Lower Merion
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Lower Merion’s Kobe Bryant’s Rarest Cards Fetches a Record $2Ms
One of the rarest Kobe Bryant cards sold last week for a record $2 million, making it the most expensive card ever sold of the Lower Merion and Los Angeles Lakers star, writes Eduardo Gonzalez for the Los Angeles Times. The sale of the 1997-98 Metal Universe Precious Metal Gems Emerald Kobe Bryant card occurred…
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St. Joseph’s University to Open Residence Hall for Students with Autism
St. Joseph’s University, home to the Kinney Center for Autism Education and Support, is planning to open a residence hall specifically for students on the spectrum, writes Susan Snyder for The Philadelphia Inquirer. This will make St. Joseph’s one of the first traditional college campuses nationwide to offer such an option to its students. Saint…
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Lower Merion FOX 29 Anchor Ready to Take Her Battle with Facebook to Supreme Court
Fox 29 anchor Karen Hepp, a Lower Merion resident, is not backing down from her fight with Facebook over advertisements over dating sites that used her image without permission, writes Victor Fiorillo for Philadelphia Magazine. Hepp first found out about the ads from her coworkers. “Everybody at work knew about it,” said Hepp. “Usually, the…
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Lower Merion Native Builds Successful Career in Entertainment in LA
Mike Jackson, a Wynnewood and Lower Merion native, left Philadelphia two decades ago for Los Angeles to start building his entertainment career, writes Michael Butler for the Technical.ly. Today, he is an executive producer of Rhythm + Flow, a Netflix music competition show, and a business partner of John Legend, an EGOT-winning musician and philanthropist,…
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Saint Joseph’s University and University of the Sciences to Proceed with Merger
Following a months-long evaluation, Saint Joseph’s University and University of the Sciences have voted to proceed with a merger, writes Susan Snyder for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The merger is expected to be completed in about a year. The boards and presidents of the two private schools have all voted for and signed an agreement that…
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Fine Craftsmanship Lives On In Lower Merion Woman’s Sears ‘Kit’ Home
Despite the near disappearance of the once unmatched retail giant, build-it-yourself Sears ‘Kit’ homes are still cherished by their owners, including Judy Lieberman in Lower Merion, writes Kevin Riordan for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Sears used to offer close to 450 models of “kit” homes in its catalogs between 1908 and 1940. The mostly single-family detached…
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SEPTA Earns Dubious Distinction of Having One of the ‘Sorriest Bus Stops’ in North America
The SEPTA bus stop at Hollow Road and Conshohocken State Road in Lower Merion Township is among the four “sorriest bus stops” in North America, according to readers of Streetsblog USA, writes Thomas Fitzgerald for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Lower Merion Township’s Vegetation Abomination — as the site has dubbed the now-infamous stop — was nominated…
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Survey: Lower Merion has highest average school salary in Southeastern PA
A slide presentation on average salaries in school districts in southeastern Pennsylvania shows Lower Merion pays an average salary of $97,480, the highest in the region. Pottstown was near the low end of the scale, with an average salary of $60,078. The salaries listed in the gallery are based on all school system salaries, which include…
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