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Meridian Bank House of the Week: Quakertown Farmhouse to Which No Horse Lover Could Say Nay
1563 Stoney Garden Road, Quakertown, is all about wide, open spaces. The home, built in 1840, sits on nearly 15 acres of secluded, beautiful land. More, it’s in close proximity to Lake Towhee, Lake Nockamixon State Park, and Haycock Mountain. Its proximity to the trails associated with these Bucks County natural treasures make it ideal…
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DeSales MBA Program to Hold a Sample Class on March 3
DeSales MBA program is holding a Sample Class on March 3 at 6:00 pm on the Center Valley Campus. The Sample Class will begin with a short presentation of the MBA program details. Dr. Karen Kent, MBA Director will then conduct a Leadership presentation. This 45-minute presentation will give you a taste of what an…
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Tears Flow in Video of Dick Vermeil Learning of Hall of Fame Induction at His East Fallowfield Home
Love and tears formed the foundation of Dick Vermeil’s hard-driving coaching methods. It should come as no surprise, then, that both were aplenty when Vermeil was recently notified by Kurt Warner — the quarterback who led their team, the St. Louis Rams, to a victory in Super Bowl XXXIV — that he’d be joining him…
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Fort Washington-based Toll Brothers Reports Better-Than-Expected Quarterly Orders
Fort Washington-based Toll Brothers has reported better-than-expected quarterly orders thanks to strong demand for high-end homes that is not wavering as the pandemic continues for the second year, writes Prashant Gopal for Bloomberg. Purchase contracts for the three-month period through January increased two percent from a year earlier to 2,929. Analysts forecast 2,844 orders. Toll…
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Despite Popularity of Online Gambling, Parx and Chickie’s and Pete’s Go All-In on the In-Person Alternative
While there is no denying the popularity of online wagering, the owners of Parx and Chickie’s and Pete’s in Malvern have gone all-in for the in-person alternative. Katie Kohler calculated the strategy’s odds for success in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The confidence in the preference for a live betting experience led to the opening of Parx…
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O’Hara Grad, Ice Carver Robert LoFurno Takes 5th Place in Vermont Contest
Professional ice carver/chef Robert LoFurno of Concord Township, assisted by daughter Nicole and her boyfriend Mike Blundetto, recently took fifth place out of eight in the 21st annual Stowe Winter Carnival ice carving competition, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. Each carver worked with two 300-pound blocks of ice. They carved their entries in…
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Grand View Health Continues Build-out of Sellersville Site for New Healthcare Campus in 2023
Grand View Health is building a 190,000 sq. ft., six-story healthcare pavilion in Sellersville, part of what is foreseen as an entire campus of community-accessible healthcare in the northwest sector of Bucks County. The site is expected to open in summer 2023. The hospital expansion project includes: 52 private patient rooms 10 state-of-the-art operating rooms…
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Perkiomen School Graduate Dreams Up Printfresh Pajamas
Leo and Amy Voloshin are living the dream. Their co-owned pajama brand Printfresh, which sells at King of Prussia’s Anthropologie and other local outlets, has surpassed $10 million in revenue in two short years, enabling a great night’s sleep for these entrepreneurs. Lisa Dukart uncovered the details of the business in the Philadelphia Business Journal.…
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YMCA of Bucks County Seeks Applicants for Teacher/Childcare Positions
The YMCA of Bucks County has several jobs open across its various branches. It seeks applicants with teacher/childcare experience who are 21+ for lead positions and 18+ for aids and assistants. Childhood educational services through the YMCA of Bucks County are tiered: Therefore, the roles require some experience in caring for children who range in…
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Adam Sandler’s Netflix Movie ‘Hustle,’ Filmed at Manor College, Shines Spotlight on Philadelphia Region
The trailer for the new Adam Sandler movie Hustle, which prominently features Manor College, is out and it is packed with all things Philadelphia, writes Michael Tanenbaum for Philly Voice. The movie, slated for a June release, stars Sandler as a basketball scout who is trying to jump start the NBA career of a troubled…
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The Birches at Newtown Recognized with ‘Best of Senior Living’ Award
Senior living community The Birches at Newtown has been recognized by A Place for Mom, a Seattle-based nonprofit senior care referral service. It was named a “Best of Senior Living” award recipient for 2022. The distinction is extended to only 1–2 percent of senior care providers nationwide and in Canada. A Place for Mom evaluates…
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World Champ Havertown Irish Dancer Comes Home to Philly Region to Perform
A world champion Irish dancer and Havertown native came home to the Philadelphia region to perform Friday night, reports Alicia Vitarelli for 6abc.com. Ali Doughty was on stage at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, performing with the Trinity Irish Dance Company. The Chicago-based company performed traditional Irish dances with modern innovations. Sixteen company…
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Despite Student Sentiment, Twin Valley School District Won’t Prioritize Saying ‘Later’ to Mascot ‘Raider’
A student-led campaign to remove the Twin Valley School District’s mascot, the Raider, has gained little traction. Superintendent Patrick Winters’s indicated that eliminating the imagery of a Native American in a feathered headdress is not among the district’s priorities right now. Maddie Hanna unmasked the details for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The campaign to retire the…
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Parents of Interboro Grad Killed in Carjacking Receive His Temple U. Diploma
Sam Collington, a Temple University student activist from Prospect Park, killed Thanksgiving weekend, was remembered Saturday with a diploma presented to his parents, writes Barbara Laker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Collington, 21, an Interboro High School graduate, was supposed to graduate from Temple in May as a political science major, with plans to attend law…
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Peddler’s Village, Survivor of Numerous Boom-Bust Cycles, Wasn’t Going to Let a Pandemic Beat It, Either
Last year, despite a travel-tourism-retail environment of ongoing uncertainty of the pandemic, Peddler’s Village closed the 2021 books with record-breaking sales. In fact, the site has proven so resilient that the latest performance numbers top the previous sales pinnacle from FY2019, beating it by 35 percent. In 2020, the shopping-dining-performance destination had more than 2…
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Wallingford Home for Sale: Six Bedrooms, Wide Deck, Bomb Shelter
A one-of-a-kind Prairie-style mid-century modern Wallingford home is for sale, writes Sandy Smith for Philadelphia Magazine. The style is a pinch of Mies van der Rohe and a dash of Frank Lloyd Wright at 100 Brent Drive. And there’s a 1962 bomb shelter on the ground floor. The main floor of this Wallingford home has…
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Yardley’s Art McNally, the ‘Father of Modern Officiating’ Enters Pro Football Hall of Fame
Over the course of a half-century career in football officiating, Art McNally, now a Yardley retiree, must have endured countless barbs from unhappy fans: “Boo the ref!” His work, however, has now earned him one significant cheer career, as he was named the first on-field official to enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame. McNally,…
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Penn Community Bank Puts Finishing Touches on New Lansdale Branch
Penn Community Bank’s final preparations on its newest branch signified to staff and customers alike that the financial institution’s expansion from Bucks County into neighboring Montgomery County is moving forward. The bank’s new Lansdale site at 490 Forty Foot Road is the brand’s second toehold across its county border to the south, joining a branch…
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