• Montco’s Buck wins T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League tournament

    Montco’s Buck wins T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League tournament

    FLW Tour pro Grae Buck of Harleysville, Pennsylvania, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Northeast Division tournament on Oneida Lake Saturday after catching five bass weighing 16 pounds, 13 ounces, according to a press release. For his win, Buck earned $5,471 and 250 points in the Northeast Division presented by Gajo Baits standings. The…

  • Perkiomen Valley Art Center announces award winners

    Perkiomen Valley Art Center announces award winners

    The Perkiomen Valley Art Center is pleased to announce the award winning artists of the 57th Annual Membership Exhibition currently at Mennonite Heritage Center,  565 Yoder Road, Harleysville.  The art show is free and open to the public  until April 26.  Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 4pm. PVAC appreciates the effort and expertise…

  • Amazon to open distribution center in Kulpsville

    Amazon to open distribution center in Kulpsville

    Amazon is setting up house in Montgomery County as the online retailer giant  signed on to lease a location in the Lansdale area, just off the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Amazon will use that location as a distribution center. The property is located at 2001 Gehman Road and is a 97,000-plus square-foot structure…

  • Harleysville man part of ongoing relief effort in Puerto Rico

    Harleysville man part of ongoing relief effort in Puerto Rico

    For Eric Benner, it is a job like no other on an island 1,600 miles from home. For the past several weeks, the Harleysville man has been working with fellow PPL Electric Utilities linemen to restore power in Puerto Rico, ravaged by Hurricane Maria in late September. PPL crews are working in the Caguas region…

  • Wawa plans second Harleysville store

    Wawa plans second Harleysville store

    Wawa is expanding its reach … again. Plans for the Mainland Pointe development originally included a convenience store/fuel center, but those plans subsequently went through changes, including removing the store and fuel center, engineer Rick Mast said at the Oct. 18 Lower Salford Township Board of Supervisors morning work session, writes Bob Keeler for The…

  • Harleysville’s Griffin Quintuplets Heading to Montgomery County Community College

    Harleysville’s Griffin Quintuplets Heading to Montgomery County Community College

    Harleysville quintuplets, Austin, Evan, Miranda, Lindsay, and Dillon Griffin, are about to graduate from Souderton Area High School and head to Montgomery County Community College in the fall, writes Bob Keeler for Souderton Independent. The five siblings got driven to school for their first nineteen years but “just recently, Evan got a car,” said their…