[5] Irwin S. Weber took over the paper in 1882 and renamed it Ambler Gazette.
[5] Arthur K. Thomas took over the paper in 1885 and, in 1886, after a fire destroyed the paper's printing plant, he opened a larger printing facility.
[9] He later founded the Montgomery Publishing company in 1954, and over time purchased 15 local weeklies.
In 2001, the Montgomery Publishing Company was sold to Journal Register Co., which was later acquired by Digital First Media which, in turn, is owned by the hedge fund Alden Global Capital.
[10] After the sale of the company to Journal Register Co., former Publisher Arthur W. Howe sued his former business partners for allegedly cutting him out of profits from the sale.