Montgomery County
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Bucks County Leadership: Bev Weinberg, Founder and Executive Director at Integrate for Good
Bev Weinberg, Founder and Executive Director of Integrate for Good, spoke with MONTCO Today about her life growing up in a tight-knit neighborhood in Montgomery County and how an early experience in elementary school shaped the work she does today. After being kept on the sidelines of gym class because of an orthopedic disability, Weinberg…
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5 Thoughts for Keeping Your Motivation on Hazy, Hot, and Humid Days
“Our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.” M. Scott Peck – The “Road Less Traveled”…
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Holy Family University Athletics to Add Acrobatics & Tumbling and Men’s Lacrosse in 2023-24
The Holy Family University Department of Athletics has announced the addition of acrobatics & tumbling and men’s lacrosse as its 16th and 17th varsity programs. The programs are for the 2023-24 academic year. “I join our students in their excitement over the addition to our athletics programs of acrobatics & tumbling and men’s lacrosse,” said Dr.…
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Is Buying Stock in Start-Up Companies a Reliable Way to Save for Retirement?
It’s open knowledge at this point that retirement is less stable than it once was. Retirement ages are being pushed back, social security is looking in doubt for future generations, and even a 401(k) doesn’t have workers feeling as financially secure. Per the New York Times, this has prompted some to think outside the box…
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How to Find Companies That Are Hiring Now
If you have not seen much luck with finding the job openings you want, it is probably time to change up your strategy. It is very likely there are tons of great chances that you are just not encountering because your search methods need work. The Balance Careers shared quite a few good resources, starting…
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Local Restaurateur Finds Home in Unique Cafés
Mark Van Horn always knew he’d have a career in food service, and now his career has come full circle in his own restaurants in Montgomery and Chester Counties. “I’ve been in restaurant kitchens since I was a little kid. My father had a second job as a waiter at the infamous Newtown Squire and wore…
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Tuesday with Michael: 6 Steps to Crushing Your Goals in the Second Half of 2022
Remember back in January when you had goals and hopes for the new year? This week we stepped into the second half of the year. There is still time! The first step is to define your mission by asking yourself these questions, “What would I like to have accomplished by the end of this year?”…
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Dischell Bartle Dooley Continues Its Long Tradition of Super Lawyers
Partners Mark Dischell, John Dooley, Robert Iannozzi Jr., and Elizabeth Billies have been selected to the 2022 Super Lawyers list. In addition, George Saba Jr., of counsel to the firm, was also named a Super Lawyer. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in Pennsylvania are named to the Super Lawyers list.…
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DeSales One-Credit Courses: Explore, Enhance, and Advance A Career
The Master of Business Administration (MBA) program is rolling out a new series of one-credit courses for current MBA students or anyone seeking to hone their business acumen. Each one-credit course explores a topic related to business management and consists of sessions over two Saturdays, available in both live and synchronous (Zoom) formats. The Catalogue Course selections, instructors,…
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WSJ: 1977 Porsche Becomes a Rite of Passage for Bala Cynwyd Family
A 1977 Porsche 930 Turbo has been a mainstay in the lives of Paul Mudrick, a Bala Cynwyd investment banker, and his daughter, Lisa Cavanaugh, a software industry executive. They bonded over the car from the first moment it arrived in their garage over four decades ago, writes A.J. Baime for The Wall Street Journal.…
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Mehmet Oz, Perhaps Not a Spelling Wizard, Gets Town Name Wrong on Campaign Form
Mehmet Oz, the GOP candidate for the Pennsylvania senate seat, spelled the name of his address in Montgomery County incorrectly on an official campaign form, writes Jake Lahut for the Business Insider. The celebrity doctor and Trump-endorsed candidate had been living in New Jersey in the years before he decided to run for office. However…
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Celso L. Leite Jr., Attorney, Joins Dischell Bartle Dooley in Lansdale
Celso L. Leite Jr., Attorney, was born to Portuguese American immigrants in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; and he grew up in Montgomeryville. In 2014, Celso graduated from North Penn High School and continued his academic education at Villanova University, where he majored in finance and co-majored in real estate. “One of my mentors at Dischell Bartle…
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Local Foundation Helps Patients, Families Get Respite from Cancer
For Pete’s Sake Cancer Respite Foundation, based in Plymouth Meeting, helps families get a “break” from cancer by sending them on a respite trip, writes Beccah Hendrickson for 6abc. The nonprofit was founded by Marci Schankweiler, who lost her husband, Pete, to cancer. After he was diagnosed in 1999, the couple’s friends held a fundraiser…
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Don’t Make These 7 Deadly Career Planning Mistakes
It is often the case that you do not realize you are making a mistake until it is too late to avoid the consequences. But you oftentimes have a nagging feeling of doubt, and if you chose to read this then you are probably having some doubts about your career. Courtesy of Forbes, here are…
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Elkins Park Vintners Bubble Up to List of Black-Owned Businesses Worth Supporting
If you are looking for more Philadelphia-area Black-owned businesses to add to the roster of companies you regularly support, you need look no further than Mitchell & Mitchell Wines in Elkins Park. The recommendation came from a staff report in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The wine-making company is one of 14 businesses that has made the…
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Legal Matters: What is a Prenup, Why Get One, and Who Should You Hire To Write It?
by Elizabeth Billies In its most basic form, a prenup is a contract signed by a couple before marriage saying how its two parties would like to divide certain assets and debts if they divorce. It becomes effective only after the wedding. A well-written prenup will list all of the assets and debts each party…
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Willow Grove and Plymouth Meeting Malls’ PREIT Soars Following Reverse Stock Split
PREIT, owner of Plymouth Meeting Mall and Willow Grove Park Mall, has executed a 1-to-15 reverse stock split to boost its share price and prevent potential delisting on the New York Stock Exchange, writes Bob Fernandez for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “It was a move that was done in order to maintain listing on the New…
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Penn State Abington Professor’s New Book Documents Billboards Associated with Iconic Roadside Attraction
P.J. Capelotti, a professor of anthropology at Penn State Abington, has documented billboards associated with the iconic roadside attraction “South of the Border” in his latest book, Your Sheep Are All Counted: A Roadside Archaeology of South of the Border Billboards, according to a staff report from the Penn State News. The title of the…
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