• How One Montco Township Fought Back Against Development and Won

    How One Montco Township Fought Back Against Development and Won

    Sixty-two acres of open farmland in Montgomery County came within a vote of becoming hundreds of apartments and office buildings, writes John Worthington for The Reporter.  Then something remarkable happened. The people spoke. And the farm lived. On May 19, Lower Salford residents voted 82% to 18%, with 3,130 yes votes to just 680 no,…

  • Almac Group Campus in Lower Salford to See $65 Million Expansion

    Almac Group Campus in Lower Salford to See $65 Million Expansion

    Lower Salford will see a $65 million expansion at the headquarters of pharmaceuticals and manufacturing company Almac Group, which held its groundbreaking this past Thursday, writes Donna Rovins for the Daily Local News.   The project is expected to be finished in 2025 and will add up to 355 jobs and an additional 115,000 square…

  • North Montco Technical Career Center to Benefit from Upcoming Tastings Event

    North Montco Technical Career Center to Benefit from Upcoming Tastings Event

    Restaurants, wineries, and breweries from Montgomery County’s Indian Valley — which includes the communities of Franconia, Salford, Upper and Lower Salford, Souderton, and Telford — will present food and beverage specialties at the Oct. 25 the Indian Valley Chamber of Commerce tastings event. Tastes of the Indian Valley will be held from 5–7:30 PM at…

  • Montgomery County, Lower Salford Township team up to permanently preserve Hemsley Farm

    Montgomery County, Lower Salford Township team up to permanently preserve Hemsley Farm

    Montgomery County has added another farm to its growing list of farms permanently preserved under the Montgomery County Farmland Preservation Program. The first farm to be preserved from the 2017 round of applications, a 30-acre hay farm located in Lower Salford Township, belongs to Donald F. Hemsley. The Hemsley Farm, which would not qualify for…