Thanksgiving Day Trolley Crash — Trolley service was halted on SEPTA’s Route 101 line Thanksgiving Day when a Media-bound trolley hit a car at about 3 p.m., at the Springfield Road stop.
Photo by Anthony Lawrence
Category: Springfield
A Miracle In Springfield And A New Saint
A Springfield man’s recovery from certain brain damage is being credited to intervention by an Italian priest who died in 1915.
William Glisson Jr., was rollerblading backwards down Baltimore Pike In Springfield, Delaware County, Pa in March 2002 when he hit a hole in the road, banged his head and went into a coma.
Glisson was 21 at the time.
Glisson underwent a serious of operations but little hope was offered.
A family friend organized prayers asking Don Luigi Guanella to make intercession with God for mercy. Joining in were
members of the Servants of Charity as well as residents and students of
the Don Guanella Village for those with developmental disabilities.
The village is in adjacent Marple Township although it has a Springfield address.
Don is Italian for father.
Don Guanella, who was born in 1842, founded several religious institutions dedicated to serving the needy.
He was beatified in 1964.
Glisson recovered soon after the prayers started and was back to work within three months. He is now 30 and married.
The Catholic Church has accepted the miracle and will canonize Don Guanella on Oct. 23.
Hat tip Phil M.
Signs Of Support For SB1
Signs of support for SB 1, the school choice bill pending in Harrisburg, have been popping up in Springfield and throughout Delaware County.
The bill has not been changed since April 11.
Many Tea Party activist feel it goes nowhere near far enough.
Drainage System For Cop Hill
Drainage System For Cop Hill — The photo shows the status of the drainage system being placed on “Cop Hill” in Springfield, Pa. as of 2:30 the afternoon of Aug. 18.
“Cop Hill”, is the local name for the popular sledding spot in front of the township building/police station that slopes to South Brookside Road.
The unearthed boulders that have aroused the curiosity of some township residents are going to be used by contractor A Gargiule & Sons for a project in another township.
Drainage System For Cop Hill
High Speed Chase In Delco
The stream of police cars screaming east on Springfield Road 10 minutes ago (4:40 p.m., Aug. 10) were responding to a Delaware County-wide request for assistance to chase down a silver Ford Focus.
Units seen passing Brookside Road in Springfield included three State Police vehicles, two Springfield Police vehicles, a county sheriff vehicle, an Upper Providence Police vehicle and a Marple Police vehicle.
Post Office Closings Democrat Plot?
Post Office Closings Democrat Plot? — The Hill is reporting that the United States Postal Service consolidation is causing the closings of 2,500 post office in Republican controlled Congressional districts compared to about a thousand in Democrat ones.
This tally would include Friday’s (Aug. 5) closing of the Springfield P.O.’s Brookside Road branch as a GOP loss as it is in Pennsylvania’s 7th District now represented by Republican Pat Meehan.
Before one starts screaming conspiracy, however, it should be remembered that when the closing was announced in 2009, Springfield was represented by Democrat Joe Sestak, a native son of the township.
An evil plot can be dismissed.
Post Office Closings Democrat Plot?
P.O. To Close On Brookside Road Friday
The United States Post Service will end Friday its half-century-plus tenure on Brookside Road, Springfied, Pa. 19064, according to an employee of the branch.
The new occupant of the building long for sale will reportedly be a credit union.
The new address for the Springfield Post Office, which has long been a non-delivery facility, is in Olde Sproul Village on Baltimore Pike in what had been the Baja Fresh Mexican restaurant.
USPS Has Removed Listing For Springfield’s Brookside Site
The Lyndon LaRouche supporter who set his table outside the Springfield Post Office chose a day in which the mercury is expected to reach triple figures to tell the Saturday morning (July 23) masses who use the facility to Save NASA, Impeach Obama, and to restore the Glass-Steagall Act.
For the curious the Glass-Steagall Act was a law passed in 1933 that divided banks into commercial and investment institutions and prohibited their mixing. It was repealed in 1999.
In an unrelated note, the United States Postal Service has removed the eventually-to-close Brookside building from its official listings.
July 4, 2011 In Springfield Pa
July 4, 2011 In Springfield Pa — Independence Day in Springfield Pa was kicked off in traditional hometown fashion — from the high school, down Saxer Avenue to Memorial Park on Springfield Road — with a parade featuring churches, fire trucks, community groups, antique cars and, of course, lots of kids on bicycles.
Here are some scenes from it:
The Delaware County Patriots were among the participants
Among the many red, white and blue bicyclists.
A series of homemade floats honoring all four branches of the military.
Special transportation for the Republican Party.
July 4, 2011 In Springfield Pa
Never Ending Drip Of School Tax Water Torture
Springfield School District (Pa) residents will pay an average of $115 more in property taxes next year (2012) all of course without any kind of guarantee that their schools will improve or even simply stay at par.
The millage which went from 26.2910 to 27.223 last year goes to 28.017 this year.
A mill is $1 for every $1,000 of assessed value. This means that the owner of a property assessed at $145,580, which is the district’s median assessed value, will now pay $4,079 in school taxes (28.017 x 145.58).
Regina Scheerer of the Delaware County Patriots attended Thursday’s budget meeting and notes the budget was approved with Donald L. Heller being the only dissenter.
Budget information can be found here at the school district’s website www.ssdcougars.org.
