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New PennDOT Plates Let Motorcyclists Honor Veterans

Newly authorized “Honoring Our Veterans” special fund registration plates will allow Pennsylvania motorcyclists to show their support for veterans.

Made in the usual blue, white and yellow color scheme, the plates also include an image of the American Flag and a Bald Eagle with the words “Honoring Our Veterans” at the bottom of the plate. The plate is available for anyone interested in showing their support for $35 with $15 of that going directly to the Veterans’ Trust Fund.

“By adding these new motorcycle plates to our extensive registration-plate options, we now give motorcycle enthusiasts the opportunity to support Pennsylvania’s veterans and donate to a worthy cause,” said PennDOT Secretary Leslie S. Richards. “You don’t need to be a veteran to get one of these plates.”

Anyone interested in applying for a plate needs to complete the Form MV-914, “Application for Honoring Our Veterans Special Fund Registration Plate,” at vwww.dmv.pa.gov.

“Coatesville Century” Celebrates Coatesville’s Centennial Year

The Coatesville Historical Commission held a reception on Sunday to mark the opening of the “Uncommon Modern” photo exhibit, one of the several exhibits on display as part of the “Coatesville Century” display housed at Lincoln University’s campus in the city.

Honoring the cities one hundred years, the Coatesville Century exhibit includes everyday items that mark different time periods over the last century. Also on display at the school is the “100 Years of Fashion” exhibit that displays how people’s everyday dress has evolved from 1915 to today.

“Uncommon Modern” is a collection of photographic portraits of midcentury vernacular architecture in the Greater Philadelphia area taken by Philadelphia-based photographer Betsy Manning. Describing one of the pictures showing the Lipking building, Manning said that what got her to get out of the car and take the picture was that she “thought it was a great example of the architecture that I love.”

Brandywine Realty Trust Snags $16.5 Million for an Undisclosed New Jersey Building

According to a filing submitted with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Brandywine Realty Trust has sold an undisclosed 105,312-square-foot commercial building in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, for $16.5 million.

The Radnor based company, which is one of the biggest, full-service, integrated real estate companies in the nation, stated in the filing that it had sold the building on September 29th but as the transaction was part of an ongoing asset-sale program, Brandywine CEO, Gerard Sweeney, was not able to provide further details on either the location of the property, or its buyer.

Affiliated Distributors’ Initiative Aims to Help Independent Distributors  

Affiliated Distributors has announced its continued investment in the use of their AD eContent Service program to better its membership’s ability to compete in the world of e-commerce.

The comprehensive content management solution which includes a shared Master eCatalog and Web Portal, along with member Specific Sub-Catalog and Store Front options. To get the maximum effectiveness out of this initiative, AD has partnered with Unilog, a global technology company specialized in eCommerce and B2B product catalogues to provides the CIMM2 platform to its members.

“We have full time staff members working inside AD specifically to support eCommerce for our members,” said Bill Weisberg, Chairman and CEO of the $31 billion contractor and industrial products wholesale buying/marketing group. “We have active engagements with business partners and consultants, and we are making direct investments alongside our AD members for the express purpose of helping the AD Independents compete and win on the Internet.”