Montgomery County
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Legal Matters: Understanding Workers’ Compensation Benefits
By Jonathan Young If you are injured on the job or sustain a work-related illness, you have recourse. The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act mandates that insurance benefits be paid for your medical expenses. Moreover, if you are unable to work, you are compensated for any wage loss due to your injury. While Workers’ Compensation insurance is mandated…
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Big-League Local Academy Award Nominees Share Little-League Memories at Oscar Lunch
As many as a dozen Phila. suburb natives are up for an Academy Award this year, writes Alicia Vitarelli for 6abc. At the recent 2022 Oscar Nominees Luncheon in Los Angeles, Jenkintown’s Bradley Cooper and Abington’s David Sirota saw each other for the first time since the 1980s, when they played East Abington Little League…
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Perkiomen School’s Office of College Counseling Hosting Virtual Workshop on Athletic Recruiting on March 30
On Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at 7 pm, Perkiomen School’s Office of College Counseling will host a virtual College Counseling Workshop on Athletic Recruiting for students and families. This free workshop, given via Zoom webinar format, is open to the greater community. Perkiomen’s college counselors will be joined by the following panelists: Lauren Sciocchetti –…
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Wiser Wealth: How to Invest Without Panicking Over World Events
World events always have had the possibility to impact stocks and investments, but that has been magnified given the incredibly tumultuous last two years. From the pandemic, to a heated presidential election, and now the attacks on Ukraine, it all has had severe ramifications for businesses, industries, and investments. It has left people wondering, how…
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Career Corner: 5 Tips for Avoiding Distractions at Work
In a world that is more connected than ever, it can be hard to stay on task. Emails, texts, coworkers, and calls can all easily pull you away from whatever you are trying to get done. To an extent, you need those things for the job now. But if you can’t manage them effectively, they…
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Hatboro Police Officer’s Wife Posts Tragic Update on His Bee Sting Injuries: ‘No Chance He Will Recover’
Officer Ryan Allen suffered a bee sting last year, which led to a heart attack and then a serious brain injury on October 14, 2021, writes the 6abc Digital Staff in a new report. Officer Allen has been on the Hatboro Police Force since 2013 and helped start Hatboro Police Department’s first police K9 program…
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King of Prussia’s Nordstrom Shares Soar as Customers Return to Rack Stores
Nordstrom Inc. shares have soared more than 32 percent due to a faster-than-expected recovery at the company’s off-price Rack outlets. The sales model has helped raise hopes about the department store’s ability to staunch further market-share losses against bigger rivals, writes Reuters. For the majority of last year, the company dealt with severe shortages of…
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CSL Behring Partners with Uplifting Athletes for Rare Disease Research and Honors Those Making an Impact
At the celebratory event, presented by global biotherapies leader CSL Behring, Uplifting Athletes awarded $180,000 in research grants to nine promising young investigative rare disease researchers and honored the six newest members of the organization’s Rare Disease Championship Team―an exemplary group of college football players who support Uplifting Athletes’ mission to inspire the Rare Disease Community…
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Rock Star Reporter from Montgomery County Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop After Being Hit by Car
A TV reporter from Montgomery County was hit by a car last week during a live weather segment in West Virginia. Amazingly, Tori Yorgey managed to get right back up only moments later and report that she wasn’t hurt, collects herself, and continues reporting, writes Michael Tanenbaum for PhillyVoice. Tori Yorgey was reporting on inclement…
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Legal Matters: For 2022, Add Estate Planning To Your “To Do” List
By Jack Dooley The new year is a fresh start and a time to make resolutions. It’s also a perfect opportunity to think about the people, places, and causes that matter most to you. While it’s natural not to want to think about our mortality, the process does not need to be somber. Estate planning and…
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Pennsylvania Museums Reunited with Stolen Artifacts After 50 Years
This past Friday, six Pennsylvania museums were reunited with a variety of firearms that had been stolen by a man during heists that sometimes would go unnoticed for several years, writes Ximena Conde for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Thomas Gavin, the now 78-year-old man behind the thefts, admitted to targeting dozens of museums all along the…
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PA Senate Candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz Would Rather Have His First Name Left Off the Ballot
Mehmet Oz, Montgomery County Pennsylvania Senate candidate better known as television personality Dr. Oz, does not want to be referred to by his real first and last name during the campaign, writes Summer Concepcion for the Talking Points Memo. Oz, who is running in the statewide political field with a registered Bryn Athyn address, went…
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Keeping the Bucks in Bucks County Wallets: Five Ways to Not Overspend This Holiday Season
The holidays are approaching, and with them comes the opportunity to shop-shop-shop. Whether it’s online or in person, December buying can wreak havoc with a budget for months afterward. Caroline Delbert for Stacker listed five methods to avoid the seasonal tendency to overspend. 1. Unsubscribe from promotional emails; decline to sign up for more Whenever…
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Legal Matters: What You Need to Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine, Your Kids, and Legal Custody
by Elizabeth Billies While vaccinating children for COVID-19 is already a hot-button topic, it can be an especially thorny issue for divorced parents. Are you and your co-parent on the same page with regards to the vaccine? If the answer is no, read on for what you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccine, your…
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Pennsylvania Sunshine Act Amendments Protect Your Access to Forums Like Local School Board Meetings
Have you ever considered attending a municipal or school board meeting to voice your opinion about a controversial topic or to watch deliberation before a decision is made? Pennsylvania law protects your right to do just that. Under recent amendments to the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act (Open Meetings Law), you have greater rights to know what…
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Customers Bank CEO and President Sam Sidhu Shares Executive Insights
Sam Sidhu, the new CEO and President of Customers Bank, spoke with Sandy Smith, Market President and Publisher of the Philadelphia Business Journal, about plans for the bank’s expansion and other news during a feature video that is part of the Philadelphia Business Journal’s Executive Insights series. The one-on-one interview introduced Sam Sidhu to numerous…
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Montco Family Finds Seafood-Loving Raccoon Camped Out in Their Attic – Or So They Thought
A family that moved from South Philadelphia to Montgomery County a year ago recently discovered they have had a guest living in their attic — a crab legs-eating raccoon, writes Drew Olanoff for Billy Penn. Since the home they bought near Valley Forge is more than a century old, the family has been doing upgrades…
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Amtrak’s Proposed Reading-to-New York Line Would Run Through Nearby Montgomery County
As part of its Amtrak Connects US initiative, Amtrak has announced additional details about a planned line that would run from Reading to New York. The route would take it through nearby Montgomery and Chester counties, according to a report from WFMZ-TV 69 News. The proposed line, which now has a dedicated webpage, would see…
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