Newtown
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BCCC Earns Spot in Top Ten List of Tuition-Value Colleges in Pennsylvania
Bucks County Community College (BCCC) earned a spot in a statewide assessment of tuitions charged by Pennsylvania colleges and universities. BCCC took spot #6 in the SmartAsset ranking. SmartAsset is a New York City-based financial technology company that directs consumers toward informed personal finance decisions. Five metrics determined overall results for college value: Tuition Student living costs (room, board, books, transportation, etc.) Scholarship and grant offerings Student retention rate …
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BCCC Names First Woman-of-Color President in its 57-Year History
Bucks County Community College’s next president is Dr. Felicia Lorraine Ganther, reports Damon C. Williams in the Bucks County Courier Times. The school’s College Board of Trustees unanimously voted her in. She becomes the first Black woman to take leadership of BCCC in its 57 years. Ganther is replacing outgoing BCCC president Dr. Stephanie Shanblatt, who is retiring after nine years’ service. Ganther is particularly committed to recruitment…
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FDA Clearance for Bucks County Medical Device Company May Steady MS Patients’ Walking
Helius Medical Technology — a medical device company in Newtown — has received marketing clearance from the Food and Drug Administration, clearing its flagship product, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The device is a portable neuromodulator stimulator (PoNS). It was approvied for use as a short-term treatment of the gait deficiencies that affect walking in patients with mild-to-moderate symptoms…
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House of the Week: Beautiful Custom-built Colonial in Newtown
A beautiful custom-built Colonial home on a one-acre lot with five bedrooms and four bathrooms is available for sale in Newtown. This magnificent home is a new construction offering more than 5,000 square feet of living space. The property also features a three-car garage with an additional storage area and a huge walk-out basement. The…
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Newtown Entrepreneur-Attorney Provides LGBT+ Families with Legal and Fertility Resources
The parenthood journey for LGBTQ+ couples can be heartbreakingly complex, leading Newtown entrepreneur-attorney Gena Jaffe to establish a national database of compassionate and competent resources, reports Peter Blanchard of the Newtown Patch. Two days after her site, Connecting Rainbows, went live, she fielded nearly 200 requests for legal assistance. Out of a commitment to recommend only qualified services that combine expertise and empathy, Jaffe calls…
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Psst… Wanna See a Movie? In a Real Theater? Ya Gotta Know the Password
The Newtown Theater will again dim its houselights and put the shine back on its silver screen for four Friday nights, starting March 26, writes Peter Blanchard in the Patch. The film fest has a loose “speakeasy” theme, meaning that although the movies themselves don’t exactly speak to rumrunners and Chicago police raids, they do require a bit…
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Newtown Entrepreneur Buys Two Struggling Restaurant Chains, Vowing to Reinvent Them
Although 2020 was a challenging year for the many restaurateurs who struggled to keep the lights on amid the pandemic, Jignesh “Jay” Pandya of Newtown expanded his business dramatically, buying two well-known, but struggling, privately-held national restaurant chains. Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Michael Klein wrote that in April, Pandya acquired Boston Market, the rotisserie chicken specialist,…
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Newtown Mom Shares Pointers for Being a Pro at Pandemic Parenting
6ABC reported that a Newtown mom has become quite adept at raising her young children while working from home during the pandemic. She’s gotten so good at it, in fact, she’s sharing her secrets. Last March, Emily Advani — along with the rest of the nation — found herself in pandemic lockdown. She quickly had to juggling the shifting priorities of her husband Reuben and four girls (three under…
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