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January 6, 2016
WYOMISSING, PA – Tompkins VIST Bank today announced that it has committed $265,000 in 2015-2016 donations to youth education organizations that qualify under the Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program. The commitment represents the highest amount the bank has donated since participating in EITC. To date, Tompkins VIST Bank has donated more than $1.5 million to the program. The donations are being given to pre-kindergarten and scholarship programs and educational improvement initiatives throughout the bank’s Southeastern Pennsylvania marketplace. ... View Article
December 15, 2015
PHOENIXVILLE The Phoenixville Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Charity Gala at the Phoenixville Country Club on November was a major success; said Megan Inmon, chair of the Gala committee and member of the Chamber’s executive board, “The Chamber is so proud to be able to give back to this wonderful community of Phoenixville.” She went on to say that “the Chamber is very thankful for everyone who contributed,” with their time, talent, and funds, to make the event what it ... View Article
November 30, 2015
PHOENIXVILLE As has become his yearly habit, Santa Claus will be stopping by his house at the Kiwanis Children’s Plaza on Bridge Street the weekend of Friday, the 4th of December to Sunday, the 6th of December. He will be receiving guests from 6:00pm to 9:00pm on Friday, 12:00pm to 8:00pm on Saturday, and 12:00pm to 7:00pm on Sunday. When asked if children had been particularly good this year in Phoenixville, Mr. Claus said not a word, but a wink ... View Article
November 16, 2015
November 16, 2015 On Tuesday, November 10, delegates from Delaware Valley engineering-related technical societies and several past Engineers of the Year gathered for the annual Engineer of the Year election. During this assembly, Kevin L. Johnson, P.E., President of Traffic Planning and Design, Inc. (TPD), an award-winning transportation engineering firm with eight offices serving the Mid-Atlantic Region, was elected the 2016 Delaware Valley Engineer of the Year. Engineer of the Year is a prestigious annual award presented by the Engineer’s ... View Article
November 12, 2015
New York, NY – In its 6th year, the New York International Spirits Competition (“NYISC”) was held at 3 West Club on October 18th to taste, evaluate, and judge almost 500 of the world’s best-distilled spirits — a double-digit increase from last year’s submissions. Although nearly 500 spirits were contributed and judged by a panel of experts, it is in the gin and rum categories that we are interested: Phoenixville’s own Blubird Distilling having taken a Silver medal for their ... View Article
