Eastern Dragon in Towamencin Closing June 17

Another business bites the dust at Towamencin Shopping Village.

Another one bites the dust at Towamencin Shopping Village. Chinese restaurant Eastern Dragon is closing June 17, per a report on Chowhound.com. Dollar Tree recently moved out from Towamencin Shopping Village to Lansdale. Via Marconi Pizza Pub is moving soon to Hatfield Pointe in Hatfield Township. Blockbuster went bankrupt, closed, and now a Verizon store opened in its place. Both anchor stores—Genuardi’s and Sears Hardware—left years ago. Eastern Dragon’s Montgomery Township store near Costco remains in operation. There are no development plans filed with Towamencin Township for the shopping center.

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Cancelled and Rescheduled North Penn Events

Check back with us for updates on rescheduled events

North Penn School District is closing all district buildings at 6 p.m. today, due to the forecasted winter weather. All buildings will remain closed until 1 p.m. Saturday. The district announced that all school and community activities scheduled between 6 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday will not be held and may be rescheduled. Souderton Area School District has also cancelled events for this evening through noon Saturday. Events scheduled for tonight included: Here are rescheduled dates for the above events:

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Montgomeryville Friendly's Closes Its Doors

The restaurant at Airport Square Shopping Center shuttered its doors Sunday afternoon, after its lease wasn't renewed. Bonefish Grill will open in the next few months

The Friendly’s at Airport Square Shopping Center on Route 309 in Montgomeryville has closed its doors for good Sunday afternoon, making way for Bonefish Grill to open at the location in the next few months. Mike Goldberg of The Reporter writes that a work crew was hauling out kitchen equipment, booths and more to a moving truck. The franchise owner, Jeff Blum, of AKZ Delaware Valley Hospitality Inc., told Goldberg the owner of the property — Gateway DC Properties Inc., under Metro Commercial of Mount Laurel, NJ — opted not to renew the lease. Blum operates 11 other Friendly’s restaurants, including one in Ft. Washington, according to the article. Blum was also the franchisee of the Friendly’s that closed earlier this year in Hatfield …

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Rosey's BBQ Announces Closure, Moving

Rosey's BBQ in Ambler announced on their Facebook page that they will be closing and reopening on March 1 on Butler Pike

Liquor License Transfer OK'd for Bonefish Grill, Will Open at Friendly's Site

Montgomery Township Supervisors Monday night approved a liquor license transfer. They previously waived land development for the applicant

Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 Update Supervisors Monday night unanimously approved the intermunicipal liquor license transfer for Bonefish Grill, which is poised to open at the current Friendly's location at Airport Square Shopping Center. The liquor license will be transferred from the now closed Solaris Grille, which was located at 2665 Skippack Pike in Worcester, according to township documents. The closest licensed establishment is Romano's Macaroni Grill, located 300 feet away, according to township documents. Documents also states that an inactive liquor license exists under Habib Troudi of Ristorante Castello Inc., of 1200 Welsh Road, Montgomery Township. Mark Kozar, the Pittsburgh attorney representing Bonefish Grill, was reluctant to …

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Jet Plastica Closing in June

The plastics manufactuer has run out of money and needs a buyer

Jet Plastica, a plastics manufacturer that dates its roots back to 1947, will close for good by the summer. About 363 people will be out of a job, according to a Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry WARN notice. Jet Plastica is located at 1100 Schwab Road in Hatfield Township.  The company began as two separate entities. According to www.Jetplastica.com, Plastica Company Inc., was founded in North Wales in 1947 and manufactured plastic spoons, forks and knives. Jet Container Corporation was founded in Lowell, MA in 1962 and manufactured plastic cups. Plastica purchased Jet Container in 1982 and moved to Hatfield. Dennis Gerrard, interim president of Jet Plastica, said in a The Reporter article that the company has been operating …

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St. Rose, St. Stans Schools Becoming Mater Dei

The Archdiocese approved the name of the new combined school Monday

St. Rose of Lima and St. Stanislaus Parish Schools will be known as Mater Dei Catholic School, beginning July 1, 2012 on the grounds of St. Stanislaus Parish School. The Archdiocese of Philadelphia approved the name on Monday, according to a press release from Tara Carlo at St. Stanislaus Parish School. The Latin term "Mater Dei" translates to "Mother of God" in English. The school will be under the patronage of Mary, Mother of Jesus. According to the release, Mater Dei will be committed to maintaining the traditions, customs and annual events of both of the partnering schools, as well as creating new ones.   “Keeping both of the current names in a new title was awkward; Mater Dei offers students, faculty, and parishioners the chance to …

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Checking Out: The End of Genuardi's

A look at the demise of a supermarket superstar

There one stands - a vacant and empty anchor at the Towamencin Shopping Village at Forty Foot and Allentown roads. There's another - still full of life, but desperately needing a makeover, at Church Road and Sumneytown Pike in Upper Gwynedd. Yet another anchors a shopping center in Spring House at Bethlehem Pike and Sumneytown Pike in Lower Gwynedd. The Genuardi's supermarket chain was once a bustling, top-of-its-class supermarket that offered superior customer service and even more superior grocery selections. It was the Wegmans of its day; a precursor to Whole Foods. When the family-owned chain sold out to Safeway in 2001, its customer service, premier selections and history went with it. Now, a decade later, Safeway is giving up 16 of …

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Borders Store at Airport Square Remaining Open

Corporate spokeswoman said a last-minute negotiation between Borders Group and the landlord saved the store from the closing list.

This is one chapter in the book of bankrupt retail agencies that will remain open—and it deals with the Chapter 11 filing by Borders Group Inc. and a local Borders branch. As of March 17, the Borders store in Montgomeryville was on a new list of stores to be closed in the wake of the corporation’s bankruptcy filing. One day later, through negotiations with the landlord, Gatway DC Properties, Inc., of California, the store will stay open for business. “The store, just about a half hour ago, got taken off the closing list,” said Borders Group Inc. spokeswoman Rosalind Thompson, at 12:45 p.m. Friday. “It’s a permanent opening. The landlord came back and gave us some concessions, and we sent a note to the store saying, ‘You are staying open…

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