Mt. Lebanon Shop Moving to Peters

The A.B. Charles Hobby Shop in Mt. Lebanon is preparing to move to Peters Township, according to the Observer-Reporter.

The familiar barn store on McFarland Road, near the end of Banksville Road, closed at 6 p.m. Saturday.

The owner Scott Charles, of Upper St. Clair, told the newspaper that Peters is now the "Cranberry of the South Hills" and expects store traffic to improve with the new location on state Route 19, in a space where Century Sports once existed.

A.B Charles has been in Mt. Lebanon since 2006. Before that, the shop was located on state Route 19 in Dormont for 61 years.

Hours at the new store will be 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and, likely, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, according to the report.