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Weekend Wanderer: What Global Supply Chain Issues?
I took to heart those news articles about global supply chain issues affecting Christmas after I was lectured about the tilapia. My parents eat tilapia all the time, so they purchase it by the bag. I mean, by the bag. These are large bags, crammed with four or five tilapia filets. These bags are ten…
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No Strike for Suburban SEPTA Drivers; Tentative Contract Deal Reached
A strike has been averted for SEPTA’s suburban operators with a tentative SEPTA contract agreement reached, writes Thomas Fitzgerald for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The new SEPTA contract for 365 members of SMART Local 1594 expires 12:01 a.m. Friday. The union had considered a strike over mandatory overtime rules. The union members operate SEPTA’s buses, trolleys,…
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Conshohocken-based IKEA to Bump Up Starting Wage, Boost Its Benefits Package
IKEA, with U.S. headquarters in Conshohocken, is planning to begin the coming year with a wage increase and enhanced benefits for its co-workers. Effective January 1, 2022, the Swedish furnishings giant is increasing its starting wage in the U.S. to $16 per hour, with some hourly wages starting higher, at $17 or $18, depending on…
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Sandwich Shop with Its Award-Winning Zeps Has Been a Norristown Institution for Decades
In addition to always offering high-quality meals that are guaranteed to satiate everybody’s hunger, the eatery also offers a trip back in time as it has changed very little from when it was started in 1941 by Lou Bondi. Lou’s Sandwich Shop has been serving the same, award-winning Zeps and cheesesteaks to eager Norristown customers…
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Lester-Cherard Wedding Ceremony at River House at Odette’s Proved: The Fifth Time’s a Charm
It took some doing to finally pull off the Lester-Sherard wedding. A host of delays led to five calendar/location hops before the event came together in New Hope. Kristen Schott tracked the journey for Philadelphia Magazine. Jewel Lester and Ameer Sherard met in Antigua on a getaway birthday celebration for a mutual friend. They started…
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Meridian Bank House of the Week: There’s Something Fishy About This Ivyland Mansion
1265 Grenoble Road, Ivyland, was wholly renovated in 2018 (to the tune of $5 million!), leading to its inclusion in numerous architectural and landscaping magazines. The main home is 11,000 square feet of space, containing six bedrooms, eight full baths, six fireplaces, an indoor saltwater pool, and an out-of-the-ordinary aquarium. From the moment guests step…
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Jump in Home Heating Oil Prices Shouldn’t Cause Bucks County Buyers to Get Hot Under the Collar … Yet
As Bucks County weather turns increasingly frosty, many local homeowners are flipping on the heat for the first time since late spring. As they do so, they may find the resulting home heating oil bills a little surprising. Walt Frank, of the Altoona Mirror, gauged the trend. “People’s concern is that [the price of oil]…
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Anima, a Newtown Tech Startup, Is ‘One Part Studio, One Part Art Dealer’
Anima, a Newtown startup, brokers digital art seeable only by using visual technology like a Smartphone. Kennedy Rose looked at this unique e-business for PHL Inno. Founders Alex Herrity and Neil Voss started their careers in gaming; Herrity at Epic Games, and Voss at Nintendo. There, they saw the comfort with which players routinely owned…
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National Dog Show Holds Press Preview Event at Pet-Friendly Audubon Hotel
One of the highlights of National Dog Show week is its annual press preview, a harbinger of a one-of-a-kind local event. At this year’s preview, a total of 11 dogs were on hand at the Tru by Hilton hotel in Audubon to the delight of TV cameras and reporters from multiple outlets throughout the Delaware…
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Wynnewood Native Researching Magic Mushrooms for Psychotherapy
Brett Waters, a Wynnewood native and New York lawyer who founded Reason for Hope, a nonprofit that advocates for psychedelics-assisted psychotherapy, has high hopes for the newly proposed magic mushrooms bill in Pennsylvania, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Keystone State could become a national leader in studying magic mushrooms as a treatment…
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Chester County Home to One of the Fastest-Growing Tech/Life Sciences Companies in North America
Deloitte has published its latest report of the 500 fastest-growing technology and life sciences companies in North America, and AscellaHealth in Berwyn is among them, reports Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Deloitte’s 2021 Technology Fast 500 Rankings grades companies based on revenue growth from 2017-2020. Qualifying metrics were: minimum operating revenue of $50,000…
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Super Impulse, Bristol Toy Manufacturer, Finds Big Satisfaction in Making Tiny Pleasures
Take heart, parents who tire of tripping over children’s massive doll houses or oversized action figure playsets. Super Impulse, a toy manufacturer in Bristol, is embracing small in a big way. In a press statement, the company announced Mirco Toy Box, a line of miniature collectibles that can fit in the palm of the hand.…
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Pawn Shop Business Booms in Pandemic But It’s Not Why You Think
The pandemic has been good for pawn shops, writes Mike D’Onofrio and Taylor Allen for Axios Philadelphia. Sales and loan redemptions have spiked in the past year and a half, says Stanton Myerson, owner of Lou’s Jewelry & Pawn in Upper Darby. “Sales were brisk because people had nothing to do but spend money. ……
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Bucks County Community College Ranked in Top Five of Pennsylvania’s Best
Bucks County Community College ranks among the top five community colleges in Pennsylvania, according to a staff report from MSN Money. Stacker recently compiled a list of the best community colleges in the Keystone State, using rankings from Niche. Bucks County Community College came fifth in Pennsylvania with a Niche grade B-. The Newtown-based college…
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PDEP Caps Levels of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Near Former Bucks County-Area Military Bases
The Pa. Dept. of Environmental Protection has cleared the way for a proposed rule that would set maximum contaminant levels of “forever chemicals” in local waterways. The pollutants, so named because of their persistence, are a drinking-water concern to areas like Bucks County that housed former military bases. Frank Kummer highlighted the danger in The…
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Civic-Minded Newtown Businessman Montu Patel Is Elected to Ambler Savings Bank Board of Trustees
Ambler Savings Bank is pleased to announce the election of Montu Patel to its board of trustees. Patel serves as the President of Innovative Hospitality Management (IHM), in Newtown and is also the Principal at Lotus Park Senior Living in Marietta, Ga. He grew up in the hotel industry, taking interest in the hotel management…
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American Airlines to Up European Travel Routes to Meet Pent Up Demand
It’s looking a lot rosier in 2022 for American Airlines’ Philadelphia hub when it comes to European travel. In fact, the airline projects the summer of 2022 will look a lot like the pre-pandemic days of summer 2019, writes Catherine Dunn for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “Everybody who didn’t go to Rome in 2020, in 2021,…
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‘Smallpox’-Labeled Vials Found at Merck Lab in Upper Gwynedd Township
According to the Centers for Disease Control, a batch of vials labeled with “smallpox” were found in a freezer at a Merck facility in Upper Gwynedd Township and immediately quarantined, write Deanna Durante and Brian X. McCrone for NBC4 New York. It is not clear why the vials were there. Smallpox is a deadly disease…
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