• MacElree Harvey Partner Named to 2024 Super Lawyer Top 100 Lists in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia

    MacElree Harvey Partner Named to 2024 Super Lawyer Top 100 Lists in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia

    In addition to being named a 2024 Super Lawyer, MacElree Harvey Partner Harry DiDonato has been selected for the Top 100 in Pennsylvania and Top 100 in Philadelphia Super Lawyers lists for 2024 in the areas of Business & Corporate, Real Estate, and Tax Law. DiDonato has now been selected to the Super Lawyers List 12…

  • Habitat for Humanity of Chester County Hosting ‘Pints with a Purpose’ Happy Hour Jun. 5

    Habitat for Humanity of Chester County Hosting ‘Pints with a Purpose’ Happy Hour Jun. 5

    Habitat for Humanity of Chester County (HFHCC) will host a “Pints with a Purpose” Happy Hour Jun. 5 from 5-8:00 PM at Locust Lane Brewery (50 Three Tun Road, Suite #4, Malvern). Pints with a Purpose happy hours are a joint partnership with Locust Lane Craft Brewery and the Exton Region Chamber of Commerce to…

  • KPMG and Partners in Outreach Provide over 500 New Books to Students

    KPMG and Partners in Outreach Provide over 500 New Books to Students

    Partners in Outreach (PIO) has reignited its classroom reading program and partnered with KPMG to provide books to children in need. After a hiatus during and after COVID-19 due to restrictions, the organization is thrilled to resume its efforts in Chester County Title 1 Schools. In April, PIO conducted a school-wide reading initiative at East…

  • The Philadelphia Inquirer Names Lamb McErlane PC a 2024 Top Workplace

    The Philadelphia Inquirer Names Lamb McErlane PC a 2024 Top Workplace

    The Philadelphia Inquirer has named Lamb McErlane PC a winner of the 2024 Top Workplaces Award. This award is based entirely on the employee feedback captured with a workplace survey. The Top Workplaces Award celebrates companies that prioritize a people-centered culture with a steadfast dedication to excellence. Lamb McErlane is ranked 34 out of 81…

  • J. Kurtis Kline Joins MacElree Harvey Law Firm

    J. Kurtis Kline Joins MacElree Harvey Law Firm

    Attorney J. Kurtis Kline has joined MacElree Harvey’s business law department. Kline brings a wealth of experience in advising business entities and individuals on a wide range of matters. Prior to joining MacElree Harvey, Kline spent a decade practicing corporate law at large regional and national law firms in and around Chester County. He then…

  • Eastern University Celebrates Groundbreaking of Templeton Hall

    Eastern University Celebrates Groundbreaking of Templeton Hall

    This past Friday, May 10, Eastern University hosted a ceremony to celebrate the Groundbreaking of Templeton Hall (formerly Workman Hall). Over 100 attendees gathered on the St. Davids campus to witness the beginning of this exciting new renovation and expansion project at Eastern.  “The groundbreaking ceremony was an exciting and significant moment for our community,”…

  • The Hidden Dangers of Secondhand Smoke: Protecting Yourself and Others

    The Hidden Dangers of Secondhand Smoke: Protecting Yourself and Others

    Imagine you’re taking a walk downtown on a sunny spring day. Suddenly, you notice a faint smell in the air — the unpleasant scent of cigarette smoke. Even if you’re not the one smoking, you’re still breathing in secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke happens when others who are burning tobacco products — like cigarettes, cigars, hookahs,…

  • 17 MacElree Harvey Attorneys Named Super Lawyers and Rising Stars in 2024

    17 MacElree Harvey Attorneys Named Super Lawyers and Rising Stars in 2024

    Seventeen MacElree Harvey Attorneys have been recognized on the Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars list in 2024. Nine attorneys were named as Super Lawyers, and eight attorneys were named as Rising Stars. Super Lawyers is a prestigious designation awarded to outstanding lawyers who have achieved a high degree of peer recognition and professional accomplishment.  The…

  • Aqua Pennsylvania Secures $6.7M PENNVEST Grant Funding for Bucks County PFAS Treatment Facility

    Aqua Pennsylvania Secures $6.7M PENNVEST Grant Funding for Bucks County PFAS Treatment Facility

    Aqua Pennsylvania has secured grant funding through the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) to construct PFAS treatment at its Edgely Water Treatment facility in Bristol Township. Construction on the facility is scheduled to begin in July. The grant, which provides funding up to $6.7 million, will allow Aqua Pennsylvania to complete the installation of this…

  • West Chester University’s GNA Forest Fest Wins a 2024 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence

    West Chester University’s GNA Forest Fest Wins a 2024 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence

    West Chester University has been honored with a Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence for “A Forest Festival Celebrating 50 years of the Robert B. Gordon Natural Area for Environmental Education.” These awards, presented on Apr. 30 in Harrisburg, highlight the best in environmental innovation and expertise throughout the Commonwealth. The Fall 2023 Forest Festival attracted…

  • Delaware Department of Labor Introduces Apprenticeship Path for Wilmington University College Credit

    Delaware Department of Labor Introduces Apprenticeship Path for Wilmington University College Credit

    The Delaware Department of Labor (DOL) and Wilmington University have jointly introduced the new Smart Transfer Enrollment Program (STEP Path™) for the Vocational Workforce, a new initiative that will allow individuals in select registered apprenticeship programs the opportunity to earn up to 42 college credits* toward a bachelor’s degree at Wilmington University. This new program creates a unique pathway for…

  • Henrietta Hankin Branch Library To Host ‘Books for All Readers’ Workshop on Jun. 6

    Henrietta Hankin Branch Library To Host ‘Books for All Readers’ Workshop on Jun. 6

    The Henrietta Hankin Branch Library will hold a “Books for all Readers” community workshop on Thursday, Jun. 6, from 5:30-7:30 PM. The workshop is designed to inform educators, parents, and caregivers about the science of reading and ways to help early and struggling readers become skilled readers with the help of decodable books. Decodable books…

  • YMCA of Greater Brandywine Celebrates Thousands of Volunteers at the Breakfast of Champions 

    YMCA of Greater Brandywine Celebrates Thousands of Volunteers at the Breakfast of Champions 

    The YMCA of Greater Brandywine (YGBW) recently celebrated the power of volunteers, totaling more than 78,000 hours given by 4,700 volunteers in 2023. To show their gratitude, YGBW invited volunteers to Penn Oaks Golf Club for the Breakfast of Champions, the organization’s biggest volunteer recognition event of the year. At the event, YGBW celebrated the…

  • Challenger Learning Center Gift Launches STEM Education Opportunities for Pottstown Youth

    Challenger Learning Center Gift Launches STEM Education Opportunities for Pottstown Youth

    Inside the Challenger Learning Center at Montgomery County Community College Pottstown, children get to experience a world beyond their familiar neighborhoods. During the space missions, students assume various roles as astronauts or in mission control, working collaboratively to overcome outer space challenges and celebrate their achievements. Seeing students so fully engrossed in exploring the universe…

  • Over 1,200 Students Graduate from Delaware County Community College

    Over 1,200 Students Graduate from Delaware County Community College

    On a day that emphasized the power of education to change life trajectories, more than 1,200 students graduated from Delaware County Community College with associate degrees and/or certificates. On Thursday, May 16, the College held two separate Commencement ceremonies. The morning ceremony was for graduates of the Allied Health & Nursing, STEM, and Workforce &…

  • First-Generation Graduate Kaitlyn Cross Earns Validation as Holy Family University’s Class of 2024 Valedictorian

    First-Generation Graduate Kaitlyn Cross Earns Validation as Holy Family University’s Class of 2024 Valedictorian

    If you happened to be in the working-class, safe-haven Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood of Bridesburg on Apr. 25, you might have heard the shouts of sheer delight bellowing from Kaitlyn Cross’s house.   The community is close-quartered and close-knit, adept at deciphering an exclamation of excitement from one of distress, so the commotion beckoned more anticipation…

  • Class of 2024 Graduate Alana Tinsley Solidified Career Choice through Transfer To Holy Family University

    Class of 2024 Graduate Alana Tinsley Solidified Career Choice through Transfer To Holy Family University

    In the Holy Family University Stevenson Lane dorm room of Alana Tinsley, there is decorative ivy adorning the walls and ceiling. Amazon ivy that she purchased and positioned, but ivy nonetheless. It is the only greenery you will see around the senior Criminal Justice Major because there is certainly no grass growing under her feet.…

  • Eastern University Launches Fully Online PhD in Professional Practice

    Eastern University Launches Fully Online PhD in Professional Practice

    Eastern University is now offering a PhD in Professional Practice, designed to provide experienced professionals from diverse career paths an opportunity to carefully examine and thoughtfully assess the outcomes and professional contributions of their careers.  The degree program is 100 percent online and can be completed in three to five years at the affordable cost of…