Lower Providence
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Watch out for First Watch: A new restaurant in town
By D’Lara Scott First Watch; a new family breakfast and lunch restaurant is coming soon to Lower Providence. First Watch will be open 7 days a week from 7am -2:30pm beginning April 15th, 2019. Taking pride in their creative menu and high-quality food offerings, the cooks wake up at the crack of dawn each morning…
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J.P. Mascaro & Sons to be first in nation in recycling of flexible plastic packaging
J.P. Mascaro & Sons is proud to announce they are the first solid waste company to start curbside collection and recycling of flexible plastic packaging (FPP) in North America. The Lower Providence-based company held a press conference Friday and invited township managers and other officials to hear about the new “green” technology they have invested in at their…
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Salter’s Ski Shop fire response
Montgomery County Department of Public Safety, Emergency Dispatch Services (911) received calls from two passing motorists at about 8:45 a.m. Saturday reporting heavy smoke coming from the roof of the Salter’s building at 3130 Ridge Pike in Eagleville. The building houses Salter’s Ski Shop and Salter’s Fireplace, Patio and Grill. Lower Providence police, fire and…
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Lidl super market to drive into former Norristown Ford location
For decades folks flocked to the intersection of Trooper and Ridge Pike in Lower Providence Township to peruse the lineup of Ford vehicles parked in the lots of Norristown Ford. Now, with German grocer Lidl set to drive into that location, folks will be browsing for more than just a ride, writes Gary Puleo in…
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Lower Providence inaugural awards program recognizes outstanding contributions
This year, the Lower Providence Township Board of Supervisors initiated a program to recognize the outstanding contributions of individuals and businesses within the community. Nominations were sought for Citizen of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, and Business of the Year. The winners of the 2018 awards are: Citizen of the Year, Pasquale “Pat” Mascaro;…
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Top Stories: Lidl Lower Providence store moving forward
German grocery store chain, Lidl, is pulling back on expansion plans into the United States, but the proposed location at the intersection of Ridge Pike and Trooper Road in Lower Providence is still a go. “We just received a full revised set of traffic plans for the intersection that they had submitted to PennDOT,” said…
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Lidl expanding in US, Lower Providence location still a go
The north-west corner of Ridge Pike and Trooper Road was evacuated what seems like years ago to make way for a Germany-based grocery store that very few in this area had ever heard of. Now with a New York acquisition under its belt, Lidl is also continuing to build its own brick and mortar locations.…
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PJM Interconnection in Lower Providence donates $20,000 to hurricane relief efforts
PJM Interconnection, the nation’s largest power grid operator, has announced that it is donating $20,000 to the American Red Cross for Hurricane Florence relief efforts. In addition, PJM will also match its employees’ donations to Florence relief programs. [uam_ad id=”54865″] “Our thoughts are with those impacted by this historic flooding,” Nora Swimm, senior vice president,…
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Bakery-café spreads its wings at Colonial Center
When the salon next door at the Colonial Center moved out, Kriebel’s Bakery Café moved in. Owner Colleen Kriebel has wanted to expand her Eagleville bakery ever since the place opened five years ago, and she wasted no time when the opportunity arose, writes Gary Puleo at timesherald.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] Customers are relishing the new…
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H.F. ‘Gerry’ Lenfest had extensive ties to Montco
From his cable television empire, operated out of Oaks in Upper Providence, to his desire to have the Museum of the American Revolution located in Lower Providence, to his offices in West Conshohocken, Montco was lucky enough to have H.F. ‘Gerry’ Lenfest leave his mark on our county as he did on the entire Philadelphia…
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Fractured Prune ready for Lower Providence grand opening
Fractured Prune Doughnuts is pleased to announce the opening of Fractured Prune Audubon, in Lower Providence! A Grand Opening Celebration is planned for July 31, 2018. “In our family, our tradition has always been to swing by Fractured Prune on the way to and from the shore. As we grew familiar with our ‘beach friends’…
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Cirque du Soleil extendes VOLTA performances until Aug. 19
Cirque du Soleil premiered VOLTA in its first ever Big Top show visiting Oaks and the circus production company also took the occasion to announce that VOLTA would be presented for an extended stay next to the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center until August 19th. With this new creation, the world’s entertainment leader is once again pushing the boundaries of…
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Say hello to Car Vision Mitsubishi – once known as Car Vision.com in Lower Providence
It’s the age-old decision that every car shopper must struggle with: will it be a used car or a new one? For more than 20 years, that decision was a little easier for those who headed to Car Vision for their next vehicle, since the popular destination at 2626 Ridge Pike in Trooper offered only…
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Firehouse Subs heating up restaurant landscape in Lower Providence
One restaurant shuts down their ovens, another prepares to turn up the heat. Bertucci’s in Lower Providence, near the intersection of Trooper Road and Shannondell Blvd., recently closed. The building stripped of the familiar logo, now awaiting its fate. While just a couple dozen parking spaces away, Firehouse Subs is nearing its grand opening. Bertucci’s filed…
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Electrical grid operator PJM ready for the heat of summer
When summer temperatures start to reach the 80s, 90s — or even higher — residents and businesses expect their electricity to flow without interruption. PJM Interconnection — the operator of the country’s largest electric grid — said Monday it has the resources available to meet anticipated peak summer demand and keep power flowing to the…
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Chief’s Stadium dedicated in Trooper
After eight months of construction and more than a decade of dreams, Chief’s Stadium and Community Park, the Methacton Baseball Association’s new home in Trooper, officially opened March 31. The stadium, consisting of three baseball diamonds on 18 acres of the former Downes Farm, as well as a playground, is named for Francesco A. Mascaro,…
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J.P. Mascaro & Sons invite you to ball fields & community park dedication
“If you build it, he will come.” Most people remember that iconic line from the movie “Field of Dreams,” when Kevin Costner’s character hears a voice as he’s walking through his cornfield, and while the situations may not be the same, the sentiment is nearly spot on. J.P. Mascaro & Sons have built not one,…
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Montco’s electrical grid warms up to the cold weather challenge
Lower Providence >> As snow fell, temperatures bottomed out and winds roared across much of the eastern United States over the past week, the demand for electricity increased. Several winter peak demands for electricity were set across the region, landing among the top 10 winter demands for the PJM Interconnection, which manages the high-voltage power…
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