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Ambler Restaurant Week

Posted on January 18, 2012 by admin

Ambler’s Winter Restaurant Week Is Happening NOW Through Sunday

It’s Not Just A Restaurant Event…..

Ambler is filled with boutique shops along Butler, North Main Street, Cavalier Drive and North Ridge.

Visit Nicole at Patina Vintage on North Main Street. She will take an extra 10% off on purchases w/ a restaurant week receipt and all winter merchandise will be 40% off 🙂

Clearance on ALL winter items! 50% off Winter Merchandise!! Save big on some great handbags and shoes!!

Gene from Ambler Flower & Gift Baskets invites you to sample an Asher’s chocolate treat from our full service candy case! All the ladies get a rose this week, too!

Jackets & Thingsis taking orders for
embroidered shirts, jackets and caps. Stop in to say hi to Barb & John.

Sheila from Hidden Glam invites you to warm up to savings this Saturday! 40% off STOREWIDE clearance sale to make way for new inventory (except consignment/thrift), Saturday only. Online HiddenGlam.com

LET’S PRETEND WE’RE MARRIED Performed by Tony Braithwaite & Jennifer Childs Jan. 11 – 22, 2012 Let’s Pretend We’re Married is a cabaret about bliss of the wedded sort, starring comedy masters Tony Braithwaite and Jennifer Childs.

Wine & Wellness At
Sew Vintage Boutique

Sunday
January 22nd
2pm to 4pm

Click Photo To
RSVP

Visit with Candy at Green Street Luxuries till 8pm every night this week – get your special coupon here.

Visit Judy at Antique Garden Cottage on North Main Street where candles are on sale for $4.50 (normally sold for $7.95)

These are just a few of the specials and merchant events happening in town this week. Come early, visit a new store and introduce yourself to one of these small business owners.

Your feedback is always welcome!

Thanks,
Gene McGonagle

215-646-6500
gene@AmblerFlowerShop.com

Grammy Music At MontCo

Posted on January 11, 2012 by admin

Class of 2004 Fine Arts alumnus and photographer Matt Carlin, Lansdale, returned to Montgomery County Community College a few years ago to enroll in some Biology courses. However, after seeing what was happening in the music and audio production studios in the Advanced Technology Center, his focus changed.

“Music was always a hobby. I already had the mentality, but I didn’t have the [production] skills,” Carlin explained. “The classes taught me proper production techniques.”

Carlin’s enthusiasm for the music industry led him to intern with a Grammy-nominated engineer and producer who co-teaches two digital audio production courses and serves on the advisory committee for MCCC’s Communications program.

“It’s cool seeing the business side of working in a studio. It’s stuff that you don’t get to experience by just going to classes,” said Carlin, who continues to work on projects with Ivory beyond the scope of his initial internship.

“It’s helpful to observe interaction with the bands and see how he gains their trust before helping to shape their songs and music. We work with people who are trying to make a living in music. As a result, we work on projects from start to finish, so there’s a lot of good opportunity there.”

Through Carlin’s engineering work on national recording projects, he accumulated enough credits to become a voting member of Grammy Association in the engineering category. He received engineering credit on Candlelight Red’s album “The Wreckage,” which appeared on the 2011 Grammy ballot.

“I used to think award shows were silly, but by going through the process, I now see that they really mean something to the people who worked on the various projects,” he said.

Carlin plans to continue working in the Gwynedd Valley studio and is seeking out musicians to mentor. He also plans to continue building his photography career. You can check out his photography online at www.mattcarlinart.com.

Digital Audio Production is just one of more than 85 programs that students can complete at MCCC’s Central Campus, 340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell. Registration is going on now for spring semester classes, which start on Jan. 18.

New students can learn about the admissions and registration processes by visiting www.mc3.edu/admissions or by calling 215-641-6300 (Central Campus) or 610-718-1800 (West Campus).

Returning students can register for classes online via WebAdvisor, by mail or in person at the College’s campuses. For more information, visit www.mc3.edu/admissions/registration.

To learn more about MCCC and to see all the College has to offer, schedule a visit to one of our campuses. Visits can now be scheduled online at www.mc3.edu/admissions/visiting.

by Alana J. Mauger, class of 1997

No Sale For Mantua Gardens East

Posted on January 11, 2012 by admin

More Real Estate

HUD SUSPENDS PHILADELPHIA COMPANY AND PRESIDENT
James Grier and Mantua Gardens East, Inc. improperly threatened low-income tenants with eviction

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced that it immediately suspended James H. Grier and Mantua Gardens East, Inc. (MGE) of Philadelphia from doing business with the U.S. Government. In addition to the immediate suspension announced today, HUD also proposed their debarments to prevent Grier and the company from participating in government-related business for a period of five years.

HUD’s actions are based upon Grier and MGE’s improper withdrawal of $325,000 from reserves without HUD approval and submission of false and misleading financial reports to HUD. MGE also failed to provide sufficient notice to tenants of its intention to opt out of the Section 8 project-based program, thereby denying the tenants adequate time to make housing arrangements, and threatening them with eviction.

“As president of this Company, Mr. Grier, through a number of acts and omissions, was responsible for MGE’s violations of important HUD requirements,” said Helen Kanovsky, HUD’s General Counsel. “By failing properly to notify their tenants, Mr. Grier and his company deprived them of an important legal right to make other housing arrangements and to spare them from the possibility of eviction.”

Background:

In December of 1970, MGE agreed to a $720,000 mortgage loan insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). As an FHA mortgagor, MGE is required to establish and maintain a reserve account to meet emergency needs at the multi-family housing development, which comprises ten buildings located in Philadelphia’s University City neighborhood. In 2008, Grier and MGE improperly withdrew $325,000 in reserves without required HUD approval and then refused to restore those funds to the Company’s reserve account. Grier and MGE then pledged those funds, along with one of the development’s buildings and future rent payments, as collateral for a separate loan from a lending institution. This misappropriation of reserve funds and unauthorized encumbrance of property are serious violations of FHA requirements. Grier and MGE also filed a false and misleading annual financial report to HUD by failing to note this new liability.

For approximately 27 years, MGE received project-based Section 8 subsidies under a Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) Contract with HUD. Under the terms of the Contract, MGE was entitled to opt out of the contract, but was first required to provide one year’s advance notice to the tenants. That notice would have allowed tenants sufficient time to make other housing arrangements. In October of 2011, MGE notified HUD that it was opting out of the program, failed to properly notify tenants, and instead threatened them with eviction.

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