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Pennridge High School Students Successfully Craft a STEM-Strum Mashup
In the waning days of the 2021–2022 academic year, four Pennridge High School students received some music-to-their-ears news: They had successfully completed a long-term, complex assignment. Dan Sheridan tuned this story’s details for abc13 Eyewitness News in Houston. The task, presented by Technology Education teacher Matt Pietzman, was an in-depth application of the disciplines of…
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Telford Nut Butter Company’s Success Is a Testimony to Its Young Founder’s Grit
Resilient Caleb Mangum arose phoenix-like from the ashes of a failed trail-mix brand to conquer the local nut butter market. Lisa Dukart cracked open the story of his Nutty Novelties brand for the appropriately initialed PBJ, Philadelphia Business Journal. Mangum started in the nut business after graduating from Temple University. He developed a build-your-own approach…
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Yardley Chief Financial Officer Noses His Career in a New Direction
Optinose, the Yardley pharmaceutical company, has announced that Chief Financial Officer Keith A. Goldan has accepted a position at another public company. Optinose focuses on patients treated by ear, nose and throat (ENT) and allergy specialists. Chief Executive Officer Peter Miller stated, “On behalf of our entire team, I would like to thank Keith for…
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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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This Newtown Square Native Took Lingerie to a Different (P)lace
The underwear market ran either sexy or frumpy 22 years ago when Newtown Square native Araks Yeramyan started her lingerie company Araks. She wanted a third choice, writes Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore for Barron’s Penta. “So, I created what I wanted to wear: Colorful, bright, fun, 100 percent cotton lingerie that blurs the distinction between outerwear and…
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West Chester Entrepreneur Approaches the Art of Investing Quite Literally
While most people looking to invest their money turn to conventional investment categories like stocks and bonds, Brian Thuer, a West Chester entrepreneur, focuses on alternative investment routes such as art, according to a report from the OCNJ Daily. According to Thuer, investing in art is not uncommon for the upper echelons of society. Art…
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How a Long-Ago Bucks County Jail Tour Led to a High-Profile Career in Criminal Justice Advocacy
When New York criminal justice activist Carol Shapiro was only a teen, a high-school course changed her life. She spoke about it to interviewer Beth Schwartzapfel of The Marshall Project, a nonprofit journalism organization. When Shapiro was 16, her sociology studies teacher covered injustices in bail in the Empire State courts. The issue caught her…
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Gwynedd Mercy University Hosts Prospective Students; Engages Them When ‘Something Happened at Assumption Hall’
Gwynedd Mercy University took the traditional college tour for potential attendees — “Here’s the library; there’s a mocked-up dorm room; enjoy a chicken sandwich in our cafeteria” — and turned it into something vastly more engaging at a recent on-campus event. Its faculty and leadership, including Aimee Huffstetler, MA, AVP for Enrollment, made the session…
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West Chester Man’s Videography Business Heads to ‘Apex’ of the Production Industry
The story of Danny Apex Productions began at Rustin High School, where West Chester native Dan Diggin and his friends ran the morning announcements. Although it was years before he started his company, Diggin knew he had found a lifelong passion for producing. “My whole life I have seen through video,” said Diggin. “It’s my…
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BUCKSCO Careers — Qlik
Based in King of Prussia and operating in more than 100 countries, Qlik helps enterprises around the world move faster, work smarter, and lead the way forward with an end-to-end solution for getting value out of data. Its platform is the only one on the market that allows for open-ended, curiosity-driven exploration, giving everyone — at any…
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Tossing the Calendar Aside in the Name of Fun, Mummers Meet Mardi Gras in Warrington
The fact that both New Year and Ash Wednesday 2022 were long in the rear-view mirror didn’t dim Neshaminy Manor’s Mardi Gras party with the Uptown String Band. All Around Bucks County covered the afternoon of strutting and music. The Langhorne mummers’ appearance — a surprise to residence’s seniors — came about from the Twilight…
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The Downy and Dirty: Chester County Firefighters Save Ducklings Stuck in Storm Drain
While firefighters spend most of their time dealing with fires, sometimes they get calls to save animals stuck in unfortunate circumstances, according to a report from the Daily Local News. That was the case last week for the Keystone Valley Fire Department, which was contacted by West Sadsbury Township Police. The emergency? A brood…
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Remembering Reading Terminal Cheesesteak Icon Rick Olivieri of Drexel Hill
Rick Olivieri, the grandson of cheesesteak inventor Pat Olivieri and former owner of Rick’s Steaks at Reading Terminal Market, died June 12 at his Drexel Hill home, writes Michael Kelein for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The 57-year-old fought a 10-year battle with early-onset frontotemporal dementia. “He fought it for every minute,” said his wife, Debi. Mr.…
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Local Orchestra Conductor, Far from His Beginnings as a Harmonica Player, Leads Concert in Ivyland
Joseph Lovecchio, Music Director/Conductor of Warminster Symphony Orchestra, remembers his first real exposure to an instrument. He was a boy. And it was a humble harmonica. But what he recalls isn’t that he played it like a typical kid, blowing and sucking air to make it wheeze shrilly. He actually played it. His upbringing in…
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Co-Owner of Blue Moon Acres, Buckingham ‘Always Liked the Idea of Growing What We Eat’
When Jim and Kathy Lyons started their Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) business in 1992, it was just a seed: one acre and 20 members. It’s now the go-to crop supplier for more than 300 Big Apple accounts. Kendra Lee Thatcher, of River Towns Magazine, reported the flourishing of Blue Moon Acres, a Central Bucks Chamber…
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Langhorne Theater Group Continues to Produce ‘Plays That You Probably Won’t See Anywhere Else’
Langhorne Players’ latest production, A Kid Like Jake, closely aligns with the troupe’s desire to present compelling and relevant drama. The play’s themes — as covered by Stephi Wild of Broadway World — include modern-day parents facing their preschool son’s identity, a topic of much discussion locally and nationally. The plot explores Manhattan parents Alex…
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200 Motorcyclists to Traverse Bucks County’s Scenic Covered Bridges for Charity
Bucks County’s historic covered bridges may rattle a little in a June 26 event. but given what they’ve endured thus far, a little shake should not matter much. Besides, the source of the tremors is a good one: the 2022 Livengrin Ride, as reported in the Lower Bucks Times. The 200-cyclist road trip is a…
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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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