Community Matters

I was asked to include the 1st Annual Conestoga Film Festival on Community Matters – and I’m excited to make the announcement!  Having served as the Executive Producer of the township’s documentary, Tredyffrin . . . The First 300 Years, I have more than just a passing interest in film production and videos.  The weekend promises [...]

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The upcoming Primary Election will present  an interesting phenomenon in Tredyffrin’s W-2 voting precinct.  This is the voting district for State Rep Paul Drucker, Supervisor and State Rep candidate Warren Kampf, and Supervisor John DiBuonaventuro — interestingly, my part of the Great Valley is also included in the  W-2 precinct.  Tredyffrin has 17 different precincts and I believe that W-2 is the only district [...]

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Former township supervisor Trish Kreek speaks out about the behavior of some of our supervisors in the following Letter to the Editor which appears in this week’s Main Line Suburban Life newspaper.  In her narrative on good government, Trish suggests remedial training for those supervisors that do not understand their responsibilities and duties.  Thank you Mrs. Kreek for your words! [...]

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I am on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Design Roundtable and had received an update a couple of days ago from PTC; today the official announcement was released in Harrisburg.  Interesting to note that the Route 29 slipramp is not moving ahead?  Wonder how Vanguard and other local companies are taking that news? I actually thought that Senator Dinniman had announced [...]

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Last night was the monthly TESD meeting.  Although I have heard a few comments privately, I have not received a formal update.  Did any of the readers attend the meeting?  Is there any ‘new’ news to report?  Speaking of school districts and budgets, a Community Matters reader sent me the following article — apparently today there [...]

Filed under: Easttown Township, TESD Budget, Tredyffrin Easttown School District, Tredyffrin Township | 5 Comments »

What did William Penn see as necessary for good government and good leaders three-hundred years ago? In Preface to The Frame of the Government of the Province of Pennsylvania in America, 1682, William Penn wrote,  ” . . . Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them; and as governments are made and moved [...]

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 Tredyffrin officials inconsistent in ethics decisions . . . yes, doesn’t that newspaper headline say it all?  The editorial appearing in today’s Daily Local newspaper offers its reader their ‘take’ on Tredyffrin’s Board of Supervisors meeting.  For the newspaper to have reviewed the Pitcairn vs supervisors solicitation situation, and then to state, ” . . . after a review of both situations, we [...]

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I picked up yesterday’s Sunday Daily Local newspaper and was surprised to see that they too were running the story from last week’s Board of Supervisors Meeting.  Blair Meadowcroft’s article from the Main Line Suburban Life appears in the Daily Local newspaper in a slightly different version with a new headline.  It has now been [...]

Filed under: Berwyn Fire Company, Judy DiFilippo, Pennsylvania State House, Tredyffrin Historic Preservation Trust, Tredyffrin Township | No Comments »

Wouldn’t it be great if the local economy was staring to turn the corner?  There is some positive news on the local real estate front.  John Flanagan, realtor with Long & Foster, Devon shares this bit of real estate good news:  Tredyffrin and Easttown Township Real Estate Up 23% in First Quarter Tredyffrin and Easttown townships have seen a [...]

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Fundraiser for Radnor Fire Company Yes, the fire companies do fundraise — I encourage you to come out and support them. The Radnor Fire Company Auxiliary is hosting its semi-annual Italian Buffet this Sunday, April 25th. Radnor Fire Company Italian Buffet Sunday, April 25th 4:00 – 7:00 PM At the Firehouse 121 South Wayne Avenue, Wayne [...]

Filed under: Berwyn Fire Company, Paoli Fire Company, Radnor Fire Company, Radnor Townsip, Tredyffrin Township | 1 Comment »