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Ready for Better Operations, Insights, and Growth? Meet RKL Virtual Management Solutions
RKL LLP, a leading advisory firm with an Exton office and seven other Pennsylvania locations, has launched a new subsidiary to help business leaders focus on growth and opportunity. RKL Virtual Management Solutions (RKL Virtual) manages and optimizes the accounting, finance, and workforce functions for organizations across the country. RKL Virtual is built from the…
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Immaculata Names Winner of Its Rising Student Leader Award, Monsignor Hartnett Medal
Immaculata University has announced the 2021-2022 recipients of its Student Leadership Awards. “To see our students grow into dedicated, smart, reliable leaders, who serve as role models to the entire campus, is what makes an Immaculata education so special,” said Patricia A. Canterino, Vice President for Student Development & Undergraduate Admissions and Dean of Students. Lauren…
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RKL’s 2021 Regional Transaction Report Tracks Surge in M&A Activity
Regional and national merger and acquisition (M&A) activity surged in 2021 following a pandemic-driven depression in 2020, according to a new report from advisory firm RKL LLP, which has an office in Exton. The number of transactions in central and southeastern Pennsylvania increased 55 percent over 2020. RKL’s 2021 Regional Transaction Report found this surge…
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YouTube Pranksters Trespass at Target in Exton to Fulfill Bizarre Challenge
A couple has been charged with trespassing at the Target in Exton as part of a social media challenge — staying late after closing while filming their crime — writes Gary Hall for 6abc. Charlotte Fischer and Johnson Larose, otherwise known by their YouTube handle as “Saucy and Honey,” hid in the store after it…
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Former Malvern Man — Whose Career Touched ‘Anyone Who Has Flown on a Commercial Airliner’ — Dies at 79
Geoffrey Hedrick, formerly of Malvern, has died at age 79. Hedrick was an avionics innovator and entrepreneur who ran companies in Exton, Malvern, and West Chester, and his business entities improved airplane safety and efficiency. Gary Miles reported the loss for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Hedrick was a longtime award-winning engineer who founded and served as…
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RKL: Follow These Steps to Mitigate the Loss of a Key Accounting Professional
Amid the so-called Great Resignation, many employers are experiencing the disruption and shock of losing employees. A two-week notice can be especially challenging when it comes from a team member in your accounting or finance department. Before searching for a replacement, make sure to prioritize these internal housekeeping items and procedures. We created this guide…
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‘We’re Quickly Growing Here’: Need for More Elbow Room Prompts Meridian Bank to Purchase Building in Exton
After outgrowing its Malvern headquarters, Meridian Bank has purchased a 32,800-square-foot office building in Exton. The site will be used for the expansion of the financial services company, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Meridian bought 367 Eagleview Boulevard for $3.69 million from Willner Properties, which acquired the site that was vacated by…
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Reality Show on Food Network Overhauls Exton’s Ship Inn from Stem to Stern
The Ship Inn in Exton was featured on a July episode of the Food Network’s “Restaurant: Impossible,” where it was treated to a multifaceted overhaul, writes Ed Williams for Main Line Today. During the episode, owners Michael Person and his wife, Gertie, openly discussed the business’s issues: mounting debt, an uninspired menu, and a micromanagement…
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With Omicron Variant Now in the U.S., Could Exton-Based Immunome’s ‘Antibody Cocktail’ Be the Neutralizer?
Exton-based Immunome has submitted an application with the FDA to start human testing its “antibody cocktail” as a potential COVID-19 treatment, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The biopharmaceutical company expects its experimental cocktail, known as IMM-BCP-01, to neutralize the newly discovered omicron variant. “Immunome designed its cocktail with multiple points of attack…
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Nationally Syndicated Cartoonist Inspires Area Students with His Story of Risk-Taking, Resilience
When Church Farm School administrators Margaret van Steenwyk and Chet Blair were pondering a speaker for Parents’ Weekend, they thought back to some of the most impactful speakers they had ever heard. Robb Armstrong, creator of the nationally syndicated comic strip JumpStart, immediately came to mind as both van Steenwyk and Blair had listened to…
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RKL Supports CEOs on the Journey from Success to Significance
Most CEOs have achieved some level of success in their business and finances and their personal lives. Beyond that, many seek something more – a bigger meaning, purpose or legacy. Finding that significance is a very personal journey; however, most successful people discover that aligning all the components of their lives (personal finances, business success…
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Immigrant Couple Flees Violence in Colombia to Achieve American Dream in Exton
After leaving their country at the height of drug wars, Colombia natives Juan Carlos and Adriana Mora found success in Mora Family Dentistry in Exton, writes Fran Maye for the Daily Local News. The pair met in dental school in 1991. After they married, they decided to move to the U.S., where Juan Carlos’s mother…
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Question: How Do the Products You Use Every Day Get into Their Containers? Answer: Exton-Based All-Fill
Ever wonder how the products you use every day are filled into their bags, bottles, jars, or containers? Stroll the aisles of any grocery store or pharmacy, and take a look at what’s sitting on the shelves. Name the product — coffee, candy, snacks, flours, dried fruit, protein powders, rice, seasonings, household cleaners, cosmetics, pet…
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CNBC: Exton Company Finds Success in the Climbing Sales of Upscale Treehouses
Tree Top Builders, an Exton-based company that specializes in the construction of custom treehouses, is reaping the benefits of a surge in the popularity of treehouses, writes Monica Buchanan Pitrelli for CNBC. The structures aren’t just for kids anymore Over the past decade, nature-loving homeowners transformed these structures — once cobbled together from scrap wood…
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Exton Teen Wows ‘America’s Got Talent’ Judges with a Cover of Queen
Dylan Zangwill, a 14-year-old musician from Exton, stunned America’s Got Talent judges and audiences at his recent audition. Zangwill delivered a powerhouse rendition of Queen’s “Somebody to Love,” writes Tina Benitez-Eves for American Songwriter. The young rocker belted out the popular classic during the July 20 auditions, earning standing ovations from the majority of judges…
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Acquisitions Make Exton’s Now-Public Bentley Systems Present at Every Step of Infrastructure Development
Bentley Systems, the infrastructure software giant based in Exton, is using acquisition as a strategy to ensure cross-industry integration. Kennedy Rose covered the tactic for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The company went public last year with a $235 million initial public offering. The move that made it possible to buy the geological modeling software company…
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From Bilingualism in Babies to Dogs and Language, Downingtown East Grad Renews Her Love of Research
Exton native Amritha Mallikarjun, a cognitive scientist and post-doctoral research fellow at Penn Vet’s Working Dog Center, was initially fuzzy about her future. But then, her studies took a turn for something even furrier, writes Stephanie Farr for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Mallikarjun, a Downingtown East High School graduate, originally studied bilingualism in babies for her…
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Exton Resident Who Defended Trump Now Repping Man Facing 36 Years in Prison for Capitol Riot
Exton resident Michael van der Veen, an attorney who defended President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial, is now representing Jason Dolan. For his role in the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, the 44-year-old Floridian faces terrorism charges that carry a maximum punishment of 36 years in prison, writes Jane Musgrave for The Palm…
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