Community Matters

With perfect weather and a special location, how could the Paoli Sings the Blues fundraiser not be a success? And it was!  Last night’s  fundraiser included a Silent Auction and was held on the lawn of Royer-Greaves School  on South Valley Road in Paoli.  With sounds of the blues band, PokerFace and guest musician Russ Lambert filling the night’s air [...]

Filed under: Paoli Blues Fest, Paoli Business Professional Association | 1 Comment »

In catching up on some of the local business news, I was reading about the local grocery market and was interested to read about a new grocery chain coming to the area, Bottom Dollar Food. We know that Wegmans next step on their expansion plan is King of Prussia (I think the old golf course off Swedesford, [...]

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For any of you that have lived in this community for more than a couple of years, you probably have heard the name ‘Nudy’.  One of the members of the extended Nudy family, Fred and his wife Pearl, are pillars in the area — having lived here their entire lives.  Fred is on the board [...]

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Senator Andy Dinniman held a small meeting last night to focus on the PA Turnpike stormwater management issues.  He brought together turnpike representatives as well as elected officials and individuals representing various homeowner and associated groups in the area.  Kathleen Keohane, a resident of the Yellow Springs/Great Valley section of the township attended and graciously provided the following [...]

Filed under: Andy Dinniman, PA Turnpike Commission, Paul Drucker, Tredyffrin Township | 7 Comments »

Many of us have been distracted by the excitement of recent opening of Wegmans grocery store.  However, in about 3-1/2 weeks, the Chesterbrook community and its neighbors (me included) are going to be faced with the stark reality of the closing of Genuardi’s grocery store.  Citing economic reasons for the closing by the owners of the [...]

Filed under: Tredyffrin Township | 18 Comments »

In less than 24 hours, our regional rail numbers will disappear forever.  Yes, starting Sunday, July 25, all regional rail lines will be renamed after their end destination. SEPTA will no longer be a numbers game so we lose our ‘R’ and our ‘5’.   Our R5 will become the Paoli/Thorndale and Doylestown lines . . . R6 Norristown [...]

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Voters can visit the campaign websites of State House 157 candidates Paul Drucker and Warren Kampf and read about the issues . . . explore how the candidates feel about jobs, economy, spending, education, environment, etc.  Using social media as an integral component of their campaigns, the candidates suggest that you follow them on Twitter, become [...]

Filed under: Paul Drucker, Strategic Realty Investments, Tredyffrin Township, Warren Kampf | 58 Comments »

Thank you Tom Murray, Blair Meadowcroft and the Main Line Suburban Life for helping the Paoli Blues Fest committee get the word out about our upcoming Paoli Sings the Blues Fundraiser on July 30 – we much appreciated the press in this week’s paper.  And thank you Main Line Suburban Life for your sponsorship of [...]

Filed under: Paoli Blues Fest, Paoli Sings the Blues, Tredyffrin Township | 2 Comments »

Summer Board of Supervisors Meetings are traditionally sparsely attended and last night’s meeting was no exception.  In fact, Chairman Bob Lamina was absent and Vice Chairman Paul Olson presided. From my standpoint, there were 3 noteworthy discussion topics from last night’s supervisors meeting.  The first I mention for selfish reasons . . . I am a member of [...]

Filed under: Tredyffrin Township, Warren Kampf | 20 Comments »

Of course I was not going to miss Opening Day at Wegmans.  I actually ended up going to the store twice today.  The first time was around noon, but after spending 20 min. finding a parking space, I discovered that once inside there was no available space to move!  The crowds were overwhelming (to be expected!) [...]

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