Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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Goodman Properties, the applicant looking to build a Wawa with 12 gas pumps in the 800 block of Old York Road across from Barnes and Noble and Chili’s, has requested a continuance on its application. The Abington Zoning Hearing Board will not hear the application from Goodman Properties at its meeting tonight. According to Abington Director of Planning and Code Enforcement Larry Matteo, the applicant requested a continuance Feb. 9; Matteo said he does not know when the applicant will present in front of the zoning hearing board. Check the attached PDF to read the Wawa zoning hearing board application, or click here. You may also see the site plan in the PDF section, or you can click here.
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1176 Old York Rd, Abington, PA
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813 Old York Rd, Jenkintown, PA
Site of proposed Wawa
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Saturday, February 18, 2012
All 21 endorsements based on 2001 district maps; primary could be pushed back
With the legislative district maps still in dispute, more than 400 Montgomery County Republicans gathered at the Crown Plaza in King of Prussia on Thursday night to endorse the GOP slate of candidates for the upcoming November election. Montgomery County Republican Committee Chairman Robert Kerns said that the party had to base its endorsements on the 2001 legislative map, and that depending on how the situation unfolds, the group may have to reschedule its primary election. "We're in a situation right now, where this evening, we are going to be endorsing based on the 2001 map," Kerns said. "If the map changes, we could also have a change in the election day. That is a possibility that we all have to understand. The primary may be …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
County 9-1-1 dispatch earns accreditation; other notes from county commissioners meeting.
Montgomery County will have to reckon with "very, very negative" effects from the "bare bones" budget announced by Governor Tom Corbett last week, according to Montgomery County Commissioner Josh Shapiro. Shapiro cited the Parkhouse in Upper Providence as his chief example of the Corbett budget's impact. The facility for the aging and chronically ill will lose between $800,000 and $1 million of its funding under the Corbett budget. Cutting occupancy at the facility is not a solution, Shapiro said, because doing so would cut the Parkhouse's eligibility for other sources of funding. The county's office of Children and Youth also stands to take a big hit from the Corbett proposal and could lose $170,000 from its budget, Shapiro said. "The …
Cheltenham becomes the latest municipality to adopt an anti-discrimination ordinance; it passes 6-1
Last night, the Cheltenham Board of Commissioners approved an anti-discrimination ordinance by a vote of 6-1. The township calls the policy the “Cheltenham Township Human Relations Ordinance.” The ordinance provides: “for the creation of the Cheltenham Township Human Relations Commission, and to prohibit discrimination in housing, accommodations, commercial property, employment and public accommodations on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, age, religious creed, ancestry, sex, national origin, handicap or disability, use of guide or support animals … or because of an individual’s actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression …” The commission will comprise nine members, each of whom will serve …
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Church Rd & Greenwood Ave, Wyncote, PA
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Of that, runway demolition is expected to cost $17 million.
The Horsham Land Reuse Authority is closing in on the homestretch for approval of a redevelopment plan for 862 acres of shuttered Willow Grove air base. On Wednesday night, the board’s consultant, RKG Associates, presented a final view of what the property could look like dotted with 1,416 mixed-use residences, a 13-acre aviation museum, a 40-acre middle school, a robust town center and regional recreational area, an estimated 70 housing units for the homeless and a 133-acre office park expected to create more than 7,000 jobs – and a $457 million annual payroll - upon build out. The culmination of a “close to final” plan, according to HLRA Chairman William Whiteside, has led the board to its last hurdle before approving the reuse blueprint…
Cheltenham VP: Ordinance is 'Common Sense'
The Cheltenham Board of Commissioners will likely vote on whether to adopt a township anti-discrimination ordinance at its meeting tonight. The proposed ordinance, should it pass, would create a township human relations commission. Cheltenham Board of Commissioners Vice President Harvey Portner said today that the board has been discussing an anti-discrimination ordinance for “quite a few years.” “We hope to have it done this evening, if we can avoid one of our commissioners picking it apart,” Portner said. Portner wouldn’t name the commissioner; he actually said the commissioner is likely in favor of the proposed ordinance. “It’s the fact that he’s an attorney and he picks apart every picayune detail,” Portner said. “He’s in favor of…
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Church Rd & Greenwood Ave, Wyncote, PA
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Local political blogger Joe 'The Nerd' Ferraro thinks former Senator Rick Santorum has a chance at doing a victory dance in the Republican end zone.
From Joe "The Nerd" Ferraro's blog on The Huffington Post: This is a contrary view, but Rick Santorum wins the GOP nomination. You can make an analogy that Rick Santorum, the Pittsburgh Penguin, scored a hat trick last week with victories in Colorado, Minnesota, and Missouri. Seeing pictures of both the Linux Penguin and the former junior senator from Pennsylvania (never got to the senior prom) has convinced me if they were not separated at birth – there are genetic components in play. But I think that giving him the name Pittsburgh Stealer may be a more proper description. (God, I hope the rest of the country does not blame the Philly area for this guy.) He is about to steal the nomination from Mitt Romney. It really doesn't take a lot …
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Universities take a hit; local school district aid remains about the same
Governor Tom Corbett presented his budget proposal to both houses of the state legislature Tuesday and, as expected, it reflects the state’s difficult financial situation. There are plenty of cuts to address the state’s revenue shortfall, but it does not include any tax increases. In fact, Corbett said he would work with lawmakers on the budget but said tax increases were not an option. Early Tuesday morning philly.com reported that aid to state universities would be cut 20 percent to 30percent, which Corbett confirmed early in his speech. Pitt, Temple and Penn State would see aid cut 30 percent while other state system schools would see aid cut 20 percent under Corbett’s plan according to PennLive.com's Twitter feed. Community colleges …
Friday, February 3, 2012
Nate Kleinman, 29, of Jenkintown, seeks to oust Allyson Schwartz in the 13th Congressional District
Running on a platform of supporting the middle-class and bringing jobs back to America, 29-year-old Jenkintown resident Nate Kleinman is seeking to secure the Democratic nomination for the 13th Congressional District in the upcoming April primary. Kleinman, who is an active member of Occupy Philadelphia, said a contributing factor in his decision to run was dissatisfaction with the decisions being made by his current representative, Allyson Schwartz. "There were a number of causes, but mainly, we're going down a path where our very democracy is threatened, and I don't believe that Allyson has been on the right side of a number of issues in Washington that have a direct impact on the character of our country," Kleinman said. Those issues …
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Previous draft defeated in January 2011; resident presents alternative anti-discrimination ordinance
After more than a year of discussion, it appears that Abington will look to Jenkintown for guidance in crafting an anti-discrimination ordinance. Such an ordinance would provide discrimination protection to a broader range of classes, notably the gay, lesbian and transgender community, as those classes are not protected under the state’s human rights act. The township tabled a different version of the anti-discrimination ordinance late last year, and, on Wednesday night, members of the public affairs committee had two new drafts of an anti-discrimination ordinance in front of them. One of the drafts included a version that was approved by the municipalities of Jenkintown, Springfield, and Whitemarsh. The other draft was written by Glenside…
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Victor B. Krievins
6:48 am on Saturday, February 18, 2012
Too bad Chairman????? Kerns failed to see and recognize Bob Sklaroff tegarding a needed change to the MCRC bylaws. When is the last time MCRC had a Voter registration drive? Does anyone even remember? more ›