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Ambler’s Annual Oktoberfest Prepares with the Help of Key Organizer Bob King of Ambler Saving Bank
If Ambler Savings Bank Facilities Manager Bob King and the Ambler Main Street team prepare well for the Ambler Oktoberfest on October 7–8 properly, no one will really know of the effort. And that’s the way they want to keep it. The event has been going on for more than 20 years, hosted by Ambler…
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Ambler Dad Gets Caught in the Net of the Georgetown University Tennis Coach Bribery Scandal
The Georgetown University bribery scandal that sent a faculty tennis coach to prison for pocketing more than $3 million has landed Robert Repella, an Ambler dad, on probation. An Associated Press Boston report served up the particulars. Repella, a former pharmaceutical executive, pleaded guilty to bribing Georgetown University tennis coach Gordon Ernst. According to testimony,…
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Philadelphia Magazine: Nine Montgomery County Schools Offer Honors-Level Scholastics
Nine Montco high schools are among the 40 top-rated learning institutions in Phila. and its suburbs, according to a new ranking by Philadelphia Magazine. To determine the top-performing city and suburban public high schools, the publication’s editors used the latest available data from the Pa. Department of Education and the National Center for Education Statistics.…
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Montco Continues Amassing Academic Accolades; Niche, Too, Finds Quality in Local Colleges
Four Montgomery County colleges have ranked among the 25 best colleges in Pa. for 2023, according to a recently released list by Niche, writes Rachel Ravina for the Philadelphia Business Journal. This latest assessment comes atop a recent similar nod from the Princeton Review. As did its N.J. counterpart, Niche performed a rigorous, statewide analysis…
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Trees’ Teachable Moments: Temple Ambler Campus Offers Lesson on Mother Nature in Recovery
As it did with much of the region, 2021’s Hurricane Ida battered the Temple Ambler campus. The storm’s wind-hail-rain legacy was $10 million in damage. But it also left a unique opportunity for horticultural experts to guide replenishment and renewal. Susan Snyder, with The Philadelphia Inquirer, branched out to report what experts are now learning…
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30 Montgomery County Businesses Land on Inc. Mag’s 5,000 Fastest Growers List
A total of 30 Montgomery County companies made the 2022 Inc. 5000, a list of the fastest-growing businesses in the country. Ryan Mulligan compiled the list in the Philadelphia Business Journal. The list ranks companies based on their three-year percent revenue growth. Companies must be privately held, independently owned, and have generated revenue of at…
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Ample Ambler Apartments Now Available, Adding Ambitious Asset
The Crossings at Ambler Station, the community’s first new apartment complex in half a century, has been completed and now awaits its first tenants. The community was created to tick several popular amenity boxes for renters: Its proximity to the Pa. Turnpike and Route 309 provides easy access for travel Residents can access multiple coworking…
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Montgomery County Businesses Lead the Collar Counties on PBJ Soaring 76 List
The Philadelphia Business Journal Soaring 76 spells good news for Montgomery County. Lisa Dukart tallied the reasons for local optimism in the business community this year. A macro view of the area’s fastest-growing companies for 2022 yields a few surprises. Yes, there are perennial qualifiers. But there are also several newcomers, signaling young tycoons making…
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Ambler Brewer Travels West to Enable Beer Fans in ‘Da Burgh’ to Tap into Her Success
Adena Brewington-Brown has a surname that fairly drips with appropriateness for her skill at brewing beer. She has tapped into that connection to become a successful producer, taking two brews that resulted from an Ambler collaboration to a Pittsburgh festival. Jon Moss reported her trek in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Not only is Brewington-Brown’s ID wholly…
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Ambler Army Veteran Cultivates a Strong Community Through Gardening
Jeri “Momma J” Brockington has been cultivating strong relationships in her community by giving away the produce she grows in the garden of her Ambler home, writes Matteo Iadonisi for 6ABC. Brockington spent two years in the Army after finishing school, but her commitment to service began earlier than that. She learned the importance of…
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In Advance of Tomorrow’s Scorcher, Here’s Where to Turn for Relief
Tomorrow’s one-two punch of high humidity and excessive heat will bring on a real-feel temperature of 102⁰. That’s dangerous territory for Montgomery County residents who are very young, advanced in age, or medically compromised; however, Montgomery County service providers are firing up its heat advisory response. Emily Rizzo was appropriately cool-headed in bringing details to…
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Montco Is Home to 23 Least Budget-Friendly Communities in the State, Including Number One
A Seattle software company’s national and statewide analyses of household expenses reveals Montgomery County communities in which monthly bill paying takes the least — and largest — bites. The study by fintech firm doxo shows that nationwide, the monthly outlay for bills is $2,003, which goes to the following: Mortgage Rent Auto loans Utilities Auto…
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Philadelphia Magazine Best of Philly 2022: Plenty of Love (and One Small Jab) to Montgomery County
Philadelphia Magazine’s Best of Philly 2022 is out, and Montgomery County has plenty to be proud of. The editors’ main focus may be downtown, but they’ve cited plenty of reasons that communities here are worthy of attention. Best New Restaurant, ‘Burbs Lark, Bala Cynwyd Lark’s seventh-floor setting provides dramatic views, but the menu is the…
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Something’s Clearly ‘Happening’ at Ambler Savings Bank
Ambler Savings Bank was voted Best Bank in Montgomery County by customers, a ranking published by the 2022 Montco Happening List. The countywide feedback initiative celebrates the area’s most beloved businesses, people, events, and organizations. Winners are tallied from customer and public votes. Ambler Savings Bank is proud of its service to its customers and…
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Former St. Mary’s Villa Site in Ambler is Home to Two New Projects
The former St. Mary’s Villa for Children and Families site in Ambler is now home to two new projects: a senior living community and a for-sale housing development, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Preliminary plans for the property were first initiated a decade ago. Once approvals had been secured from Upper Dublin,…
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Former Army Paratrooper Laid to Rest in Ambler with Flyover Tribute By Plane He Jumped From on D-Day
PFC Leslie Palmer Cruise Jr. was buried on Saturday at Whitemarsh Memorial Park and Cemetery in Ambler with a flyover tribute by the plane he jumped from on D-Day into Normandy, France, writes Valerie Russ for The Philadelphia Inquirer. When he jumped out of the plane that is now owned by the National Warplane Museum…
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Redevelopment of Former Keasbey & Mattison Plant in Ambler Enters Second Phase
The redevelopment of the former Keasbey & Mattison asbestos plant in Ambler is entering the second phase more than two decades after John Zaharchuk of Summit Realty Advisors put the property under agreement, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. “It was such a heavy lift,” said Zaharchuk. “We’re 10 years behind where we…
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Ambler Savings Bank Seeds Student Interest in Unusual Crop-Growing — Like in a Shipping Crate
Ambler Savings Bank is well accustomed to encouraging investment growth. But that outlook took on a different character with its recent donation of $35,000 to Methacton High School. Yes, it’s hoping to see a yield; however, this one is meant to be edible, not accounted on a ledger. The funds supported the high school students’…
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