07/20/11 Part One of a two-part series. Blame it on our love of cheesesteaks, hoagies and soft pretzels, but Pennsylvania is in the middle of the pack when it comes to our expanding middles.
07/18/11 Cardinal Justin Rigali is expected to step down as the leader of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, according to media reports.
07/16/11 Mary Johnson Ambler, a Quaker widow who rushed to the scene of a train wreck that killed 59 people 155 years ago and was credited with saving countless lives, is being honored Sunday in the Montgomery County borough that bears her name.
07/15/11 For The Ambler Gazette A delegation of local 12- and 13-year-olds just returned from an international Youth Meeting in Guatemala, hosted by the Guatemala City chapter of CISV, the international youth peace program celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. CISV Philadelphia selected the student representatives, who applied last winter, to represent Philadelphia and the USA at the Youth Meeting ...
07/14/11 For The Ambler Gazette Motorists will face daytime traffic restrictions along the Route 202 Corridor in Bucks and Montgomery counties, including at the intersection of Route 202 (DeKalb Pike) and Route 63 (Welsh Road), this week for Route 202 Parkway construction, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said.
07/13/11 President Barack Obama has nominated an Upper Dublin resident to become a U.S. marshal and assume one of the top law enforcement positions in the country.
07/09/11 A nondescript building in a Lower Gwynedd office park houses one of Pennsylvania's entertainment secrets. You wouldn't guess it from the outside, but through the front door and up a short flight of stairs is a mecca for Three Stooges fans - a three-floor museum housing an 85-seat theater and perhaps the world's largest collection of Stooges memorabilia.
07/08/11 For garden-lovers in the Philadelphia area - anywhere, really - there's a new book in town. Published by the University of Pennsylvania Press ($19.77 on Amazon.com), it's called Chanticleer: A Pleasure Garden, by Adrian Higgins with photos by Rob Cardillo.
07/07/11 For The Ambler Gazette Editor's note: The following press release was sent to The Ambler Gazette by Meghan O'Malley, sales director for the LuLu Country Club. O'Malley said the reason for the press release was to clear up rumors circulating about the future of the country club.
07/02/11 Local tennis fans had the chance to meet and get personal instruction from some top local pros, as members of the Philadelphia Freedoms offered three public clinics June 28.
07/01/11 The Fourth of July has been a cause for celebration since July 4, 1776 when the Continental Congress adapted the final draft of the Declaration of Independence.
06/29/11 MONTGOMERY COUNTY ABINGTON 1421 Frog Hollow Road, Louis and Irma Malissa to James Pollock, $320,000.
06/24/11 Theater Professional/semi-professional Cape May Stage: The Understudy A Hollywood action star gets a big role in a new Broadway play, but finds himself clashing with his understudy. Closes 7/30. Robert Shackleton Playhouse, Bank & Lafayette Sts., Cape May; Box Office: 609-884-1341. $35-$50; $30-$50 seniors; $12.50-$50 students.
06/21/11 A former Lower Gwynedd man is headed to state prison for having indecent contact with a girl who was under the age of 13.
06/21/11 The version of the $27.3 million state budget for 2011-12 that the House of Representatives approved 109-92 has House Democrats hopping mad.
06/17/11 Dawn Roberts has announced she will be stepping down from the Wissahickon School Board at the end of this month.
06/10/11 CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Premier healthcare alliance has announced that new agreements for ophthalmology products have been awarded to Ambler Surgical LLC of Exton, Pa., a small business enterprise; Angiotech of Reading, Pa.; Anodyne Surgical of O Fallon, Mo.; Bausch & Lomb Incorporated of Aliso Viejo, Calif.; Beaver-Visitec International Inc. of Waltham, Mass.; and Strategic ...
06/10/11 The Premier healthcare alliance has announced that new agreements for ophthalmology products have been awarded.
06/09/11 Raymond Gualtieri said he will need to go shopping before he takes the reins of the North Allegheny School District in August. "I'll have to buy more yellow ties to go with my dark suits," he said, adding that he always likes wearing the school colors.
06/08/11 Mike Violi tossed a four-hitter and got plenty of run support in Amfire Mining's 12-4 win over Whitey's Peetza in an Indiana County League baseball game played in Graceton on Tuesday. | 
