RESIDENTIAL RESALES NOW REQUIRE USE AND OCCUPANCY PERMITS After several months of input from residents, Borough Council adopted Ordinance 1135 at a public hearing on September 5th implementing a Use and Occupancy inspection and permit that will begin on NOVEMBER 6, 2023. The Borough Council had spent multiple meetings discussing the ordinance and why they Read more

Through Montgomery County we have partnered with Retrievr, a convenient service that comes to your doorstep to pick up your unwanted televisions, computers, cell phones, miscellaneous electronic items and unwanted clothing.  Please visit www.retrievr.com for information on pricing and scheduling a pickup Read more

In August 2022 Borough Council approved an ordinance banning single use plastic bags and regulating single use plastic devices in Ambler Borough, effective March 1, 2023. This will be followed by a ban on styrofoam March 1, 2024.    Ambler is now the 11th Pennsylvania municipality to ban single use plastics (and one of the first to include polystyrene) Read more

The Borough of Ambler Water Department is, as always, actively working to insure the highest possible water quality for its consumers.  This includes testing our water supply wells for a range of perfluorinated compounds, including the two most critical compounds, known as PFOS and PFOA.  Ambler Water Department tested all its water supply wells for Read more

A friendly reminder — yard waste is picked up by Mascaro on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month, year round.  Yard waste should be placed in paper bags or unlined cans or may be bundled with twine.  No plastic bags.  Yard waste includes leaves, branches and branch materials, twig material, vine and hedge Read more

     The Borough filed a lawsuit this month to hold accountable the manufacturers of certain specialized firefighting foam products, known as aqueous film-forming foams (AFFF), which contain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).  As alleged in the Borough’s lawsuit, the defendant manufacturers were aware of the toxicity of PFAS yet continued to place their products into Read more

In accordance with the requirements of PA Code Title 25 Chapter 71.31(c), Upper Dublin Township and the Borough of Ambler are accepting comments on a proposed revision to their respective Official Sewage Facility Act 537 Plans. The primary amendment to the Act 537 Plans is to address the present and future sewage disposal needs of Read more

The Borough EAC is pleased to announce the reorganization of the Ambler Environmental Advisory Council and to welcome co-chairs Wes Pipitone and Liz Rosencrans. The EAC will continue its excellent and important work to help make Ambler Borough greener and healthier for all of us, with activities ranging from shade tree planting to cigarette butt Read more

Our hauler has provided us with a flyer on the top 10 items that should never be in your recycling container.  These listed items cause the recycling plant to shut down when in the recycling stream.   As a reminder, recyclables are collected on Wednesdays.  All recyclables can be mixed together and placed in your Read more