Greenstraw Smoothies Opens Monday

Greenstraw Smoothies, located on Sycamore Street, will serve smoothies, healthy snacks, fresh fruit juices and more.

Zoe's Kitchen Approved for Goodnoe Corner Location

Zoe's Kitchen, a fast-casual concept restaurant, will open at Goodnoe's Corner in the space formerly occupied by Cosi.

Zoe's Kitchen, a Mediterranean-inspired restaurant chain, has been given the go-ahead from the township to open on Sycamore Street in the space formerly occupied by Cosi. The eatery, which serves Mediterranean dishes with a Southern twist, needed conditional use approval from the township to open the restaurant in Goodnoe's Corner. The Newtown Township Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the conditional use application at a meeting Wednesday. Zoe's Kitchen will be located next to Jules Thin Crust and, like Cosi, will share a patio for outdoor seating. According to Zoe's Kitchen representative Brian Waghalter, the restaurant is a "fast casual concept" that is family-oriented and affordable with an average menu item price of less than…

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Greenstraw Smoothies to Open Monday

Greenstraw Smoothies, located on Sycamore Street, will serve smoothies, healthy snacks, fresh fruit juices and more.

If you’re looking for a place to get a healthy snack or light meal in Newtown, you’ll have a new option come Monday.  Greenstraw Smoothies will open for business Monday, Feb. 18. A grand opening event is planned for early March, owner Kelly Anne Troy said. The shop will be located on Sycamore Street, next to the Sycamore Grill and across the street from the Green Parrot. It will serve fruit smoothies, green smoothies and specialty smoothies, Troy said.  Greenstraw will also offer fresh juices, including wheatgrass, and whole food snacks, like yogurt parfaits, apples with peanut butter, vegetables and hummus, etc. Troy, a Wrightstown resident, said she wanted to open Greenstraw Smoothies to provide more healthy eating options for Newtown …

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Former Employees Reflect on Sycamore Street Acme

About 15 former Syscamore Street Acme employees reflected on their memories of the store.

For Doris Randolph, Saturday’s demolition of the Sycamore Street Acme was a bittersweet moment. The Northampton resident grew up in Newtown Borough and worked at the grocery store for nearly seven years, starting in 1955 when she was 16. “I’m sad to see it go,” said Randolph, who was known during her time at the store as Doris Wilson. Randolph and about 15 people who formerly worked at the Sycamore Street Acme location attended a small get together and photo session in the minutes before the decaying building was annihilated by demolition crews. “It’s nice to see everyone here,” said Jim Brannigan, who worked as a produce manager at the store for 20 years. Brannigan said he fondly looks back on the people, the countless employee picnics …

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Old Acme Demolition: 'Tear Down These Walls'

Demolition on the Acme building on Sycamore Street in Newtown began after a party Saturday morning.

  Saturday morning's demolition of the old Sycamore Street Acme was a moment that Mick Petrucci, a Newtown resident and president of the Newtown Business Association, has been waiting to happen for years. "I've had many, many phone calls and late night meetings with people wanting to know why I couldn't do anything to take this building down," Petrucci said to the over 1,000 people who gathered outside the long-abandoned grocery store. "I'm personally happy today." With that, the business association president said, "Mr. Worthington, tear down these walls!" Jim Worthington, a managing partner for development project that will be built at the site, thanked township officials and residents for their help and patience with the project. "I'm …

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Employees of Sycamore Street Acme Wanted

The store's former employees are invited to attend the Old Acme Site Demo Party on Saturday. Employees of Sycamore Street Acme Wanted

  The organizers behind the upcoming Old Acme Site Demo Party are looking for employees of the closed Sycamore Street store to attend the event. "We are reaching out to any former Acme employees who may still be in the area to come out to the 'party' and be recognized by having their picture taken at the site," Linda Mitchell, marketing & public relations director for the Newtown Athletic Club, said in an email. The building demolition will begin with a party of Saturday morning. Festivities will begin at 10 a.m. and will feature local dignitaries, light refreshments and activities for Newtown’s youngest residents. "Progress on this site has been in the works for so long, and the old Acme was such a staple in Newtown for many years, that …

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Old Acme to be Reduced to Rubble in Coming Weeks

The demolition of the old Acme building on Sycamore Street will start with a party on Sept. 22. It's an event that has been years in the making.

  The dilapidated former Acme on Sycamore Street is expected to be reduced to a pile of rubble in the coming weeks as demolition of the structure will begin on Sept. 22. The demolition will be the first step toward construction of the The Promenade, a mixed-use retail and residential development, that will anchor the site. When the wrecking ball strikes the brick walls of the former grocery store there will be a celebration, Jim Worthington said Friday afternoon. Worthington is a managing partner for The Promenade. The demolition celebration is set to start at 10 a.m. on Sept. 22 and will feature local dignitaries, light refreshments and activities for Newtown’s youngest residents.  Worthington said that demolition crews will work prior to…

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Township in the Dark About Progress at Old Acme Site

The township approved a mixed-use development called The Promenade in 2009. However, the Sycamore Street site still sits abandoned.

  If you drive down Sycamore Street, you can’t miss it: the decaying former Acme supermarket that has become what seems like a permanent eyesore. The Acme on Sycamore Street has been closed since the early 2000s. In 2009, the township approved a plan for a mixed-use development called The Promenade, which features residential units as well as retail. The developer for this project is McGrath. However, despite the fact that the applicant came before the township in late summer pleading for zoning relief to scale back the plan – and was granted that relief by the zoning board just months later – little activity has been seen on the site. The sign that previously advertised the future development and provided contact information for the sales…

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Beneficial Bank Hearing Concludes; Decision Coming Later This Month

Beneficial Bank is seeking to build a 3,200-square-foot branch with three drive-through lanes at the site of the former Stockburger dealership at Sycamore Street at Richboro Road.

  The Newtown Township Board of Supervisors wrapped up a conditional use hearing for a proposed Beneficial Bank on Sycamore Street after three sessions and hours of testimony. However, no decision was made. The board asked for final plans to be submitted to the township by next Wednesday, Dec. 14. A decision will be made at a board meeting later this month. Philadelphia-based Beneficial Bank, who was represented last night by Doylestown attorney John VanLuvanee, is seeking to build a 3,200-square-foot branch with three drive-through lanes at the site of the former Stockburger dealership at Sycamore Street and Richboro Road. However, there have been objections to the plan by the township's Planning Commission as well as the Sycamore Street …

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