and plenty of backorders to dive into, reports Katie Park for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The timing of this rise in the pool construction business, however, isn’t the best. Supplies are short nationwide, affected by spikes in weather-related pool repairs across the…
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Pandemic Pushback: Doylestown Shopkeeper Vexed by Vax Promo
For Donna Gouldey, the Facebook post started innocently enough. She merely wanted to reward coronavirus-vaccinated shoppers with a small token at her Doylestown gift store. What she got in return was certainly more than she bargained for, reports Matt DeLuca at NBC10. “It was just a whirlwind,” Gouldey said. “At first I didn’t know really how to feel about it.” On March 13, Gouldey entered a small…
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Local Business Commits to Rises in Bread Doughs, Cake Batters and Employee Confidence
The 15 employees at Bake Ability, a sweet shop in Pipersville, are very similar: They all work with pride. They all excel at creating sweet bakery items. And they all are grateful for a work environment accepting of their Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDDs). Peter Blanchard in the Doylestown Patch recently profiled Bake Ability and its admirable hiring practices. The business’ driver is Paula Fasciano. Advocating…
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Moo-nlighting DelVal University Senior Isn’t Sheepish about Her Future Plans
W.B. Saul High School, a 150-acre working farm in Roxborough, trains the farmers of tomorrow. One grad returns to campus every weekend, supplementing her Livestock Science and Management coursework at Delaware Valley University with real-life experience, reports Kristen A. Graham for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “This is full circle for me,” Lyghts said, reflecting on her reconnection with the animals she nurtured getting her high…
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To Ease the Fear of Spinning Winds, Local Great-Grandma Spins a Calming Tale
A new children’s book, written for a four-year-old by his great-grandma, is intended to help kids deal with the scary things of life, reports Stephanie Sigafoos for The Morning Call. On the afternoon of August 4, 2020, Tropical Storm Isaias violently swept across the east coast, spawning six FE-2 tornados along the way, including one that spun the roof off a Doylestown daycare center,…
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Doylestown Filmmaker Chronicles How the Philadelphia Orchestra’s Music Soothed International Relations
Into the ongoing 1970s tension between the U.S. and the Peoples Republic of China was sent the renown Philadelphia Orchestra. Under an initiative from President Richard Nixon, the musicians became the first U.S. symphony orchestra to serve as cultural ambassador to Chairman Mao Zedong. That seminal concert series is being revisited in a new film from Doylestown documentarian Jennifer Lin, reports Peg Quann for the Bucks County Courier Times. Lin’s movie, Beethoven in Beijing, echoes the…
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Youth Orchestra of Bucks County Engages Healthy Competition While Fundraising for Healthy Meals
On April 10, young musicians from across Bucks County will be displaying their talents at a benefit concert. The program is free, but audience members are encouraged to donate to the Bucks County Opportunity Council, an organization that helps the needy. The concert doubles as a competition for musicians across the area. A panel of judges will evaluate the players’…
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Local School Board Considers Permitting Students to Abandon Kitchen-Table Study Hall and Get Back to Class
In a five-four split, the Central Bucks School Board solidified its interest in modifying the current COVID-19 policy for students who may — or may not — return to in-person learning, reports Peter Blanchard for the Doylestown Patch. As things stand now, students who have been exposed to someone positive for coronavirus but are asymptomatic themselves must stay home for 10 days. That isolation is…
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Kismet Bagels Use of a Stone-Ground Doylestown Ingredient Has Their Bagels Selling Like Hotcakes
Quality in; quality out, goes the old manufacturing credo. But for the owner-operators of Philadelphia’s Kismet Bagels, the adage is true. The distinct flavor and texture of their product, a hot seller from Philly to the Jersey Shore, starts with dough made from whole wheat flour that is stone-ground in Doylestown, writes Hira Qureshi for the Bucks County Courier Times. Jacob and Alexandra Cohen…
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Lead Investor Commits to Venture Fund from Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center of Bucks County
Daiichi Sankyo, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in Japan, has committed to a $10 million lead investment in the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center’s Hatch Biofund, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal. The fund was established in 2019 by the Doylestown-based Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, which manages the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center, as a companion to the center’s incubator and bio-accelerator…
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Regional Medical Center Earns Spot on Newsweek’s Best-of List both Locally and Nationally
Doylestown Hospital has been ranked eighth in Pennsylvania and 142nd in the U.S. as part of Newsweek’s 2021 list of World’s Best Hospitals. “Doylestown Health is dedicated to continuous improvement in quality care and patient safety,” said President and CEO Jim Brexler. “Achieving regional and national rankings is not our goal, but we humbly accept this prestigious recognition of our amazing health…
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