Plymouth Meeting
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Plymouth Meeting Couple’s 55-Year Marriage Followed a Botched Blind Date
Vince and Barbara Schaeffer, who moved to Plymouth Meeting 17 years ago, have been sharing love and support for the last 55 years. Kellie Patrick Gates profiled the couple in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The pair were initially supposed to meet for a blind date during the 1964 holiday season. But Vincent contracted pneumonia and had…
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NYSE Suspends Trading in PREIT Shares, Starts Stock Delisting Process
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, the owner of Plymouth Meeting Mall and Willow Grove Park Mall, is being booted off the New York Stock Exchange, writes Rich Bockmann for The Real Deal. On Thursday, the exchange announced it would suspend trading of the struggling mall operator’s shares immediately and begin the process of delisting its…
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Plymouth Meeting Firm Tests Liver Disease Gene Therapy; Trials Target the Condition in Babies
A gene-therapy regimen designed to treat liver disease is being tested on babies at iECURE, a Plymouth Meeting-based biopharma company. Tom Avril covered the development in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The effort is being funded by $65 million in new venture capital financing, backing an idea of University of Pennsylvania scientist Jim Wilson. Wilson, iECURE’s chief…
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Montco High School Students Pound Heavy Metal at Bethlehem’s Musikfest
Metal band Devixe (pronounced device) and its local high-school performers hit the big time by playing a set for the packed crowds at Musikfest, Bethlehem’s high-profile summer concert series. Matteo Iadonisi tuned up his journalism skills to report the story for 6abc. The band comprises: Drummer-keyboardist Liam Myerow, from Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School Guitarist Bryce Monsell,…
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Former Plymouth Meeting Lawyer and College Sweetheart Take Advantage of Their Second Chance at Love
Jill Arnstein, a former litigation lawyer in Plymouth Meeting, is enjoying the second chance at love she received with her college sweetheart, Jesse, writes Kellie Patrick Gates for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The couple met at Rutgers-Camden School of Law in 1991. “She was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen in my life, and…
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Privately Owned Warminster Pharma Firm Sheds Shares to Raise $16M
i3 Pharmaceuticals of Warminster raised $16M recently by way of equity financing. John George covered the privately owned firm’s stock sale in the Philadelphia Business Journal. News of the i3 capital-raising measure came via filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company develops and manufactures difficult-to-formulate specialty drugs. In Feb., it launched a generic…
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Plymouth Meeting School Show Purposefully Becomes a Three-Ring Circus
Any parent of a child who has performed in a school show knows how quickly a pint-sized production can evolve into a Barnum & Bailey production. But Will Starr, a Plymouth Meeting Friends School teacher, intentionally guides his young thespians in exactly that direction. Todd Haas presented the details in the center ring at 6abc.…
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If, As a Teen, You ‘Lived’ at Willow Grove Mall, Its Owner May Just Make That a Reality
The owner of Willow Grove Park Mall (and others in the region), has an interesting idea to buck up the retail location’s finances: apartments. Bob Fernandez listed the thinking behind the plan in The Philadelphia Inquirer. PREIT has, like its counterparts nationwide, been suffering in this harsh landscape of post-COVID shopping climate. The malls are…
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Greater Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce Brings Job Fair to Plymouth Meeting Mall
The job fair will feature over sixty companies from throughout Montgomery County representing diverse industries including healthcare, hospitality, education, manufacturing, retail, construction, financial services, and more. Positions available include full and part-time hours. Students, retirees, per diem, contract workers as well as those seeking flexible schedules should attend. According to Pam Kelly, President and CEO…
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PREIT, Owner of Willow Grove Mall, Announces Core Sales of Over $600 Per Square Foot
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT), the owner of Willow Grove Mall, closed 2021 on a high note with core mall rolling 12-month sales traversing the $600 per square foot milestone at $603. PREIT properties emerged as winners for the last year thanks to new anchors and a strong mix of existing tenants. Cherry Hill…
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Wegmans in Montgomery Mall to Go Up for Sale
The Wegmans in the Montgomery Mall has recently been put up for sale, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Its “for sale” sign arose around same time as the announced sale of the Whole Foods Market in Plymouth Meeting. It’s not out of the ordinary for real estate owners to sell off parts…
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Plymouth Meeting Woman Joins Bathroom Remodeling Revolution Prompted by Pandemic
Allison Greenfield, a Plymouth Meeting resident, is one of the many people nationwide who decided to remodel their bathrooms after they were forced to spend much more time at home during the pandemic, writes Terri Akman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Greenfield had many issues with her original bathroom which only intensified during the lockdown. “The…
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IKEA Predicts at Least Another Year of Stock Shortages Due to Supply Chain Issues
IKEA, with U.S. headquarters in Conshohocken, is facing at least another year of stock shortages due to the ongoing supply chain bottleneck, according to a staff report from PYMNTS.com. “We actually foresee that the availability and raw materials challenge will continue for the better part, if not the whole, of [the financial year to the…
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Plymouth Meeting Mother-Daughter Duo Finds Second Careers in OMG! Pretzels
Plymouth Meeting mother and daughter Lynn and Stephanie Kriebel are finding great success in their second careers thanks to an old family recipe, writes M. English for The Times Herald. Lynn, a former nurse, and Stephanie, a teacher by training, started OMG! Pretzels in 2014 as a two-woman cottage industry in Lynn’s kitchen. The brand…
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Plymouth Meeting Fifth Grader One of Only Three Kids Nationwide Headed to World Series
Plymouth Meeting fifth grader Lori Flannery is a true softball star, writes Jamie Apody for 6abc. She can throw, hit, and run and she was able to show off all those skills recently when she won her age group at the regional Pitch Hit and Run Competition at Citizen’s Bank Park. “I wanted to win…
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Plymouth Meeting Woman Exhibits Stick-to-it-iveness with Pandemic-Inspired Gourmet Marshmallow Business
Dana Hermann, a Plymouth Meeting native, found some comfort from what was going on around her when the pandemic started in gourmet marshmallows, writes Mary English for The Pottstown Mercury. When the delicacies turned out to be a hit with her family, she realized she could make them herself for less money than she was…
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Plymouth Meeting Quakers Seek to Safely Extract Afghan Interpreter, Working for U.S. Military, from Kabul
The Plymouth Meeting Quakers group, who helped build a school for girls in Afghanistan, is trying to find a way to bring home an Afghan interpreter. The group wishes to rescue the man, who risked his life working for the U.S. military, to safety from the horrors of Kabul, writes Jeff Gammage for The Philadelphia…
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Plymouth Meeting Native’s Father Jim Praised By Pope Francis for His LGBTQ+ Advocacy
Plymouth Meeting native Rev. James Martin SJ, known better as Father Jim, received praise from Pope Francis for his unwavering support of the LGBTQ+ Americans, writes Gerald Farinas for Go Pride. “I want to thank you for your pastoral zeal and your ability to be close to people, with the closeness that Jesus had, and…
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