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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Police: Few Details in Case of Missing Abington Woman

The woman went missing Sunday.

  Abington Police Deputy Chief John Livingood said today that there are few details in the case of a missing woman from the Jenkintown section of Abington. Son Mi Song, a 31-year-old mentally-challenged Korean woman, has been missing since Sunday. Song was last seen at her residence — the Colonade apartment complex in the 100 block of Old York Road. Song had recently moved to the area from Maryland. “The details are few and far between and we’re trying to get more information,” Livingood said. Livingood said the apartment complex, including all of its common areas, were immediately searched. “As soon as we hear about a missing person he or she is entered into the National Crime Information Center,” Livingood said. “We put the flyers out …

Friday, March 23, 2012

The Colonade Racks Up 200 Code Violations

In the past several months, the Colonade apartment complex has had about 200 building and fire code violations. It has since whittled the number down to about 20 violations following a hearing Thursday with township officials.

  Abington Director of Planning and Code Enforcement Larry Matteo said Thursday afternoon that residents of the Colonade apartment complex, in the corner of Township Line and Old York roads, have been complaining about their living conditions for the past two years. The issues range from heating and hot water problems-to rodent problems-to fire code violations. However, the issues really started to come to light over the past couple of months. Abington Township Property Maintenance Official James Salanik said, “It started with lack of heat in the building this past winter.” Matteo added, “We’ve been receiving complaints from the residents over the years, but not to the extent that we’ve experienced this past winter. Luckily we had a mild …

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Carlin

10:35 am on Thursday, April 12, 2012

We lived in the Estate building for 10 years. We experienced problems with the hot water within a few weeks of moving in, which lasted the entire 10 years. Living room AC never worked in spite of repeated "repairs". After several summers of sweating like animals we had to buy a portable unit to cool the living room. In 10 years the issues with the heat (we had to buy a portable heater too), hot …   more ›

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