Monday, May 20, 2013
Make some weekend plans.
Check out some events happening this June around the Philadelphia area: Manayunk Bike Race What: Racers will vie for $60,000 in prize money as they pedal a 12-mile loop through Manayunk and residents and visitors cheer them on. When: Sunday, June 2; women's race (60 miles) starts at 8:30 a.m., once it ends, the men's race (120 miles) starts Where: Lyceum and Manayunk avenues, Philadelphia Cost: None Lansdale Beer Fest What: The fourth annual Lansdale Beer Tasting Festival is expected to feature 200 beers from 100 breweries. It's sponsored by the Lansdale Area Fundraising Society. When: Saturday, June 22. Doors open at noon for VIP ticket holders; others get in beginning at 1:30 p.m. Taps close at 4:30 p.m. Where: 3rd Street and Richardson …
According to Lower Merion Police, the man ended up hopping into another vehicle.
Lower Merion Police arrested a 23-year-old Conshohocken man after the department said he attempted to elude a DUI checkpoint with an escape involving two separate vehicles. On Saturday at 12:26 a.m., Lower Merion Police were sitting at a checkpoint they had established at Belmont Avenue and Belmont Terrace in Bala Cynwyd when they saw a car approach the area and stop prior to the checkpoint. Police say a man got out of the driver side door and began running westbound on Belmont Avenue, away from the checkpoint. Police say they ran after the driver, but as they approached him he entered another vehicle, which police later learned belonged to a friend. Police say that car turned around and headed westbound—again, away from the checkpoint. …
The Franklin & Marshall College poll ranks what voters feel is important for the state.
The No. 1 issue that Pennsylvania voters care about is improving the economy, at least according to one poll. The Frankin and Marshall College poll of Pennsylvania voters for May 2013 found that, of 11 possible issues, the one voters said to be most important to them was improving the state’s economy. The poll listed a number of issues and asked voters to rank its importance on a scale of 1 to 10. The top two issues, “improving the state’s economy” and “help create new jobs,” both had a mean score of 8.9 among voters polled. The poll, which was conducted between April 30 and May 5, gathered responses from 526 registered voters, including 265 Democrats, 196 Republicans and 65 Independents. The poll’s results are listed below: What do you …
These obituaries come from the Greater Philadelphia Area.
William Williams Keen, of Ardmore, dies on May 15. Samuel Chester, of Merion Station and Narberth, dies on May 10.
A rundown of what you need to know to cast your ballot on Tuesday.
Tuesday is Primary Election Day. The polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. For information on where your local polling place is located simply click here and fill out: A search result will show the closest voting spot and it will even provide directions on how to get there. Poll workers may ask you for a valid photo ID but you are not required to present photo ID to vote in this election. For first time voters, both photo identification or non-photo identification if it displays the name and address of the voter are acceptable identification. Also, a person is considered a first-time voter in a new precinct even if the voter has voted in another voting precinct in previous elections. A Pennsylvania driver’s license or ID card issued by the …
The cost of treatment has devastated his family financially. Here's how you can help.
The Narberth community is hosting a fundraiser on Saturday, June 22 at St. Margaret’s School to help defray the medical expenses of a local stroke survivor. According to NarbNet, the weekly newsletter of Narberth mayor Tom Grady, Narberth resident Tom Rymal, 51, suffered a stroke on January 27, 2013. After more than three weeks in the Neuro Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (NCICU) of Bryn Mawr Hospital and a stay at Good Shepherd Penn Partners, Rymal developed a complication in early April. He was admitted to Penn’s ICU, then sent back to Good Shepherd Penn Partners, before being transferred to Magee Rehab Center. The stroke, and the resulting complications, have been financially devastating for Rymal's family, and so a group of neighbors …
The library reopened on Sunday after 16 months of renovations.
The Bala Cynwyd Library is (finally) back open. After a 16-month closure to allow for renovations, Lower Merion Township reopened the 131 Old Lancaster Avenue library with a bang on Sunday, hosting guests and civic groups for an afternoon celebration. According to Phillymag.com, the library's redesign was extensive: [The] renovation of the Bala Cynwyd Library included the addition of 6,000 square feet, but the space that’s getting the most emphasis is a small seating area that visitors will see right as they walk in. Chairs are arranged around an ornamental fireplace that’s always been in the building but was pretty much ignored. Now it’ll serve as a focal point, looking more like a living room than a shelving area. Now that the library is…
Sunday, May 19, 2013
The free event will be held on June 8.
The Ardmore Initiative, Ardmore Business Association, and Infiniti of Ardmore have teamed up to put together a day of community fun before the 2013 U.S. Open begins. Scheduled for June 8—the Saturday preceding the Open—the township will host the Infiniti of Ardmore Open Mini-Golf tournament. “We wanted to give the community as a whole, not just the golf aficionados in our area, something to get excited about," said Lisa Burns, co-president of the Ardmore Business Association. "Thus, the 'Infiniti of Ardmore Open Mini-Golf and Family Festival' was born.” This free event will be held in Schauffele Plaza, located at 12 E. Lancaster Ave., from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Burns said it will feature a veritable panoply of activities for guests of all ages…
The 1,700-square-foot book store will open on May 28.
On May 28, Bryn Mawr is getting a book store. Main Point Books will open its 1041 West Lancaster Ave. doors for the first time next Tuesday, owner Cathy Fiebach confimed to Patch in an email. Fiebach, a native-New Yorker who came to the area 16 years ago, told Patch in April that she's eager to fill the bookstore void on the Main Line. "I've always loved reading," said Fiebach, who has a brand management and marketing background. New books and gifts will be sold in the newly-renovated 1,700-square-foot space, and customers will be able to purchase e-books as well.
What do military personell do with their pets when they're deployed?
It's a little-known conundrum faced by many of the servicemen and women who comprise America's armed forces: when you enlist, what do you do with your pets? For soldiers without friends or family willing to pet-sit, the only option is taking the animal in question to a shelter that will, hopefully, find it a loving adoptive family. But if a family can't be found—which happens to approximately half the animals that enter shelters each year—the pet is usually euthanized. For military personnel who love their pets as well as their country, it's an extra, and unnecessary, emotional burden to carry. A Gladwyne-based organization is doing something about it. The PACT Military Foster Pet Program was founded in 2010 by Buzz Miller, a retired …
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11:38 pm on Monday, May 20, 2013
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