Community Matters Tweets for 2011-07-15
"Rome Wasn't Built in a Day" . . . But how long will it take to build the Paoli Transportation Center? http://wp.me/pRqOw-277 # Powered by Twitter Tools
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"Rome Wasn't Built in a Day" . . . But how long will it take to build the Paoli Transportation Center? http://wp.me/pRqOw-277 # Powered by Twitter Tools
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As part of the update on the Paoli Transportation Center project, Norm MacQueen, the chair of Willistown Township’s Board of Supervisors, responded to my request – see his response below. The success of the Paoli Transportation Center effort is dependent on the cooperation and good working relationship of staff and elected officials in Willistown and Tredyffrin townships. MacQueen’s message that the [...]
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I continue to wonder about the PA Department of Transportation’s interest in the Downingtown train station; the cost of purchasing land and building a new train station when the existing station is only 20 years old. I am certain that Downingtown probably needs additional parking but with one-third the daily ridership of Paoli, I am [...]
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“Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day” . . . But how long will it take to build the Paoli Transportation Center? http://wp.me/pRqOw-277
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Based on the overwhelming success of last year’s garden tour, eco-gardener extraordinaire Cheryl Bittner has organized and chairs tomorrow’s backyard eco-tour in Tredyffrin. Featuring eight eco-gardeners in our community, the public is welcome into their backyards on Saturday, July 16. The Tredyffrin Backyard Eco-Tour will offer an opportunity to see how some residents are gardening [...]
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I was surprised by this headline in the Daily Local, ‘State to consider new Downingtown train station’ – What? How about helping the Ardmore Transit Center project or our own Paoli Transportation Center? According to the article, Bob Garrett, representative from the PA Dept of Transportation presented information to the Downingtown Borough Council that a state-funded study [...]
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Last week, I mentioned that there was an estate auction scheduled for a house and its contents in Tredyffrin Township — 788 N. Valley Road, Paoli for Saturday, July 16. I stopped by the Open House over the weekend. Although advertised as a ‘fix-me-upper’, the statement is inaccurate; this house is a complete teardown. The [...]
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Should the Pennsylvania State Liquor Board be abolished? Did you know that aside from Utah, Pennsylvania is the only other state with complete government control of wine and liquor? Things are once again heating up to privatize the state-owned liquor stores. One of Gov. Corbett’s campaign talking points was the privatization of the state store [...]
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I received a notice from an antique auction site that caught my attention. Although fairly common in some parts of the country, I don’t recall the last time I saw a house and its contents on the auction block in Tredyffrin Township. On July 16, a ranch style house at 788 N. Valley Road in [...]
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I followed the Casey Anthony murder trial over the last few weeks, just wanting justice served for the beautiful little 2-yr. old, Caylee Anthony. I do not claim to be any legal expert and was driven by the emotion surrounding such a heinous crime. I accept that my opinion for the outcome to the trial was [...]
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