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Avalon

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    Retail

    Philadelphia Print Shop to Retain Wayne Brick-and-Mortar, Moving to Smaller Storefront with Historic Charm

    June 12, 2025

    After nearly five years at its current location in downtown Wayne, The Philadelphia Print Shop is preparing for a short move — a stone’s throw…

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    Real Estate

    Jersey Shore Tiny Homes Get Huge Offers, Flourtown Owners Refuse to Sell

    September 16, 2024

    Despite receiving many offers, some owners of tiny homes on million-dollar properties in ritzy Jersey Shore towns have no intention of selling, write Erin McCarthy…

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    Health & Fitness

    Now a Juice Pod Healthy Alternative Is Coming to Havertown

    May 31, 2024

    The Juice Pod with its menu of fruit and vegetable juices and smoothies started at the Jersey Shore back in 2016 and has been expanding…

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    Real Estate

    Jenkintown Architect Helped to Build the Avalon ‘Guard House’ on Market for $11.9 Million

    August 22, 2023

    Rosa Randa of Asher Slaunwhite and Partners Architects in Jenkintown helped bring the vision of a Palm Springs-inspired Avalon home to life, writes Ryan Mulligan…

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    Entertainment

    Malvern Man Among Throngs of People Enjoying Summer at the Shore

    June 22, 2023

    Over the past weekend of Father’s Day, many vacationers and visitors headed down to the beach to enjoy some sun, sand, and swimming, writes Trish…

  • Tourism

    Discipline is Key for West Chester Resident, One of Many Hybrid Workers Heading Down the Shore  

    June 3, 2023

    Hybrid workers in the Philadelphia region are taking advantage of the warmer weather. Some hit the road on Thursday night to head down the shore…

  • Real Estate

    Supersize Homes, Supercharged Rental Market Putting Seven Mile Island Out of Reach of Everybody but Richest Buyers

    June 1, 2023

    Supersize homes and a sizzling residential market are making the Seven Mile Island resort towns of Avalon and Stone Harbor affordable only to the most…

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    Restaurants

    Already Owners of Downingtown Juice Pod, Local Family Opens Second Location in West Chester

    December 22, 2022

    A popular health food chain has landed in West Chester. Juice Pod, founded in 2016 in Avalon, NJ, has multiple branches in Chester County. Both…

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    Real Estate

    Berwyn Exec Buys Oceanfront Home in Avalon’s Most Expensive Real Estate Transaction of 2021

    December 4, 2021

    An oceanfront home in Avalon, N.J., has sold for a whopping $11.15 million, making it the town’s most expensive property to sell this year, writes…

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    Investments

    Chester County Leadership: Patti Brennan, President and CEO of Key Financial

    July 27, 2021

    Patti Brennan, the President and CEO of Key Financial, spoke with VISTA Today about growing up in a family with seven children, including one who…

  • Community

    Chester County Leadership: District Attorney Tom Hogan

    July 14, 2017

    Editor’s Note: This profile of District Attorney Tom Hogan was originally published in June 2015. VISTA Today is re-running it from its archives, in light of the…

  • Banking & Finance

    Chester County Leadership – Bill Hieb

    June 18, 2017

    Bill Hieb, President and CEO of DNB Financial, parent company of DNB First, the oldest nationally chartered community bank serving the Greater Philadelphia region, recently sat down…

  • Commerce, Professional Services, Technology & Innovation

    Local Startup Beach Caddy Starting to Catch Bigger Waves

    June 8, 2017

    Toting modern technology and youthful muscle to the best spots on the beach, locally backed Beach Caddy is setting up for another big season of…

  • Commerce, Real Estate

    Significant Number of Jersey Shore Property Owners from Wayne, West Chester

    September 18, 2016

    An astonishing number of residents of West Chester, Malvern, Wayne, and Newtown Square have a second property along the Jersey Shore, according to a staff…

  • Commerce, Nonprofit

    Chefs’ Hot Dishes Keep West Chester Needy Out of the Cold

    April 16, 2016

    The hottest dish of ACT in Faith of Greater West Chester’s fundraising night on March 31 was the Korean short rib slider cooked up by…

  • Real Estate

    Dream Home Built By Paoli Foundry Owner Up For Sale

    April 17, 2015

    Decades ago, the owner of Paoli’s Country Iron Foundry crafted a retreat from his sweltering factory work in the cool breezes and vast ocean views of…

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