About Marple Friends & Neighbors Magazine

Greetings Marple Friends & Neighbors! Thanks for your interest in Marple Friends & Neighbors Magazine, published by Best Version Media and mailed monthly to Marple residents with the support of advertising sponsors. Many of you know me. I’ve lived in here in the Marple Newtown area for nearly 25 years. Over that time, I’ve come to know Broomall residents through social events and in service to our sports leagues, 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 Founder of Marple 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 “Bringing People Together” through our social-media-in-print magazine which is also online. I hope you enjoy reading our monthly magazine and will consider supporting our mission of Bringing People Together.

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

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

Holly Stupak has been a Broomall resident since 2003. After earning a B.A. in Journalism from Susquehanna University, she has worked many years as a Copy Editor and Writer in the publishing and advertising fields. Holly is thrilled that after so many years of technical and medical writing, she can now use her journalism skills to source and write interesting feature articles and develop social media around her hometown magazine. Holly and her husband Pete, their son Colin and their daughter Sarah all love living in Marple Township because it’s such a “tight-knit community, with fantastic schools and close proximity to Philadelphia.” In her spare time, Holly enjoys reading, baking, and going to museums and the theater. She and her family love traveling, especially to the beach and places where they can go hiking and bike riding. Holly welcomes content suggestions, calendar events and other input for your hometown magazine by email to her at HStupak@BestVersionMedia.com.

Holly Stupak

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 Editorial Assistant, 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 Square. 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