Monday, February 4, 2013
Giant Food Stores will present a conditional use application at a hearing in March for a 'Giant to Go' gas station along northbound Route 309 and southbound Horsham Road.
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Monday, February 4
Giant Food Stores wants to build 10 gas pumps and a 5,000-square-foot convenience store — all open 24/7 — near Five Points Plaza on the property of the former 309 & Horsham Road Plaza, according to Dan Sokil of The Reporter. Montgomery Township Supervisors authorized Jan. 28 a continuance of a public hearing to March to consider a conditional use application from Giant to permit construction of the gas station on the site, according to the article. The property is located on the northbound side of Route 309 and southbound Horsham Road, near the Five Points intersection; it formerly housed businesses such as Golf Etc., Superstarz Kidz Salon and Mattress Giant, according to the article. The property is between Route 309/Bethlehem Pike and …
Friday, November 30, 2012
A lone suspect robbed the BP at Sumneytown Pike and Broad Street at gunpoint Thursday night and fled with cash toward Sumneytown Pike
Upper Gwynedd Police are seeking a man who used a handgun to rob the BP gas station at 868 Sumneytown Pike in Upper Gwynedd Thursday at 9:52 p.m. Police said the suspect entered the store and asked for a pack of Newports. The clerk opened the register and the man produced a black semi-automatic handgun, police said. He then jumped on the counter and pointed the gun at the clerk, police said. He then reached into the register and took an undetermined amount of cash. He then left the store and walked toward Sumneytown Pike, police said. A Montgomery Township K9 tracked the suspect to a nearby parking lot, police said. It is believed the man left from that lot in a vehicle. The suspect is described as a black male in his late 20s, with a …
Friday, November 2, 2012
A gas station is proposed for development at Route 309 and North Broad Street in Hatfield Township
- OPINION
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Friday, November 2, 2012
Congestion Alert! Blight Alert! Along Route 309 north on the south side of the SEPTA rail tracks, a developer has proposed building another large gas station and market — barely 100 yards from the Wawa gas station and market on the same side of the road! This developer does not seem to care that traffic along 309 and North Broad Street already gets backed up multiple times a day, and that the addition of a 20-pump "gas-n-go" will add to this congestion. Nor do they seem to care that a 24-hour gas station and market will bring with it safety concerns as well as light and noise pollution to the nearby families along Arbour Circle and Walnut Street. The developer, who has stayed curiously anonymous, is currently seeking a variance at an …
steve
12:48 pm on Monday, February 4, 2013
The school house is not in jeopardy So we will still have that eye sore....great more ›