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IronPigs jump out to early lead and use the long ball to ambush Syracuse
ALLENTOWN - Buddy Kennedy and David Dahl each homered and drove in three runs as the IronPigs defeated Syracuse 8-4 on Saturday at Coca-Cola Park. Lehigh Valley jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first as the first four runners reached base - bookended by Cal Stevenson's leadoff home run and Kennedy's three-run blast.
Pennypack Events Committee To Host Music in the Meadow Friday, Sept. 20
The Pennypack Events Committee will host "Music in the Meadow" at the Pennypack Community Center on Friday, Sept. 20. The Pennypack Events Committee will host “Music in the Meadow” at the Pennypack Community Center (130 Spring Ave., Hatboro) on Friday, Sept. 20 (with a tentative rain date of Sept. 21). The event starts at 5:00 PM, and fireworks start at 8:00 PM.
King of Prussia Company Billionaire Sells Mansion with Staggering Price Tag
Alan Miller, the billionaire founder of King of Prussia’s Universal Health Services, has sold his vacation home in Florida for millions. The billionaire founder of King of Prussia’s Universal Health Services, Alan B. Miller sold his Florida vacation home for a pretty penny, reports Brian Bandell for the Philadelphia Business Journal.
SS United States could move to Florida, turned into artificial reef
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- In keeping with the Sept. 12 court-imposed eviction from its pier in South Philadelphia, the SS United States very well may be sunk off the Okaloosa County, Fla. coast as part of an artificial reef, CBS News Philadelphia has learned.The county's board of commissioners is expected to take up the matter at a meeting on Tuesday afternoon, according to sources, as well as public meeting agendas and briefing documents.A spokesperson for the SS United States Conservancy said a short time ago by phone that the organization has had conversations with a handful of Florida counties because of...
Lehigh Splits With Saint Francis And Towson To Conclude Opening Weekend
TOWSON, Md. – Lehigh volleyball's trip to the Baltimore area continued on Saturday, as the Mountain Hawks battled the Saint Francis Red Flash and the Towson Tigers at TU Arena in Towson. The Mountain Hawks picked up a three-set win over the Red Flash in match one and dropped a hard-fought five-setter to Towson in match two.
Golf Completes Day One at Alex Lagowitz Memorial Invitational
HAMILTON, N.Y. – Villanova finished the first round of play in fifth place with a combined team score of four over at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial Invitational hosted by Colgate University. The Wildcats are in fifth behind Navy and Yale, who both shot one over to achieve a first place finish through round one, and Seton Hall and the host team Colgate, who are tied for third place at three over. The event was halted by a weather delay caused by rain in the area at 11:30 a.m. and resumed play at 12:30 p.m. The delay resulted in the cancellation...
Gwynedd Cross Country Opens Season at Bryn Mawr College Invitational
Media, Pa. - (8/30/2024) - The Gwynedd Mercy University men's and women's cross country teams visited Rose Tree Park in Media, Pennsylvania, to open their 2024 season at the Bryn Mawr College Invitational. The Griffin men recorded no team score with only junior Sebastian DeSimone (West Orange, N.J.) toeing the starting line (25th, 19:33.50), but behind Top-50 finishes from senior Hailey Bloom (Margate City, N.J.) (40th, 26:27.00), freshman Ava Ezzie (Drexel Hill, Pa.) (42nd, 27:08.40), and senior Mikayla Brennan (Bensalem, Pa.) (43rd, 27:36.40).
Purnell and Etter Lead Griffins Versus Knights in Season Opener
Glenside, Pa. - (8/30/2024) - Gwynedd Mercy University (0-1) traveled down 309 to open their 2024 schedule with this evening's match at Arcadia University. Graduate outside hitter Bria Purnell (Reading, Pa.) and sophomore outside hitter Kate Etter (Chambersburg, Pa.) led the Red and Gold effort in the Knights' 3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 25-15) victory; the former totaled a team-high 10 points (6 kills, 4 aces), while the latter totaled 9.0 points with a team-high nine kills.
Women’s Volleyball Opens Season with Sweep
GLENSIDE – The Arcadia University women’s volleyball team opened its 2024 season with a 3-0 (25-20. 25-20. 25-15) sweep of Gwynedd Mercy in non-conference play from Alumni Gymnasium on Friday evening. Chana Rothschild set a new career-high with 11 kills. FOR THE RECORD -The Knights open their season at 1-0. -Gwynedd Mercy fell to 0-1. ARCADIA 3, GWYNEDD MERCY 0 HOW IT HAPPENED Set 1: Arcadia 25, Gwynedd Mercy 20 -The Knights led 5-4 following a Rothschild kill before a five-point run put the Griffins up 9-5. -Arcadia face a 15-13 deficit, but four-straight points put the Knights ahead 17-15.…
Volleyball Starts 2024 Season With a Sweep Against Bryn Athyn
– The Albright Lions volleyball team (1-0, 0-0) opened their season with a win in front of their home crowd against Bryn Athyn (0-1, 0-0). This was both head coach Kayla Zelonka's first game and win as the team's head coach. With this victory, Albright not only remains unbeaten against...
MCCC Celebrates 60th Anniversary with ‘Human 60’
More than 350 students, employees, alumni and community members at Montgomery County Community College assembled at Blue Bell Campus to form a ‘Human 60’ to commemorate the College’s 60th anniversary. To continue the celebration of its 60th anniversary and the start of the fall semester, more than...
Two bridges in Cheltenham and Abington to be replaced, construction to begin this winter
Montgomery County officials approved a series of bids and request for proposals, among them the replacement of County Bridge No. 56, located along Rices Mill Road over the Tacony Creek in Cheltenham Township and County Bridge No. 44, located along Moredon Road over the Pennypack Creek in Abington Township, The Reporter said.
3 Delaware County Firms Make Forbes Best Employers in Pennsylvania List
Three Delaware County companies made a list generated by Forbes of the best employers in Pennsylvania. Delaware County has some great employers. Forbes has the proof. Three Delaware County companies made a Forbes list of Best Employers in Pennsylvania. Main Line Health, SAP, and Wawa all made the list of...
Pennsylvania governor’s office apologizes for ‘mistaken’ WWE WrestleMania statement
Despite some confusion that was created this weekend, WWE WrestleMania won’t be returning to Philadelphia in 2026. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro created that confusion when, in a social media Q&A video, he listed WrestleMania among the events Philadelphia would be hosting in 2026 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of the United States. The video has since been deleted, and a spokesperson for the governor issued a statement clarifying that WrestleMania 42 will not be held in Pennsylvania.
Public voices often ignored in states’ opioid settlement money decisions
The conversation wasn’t sounding good for Kensington residents on June 20. The Philadelphia neighborhood is a critical center of the nation’s opioid crisis, and the city had decided to spend $7.5 million in opioid settlement money to improve the quality of life there. But on that day, a Pennsylvania oversight board was about to vote […]
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