Community Matters

My outing to the Southeastern Post Office at noon today was much more than buying a few stamps.  I was greeted by a couple of women on the front lawn of the post office with table, chairs, umbrellas and anti-Obama paraphernalia.  I was intrigued by the situation and stopped for a 20-min. chat.  These women (one African-American [...]

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Wegmans and Target opened to much fanfare at Uptown Worthington but the battle rages behind the scenes between the property’s developer Brian O’Neill and Citizens Bank. This story has all the trappings of a made-for-TV movie drama.  The “man-versus-man” plot features a central character (Brian O’Neill) and an opposition character (Citizens Bank) as the primary actors. [...]

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Coffee, Historic House Tour + much more! http://conta.cc/c78HKV via #constantcontact http://www.tredyffrinhistory.org

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It does not matter whether it is Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, the Commonwealth or the entire country, aside from the overall economy, the discussion quickly turns to jobs . . . where are they . . .  help in finding one, . . . and how to bring them to our community. With barely 60 [...]

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Fall Schedule of Public Access TV classes now available . . .  Learn the basics of video production and certification for free. Learn how to shoot & cut . . . how to frame . . . lighting and how to get great sound.  You and your crew can build a series that airs for [...]

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There are some elected officials in Pennsylvania that think they have come up with a way to save money although it would require changing the Commonwealth’s constitution to make it happen. The proposed Pennsylvania House Bill 2431 would eliminate city, township and borough governments . . . in other words; the bill suggests collapsing local [...]

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Tickets are now available for Tredyffrin Historic Preservation Trust’s 6th Annual Historic House Tour.  This year’s tour will feature 7 houses in the Berwyn and Strafford neighborhoods.  Two of the houses are in Easttown and 5 are located in Tredyffrin Townships. The house tour will be held on Saturday, September 25th, noon – 5 PM, rain or [...]

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In the Philadelphia City Paper, there was a headline yesterday, “Pay Up . . . Got a blog that makes no money?  The city wants $300, thank you very much”. For obvious reasons, I was intrigued.  How in the world can government take to policing blogs and threatening free speech? According to the article, Marilyn Bess, [...]

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This is a cautionary tale . . . I received an email from a Berwyn resident asking that I add a warning to drivers on Old Lancaster Road in regards to recently installed raised crosswalks.  She indicated that there were 2 crosswalks; one in front of the Timothy School and the other much more elevated crosswalk was installed [...]

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Last night was a wonderful night for dining outside . . . and enjoying a summer night with a glass of wine.  There were a couple of mosquito bites; but who cares, isn’t that a part of summer? Then I read in the Daily Local this morning that the Chester County Health Department has found mosquito [...]

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