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We Now Know Where Future Sixers, Flyers Arena Will Be Built
Comcast Spectacor and Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment has announced the exact location of the new arena that will be shared by the Sixers, Flyers, and the city’s new WNBA expansion team, writes Tom Dougherty for CBS News Philadelphia. The new arena will be constructed in the southeast corner of Broad Street and Pattison Avenue,…
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Norristown Robotics Firm Powers High-Tech Farm Security in Hawaii
A Montgomery County company is helping reshape how farms protect their crops, and it’s happening thousands of miles away, writes Chris Mccullough for Future Farming. Norristown’s Asylon Robotics is providing high-tech “robot dogs” that are now being used to patrol large agricultural operations. DroneDog tech is deploying at major farming sites in Hawaii, where it…
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Daughter of Former MLB Catcher Ranks as No. 1 Lacrosse Player in the Country
Riley Davis, daughter of Malvern Prep alum and baseball star Ben Davis, is carrying on her family’s tradition of athletic stardom as the no. 1 lacrosse player in the country, writes Joseph Santoliquito for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Major outlets named Davis, currently a junior at the Academy of Notre Dame de Namur, as the nation’s…
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Villanova Grad Pope Leo XIV to Welcome Wildcats as They Open Season in Rome
Villanova will begin the 2026-27 men’s and women’s basketball seasons in Rome with a doubleheader matchup against Notre Dame, writes Jeff Neiburg for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Fox will carry the men’s game nationally at 9:30 a.m., with the women’s matchup scheduled to air at noon on FS1. The two universities were granted a special waiver…
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From Dollhouse to Dream House: How One Jamison Woman Uses Miniatures to Master Interior Design
For many, the prospect of designing and decorating a room can feel overwhelming, trying to determine what should go where and what style best fits the space. Luckily, Jamison resident Kylie White was able to pair her love for interior design with dollhouse miniatures to create the living room of her dreams. Since she was a kid, Kylie…
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From CB West to the World: How Three Students Turned Empathy Into a Healthcare Nonprofit
Kind Koala is a youth-led global nonprofit organization founded by a team of students from Central Bucks High School West who were inspired by a friend. Adam Kadan, Aadi Anantuni, and Nate Liang saw that one of their classmates was being teased for having a gap in his teeth. “He seemed to be really hurt…
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Bucks County Housing Market Still Hot with Rising Median Sale Prices
Bucks County’s housing market continued to heat up in March, with no signs of slowing as spring progresses, writes Lacey Latch for the Bucks County Courier Times. According to Bucks County Association of Realtors President Christy Manetta, the market is “vibrant,” experiencing an increase in home sales from last year. In March, a total of 424 homes were sold, according to data from…
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Bucks County Cafe Serves Up Delicious, Instagram-Worthy Desserts
Instagram-worthy desserts and scrumptious savory dishes await at Vanilla Cafe, located in New Hope, reports Jenn Frederick for FOX 29 Philadelphia. The cafe’s iconic desserts have gone viral on social media platforms like TikTok, even drawing the attention of New Hope residents Bradley Cooper and Gigi Hadid. Along with a range of cakes, their fruit-shaped desserts are wildly popular, like…
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New Hope Student Designing Water Treatment System for African Hospital
New Hope resident and Cedarville University engineering student Matthew Shiel is working with a team of students to bring clean water to a hospital in Zimbabwe, writes Jeff Werner for Patch. Shiel is partnering with fellow engineering students Lauren Kolodsick and Caleb Weaver to design a water treatment system for Karanda Mission Hospital. The hospital serves around 75,000 patients every year, performing almost 4,000 surgeries annually. Clean water is…
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Richboro’s Athletes Helping Athletes Supporting Kids with Special Needs
Since 2002, Richboro-based Athletes Helping Athletes has been supporting young people with special needs, giving them a place to form relationships and build self-confidence, reports Erin Coleman for NBC 10 Philadelphia. The organization was founded by Rick Leonetti, who helped give a young man the chance to act as an honorary captain for Council Rock North’s football team. From there, the organization grew,…
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Wawa Has 1,200 Stores, 1 Billion Customers, and Millionaire Cashiers. Its ESOP Ownership Model Is Why
Most convenience store chains follow a familiar path. Go public. Scale fast. Answer to shareholders. Wawa took a different route, and that choice still shapes every store, every shift, and every customer experience. Wawa is privately owned. The Wood family, descendants of the company’s founders, holds approximately 59 percent of the company’s shares. Employees own…
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Freedom Village at Brandywine Steps Up for Parkinson’s Awareness
Freedom Village at Brandywine proudly participated in the nationwide Pump It for Parkinson’s event this month, joining senior living communities across the country to raise awareness about Parkinson’s disease and the benefits of physical activity. Hosted by the National Institute for Fitness and Sports (NIFS), the annual event – now in its fourth year – encourages…
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Mid Penn Bank Joins the Independence Blue Cross Broad Street Run as Official Banking Partner
Mid Penn Bank will serve as the official banking partner of the Independence Blue Cross Broad Street Run, one of the largest 10-mile races in the country, on Sunday, May 3. As a sponsor, Mid Penn Bank will participate in race weekend activities at the Independence Blue Cross Broad Street Run Expo on May 1…
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Temple University Receives Major Gift, Will Use Funds to Launch New Honors College in 2027
Temple University recently received one of its largest donations ever, and is using the generous gift to create a new honors college, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The gift was given by Jane Creamer Sullivan, however the size of the gift has not been disclosed. Sullivan is the daughter of Temple’s College…
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Mobile Order Pickup Windows Replacing Wawa Drive-Thrus
Wawa is abandoning its drive-thru experiment, replacing it with mobile order pickup windows called Fly Thrus, writes Emma Dooling for Philadelphia Business Journal. The Delaware County convenience store chain is also planning larger travel centers to go with the ones already open in North Carolina, Indiana, and Ohio. The mobile pickup windows will be part…
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Harleysville Cookie Baker Brings His Holiday Tradition to Wheel of Fortune
A Harleysville resident stepped onto the national stage this week when Terry Smith appeared on Wheel of Fortune, bringing a bit of Montgomery County with him. Smith is known among friends, family, and coworkers for his baking. Each holiday season, he makes about 120 dozen cookies at home and gives them away. That adds up…
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Downingtown STEM Academy Alum Helped Make NASA’s Artemis II Mission Possible
Chester County native Cameron O’Rourke helped send humans around the moon for the first time in 50 years through his important work on NASA’s Artemis II mission, writes Justin Heinze for Patch. A payload and spacecraft mechanical engineer at NASA, O’Rourke was a key member of the Artemis II launch team at Kennedy Space Center.…
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Art, History, Haunts and River Views: This Bucks County Town is America’s ‘Coolest Suburb’
More of Pennsylvania’s 43 million visitors are including a small town in Bucks County as part of their itinerary, visiting America’s coolest suburb, writes Mona Bassil for The Travel. Considered one of the best art towns in America, New Hope, established in the 18th century, is attracting people of all ages and types, drawn to…
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