Sharon Savings Robbed — The Sharon Savings Bank, 5 E. Springfield Road, Springfield, Pa., was robbed within the hour 3:16 p.m., March 29. The branch is locked. The sign on the door reads “This Office Will Be Closed On Tues. 3/29/11 due to bank robbery”.
Category: Springfield
Ron Pritsch’s Legacy
Ron Pritsch’s Legacy — The lead story in last week’s Springfield Press concerned the gift bequeathed by writer and anthropologist Ron Pritsch to the Springfield (Pa) Library.
The money was used to replace the 48-year-old circulation desk with one more suitable for the computer era.
Ron died Jan. 19, 2009 of a heart attack which was quite unexpected. He was either 55 or 56.
I knew Ron. He was a fine writer and a decent man and the community still mourns his passing.
Ron Pritsch’s Legacy
Springfield P.O. Finds A New Home
The Springfield (Pa) Post Office is moving from the Brookside Road site where it has sat for decades to a shiny new, much smaller spot in Olde Sproul Village on Baltimore Pike that was once Baja Fresh burrito joint. The satellite office in the Springfield Mall is being closed.
Call it progress in this Obama progressive era — higher cost and less convenience. OK, if you live in Swarthmore it will be more convenient.
U.S. Postal Service officials say the move will occur in July or August.
Carpet Of Crocus
Carpet Of Crocus
This carpet of crocuses at 101 N. Rolling Road, Springfield is just a hint as to the show nature has in store for Delaware County over the next few months.
And spring doesn’t even start until 7:20 p.m., March 20.
Carpet Of Crocus
Does Jim Devenney Want His Old Job Back?
James J. Devenney , who did the classy thing a year or so ago by resigning as Springfield’s (Pa) 6th Ward Commissioner in the wake of a relatively minor scandal, is reportedly doing a classless thing by trying to get his old job back.
We have been told he has declared himself to be an independent candidate in Republican municipal primary election on May 17.
Say it ain’t so Jim. You do not have a right to the job.
Does Jim Devenney Want His Old Job Back?
Proctor Returns To Examiner But Will Pursue CAIR On Web Radio
Aaron Proctor, the conservative-libertarian journalist suspended by Examiner.Com after a complaint from CAIR-Philadelphia, has been returned to duty.
Proctor had written articles about the controversial Islamic organization with regard to their looming March 12 banquet at the Springfield Country Club in Delaware County.
Proctor said, however, he has voluntarily removed his CAIR articles from the Examiner site and will not be writing about the organization or Islam for the publication.
He said, however, he will pursue the issue in other venues.
“This doesn’t mean I won’t be discussing the situation on my show tomorrow at blogtalkradio.com/proctorshow or in the future on ‘The Aaron Proctor Show,'” he said. “I am afforded a wonderful, weekly venue every Tuesday night at 8 p.m. that does not give me the constraints of my free speech like the ones instituted by Examiner.com.”
CAIR Articles Get Journalist Suspended
CAIR Articles Get Journalist Suspended — Aaron Proctor, who has been writing about libertarian matters for Examiner.Com since April, has been suspended from the organization due to several articles he wrote critical of CAIR regarding CAIR-Philadelphia’s March 12 banquet at the Springfield Country Club on Sproul Road.
In a letter to Examiner Category Director Jay Keller, CAIR-Philadelphia Executive Director Mocin Khawaja implied Proctor made statements that were “libelous and defamatory.” He took special issue with Proctor pointing out that CAIR was an un-indicted co-conspirator in a terrorist case involving groups donating money to Hamas.
CAIR-Philadelphia and CAIR are legally distinct entities, Khawala said.
So there!
Mr. Khawala, for what it’s worth, the letterhead of your missive said CAIR Pennsylvania. If legalistic distinctions are your thing, maybe you ought to fix that.
One of the scheduled speakers at the event is Imam Johari Abdul-Malik. Is it “hate-speech” to point that out? Is it somehow more hateful to criticize CAIR — Philadelphia or otherwise — than it is to demean the murder of Fulton County, Georgia sheriff’s deputy Ricky Kinchen by the former H.Rap Brown in 2000 as Malik did?
Khawala, showing the tolerance and restraint for which CAIR — the legal entity separate from CAIR-Philadelphia — is famous, told Keller that he believes Proctor is a security threat and that he has forwarded his Examiner profile picture to police.
Perhaps the message budding journalists should take is that if they want to criticize a religion they should stick to the Catholic Church or Christian evangelicals.
CAIR Articles Get Journalist Suspended
CAIR Comes To Springfield
CAIR Comes To Springfield — CAIR Pennsylvania — the state affiliate of the Council on American-Islamic Relations — has scheduled a banquet , 6:30 p.m., March 12 at the Springfield Country Club, which has been called the unofficial headquarters of the Springfield Republican Party.
It was the place, in fact, where John McCain kicked off his 2008 presidential campaign after officially becoming the GOP’s nominee.
The theme is “Advancing With Confidence” and the event is being called an “entertaining night out for the whole family.”
The entertainment is “world renowned” David Lucas and Ken Kaplin for the children, and a clown who will do balloon twisting.
Speakers are Dr. Umar Faruq Abdullah and Imam Johari Abdul-Malik.
Perhaps you have heard of Imam Adul-Malik. He came out in defense of Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, aka H. Rap Brown, after he was convicted of murdering Fulon County, Ga. sheriff deputy Ricky Leon Kinchen in March 2002, saying the former Mr. Brown was framed.
That same month he said the raid in northern Virgina which netted Sami Al-Arian was a witch hunt. Al-Arian would be sentenced to 57 month in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to help a “specially designated terrorist” organization, which in this case was the Islamic Jihad.
He would then go on to support for other terrorists like Ahmed Omar Abu Ali and Ali al Timimi.
It sounds like an entertaining night out for the whole family.
Hat tip Aaron Proctor of Examiner.Com
CAIR Comes To Springfield
Sidewalks Of Springfield And Govt. Privilege
The residents and business of Springfield, Pa. have shoveled themselves out of last week’s heavy snow and, for the most part, responsibly cleared their sidewalks.
For the most part.
There are exceptions.
To the left of that big snow pile blocking the path of pedestrians to force them into Brookside Road is a municipal lot owned by Springfield Township. To the right is the property of U.S. Post Office. It is nice to see how government agencies can cooperate.
Update: The path is clear as of tonight, Jan. 31.
Fed Street Sign Mandate To Affect Springfield
Springfield (Delaware County, Pa) Township Manager Michael LeFevre describes the new federal street sign mandate as “a doozy”
The Federal Highway Administration, last year, mandated that street name signs throughout the nation be upper/lower case. The white letter on black background signs in Springfield are in all capital letters.
The township has until 2018 to replace them.
“The cost to buy a sign face is $50,” he said. “We install them with our own staff. If you look around town there are quite a few street signs.”
The feds feel that older people can read upper and lower case easier.
LeFevre says the township is still awaiting some final directions from the feds.
“We have no plans on beginning major changes at this time,” he said.
If the over-burdened Springfield taxpayer wants to try and find a bright sign to this bit of Washington whimsy he can consider that the mandate is expected to cost New York City $27 million.