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Center Valley’s DeSales U Students Are Eager for Cryptocurrency Education
When preparing for a lecture on multinational accounting, a nagging feeling came over me. Part of the presentation included Venezuelan currency, and given its ongoing economic turbulence, I thought I’d better go online and check the current state of affairs. As I suspected, I found that Venezuela had launched its own central bank digital currency…
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Chesterbrook Resident, World-Renowned Listening Expert Wins Axiom Business Book Award
Chesterbrook resident Christine Miles, an author and world-renowned listening expert, has earned a prestigious Axiom Business Book Award for What Is It Costing You Not to Listen? The Power of Understanding to Connect, Influence, Solve & Sell. The groundbreaking book discusses why listening is the most powerful communication skill we have and how maximizing our…
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Jay Wright Announces He’s Retiring as Head Coach From Villanova
The greatest coach in Philadelphia college basketball history is retiring. Jay Wright’s Wildcats team won two national championships in 2016 and 2018 and went to the Final Four four times, most recently this month. Now the 60-year-old head coach, after weeks of weighing his decision, has announced he is retiring from coaching, writes Mike…
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Kennett Square Man’s Love Song Wooed His Wife 61 Years Ago. It Now Has One Million Social Media Hits
While it was love at first sight for Mort Block when he met his wife Susan, it took a love song for her to feel the same way. Sixty-one years later, Block’s song has become a hit on social media, writes Steve Hartman for the CBS Evening News. After the Kennett Square couple’s first date,…
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300 Johnny Appleseed Wannabees to Fan Out across the Suburbs for Earth Day
Habitat for Humanity is planting 250 new trees with 300 volunteers for Earth Day, reports Andrew Kolba for Al Día. Branded as a “Rock the Block” outreach, the saplings will dot suburban landscapes in the following locations: Pottstown’s Edgewood Cemetery at 106 Edgewood Street, part of a planting and clean-up effort Norristown Farm Park, where…
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As a Teenager, Local Political Influencer Paul Martino Built a Career Selling One $15 Product at a Time
Paul Martino, 47-year-old Doylestown venture capitalist, was notably focused even as a Lansdale teen. Robert Huber profiled his early entrepreneurial years and their effect on his current political activities in Philadelphia Magazine. Martino is the second of two sons; his father wrote code in the then-emerging tech industry. His mother noticed her younger child’s early…
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15 for 15: Foundations Community Partnership Commemorates Anniversary with Grants
Foundations Community Partnership (FCP) celebrated its 15th anniversary with an Apr. 12 “Partnership in Youth Services” luncheon in Doylestown. The event celebrated the organization’s decade-and-a-half of success in promoting behavioral health among children, inspiring youth, and creating partnerships to enhance the local quality of life. At the event, the FCP funded 15 local organizations with…
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Former Trustee and Two Alumni Receive Highest Honors from Harcum College
Harcum College recently honored a trustee emeritus and two alumni representing different generations during the President’s Dinner at the Bryn Mawr Campus. Harcum College President Jon Jay DeTemple and his wife Margi Tucker DeTemple hosted 160 guests for cocktails and dinner, followed by an awards ceremony, in Klein Hall. Believing in the value of scholarships…
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Kobe Bryant Once Revealed That His Grandmother Rejected Another Basketball Great for Prom
In one of basketball’s greatest coincidences, Lower Merion High School and LA Lakers legend Kobe Bryant once revealed that his grandmother rejected Wilt Chamberlain, another basketball great, for prom, writes Samir Mehdi for The Sports Rush. Bryant lived in Wynnewood with his parents after they returned from Italy, where his father played basketball. The family…
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How About Some Wawa Loaded Fries and Pizza to Go With That Wawa Beer?
Happy with Wawa’s ever-expanding menu? Well, don’t look now, but there’s more coming, writes Laura Smythe for Philadelphia Business Journal. Customers will see “a continued drumbeat of innovation around dinner” as well as an amplified handcrafted, specialty beverage category, says Wawa CEO Chris Gheysens. They’ve been trying out a “more traditionally done” 16-inch cheese or…
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Conestoga Grad Drops Out of Harvard to Pursue a Startup. Here Are 400 Million Reasons Why It Was a Good Choice
Conestoga High School graduate Eva Shang dropped out of Harvard University to create Legalist Inc., a technology-powered investment firm that raised about $400 million over the past six months, writes Matt Wirz for the Wall Street Journal. Shang, 26, who grew up in Paoli after emigrating from China when she was three years old, started…
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Talk About Overkill: Pennsylvania Residents Are Incinerating a Seasonal Pesky Pest with Propane Torches
Lanternflies. Yes, they’re annoying. And yes, they affect agribusinesses. But some mitigation techniques against them are getting a bit extreme, writes Abigail Gruskin for The Atlantic. In fact, the entire issue of the need to actively eliminate the critters is being questioned. Spotted lanternflies were predicted to decimate local trees, farms, and vineyards since they…
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Covered Bridge Artisans Studio Tour Trades Its Fall Umber and Russet for Spring Saffron and Aqua
For 27 years, Bucks County’s Covered Bridge Artisans Studio Tour has been a Thanksgiving-weekend staple. This year, however, it’s jumping back seven months to the weekend of Apr. 30 to May 1. The new timeline was covered by NJ.com. The self-guided driving tour comprises more than 20 artists straddling the Delaware in New Hope, Pa.,…
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Education Nonprofit ‘Destined for a Dream’ Shows Its Grit: ‘We’re Not a Sob Story; We’re a Success Story’
Erica Waller-Hill, CEO of the education-advocacy nonprofit Destined for a Dream in Bristol, knows all about overcoming obstacles in pursuit of long-term goals. Ashley R. Williams chronicled her ongoing passion and optimism for the Bucks County Courier Times. Waller-Hill has aided numerous students through her educational outreach. She champions 5–22-year-old learners in any district, boosting…
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Doylestown Health: Giving Patients a Voice or Finding One for Them
Who is the most important person in a patient’s wellness journey? Who is his or her most devoted advocate? Is it immediate family? The healthcare team? Some other advisor? It turns out, according to Doylestown Health, it’s the patient him- or herself. Having an engaged, informed recipient of healthcare services increases outcomes and patient satisfaction.…
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Local Pet Adopters Who Gave Pets a Forever Home during COVID Are Now Deciding Forever Isn’t Forever
Phoenix Animal Rescue in Chester Springs is among the many shelters that are currently overwhelmed by pets that families bought or adopted during the pandemic and are now giving up en masse, writes Rita Giordano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “It’s hard right now,” said Marta Gambone of Phoenix Animal Rescue. Pet rescues and shelters take…
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Long Live the King? Fla. Developer May Eclipse Area’s Claim to Home of Biggest Mall
The King of Prussia Mall may soon lose the title of one of the biggest malls in the country, writes Cukia M for the Construction Review Online. Developer Triple Five Group is planning to construct American Dream Mall near Everglades National Park in Florida. The $4 billion retail and entertainment complex would be about double…
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It Has Been 120 Years Since the First Crude Oil Shipment at Marcus Hook. A Lot Has Changed Since 1902
On March 21, 1902, the first shipment of crude oil was delivered by the S.S. Paraguay to the Marcus Hook Refinery from Texas’s Spindletop oil field. A lot has changed in the last 120 years. The Marcus Hook Terminal is no longer a refinery for breaking down petroleum (crude oil) into lubricating oils, kerosene, or…
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