From trendy treasure troves to local landscapers, every business in the area can be featured as one of the best, and it’s up to Times News readers to help find them.

The Times News 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards is quickly approaching, giving readers across five counties the unique opportunity to highlight their favorite businesses for the seventh year in a row.

Through July 27, readers can nominate their favorite businesses across nine different categories and over 240 divisions. The categories include auto, entertainment and sports, financial, food and drink, for the home, health, shopping, professional and specialty services and miscellaneous.

Favorites can be nominated once every 24 hours by readers, and all businesses will be featured on the ballot as long as they’re nominated. To move up into the voting period, businesses must be in the Top 5 in their designated category.

Businesses in Carbon, Schuylkill, Lehigh, Monroe and Northampton counties are encouraged to promote themselves any way they can. Businesses can visit the Readers’ Choice Facebook Page and find promotional logos to share on social media accounts.

“We are always trying to make Readers’ Choice bigger than the year before. We try to get more businesses involved on the ballot to help their chances for nominations and votes,” said Jennifer Benninger, advertising director for Times News.

The voting period will last from Aug. 8 to Aug. 31, and winners will get bragging rights, an invitation to the Readers’ Choice celebration and be featured in Times News’ special section on Oct. 9.

For more information and updates on the Readers’ Choice Awards, follow TN Readers’ Choice on Facebook. For questions and concerns, email tncontests@tnonline.com.

There is still time for businesses to advertise on the ballot, digital, social media or print products for the nomination or voting periods.