Jean Curtis, owner of Merle Norman in Skippack Merle Norman Cosmetics of Skippack is opening a new, temporary location in Skippack Village, after suffering damaged in a fire early in May. The new address is 4038 Skippack Pike, next to Black Sheep Pottery and Skippack Pizza....
A Skippack Wedding: H...
posted by Deborah Fradkin Shaw
After they became engaged, Skippack residents Karen Atwood and Brian Sickels faced a decision: where to get married. It was a second wedding for both. What location and venue would best suit this accomplished and multi-faceted couple? Meet Karen and Brian Karen is a senior business...
Skippack Shop Owner E...
posted by Michael Shaw
Art Berger, co-owner of the Wooden Duck Shoppe, with help and support from his wife Jane Berger, and Sophie, the store’s new star employee, is about to fulfill a long-time dream: He is going to ride his bicycle across the continental United States, from Portland, Oregon to...
Speak To Me With Flow...
posted by Michael Shaw
If there is a place in Skippack where reality (represented by commerce) and poetry (represented by flowers) meet, it is our local flower shop, An Enchanted Florist at Skippack Village. I arrive early one afternoon and the shop is bustling. The owner Jill Lewko and five employees...
Farmer’s Market of Skippack: Back in Action
posted by Michael Shaw
Back in 2013: A high-energy, fun-filled farmer’s market is coming back to Skippack under new management, with a new location on Skippack Pike/Route 73 across from the WaWa as you approach Bridge Road/Route 113 heading west. The Farmer’s Market of Skippack will be open every Sunday thru the summer, beginning around 9 am and staying open until 1 pm. Local Goods, Entertainment and More! The Skippack Blogger had the joy and pleasure of visiting the new, revitalized Skippack Farmers Market. I love it. A farmer’s market removes the middle man who stands between the creator of goods and the consumer. We can buy...
Gift for Dad
posted by Michael Shaw
When it comes to gifts, we may say that it is the thought that counts, but the truth is we want the object given to be meaningful. Yesterday was the a special day for someone very special in the life of the Skippack Blogger, my Dad turned 89. Happy Birthday, Bernie Shaw. But what...
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At the Skippack Fire Company: A Twenty-Year Mystery Revealed
I arrived at the Skippack Fire Company with a question I have wanted to ask for more than two decades. When I first moved to Montgomery County, PA, more than twenty years ago, I came close, too close...

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