A 2007 Pine-Richland High School graduate with an entrepreneurial spirit launched a new business Thursday that centers on social media marketing. Alyssa Choiniere is launching Hook-Line Media with a virtual launch party on Facebook at facebook.com/hooklinemedia that includes contests and prizes to promote the winning businesses and charities.  "Hook-Line Media will make social media marketing accessible to small businesses, entertainers, nonprofit organizations, and charities alike," said Choiniere, founder and president of the company. The company's website, hook-linemedia.com, refers to the…

Without seeing a tiara atop her brunette hair, you might not guess Robyn Kass-Gerji is the new Miss Pennsylvania Teen America. Her art teacher told her she did not seem like the pageant type, even as he signed a form to allow her to miss classes this spring at Pine-Richland High School so she can represent Pennsylvania in the Miss Teen America pageant.  The unassuming 15-year-old will compete April 11-15 at the Renaissance Center near Nashville, TN. Robyn is featured today (Friday) on Huffington Post as the Greatest Person of the Day, a feature about people in the community confronting …

It is often said that necessity is the mother of invention. For Judy Masucci, necessity was the mother of her business. Masucci, 43, of Pine Township was the head of a marketing department when she gave birth to her son six years ago. When she returned to work, she found nursing her son a real challenge. “I couldn’t find any attractive nursing tops, and I certainly couldn’t find nursing bras that fit,” she said. Masucci said she wore size extra or double-X large tops and a size 40G-cup bra, sizes that stores didn’t carry. The new mother returned to work when her son, Javin Parker, was 4 …