Upper Southampton company crowned winner at Spark Bowl competition
Bucks County Courier Times
A plastics manufacturing company based in Upper Southampton was named winner of this year s Spark Bowl, a Shark Tank -like competition held at Delaware Valley University in Doylestown last month.
Owners of five small businesses pitched their ideas to a panel of judges. The top three teams walked away with checks to support their ideas.
Undergraduate business students from DelVal worked with the finalists as business consultants, helping them prepare to make their pitches to the judges. Prizes were awarded to the student consultant teams who worked with the winning businesses.
Court continues to hear witness testimony in Ian Howard case for second day
Ian Howard Case- Day 02 Testimony 05/06/2021
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LAFAYETTE, La. â NOTE: we ve corrected some information here, based on what Susan Hebert told us after the hearing.
A district court judge heard testimony Thursday for a second day from witnesses during a hearing for the man accused of gunning down a Lafayette Police officer and wounding three others in 2017.
State prosecutors and defense attorneys for Ian Howard continued to call several witnesses to testify before 15th Judicial District Judge Valerie Gotch Garrett.
Howard, 31, is accused of fatally shooting Cpl. Michael Middelbrook and wounding several other Lafayette Police officers as they responded to a shots fired call at the Big Boyz store on Moss Street in Lafayette in October 2017.
UpdatedFri, Apr 16, 2021 at 1:34 pm ET
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First place winners Anthony Prato and Rachel Hodgins, from Xenoil, LLC, receive their Spark Bowl award. The pair run a U.S.-based manufacturing company that reduces plastic waste by creating products with recycled plastics. (Delaware Valley University)
DOYLESTOWN, PA Three small businesses in Bucks County were named winners in the 2021 Spark Bowl, a Shark Tank style competition put on by Delaware Valley University and the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce, the college announced.
Five businesses pitched their ideas in Delaware Valley University s Life Sciences Building on Thursday. Undergraduate business students from DelVal worked with the finalists as business consultants, helping them prepare to make their pitches to the judges. The top business received $12,000 and the top student consultant team received $3,000. Prizes were also awarded for the second- and third-place teams in both categories.
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Suzann Bendetta (Johnson) Nelson passed away suddenly March 14, 2021 at the age of 74 in Grand Rapids, Minn.
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