NORRISTOWN — Several SEPTA projects, including the extension of the Norristown High-Speed Line to King of Prussia, are in danger of being stalled indefinitely due to the pandemic.
NORRISTOWN — While a COVID-19 vaccine may be several months away, Montgomery County officials are encouraging residents to get a flu vaccine and are making it easy with multiple drive-thru and walk-up flu clinics countywide.
NORRISTOWN — Montgomery County officials reported 259 individuals tested positive for COVID-19 and one person died from the virus during the latest seven-day period ending Tuesday.
HARRISBURG — Montgomery County has the lowest coronavirus positivity rate among southeast Pennsylvania counties, according to the latest data from the state Department of Health.
HARRISBURG — A Montgomery County-based company that operates summer camps in Pennsylvania and four other states has committed to refunding tuition to consumers who paid them before the pandemic forced emergency declarations and closures, according to state officials.
NORRISTOWN — A Pottstown man faces some time behind bars after he admitted to conspiring with several others in the illegal sale or transfer of a firearm during an alleged straw purchase scheme.
LOWER PROVIDENCE — A year from now a simple I-beam will be discretely doing its part as the pinnacle of a multi-million dollar building on the campus of Eagleville Hospital, as folks below it engage in art and other activities in pursuit of healing.
NORRISTOWN — Nonprofits could soon find some economic relief as Montgomery County allocated millions of dollars in federal funding for the MontcoStrong Nonprofit Resiliency and Restoration Grant Program.
EAST NORRITON — The saying goes, it takes a village.
LOWER MERION — A former Montgomery County narcotics detective and a prosecutor who spent many years together fighting the scourge of the opioid epidemic have joined forces again, this time to train and educate first responders statewide about the causes of substance use disorder and the tools to fight the epidemic.
LOWER POTTSGROVE — Eastbound and westbound lanes of Route 422 will be closed and detoured overnight between the Armand Hammer Boulevard and Sanatoga interchanges beginning Monday for bridge demolition under a project to replace the structures that carry Park Road and Pleasantview Road over the expressway.
EAST NORRITON — With flu and cold season just around the corner, and the coronavirus still very much with us, it's not always easy to differentiate between the viruses by the symptoms alone.
The Hay Creek Valley Historical Association will hold its annual Apple Festival on Saturday, Oct. 10, and Sunday, Oct. 11, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
OAKS — A wrestling tournament in Montgomery County has raised concern about following health and safety protocols as the COVID-19 pandemic carries on.
Discover all that Montgomery County Community College has to offer during its 2020 Fall Online Open House events.
NORRISTOWN — Authorities dismantled a gun trafficking network operating in Montgomery, Bucks and Philadelphia counties, alleging nine adults and five juveniles, including some from Norristown and Cheltenham, illegally obtained and sold 44 firearms using a straw purchase scheme.
A pair of leaking roofs. A 50-year-old boiler. An electrical system so outdated that parts must be rebuilt. Closets converted to cramped workspaces. Asbestos in portions of the building.
CONSHOHOCKEN -- Last December, Hispanic Heritage Association of Southeastern PA’s colorful Parrandera parade added joy to Conshohocken’s Christmas season. Six months before, HHA sponsored the appearance of Los Bomberos de La Calle drummers and dancers and Pedro Villasenor-Mariachi Group at the borough’s annual Arts Festival and Car Show.
Dr. Thomas J. Whalen, 65, of Berwyn, has agreed to pay $1.2 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that he submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care plans for FDA-approved versions of Remicade, Orencia, Prolia/Xgeva, Synvisc/Synvisc One, and Boniva when he had, in fact, administered non-FDA-approved, foreign versions of these medications.
UPPER GWYNEDD — A development project scheduled to appear before the township zoning hearing board on Sept. 22 has been continued.
NORRISTOWN — The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office was honored to welcome Rabbi Glenn Ettman of Congregation Or Ami in Lafayette Hill as its new chaplain during a special outdoor ceremony at the Montgomery County Courthouse.
NORRISTOWN — A Philadelphia man will stand trial in Montgomery County Court on charges he fatally stabbed his ex-girlfriend during an encounter at the Meadowbrook Train Station in Abington.
NORRISTOWN — The Montgomery County Board of Elections has approved 10 secure locations to drop off ballots for the Nov. 3 general election.
EAGLEVILLE — Although the COVID-19 pandemic still holds a strong presence, the area's positivity rate fell below 3 percent, according to Montgomery County Commissioners’ Chairwoman Dr. Val Arkoosh.
LANSDALE — Borough police are investigating an accident that injured an 8-year-old boy on Tuesday afternoon.
NORRISTOWN — As the coronavirus pandemic continues to grip the region, forcing governments and businesses to change their routines, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office has devised an innovative way to conduct its next sheriff’s sale.
NORRISTOWN — The time has come to start prepping your taste buds for that famous fried chicken.
LOWER PROVIDENCE — It’s no secret that a robust community always embraces its history but also looks to the future.
NORRISTOWN — Montgomery County officials reported 266 individuals tested positive for COVID-19 but only one person died from the virus during the latest seven-day period ending Tuesday.
ROYERSFORD — Starting a new business is a daunting task. Starting a business during a global pandemic brings a whole host of additional challenges — from delays to limited customer access.
HARRISBURG — Montgomery County’s coronavirus positivity rate decreased while Chester and Berks counties continued to have “concerning” positivity rates, according to the latest data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
ELKINS PARK — More than 20 Cheltenham School District students, administrators, school board members and the public came together to have a candid conversation on racial equity.
NORRISTOWN — A Norristown man received some time behind bars when he admitted that he failed to stop after being involved in vehicle crashes in West Norriton and Lower Providence and fled from police during one of the incidents.
EAST COVENTRY — An open house to celebrate the opening of a user-friendlier Ellis Woods Park will be held Saturday, Sept. 26, from 12 to 5 p.m.
JENKINTOWN -- A traffic stop led to the arrest of a 27-year-old man earlier this month in a residential neighborhood several blocks off of Route 611 in Jenkintown, according to the Jenkintown Police Department.
NORRISTOWN — Drug delivery resulting in death charges are increasingly being filed by prosecutors statewide and Chester and Montgomery counties are among the areas leading the state in charging drug dealers with killing buyers, according to statistics compiled by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.
NORRISTOWN — While a program aiming to provide representation to offenders at preliminary hearings is still in its infancy, representatives from the Montgomery County Office of the Public Defender remain optimistic.
FORT WASHINGTON — An Upper Dublin man faces charges he possessed and distributed child pornography.
BLUE BELL — It was a torn Achilles tendon that helped jump-start Donnell Peake’s self-described “roller coaster” career as a student at Montgomery County Community College.
PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge has ensured that a Hatboro man and former pastor will spend the remainder of his life in prison on charges he sexually abused and recorded the abuse of an infant and young girl.
UPPER MERION -- An Upper Merion man is facing charges of racial intimidation after an alleged altercation with a neighbor.
Two Montgomery County cultural institutions have received state grants totaling nearly $60,000 to help them weather the revenue losses brought about by coronavirus pandemic shut-downs.
NORRISTOWN — An Upper Providence man identified in court papers as one of the “main targets” during an investigation of a drug trafficking organization in the Pottstown region has admitted to his role in the operation and awaits his fate from a judge.
NORRISTOWN — Montgomery County officials confirmed they are preparing plans for the distribution of a coronavirus vaccine once a vaccine becomes available later this year or early next year.
Monday marked a major milestone toward reimbursing customers impacted by groundwater contamination from several local military bases.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced this week that it has resumed issuing REAL IDs at reopened Driver License Centers offering driver license services throughout the state.
NORRISTOWN — Montgomery County officials announced that two new COVID-19 testing opportunities will be available for Latino residents of the Pottstown and Norristown areas on two days next week.
NORRISTOWN — An Upper Hanover man who ignored police warnings to stay away from his ex-girlfriend faces time in jail after he illegally entered the woman’s Lower Merion residence and proceeded to send her text messages indicating he was waiting for her in her bedroom, behavior that caused the woman fear.
UPPER MERION — Upper Merion Township Police arrested and charged a Norristown man in connection with a shooting Sunday which left one man hospitalized.
NORRISTOWN — Montgomery County officials reported nearly 300 individuals tested positive for COVID-19 and two more people died from the virus during the latest seven-day period ending Tuesday.
