Community Matters

Saturday morning, with frigid temperatures in the teens, a fire broke out at the Strafford Station Apartments, which is close to the Strafford train station. The initial 9-1-1 call came in to the Berwyn Fire Company at 9:25 AM. Berwyn’s Engine 2-3 raced to the fire, arriving at 9:31 AM, reporting that fire was coming from [...]

Filed under: 2010 Tredyffrin Budget, Berwyn Fire Company, Paoli Fire Company, Radnor Fire Company, Tredyffrin Township | 3 Comments »

How about this headline coming out of Radnor Township, “Public Rights to Comment is Actively Under Assualt in Radnor Township”.  Have you been following the media coverage of Radnor Township’s elected officials?  Close on the heels of Dave Bashore (Remember Bashore is Radnor’s township manager that awarded more than $600K in bonuses to himself and other employees without the [...]

Filed under: Radnor Townsip, Tredyffrin Township | 12 Comments »

How many times in 20 years do you suppose that a scheduled Board of Supervisors Meeting has had its meeting date changed? I don’t mean changed due to a holiday schedule or for weather related reasons. I have asked several people that should know the answer . . . no one can recall this ever [...]

Filed under: Tredyffrin Township | 11 Comments »

The community’s outrage over Monday night Board of Supervisors decision to return $25,000 escrow money to St. Davids Golf Club continues . . . Tredyffrin resident Dariel Jamieson provides the following Letter to the Editor in today’s Main Line Suburban Life. Supervisors’ gift to country club To the Editor: What happened at Monday’s Tredyffrin Board of [...]

Filed under: State House 157, Tredyffrin Township | 11 Comments »

In discussion of the gray area surrounding the St. Davids decision by the Board of Supervisors (Lamina, Kampf, Olson, Richter), several residents inquired about our township solicitor, and how does his judgment weigh in on the legalities of this decision.  Tom Hogan of Lamb McErlane PC, (township’s contracted law firm) was absent on Monday night (due to knee [...]

Filed under: Pennsylvania State House, State House 157, Tredyffrin Township | 14 Comments »

If you recall, I have had several posts about Brian O’Neill of O’Neill Properties in regards to his Uptown Worthington project in Malvern (future site of Wegmans). Citizens Bank had secured a $61 million judgment against O’Neill in November for unpaid loans on the project. Breaking news . . . Mr. O’Neill is taking back [...]

Filed under: Citizens Bank, Tredyffrin Township, Uptown Worthington | 10 Comments »

The following article by Blair Meadowcroft appears in today’s Main Line Suburban newspaper.  The article details the mixed reaction of the passing of the preliminary 2010-11 school budget at Monday night’s TESD School Board Meeting.  One item that Blair mentioned that caught my eye concerned the replacement of long time 3rd grade teacher Walter Thompson [...]

Filed under: TE School District, TESD Budget, Tredyffrin Easttown School District, Tredyffrin Township | 1 Comment »

Community Matters had over 2,200 visitors yesterday setting a new single day total.  In review of the statistics, it seems that people’s interest was about evenly divided between Monday night’s Board of Supervisor Meeting and the School Board Meeting. Many readers were left with more questions than answers in their review of the Supervisor Meeting.  With that [...]

Filed under: Pennsylvania Attorney General, Tredyffrin Township | 11 Comments »

Ken Buckwalter of Phoenixville made his formal announcement in The Mercury that he is in race for the PA State House 157.  To read the full article, Phoenixville Councilman Seeks GOP nomination for State House click here.Besides the many other accomplishments of Mr. Buckwalter (volunteer firefighter, Phoenixville councilman, businessman) his background includes an interesting twist,which caught my eye.  Since [...]

Filed under: Phoenixville Township, State House 157, Tredyffrin Township | No Comments »

I was not at the TESD meeting last night – I was at Tredyffrin’s Board of Supervisors Meeting. (See last post, ‘Control of Tredyffrin Township in the Hands of 4 . . . Residents Will Now Play by Their Rules!’) I have received several emails, telephone calls and also comments for Community Matters in regards [...]

Filed under: TE School District, TESD Budget, Tredyffrin Easttown School District, Tredyffrin Township | 38 Comments »