• Lansdale-based Boardroom Spirits looks to expand its footprint

    Lansdale-based Boardroom Spirits looks to expand its footprint

    They’re not done yet. After dropping thousands of dollars to improve production in its facility in Lansdale, the family-owned distiller Boardroom Spirits wants to extend hospitality and space for its guests. Business for 2-year-old Boardroom Spirits in Lansdale has mushroomed since it started in 2016 — sales this year expanded to Las Vegas and Florida, and the local…

  • Boardroom Spirits in Lansdale voted among best craft specialty spirit distilleries in U.S.

    Boardroom Spirits in Lansdale voted among best craft specialty spirit distilleries in U.S.

    Boardroom Spirits, the craft distillery based in Lansdale, was recently ranked third in the nation for specialty craft spirit distillation by USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice. A panel of six experts, chosen for their knowledge of the American craft spirits scene, partnered with 10Best editors to nominate 20 U.S. distilleries that excel in crafting spirits that…

  • Lansdale native Aleks Musika making a fashion statement

    Lansdale native Aleks Musika making a fashion statement

    When you think haute couture, perhaps Paris comes to mind, but Lansdale? As one-half of the New York-based menswear line, Musika Frère,  (Aleks) Musika — pronounced Mu-see-ka — and his business partner, Davidson Petit-Frère,  dressed Chadwick Boseman in chic cobalt for the actor’s Black Panther premiere earlier this year. They also outfitted Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson in an olive green one-button…

  • Boardroom Spirits, Lansdale, expands to Florida market

    Boardroom Spirits, Lansdale, expands to Florida market

    Boardroom Spirits, a micro-distillery based in Lansdale, was founded in  2016 founded by brothers Vlad Mamedov, Marat Mamedov, and Marat’s wife, Zsuzsa Palotas. and it expanded for the first time the following year, when it opened at the Reading Terminal Market as a day-cart vendor. Now, the distillery is moving into the Florida market. It has reached a…

  • SEPTA links train station with new bus stop in Lansdale

    SEPTA links train station with new bus stop in Lansdale

    Officials from Lansdale and SEPTA were able to celebrate a completed project recently by marking the opening of the new Railroad Avenue bus stop, which creates another link in the town’s transit system. “This is our newest facility at the Lansdale Station complex, offering seamless connections between SEPTA regional rail, behind me, and bus services,”…

  • Stove & Tap lighting up Lansdale

    Stove & Tap lighting up Lansdale

    By Rachel Riley When Stove & Tap first joined the neighborhood, the staff had a simple, yet ambitious goal for the restaurant. “We wanted to be everything for the Lansdale community,” said Chef Tim Cunningham. Two years later, they’ve lived up to that mission, and are hoping to be even more as they continue to grow…

  • Legalized sports gambling raises questions for business owners

    Legalized sports gambling raises questions for business owners

    Question: I understand sports gambling may be legal in Pennsylvania as early as the start of the NFL season. I have an established business in Montgomery County and was curious whether I could apply for a license, and if so, what will be required to do so? Answer provided by: Michael J. Lyon, Esq. from…

  • Railroad tracks, spur of Lansdale’s past, may be the key to  its future

    Railroad tracks, spur of Lansdale’s past, may be the key to its future

    Lansdale, a Montgomery County borough of about 16,000, exists because of the railroad. When the North Penn Railroad was laying tracks from the city to the Lehigh Valley, Doylestown insisted on a spur, and that junction opened in 1856 in what today is Lansdale, writes Jason Laughlin at philly.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] The Black Reserve Bookstore, about…

  • Lansdale car show celebrates ‘All Things Mopar’

    Lansdale car show celebrates ‘All Things Mopar’

    Every era of the Chrysler brand, from muscle cars and classics to high-performance newer models, will descend on Lansdale Auto Group at 710 Bethlehem Pike in Montgomeryville on Sunday, June 24, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., for a charitable event celebrating “All Things Mopar.” Roughly 150 vehicles are expected to be on display at…

  • Seniors Helping Seniors Looking to Hire Part-Time Caregivers at Job Fair on June 27 in Lansdale

    Seniors Helping Seniors Looking to Hire Part-Time Caregivers at Job Fair on June 27 in Lansdale

    Are you looking for meaningful and rewarding part-time work? Seniors Helping Seniors is looking for people to provide personal care and companionship services to seniors in need of support to remain living independently. It will host a job fair on Wednesday, June 27 from 12-3 PM at the Park Place Diner in Lansdale, located at…

  • Lansdale Electric department shows off new drone

    Lansdale Electric department shows off new drone

    The newest member of the Lansdale Electric Department has four rotors, three operators (so far), two batteries, one camera and a long to-do list. Electric Superintendent Andy Krauss recently showed off that new addition: its “Unmanned Aerial System,” a new DJI Phantom 4 drone with features and capabilities the department is happy to have. “A couple of…

  • Dischell Bartle Dooley partners named ‘Super Lawyers’

    Dischell Bartle Dooley partners named ‘Super Lawyers’

    Two partners of the Dischell Bartle Dooley law firm, Lansdale, have been named Pennsylvania 2018 Super Lawyers and a partner and an associate have been named 2018 Rising Stars. Frank Bartle, Dischell Bartle Dooley managing partner, is a Super Lawyer for the 10th year in a row, according to a press release. [uam_ad id=”54865″] For more…

  • MCCC  Culinary Arts Institute students to compete in Philly Burger Brawl 

    MCCC  Culinary Arts Institute students to compete in Philly Burger Brawl 

    On Nov. 27, 2017, CAI students – Kathryn Trout, Christopher Meagher and Christopher Ferrigno – competed and won first place in the Burger Brawl University Challenge hosted by Nordon’s Preferred Kitchen Equipment and Sports Radio 94WIP 27 in Langhorne. They competed against students from The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College in Philadelphia, Drexel University…

  • Blue Wave Express Car Wash hoping to make a big splash with grand opening

    Blue Wave Express Car Wash hoping to make a big splash with grand opening

    Anthony Perillo is confident that once folks experience the sudsy indulgence of a Blue Wave Express Car Wash they’ll always want to bring their vehicles back for more. To prove it, the co-owner of the high-tech car wash at 1246 N. Broad St. is offering a free Ultimate Car Wash for every vehicle at a…

  • Lansdale artist believes that a wedding, like a tattoo, is forever

    Lansdale artist believes that a wedding, like a tattoo, is forever

    Robert Fiore, an artist from Lansdale, who has been tattooing for 22 years, recently made weddings his whole business. He started the Wedding Tattooer last June, and since then, has gotten more than 2,000 inquiries for his services. For these events, Mr. Fiore creates a set of four to six small designs, each about the size of…

  • Skyline Healthcare ousted from nine nursing homes in Pa.

    Skyline Healthcare ousted from nine nursing homes in Pa.

    The Pennsylvania Department of Health said Wednesday it had installed temporary management at nine nursing homes operated by Skyline Healthcare LLC after finding that the Wood-Ridge, N.J. company, which took over at least 100 nursing homes in seven states since 2015, “could no longer fiscally operate the facilities.” Included are nursing homes located in Lansdale and…

  • Lansdale seeks lower bids on power substation upgrade

    Lansdale seeks lower bids on power substation upgrade

    Lansdale Borough staff reported recently that another round of bids will be needed for a replacement electric transformer at the borough’s Richardson substation. Replacing and upgrading the Richardson substation has been on the borough’s to-do list for several years, and developer Equus Capital Partners agreed to contribute to the cost of replacing the substation when their plans for…

  • Lansdale radio station adds ‘GolfTalkLive’ to its lineup

    Lansdale radio station adds ‘GolfTalkLive’ to its lineup

    Montgomery County’s golf presence is expanding, at least on the FM airwaves. “GolfTalkLive” host and former sports editor at The Times Herald Tony Leodora couldn’t be happier that talk radio station WNPV 1440-AM and 98.5-FM have joined the roster of syndicated stations that feature his popular radio show. The award-winning “GolfTalk Live” is part of…