FORKS TWP., Pa. – A longstanding, family-run business is set to end operations later this spring in Northampton County, but a historic structure on the same property will find new life in a nearby state.
Leiser’s The Mower Shop, offering lawn equipment sales, maintenance and repairs along with propane tank refills, will hold its last day of business on May 26 at 2212 Sullivan Trail in Forks Township.
Owner Rob Leiser is retiring from the business that his late father, Donald Leiser, started 78 years ago in Bethlehem.
Over the decades, multiple Leiser’s locations operated throughout the Lehigh Valley, with Rob establishing the Forks store – the last remaining Leiser’s location – in 1985 by repurposing old farm buildings and rental equipment…