About Newtown Edgmont Friends & Neighbors Magazine

Greetings Friends & Neighbors of Newtown Edgmont! Thank you for your interest in Newtown Edgmont Friends & Neighbors Magazine, published by Best Version Media and mailed monthly to thousands of Newtown Edgmont residents by the support of advertising sponsors of Newtown Edgmont’s residents. Many of you know me. I’ve lived in Newtown Square for nearly 25 years. Over that time, I’ve met so many wonderful Newtown Edgmont residents through social events and in service to Newtown Township, Little League, Scouting and my church community. I began my business career as an advertising and marketing consultant. For a while, I worked as a Talk Radio and Cable TV Host. In the early days of the Internet, I managed the first online archive of millions of published newspapers and magazines articles we brought onto the Internet for the first time. Prior to becoming the Founding Publisher of Newtown Edgmont Friends & Neighbors, I founded and served as the Managing Director for an online graphic design and signage company. As a branding and advertising professional for most of my career, a business owner, community leader and a family man, my mission now in Newtown Edgmont is “Bringing People Together” through our social-media-in-print community magazine and online. I hope you enjoy reading our monthly magazine and will consider supporting our mission of Bringing People Together.

Newtown Edgmont Friends & Neighbors magazine is about local storytelling to a large audience in Newtown Edgmont. And about offering our community business leaders the opportunity to be recognized as sponsors of Newtown Edgmont’s social-media-in-print and online platform to communicate their stories and support of Newtown Edgmont residents as well.

I am happy to connect with any of you about a story or content idea, or if you’d like to learn more about sponsorship opportunities please reach out to me at bblaisse@bestversionmedia.com.

Bob Blaisse

Sheila Turner-Hilliard is a lifetime Newtown Square resident, active member of the community, and a former Newtown Square small business owner. Sheila graduated from Marple Newtown High School, and attended Kutztown University where she earned her degree in Speech Communications with a minor in Public Relations. She is delighted to use the media and communications skills learned in college and beyond to source and write interesting feature articles for her hometown magazine. In her spare time, Sheila enjoys spending time with her husband and three children. She is also author of Suit Up, Show Up, Shut Up: A no-nonsense, unapologetic girlfriend’s guide to grief. Sheila is an award-winning children’s grief advocate and a spokesperson for The Eluna Network, which supports children suffering from the loss of a loved one. Sheila’s hobbies include reading, dancing and entertaining friends and family. She welcomes content suggestions, calendar events and other input for your hometown magazine by email to her at STurnerHilliard@BestVersionMedia.com.

Sheila Turner-Hilliard

Lisa Jeffries has lived in Delaware County for over 35 years. She currently calls Drexel Hill home, and enjoys its small-town feel. After earning a BA in Journalism from Temple University, Lisa worked for over 10 years at some of Philadelphia’s top ad agencies. During the next 10 years, she worked as a Correspondent for Delaware County Daily Times, News of Delaware County and Town Talk, covering various town and school meetings including Newtown Township and Marple Newtown School Board. These days, Lisa truly enjoys using all her writing skills and experience as she works with our Expert Contributors, helping them create informative and interesting articles for our hometown magazine. As the Executive Assistant to the Publisher, Lisa copyedits our Expert Contributors’ articles and other content, writes our monthly Student of the Month feature article, creates other monthly content, and rigorously proofs each new issue before it goes to the printer. In her spare time, Lisa loves spending time with her children, visiting her sister in New York, reading and gardening.

Lisa Jeffries

Crissy Everhart has been photographing families, corporate headshots, and weddings in the Philadelphia area since 2002. A West Chester native, Crissy operates out of her portrait studio at Historic Sugartown, just minutes from Malvern and Newtown Edgmont. Inside the building is a full photography set-up with lights, backdrops, and props. Just outside the door are acres of beautiful property for colorful photos that show off the seasonal landscape. Crissy can photograph your family or business at her location or yours, and is proficient in lighting, posing, and helping you feel relaxed in front of the camera.

Crissy Everhart

Michele Quinn and Brittany Naab of Blush Salon in Newtown Square, are not only Expert Contributors for our sister publication Newtown Square Friends & Neighbors magazine, they are also our cover photo Stylists who provide our featured residents with a courtesy hair and make-up session before their cover photo shoot. When looking to improve your style, keep any eye out for Michele and Brittany’s occasional features articles and always feel free to contact Michele and Brittany at Blush Salon 610-325-3266. (www.BlushLooks.com)

Michele Quinn & Brittany Naab