West Conshohocken News

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. - July 1, 2009 -- The ramp connecting the Blue Route northbound and the Schuylkill Expressway has reopened after a tractor trailer carrying hazardous material crashed there Tuesday.

Remember when everyone was going to sell everything online? "Brick-and-mortar" stores would close, and we'd all do business by e-mail, credit card number, and UPS? Hershey Co., for one, has clicked off the virtual-shopping era.

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. - June 30, 2009 - -- A tractor trailer carrying containers with a corrosive chemical overturned in West Conshohocken around 3:00 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.

Startup banks really felt the pinch of the economic downturn in the first quarter, according to David Danielson of Vienna, Va.-based Danielson Capital.

ASTM International has developed a new corrosion-related standard, G199, Guide for Electrochemical Noise Measurement.

A referendum for a $150 million bond issue for road building in Montgomery County that was postponed from this fall's election could go to voters in the spring of 2010.

The event - Philly.com's Lemonade Challenge - will start at 10 a.m. Monday at LOVE Park on JFK Plaza.

Britt Reid graduated last night. Eagles coach Andy Reid's 24-year-old son, who made headlines for his drug addiction and run-ins with the law, completed a 15-month treatment program at the Montgomery County Drug Court.

Lee Co. traffic watch The Lee County Sheriff's Office Traffic Unit provides important information in continuing efforts to increase traffic safety awareness and education.

A state lawmaker is pushing for legislation he describes as a first step toward addressing the training, equipment, and supervisory shortcomings in the state's troubled constable system.

Momentum: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Receives Nearly $1 Million Grant to Study Recovery Mechanisms in Teens Facing Addiction The John Templeton Foundation has awarded Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine a $942,307 grant to support the work of Maria E. Pagano, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of ...

Arena board ratifies contracts for company to run facility, hold rights on retail sales, food and beverage.

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. - May 1, 2009 -- Overnight lane closures scheduled on I-76 in Philadelphia and Montgomery County.

Gazing out his huge office window that overlooks the Schuylkill as it snakes through West Conshohocken, Arthur Schwartz, executive vice president of the John Templeton Foundation, might be forgiven for dwelling regularly on God's handiwork - for feeling, well, a bit empowered.

Weiming Zhang, Research Scientist; J. Thomas Hochheimer, R&D Manager; and David Malanga, Technical Service Manager, Heraeus Inc., Circuit Materials Division, West Conshohocken, Pa.

Overbrook High School class of June 1944 will host its 65th-year reunion on Sunday, June 7, at the Marriott Hotel in West Conshohocken.

Thomas Olson can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7854. S&T Bancorp reported a three-month loss of more than $3.1 million on Monday, giving shareholders of Western Pennsylvania banks a sample of results that may be posted by other regional banks in the coming days, analysts said.

A cost-effective flame spray method for applying Vicote coating from Victrex USA, Inc.

Mother's Day is fast-approaching, and savvy sons and daughters know reservations for a special meal out with Mom fill up quickly.

W. Conshohocken, PA - Each year, approximately 400,000 healthcare workers in the United States suffer accidental injury from needles and other medical sharps while tending to patients.