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Saturdays from 9AM – 1PM
Butler Pike and Maple Avenue
Ambler, PA 19002

Including:

Alice Bakery

Bread:

White Baguette, Whole wheat Baguette, White Sea Salted Roll, Whole Wheat Sea Salted Roll, Rye Sea Salted Roll, White Loaf, Whole wheat Loaf, Wheat Loaf with Sunflower & Flax seed, Guinness cracked Potato Rye with Caraway, Black bread, Ciabatta, Focaccia; 3 Year Aged Gouda loaf, Gorgonzola & Tri- colored cracked Peppercorn, Mediterranean loaf, Prosciutto & Gouda loaf, Plain Bread Crumbs, Seasoned Bread Crumbs

Pastry:
Croissant, Pain Au Chocolat, Prosciutto & Gruyere Croissant, Sticky Buns (Toppings include: pecans, raisins, cranberries, almonds, chocolate, hazelnut), Crumb cake, Muffin/Muffin loaf (blueberry, cranberry, almond, blackberry, strawberry, lemon, chocolate, raspberry, apple, cinnamon), Danish (blueberry, raspberry, blackberry, strawberry, apple, peach, cherry, pumpkin, pineapple, pecan, kiwi, banana, peanut butter, chocolate), Scone (blueberry, strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, apple, cranberry, chocolate), Biscotti (Almond, Pistachio, Lemon) Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies, Peanut Butter Cookies, Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Clay Brick Farms
- Complete line of Free Range Chicken products
- Complete line of Grass Fed Beef products
- Complete line of Natural Fed Pork products ( with NO nitrates)
- Fresh Caught Rainbow Trout Fillets
- Home Canned products from apple butter and jellies to pickled products and sauerkraut
- Produce: red onions, white onions, spring onions, potatoes, rhubarb, spring mix , baby spinach, radishes, mini herb gardens and loads of strawberries.
(they may also have sugar peas, romaine lettuce and zucchini depending on the weather from now till saturday. This time of year things are changing fast)

Davidson Exotics
Maitake, cremini, portabello, oyster, shiitake mushrooms

Neils Sharpening Service
Sharpening of: knives, scissors, garden clippers, garden shears, rotary lawn mower blades, reel mower blades, hair clippers, animal clippers, axes & hatchets, planes, drill bits, circular saw blades, chain saw chains

Pennypack Farms
Mix of seasonal vegetables most likely including salad mix, lettuce, bok choi, kale, collards, radishes, broccoli, and perhaps a few others.

Apple Tree Goat Dairy
Offering a large variety of products including, goat milk cheese, yogurt, milk, butter, pork, goat, chicken, turkey, eggs and goat milk soap.

AMBLER, PA — Ambler Borough Water is working on maintenance and recoating of the Houston Road Water Tank, located near the Wissahickon High School. This $500,000 project involves taking the tank out of service for several weeks to perform maintenance. Water customers may experience low water pressure, especially during peak demand times. Areas affected include: Ambler Borough services north of Tennis Avenue between Hendricks & Bethlehem Pike including Haywood Park; all Lower Gwynedd Township services in the system; and Upper Dublin Township services south of Tennis Avenue east of Bethlehem Pike traversing along Meadowbrook and in the Hoffman Road vicinity. It is anticipated that the tank will be fully recoated, filled and returned to the water distribution system by early October. We apologize for this inconvenience to our customers.

Ambler Borough is the social, cultural and business center of this area. It is a friendly small town covering less than a square mile in area with a stable population of 6400. Its churches, affordable housing, great schools, convenient public transportation accessibility, municipal parks & recreation facilities and a “walkable” downtown commercial district make it an ideal location for living, working and playing. This site is dedicated to providing residents and visitors with vital information about our community. Please feel free to contact us with comments and questions regarding information posted on this site.

AMBLER, PA — Oktoberfest is Saturday, October 6, 2012 from 10am – 5pm. If you haven’t attended before, be sure to put this years event on your calendar now! As usual there will be great music, food, rides for kids, original art work, and hand-crafted items for all to enjoy.

Also: October 27, 2012 – Halloween Parade

Ambler Restaurant Week is back and running through Sunday, July 29, 2012.

Restaurant Week
More than a dozen area restaurants are participating and will be offering various dinner specials and prix fixe menus. A few restaurants are offering an optional beverage pairing, and there are two who are offering a lunch menu as well.

Ambler offers such an array of dining options, deciding where to eat will not be easy, so plan to visit more than once, and bring your friends! Due to the popularity of Restaurant Week, reservations are encouraged. Details including pricing and menus can be found at www.AmblerRestaurantWeek.com.

RSVP to Ambler Restaurant Week on facebook and be entered to win one of five restaurant week gift certificates!

Saturday, June 16, 2012
11:00am until 6:00pm

You’re invited to share in a day filled with art, music, al fresco dining, and shopping in downtown Ambler on Butler Avenue. The Avenue will be closed to allow for artists to fill the streets and for you to spend a relaxing day in the arts and crafts marketplace. The festival will feature a wonderful array of artists including watercolors, oils, sculpture, wood work, jewelry, photography, pottery and much more. Brought to you by Ambler Main Street.

16th Annual Ambler Auto Show
Saturday May 19, 2012
10:00AM until 3:00PM
Butler Avenue, Ambler, PA 19002

Ambler Main Street will host its 16th annual Auto Show. In keeping with our goal of making this one of the nicest shows of the car show season and as a result of our review of the questionnaires you completed, we have a few attractions for your enjoyment and ease of registration.

Three cash raffle prizes totaling $250.00
· Additional volunteers at registration!
· More food selections with outside seating
· More music
· More businesses open for shopping

* Your $15 registration fee includes 6 free raffle tickets in your registration packet on show day. Fill them out and drop them into the raffle jar at the Borough Hall, 122 E. Butler Avenue by 2:00 PM.

Spring Fling In Ambler — March 31

Auto Show — May 19

Arts Festival — June 16

Restaurant Week — July 20-29

Dog Days Of Summer — August 4

Oktoberfest — October 6

Halloween Parade — October 27

Christmas Parade — December 1

Holiday Sing-a-long Movie — December 12

Santa By Train and Tree Lighting — December

Family Movie Day — December 18

BARE ROOTS TREES

If you or your neighbors want a bare roots tree, they would need to be planted on April 27 or 28 and need to be within 10′ of a sidewalk or street curb. $20 shared cost. Property owners need to call me before Feb 23 to claim one. 215-591-1551.

BOTTOM DOLLAR

Plans were submitted to the Zoning Hearing Board Thursday night. ZHB postponed their deliberations until Feb 21, when they do not intend to take more public input. I urged them not to approve a monument sign size increase that would stand 8′ tall and 4 feet wide at the entrance near Serrao’s State Insurance property. There will also be a high and tall name of the store on the front flush wall of the store. They believe that the store will be out of the flood level but they are only planning using the 100-year flood levels of old mapping. Because of vegetation, they will be reducing impervious surface by 49 square feet.

The plan shows an addition of 21 trees, with 6 internal tree islands, and 15 along Butler and the two entrances.

There seem to be traffic conflicts with delivery trucks which will entail driving into the parking area and then backing (beep-beep-beep) into a loading dock very near Cone Heads. They will have about 45 employees, 25-30 part-time positions. Store hours will be open 7:00 Am to 10:00 PM — 7 days a week. They will share parking with the beer store. There is a culvert for Tannery Run that cuts through the middle of the 3 combined properties. Recent TV investigations revealed there were no weaknesses or need of repairs.

BILLBOARDS — 3rd party advertising

MC Outdoors, a company that sells billboard advertising, has signed a lease with the owners of the property where Shell/Dunkin Donuts are merely tenants. The owners are Bronson Oil of NJ. The lease is for 29 years pending compliance with a new ordinance that Ambler has to write. Ambler has 3 more months to create our ordinance. MC Outdoors wants a billboard more than 668 square feet (56 feet tall, 14 feet wide) It would be installed along the back wall of the property to be seen by traffic from both directions of Bethlehem Pike. The LRB Club turned down a similar lease.

Neighbors from Upper Dublin and Lower Gwynedd showed up to try to stop this before more of the same gets to their townships along Bethlehem. A staff from Todd Stevens office is trying to get something to limit billboards through state actions.

The Council are not in favor of any billboards, but the Supreme Court has ruled that these companies have Right to make a living. The Borough can restrict the location, size and frequency of billboards. Another township lost its appeal to allow only 25 square foot signage. Joe Bresnan, solicitor, will draw up a test ordinance that although painful, may be the biggest size that the borough can tolerate. If it is appealed, the extra court costs could run $200,000 (there is no lawyer cost since Bresnan is on retainer), so Bresnan recommended the Council accept the largest area that they could tolerate.

I urged them to prevent billboards ( i.e. off-premises advertising) from being allowed to be erected on roofs.

TEMPLE AMBLER FLOODPLAIN STUDY

The Borough was approached to contribute some amount toward a study of the Rose Valley Creek true flood plains with identification of places for beneficial remediation. I urged Council to contribute SOMETHING.

All residents who suffered flood damage will receive some small reimbursement through Borough administered FEMA funds (a total amount of $3,000 will be divided equally among all claimants.)

UPDATING LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT PLANS to remove any invasive species

Still in progress!

RATE INCREASE

The Borough is filing with Public Utilities Commission for a rate increase. It will likely be 10 months before it goes in effect. The PUC (Pennsylvania Utilities Commission) governs the water and sewer rates for Ambler.  The borough CAN NOT increase rates without the approval of the PUC there is a great deal that goes into the borough getting a rate hike and it can take years.  These rates will increase for those who have accounts with the borough water department.  These are usually the property owners but can be a renter.  Remember the borough water department services Ambler, parts of Upper Dublin, Lower Gwynedd, Whitemarsh, and Whitpain.