Openings & Closings: Businesses around the area | Business News
Rittersville Electric Co. has finished a 103-year run at 1901 Hanover Ave. in Allentown. The family-run business sold lamps, shades, fans and more.
“It’s hard to believe and definitely bittersweet to say Rittersville Electric Co. Inc. is closing their doors,” a family member posted on Facebook.
The lighting store was named for its east Allentown neighborhood, where trolleys once carried people to Central Park, an amusement park nearby. Rittersville Electric, founded in 1918, outlasted the park by 70 years.
The Perfect Christmas Tree Farm along Route 22 in Lopatcong Township is for sale but remains open for this holiday season. Owners John Curtis, 81, and Cynthia, 79, are ready to retire and sell the Warren County landmark. The farm raises many varieties, including concolor, Colorado blue spruce and Douglas firs. A 1780s-era stone building on the shop is a store and exhibit of old ornaments. Cynthia Curtis said she would like to see the…
