Christine Tarlecki

2 months ago | montco.today | Christine Tarlecki

Five restaurants in Pennsylvania have been ranked as the best places to eat in the United States, and one of them is right here in Montgomery County, writes Joe Mertens for orginal.newsbreak.com, based on a national list from Yelp. Montco is full of restaurants that cater to just about every taste, so it’s exciting when a local restaurant garners national attention for its food.

Jan 25, 2025 | bucksco.today | Christine Tarlecki

The space that is today occupied by Willow Grove Mall was once home to Willow Grove Amusement Park, which delighted residents for nearly eight decades, writes Alonzo Kittrels for The Philadelphia Tribune. The park, which opened in 1895 and closed in 1972, was seen as more upscale than the nearby Woodside Amusement Park, projecting a more middle-class image. There was no entrance fee, but tickets were sold for rides.

Jan 25, 2025 | montco.today | Christine Tarlecki

Speck’s Drive-In in Collegeville is one of the best places to eat fried chicken in the Philadelphia area. Speck’s Drive-In, on Ridge Pike in Collegeville, is one of the best places to eat fried chicken in the Philadelphia area, according to a list published by Philadelphia Magazine. This local favorite has been around for more than six decades.

Jan 24, 2025 | montco.today | Christine Tarlecki

Twelve Montgomery County cities ranked among the 100 safest places to live in Pennsylvania, according to a list recently published by ElitePersonalFinance. To determine which places in Pennsylvania are safest, ElitePersonalFinance extracted the latest available data from the FBI crime statistics in the United States, taking violent crime as the main factor. Cities with under 5,000 residents or those that did not report crimes to the FBI were not included on the list.

Jan 23, 2025 | bucksco.today | Christine Tarlecki

Robert Kerbeck, who grew up in Huntingdon Valley and graduated from Lower Moreland High School, was hoping to follow up a stint in the family car dealership with a career in acting, writes Sabrina Boyd-Surka for KYW Newsradio. Instead, he became a corporate spy. He described his unconventional career journey in his memoir, Ru$e: Lying the American Dream from Hollywood to Wall Street. “We all know the Russians spy on the Chinese, and the Chinese spy on us,” said Kerbeck.