Politics

Property taxes are on the way up in Ambler.   Borough Council has approved a budget for next year that includes a property tax hike of about 7.6%.   That translates into about $48 for the average homeowner.   The general fund of the spending plan totals about four-point-one million dollars.   The budget was approved by a unanimous vote.

The Montgomery County Commissioners have approved a budget that holds the line on taxes next year.

Read more: Montco Budget: No New Taxes

The Upper Gwynedd Township Commissioners are looking at a preliminary budget that calls for more than $10.5 million in spending and no property tax hike or sewer rate increase next year.

Read more: U Gwynedd Budget Holds Line On Taxes

The Montgomery County Commissioners are ordering a new bus to carry inmates between the county prison in Eagleville and the courthouse in Norristown.

Read more: Montco Buying New Prison Bus