More Photos From Ardmore Memorial Day Parade 2024 –Here are some more photos of the Ardmore Memorial Day Parade from the perspective of the Merion Fire Co. of Ardmore sent to us by Marikate Venuto.
More Photos From Ardmore Memorial Day Parade 2024
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Aston Residents Angry About 37 Townhomes on 3.5 Acre Former Police Station Lot
Aston Residents Angry About 37 Townhomes on 3.5 Acre Former Police Station Lot
By Joseph B Dychala
An informal meeting with Aston residents regarding the sale of 5021 Pennell Road was held May 23rd in the gymnasium at Aston Township Community Center.
The parcel had been site of the Aston Township Police Department and Administration building,
About 40 residents attended which was twice the number that turned out in September to hear about the construction of the new administration building and police department.
Township manager Bill DeFeo said not all residents received a letter of the hearing but a notice had been posted on the township website and social media.
Board President Michael J Higgens, who succeeded James M Stigale last year, opened the meeting. Missing were 2nd Ward commissioner Joseph P McGinn jr. and recently appointed Kevin Tinsley.
Tinsley resigned from the Penn Delco School Board in November to fill the remainder of Stigale’s term in the 6th Ward.
Only board President Michael J. Higgens and 4th Ward Commissioner Frederick T. Prendergast faced the crowd with the rest of the commissioners seated in the back of the auditorium.
Things were cordial until the attendees were told that 37 single-garage townhomes and a limited use office building would be built on the three-and-a-half-acre parcel. The development would be a cul-de-sac with just one entrance.
Township Engineer Joseph J Viscuso recapped the story of how the township had to vacate the building almost overnight after mold was found in it. A resident challenged him pointing out that mold damage like that doesn’t just happen. He said no remediation was ever sought and the building was merely abandoned.
Viscuso said that no re-zoning is required. While the parcel is zoned institutional it is in a mixed-use overlay district.
A resident said they had been told in September that the parcel was zoned commercial. The resident noted that it is in the middle of the part of the 7th Ward colloquially know as the business district.
The board initially denied the claim but followed with the statement that no promises were made. It was noted the project still needs the approval of several county and state entities including PennDOT as Pennell Road is State Route 452. Also the state Department of Environmental Protection has to address storm water management.
Township Solicitor Michael J Maddren peppered his dialogue with self deprecating humor. He said there were 30 bids for developing the property. The initial winner was Nova Ventures of Maryland. It’s bid was rejected, though, as the proposal did not meet certain criteria. A new grocery store was considered and some in the audience noted they could use one. They lamented that the township once had an Acme, a Shop & Bag and a Giant, and now only the Giant remains.
Last to speak were representatives from the firm with the winning bid, Iacobucci Companies. They won on a second bid that was above the appraisal value for the property. The developers were met with consternation. The majority of questions from the audience were about traffic patterns, traffic signals and flooding from rainwater run off. Many vocally disapproved of the plan to add new residences. When asked if these homes will be Section 8 HUD Housing the developer responded, “that is not our intention” with a retort from the audience member, “but it’s not off the table!” Another person in the audience exclaimed, “NGOs have unlimited cash!”
It was pointed out by several Richard Road residents the flooding that already occurs there and at Thomas Circle/Aston Court has yet to be remediated. Others were concerned that rainwater would flow not only to Richard Road but to the apartments next door. Topics such as rain gardens, the 100 year flood and sump pumps were discussed. Many did not appear satisfied with the answers given.
The majority in attendance were concerned about increased traffic in an already congested area, pointing out there are already three traffic lights between Pennell Roar at Weir Road up to Five Points and traffic is already difficult to navigate. At least one inquiry was made regarding the disposition of the communications tower currently at the site.
The meeting lasted approximately one hour and ended with little fanfare after an animated question and answer session with the developers. More informal meetings will be scheduled, said Higgins.
Police Swarm Ardmore In Chase Of Shooting Suspect
Police Swarm Ardmore In Chase Of Shooting Suspect
By Sharon Devaney
Dozens of Haverford and Lower Merion police officers are swarming the Section 8 homes on West Spring Avenue in the Ardmore section of Lower Merion, Pa. to catch the suspect in Monday’s shooting at the Leon Spencer Reid American Legion Post.
Ardmore Avenue is blocked off as are other streets.
An arrest is expected.
Ambulances are on the scene.
This post went live at 8:22 a.m., May 29.
UPDATE 11:36 a.m.: Police have identified the suspect as Andrew McCutchen, 35, of Philadelphia. He has a tear-drop tattoos under his right eye and dime-sized dark mark under his right.
He is wanted for attempted homicde.
The victim is 26-year-old man. He was shot several times. He is in critical but stable condition, police say.
Police say McCutchen targeted him as a result of an earlier disturbance.
McCutchen and another man fled the scene in dark grey 2005 Chevy Trailblazer LS.
Another man, came out of the post and fired several times at the car and that matter is also being investigated, police say.
UPDATE 1:13 p.m. We have heard a report that this morning there was a naked man shouting praises to Allah in the street in this neighborhood.
Police Swarm Ardmore In Chase Of Shooting Suspect
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Babe Ruth
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Raw Milk Is Good For You And Can Be Bought In Delco
Raw Milk Is Good For You And Can Be Bought In Delco
By Bob Small
The harassment of Amos Miller continues but hopefully will be soon resolved.
Our whole family, animal and human, are raw milk consumers.
The anti-raw milk campaign began before most of us, though not Joe Biden, were born. The Defender, traces it to a 1945 article in the gone but unlamented magazine Coronet titled“Raw Milk can Kill You.” Coronet cited a non-existent brucellosis outbreak in the imaginary town of Outlook.
Fast-forward to 2007, and we find the Food and Drug Administration attacking raw milk in a Power Point presentation using flawed data.
And now the Department of Agriculture declared there were symptoms of avian flu in it despite the lack of confirmed viral presence.
The authorities pointedly ignore the other side.
Farmers’ Almanac say that pasteurization killing odd bacteria “is actually a problem” as it also kills many beneficial microorganisms, including probiotics, naturally found in milk. It notes that people had been drinking raw milk, straight from their own cows, sheep, and goats, for millennia without getting sick.
Everyday Health notes raw milk sales are surging. It quotes Raw Milk Chairman Mark Mcafee saying “There is yet to be one case of avian influenza in humans from raw milk consumption.”
And no less an establishment organ as The New York Times says that none of the three reported cases of avian flu virus in the United States has been tied to drinking milk.
The title of the article was Raw Milk’s Risks Don’t Stop Right-Wing Commentators From Defiantly Pushing It.
Raw Milk is legally sold in Pennsylvania. Two places were it can be purchased are Martindale’s Natural Market in Springfield and the Swarthmore CO-OP | Your Community Food Market.
Those sneaky right wingers.
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VP Sweepstakes Coming into Final Stretch
VP Sweepstakes Coming into Final Stretch
By Joe Guzzardi
Former President Donald J. Trump is tied up a Manhattan court room but he’s active online. One of his fund-raising efforts asks his supporters to help him choose his Vice President. In a mass email, Trump asked “Which person would you select as your next Vice President? Type in the person’s name here.” Trump will make up his own mind, but the potential candidates list is long, and his choice is important. A significant faction of registered GOP voters dubious about Trump’s candidacy could be swayed toward the former president based on his VP selection. Even though Nikki Haley abandoned her presidential campaign in early March after losing all but one state in Super Tuesday’s primary races, she’s still managed to clinch 13%-18% of the GOP electorate in the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. Haley’s performance causes GOP insiders to question whether her supporters will ultimately back Trump, cross party lines or simply stay home.
Trump’s VP will, if history holds, debate Kamala Harris on September 25 at Lafayette College, a key event that follows the first scheduled presidential debate, September 16 at Texas State University. A look back: The first vice presidential debate occurred in 1976 between two seasoned Senators, Kansas’ Bob Dole and Minnesota’s Walter Mondale. The exchanges were lively; Mondale called Ford “a hatchet-man.” Both were veteran politicians, tough and loyal, Dole to the right politically of incumbent President Gerald Ford and Mondale to the left of the challenger, Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter.
Among the names being bandied about are three U.S. Senators: Ohio’s J.D. Vance, Florida’s Marco Rubio and South Carolina’s Tim Scott, as well as U.S. Reps. Byron Scott (R-Fla.) and Elise Stefanik (R-NY). Forget them. If Trump wins, he’ll need every congressional supporting vote he can get; to remove five certain yeas from Congress on his agenda would be folly. Another name mentioned is also a highly unlikely choice. Although Trump flew North Dakota Governor and one-time 2024 presidential hopeful Doug Burgum to his Wildwood, New Jersey rally, the moderate is, like the presumptive nominee, an old, white billionaire. North Dakota has three electoral votes, and in 2016 and 2020 Trump won the state by a 2:1 ratio. Trump would gain nothing from an electoral college angle if he added Burgum to the ticket.
That narrows the prospects down to Tulsi Gabbard who, in many ways, is an ideal VP choice. Gabbard is young, attractive, well-spoken, a former four-term House Democrat, an Iraq War veteran who has served in the Army since 2003 and was promoted to Major in 2015. In 2022, Gabbard abandoned the Democratic Party because of its shift to the far-left, or as she put it, is “now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness, who divide us by racializing every issue and stoke anti-white racism, undermines Americans’ God-given freedoms, demonizes the police but protects criminals, encourages open borders, weaponizes national security for politics’ sake, and pushes the country ever closer to nuclear war.” In further explaining her decision to switch to the Independent Party, Gabbard added that she believes in a government that is of, by, and for the people. Unfortunately, she continued, today’s Democratic Party does not.” The 2020 presidential hopeful gave the keynote speech in March at Mar-a-Lago to the 1917 Society, a volunteer group dedicated to preserving the Constitution.
However, on voters’ top concern, immigration, Gabbard’s grade while she was in the House was as bad as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, F-. Gabbard was on the wrong side of every important immigration issue; she voted against stronger border and interior enforcement, and in favor of expanding worker visas that displace employed Americans. Her congressional votes showed that, at the time she cast them, she encouraged amnesty enticements and rewarded illegal aliens. Another irrevocable negative: Gabbard endorsed Bernie Sanders in 2016 and, after she ended her own presidential campaign, Biden in 2020.
Should Gabbard’s dismal congressional immigration voting record and her past presidential endorsements surface in her debate against Harris, the Hawaiian could point to her recent criticism of Biden’s open borders, her support of Israel and, in general, her more traditional values and say she’s evolved politically and socially since becoming an Independent. Trump promises to name his VP before the GOP national convention in Milwaukee, July 15-18. In the end, he may not choose Gabbard, but he absolutely cannot remove any of his congressional allies.
Joe Guzzardi is an Institute for Sound Public Policy analyst. Contact him at jguzzardi@ifspp.org
VP Sweepstakes Coming into Final Stretch
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