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May 17, 2021
Phoenixville, Pa., May 17 — French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust has preserved forever 19.7 acres in Charlestown Township, northern Chester County, through a conservation easement on property owned by Thomas and Marjorie Seibert. The Seibert Property is visible to the public from 400 feet of frontage along Pikeland Road, which is designated as a scenic road in the Charlestown Township Open Space Plan. The easement was funded by Charlestown Township. “Thanks to the Seibert’s generosity, their property will continue ... View Article
May 10, 2021
WYOMISSING, PA – Tompkins Financial Corporation has announced plans for a rebranding effort which will better align its four banks in New York and Pennsylvania under the Tompkins corporate umbrella. As a result of the effort, Tompkins VIST Bank, headquartered in Wyomissing, PA will be known simply as “Tompkins.” The three other affiliated banks – Tompkins Trust Company, headquartered in Ithaca, NY, Tompkins Mahopac Bank in the Hudson Valley, and Tompkins Bank of Castile in western New York – will ... View Article
May 7, 2021
WYOMISSING, PA—Tompkins VIST Bank today announced that John Braunlich and Nickolaus Latta have joined the company as vice presidents of Commercial Lending. They are responsible for expanding business relationships and supporting the success of clients in the greater Philadelphia area. Braunlich, of Havertown, has 21 years of financial services experience and previously served at Wells Fargo. He is a graduate of LaSalle University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. He also studied at the Temple University Real ... View Article
April 14, 2021
We are pleased to announce that we have received funding to support 10 local businesses this summer through the U-Imagine Center’s Digital Spark program. Digital Spark partners college students with businesses for 8 weeks in the summer to provide digital media services. This year we are hoping to provide hybrid services, with students working 2 days remotely and 2 days on-site, should circumstances permit. We would be grateful if you could circulate this information through your business network and encourage ... View Article
March 24, 2021
BOYERTOWN, PA. – Passengers on the Colebrookdale Railroad’s luxury high-end excursion trains will enjoy the sights and sounds of a steam locomotive in the future, with a series of big announcements to come. The Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust, the non-profit restoring and operating the Colebrookdale Railroad between Pottstown, Montgomery County, and Boyertown, Berks County, has announced that it is launching a steam program this year and is seeking funds in support of the same. “In many ways, the Colebrookdale was made ... View Article
