Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Local grocer helps community go green, just in time for new state law.
On Saturday, Feb. 2, residents in and around Plymouth Meeting will be able to recycle their electronics in a green, or environmentally safe, way. Whole Foods Market Plymouth Meeting will host an E-Cycling Event from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at its location next to the Plymouth Meeting Mall, along Germantown Avenue in Plymouth Township. "We have teamed up with E-Force Recycling for a free E-Cycle Collection event," said Amy Chidichimo, the location's marketing team leader. Acceptable items include: computers, keyboards and mice, CRTs and monitors, modems and telephone boards, hard drives, floppy drives and CD ROMs, phones, fax machines and telecommunication hardware, printers, computer boards, CPUs, memory chips, circuit boards, connecting wires …
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Saturday, January 5, 2013
“Christina Cooks” host Christina Pirello will be at Whole Foods Market in Montgomery Township for a book signing and tasting from noon to 2 p.m.
1. “Christina Cooks” host Christina Pirello will be at Whole Foods Market in Montgomery Township for a book signing and tasting from noon to 2 p.m. 2. Hatfield Township Aquatic Center holds a Sharky’s Shivering Slides event from noon to 2 p.m. Just like a Polar Bear Plunge, the event is a dip in the pool during the off season. Day-of registration is $30. 3. Big Shot — the ultimate Billy Joel tribute — comes to Sellersville Theater at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tickets are $25 and $39.50. 4. The GATSME Model Railroad Club holds its final open house in the old Fort Washington school at Prospect Avenue and Madison Avenue in Upper Dublin from noon to 4 p.m. See results of 37 years of building detailed versions of the Pennsylvania railroads in 1953. 5…
Saturday, September 8, 2012
The 17th-annual Lansdale Bike Night runs from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Main Street in Lansdale from Broad Street to Valley Forge Road, considered the largest one-night event on the East Coast
1. The 17th-annual Lansdale Bike Night runs from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Main Street in Lansdale from Broad Street to Valley Forge Road, considered the largest one-night event on the East Coast. The event is sponsored by the Lansdale Bike Night Committee and Blue Comet Motorcycle Club in Skippack. 2. Woodburners in Hatfield Borough holds its 9thBig Green EggFest today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at its location at 11 N. Market St. An Egg is a unique barbecue grill and the festival invites cooks from all over to show off their skills in the Big or Mini Green Egg. Food available all day. General admission is $20 a person or $35 per couple. 3. Whole Foods Market, along with eForce Compliance, holds a free “Anything With a Plug” recycling event today …
Friday, April 27, 2012
Lansdale Catholic and North Penn's spring musicals continue tonight
1. Lansdale Catholic’s spring musical “Lucky Stiff” continues tonight at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10. North Penn High School Theatre’s spring musical “The Music Man” by Meredith Willson continues tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students and senior citizens get in for free with Gold Card. 2. The North Penn YMCA holds a spaghetti dinner fundraiser tonight at 5 at its location at 608 E. Main St., Lansdale. Cost is $7. 3. North Penn Elks, 2737 Trewigtown Road, Colmar, has a Bingo night tonight at 8. 4. Kindergarteners from All My Children Learning Center will travel to General Nash Elementary today at 10:30 to receive a tour of the school’s classrooms, library, cafeteria and gym. This is part …
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The 311 W. Main St. Task Force meets tonight at 7 p.m. at Lansdale Borough Hall. Lansdale Historical Society also presents a photographic retrospective tonight at 7:30
1. The fifth-annual edition of “Then You Saw It, Now You Don’t” by the Lansdale Historical Society takes place tonight at 7:30 at the Lansdale Parks and Recreation Building. Tonight’s presentation is a photographic retrospective of the North Penn region. 2. The 311 W. Main Task Force meets tonight at 7 at Lansdale Borough Hall. On tonight’s agenda is a presentation of options for the building and an update on the Request for Proposal for an arts and entertainment consultant. The meeting is open to the public. 3. North Wales Area Library, 233 S. Swartley St., North Wales Borough, kicks off its Special Needs Storytime today at 10 a.m. in the community room. The storytime features stories and music geared toward children ages two to six in a …
Sunday, January 8, 2012
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 …
David Kratz
9:25 am on Sunday, September 9, 2012
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