Nutter to launch Philadelphia Recycling Rewards program, Dec 3rd.

In something of an about-face of a previous decision, Tomorrow in North Philly Mayor Nutter and a phalanx of his top people will announce the Philadelphia Recycling Rewards  — essentially a program through RecycleBank where the more you recycle, the more incentives you get to keep recycling, including discounts, gift cards and charitable contributions in your name.

The program will start in North Philly and then roll out by sanitation area starting in February, 2010.....

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Local resident joins Recycling Firm

The firm Gulfstream Services has expanded its operations into the Philadelphia region by bringing in Bryan Shipenberg of Bala Cynwyd to handle buying and sales along the North East.

Gulfstream is a complete recycling and environmental company with over 30 years of industry experience. We specialize in the recycling of post consumer plastics, post industrial plastics and most other commodity grades. We also recycle cardboard, paper and metals.  

We buy plastics, post industrial plastics and most other commodity grades as well as cardboard, paper and metals. I can get customers: gaylord boxes, super sacs, pallets and recycling equipment such as balers, grinders and shredders. We work with you to design a recycling program tailor made to suit your needs. 

For information call 610-785-1307 or email bryans.gulfstream@gmail.com

Police Report:
Lower Merion and Narberth

Published: Tuesday, December 01, 2009

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W. Laurel Hill Cemetery plans Jewish section

Posted on Fri, Nov. 27, 2009

By Kristin E. Holmes
Inquirer Staff Writer

On leisurely walks through West Laurel Hill Cemetery, George Frank and his wife, Carole, never saw on a headstone a name that sounded Jewish.

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Main Line Reform Temple -
Pink Shabbat

FRIDAY, OCT. 16

The Sisterhood of Main Line Reform Temple, Beth Elohim will sponsor an 8 p.m. Pink Shabbat for breast-cancer awareness at 410 Montgomery Ave., Wynnewood. Representatives from breast-cancer outlets will be provide information after services. Call 610-649-7800.

Police Report:
Lower Merion and Narberth

Published: Main Line Times, Wednesday, October 14, 2009

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Frustrations mount over proposed LM budget

Published: Main Line Times, Wednesday, October 14, 2009
By Cheryl Allison

With incomes flat, home values down and other costs rising, about two dozen Lower Merion residents came to a budget workshop last week to ask township commissioners to give them a break.
Republican members of the board said they wanted to do just that. In a vote that broke along party lines, the three other Republican commissioners who were present Oct. 7 supported a motion by Commissioner Jenny Brown to direct Township Manager Douglas Cleland to present a 2010 budget this month with no proposed real-estate tax increase.

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Students at Lower Merion schools aren't getting the flu protection they need right now because the district's FluMist shipments didn't come in on time.
The district sent out a special notice to parents explaining that the makers of FluMist  "have shifted their efforts to the production of H1N1 vaccine."
The district got a heads up on Friday from Maxim Health, the company administering the FluMist programs, that they'd have to postpone all programs, which were supposed to start today.
FluMist was supposed to be given to students this week at PennWynne Elementary, Bala Cynwyd Middle School and Gladwyne Elementary. The district's health services coordinator, Terry Quinlan told parents money sent in for the FluMist will be returned and that if and when the program can be rescheduled, new notices will be sent around.
In just the past week, two Philadelphia-area schools -- Archbishop Carroll and Bishop Shanahan -- have shut down after a total of nearly 800 students called out sick with cold and flu symptoms.

First Published: Main Line Times, Oct 12, 2009 6:07 AM EDT

“Green economy” research from Philadelphia offers hints for other major metros

The Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia has published new research detailing the sorts of investment necessary to build the foundation for economic progress related to sustainable manufacturing, green construction and demolition waste recycling, and energy efficiency projects/retrofits.

The biggest potential obstacle to this progress: strategy and worker training/education policies rooted in the past.....

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Other Resources

Greater Philadelphia Sustainable Business Network. click here

The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies. click here

LM Fall Cleanup Weekend Scheduled
Free Event to Take Place from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. on October 10th and 11th

On Saturday and Sunday, October 10th and 11th, from 8 a.m.— 5 p.m., residents are invited to participate in the Township’s annual Fall Cleanup Weekend.
This opportunity to dispose of unwanted refuse and recyclables, household appliances, textiles, plastic, glass, newsprint, aluminum and plain old trash will take place at the Koegel Public Works Complex, 1300 N Woodbine Avenue in Penn Valley.
“Township crews will be on hand to help residents unload,” stated Don Cannon, Director of Public Works. “We simply ask that participants provide proof of residency, such as a driver’s license, at the time they check in.” Non-profit organizations will also have representatives on hand to collect unwanted computers, bicycles, furniture, clothing, and other items that can benefit those less fortunate.
The recycling drop-off center is also open year-round, Monday—Friday from 8 a.m.—3:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m.—2:30 p.m. at the Complex. Residents who are unable to attend the Fall Cleanup Weekend can take refuse to the Public Works Complex throughout the year and are only charged four cents per pound (with a minimum charge of 80 cents.) Call (610) 667-1952 for more information.

Come to the Bala Cynwyd
Harvest Festival

Support a Bala Cynwyd Farmers Market!
A group of Lower Merion residents are working to initiate a farmers market in Bala Cynwyd in conjunction with Farm to City. We propose to establish the market in the parking lot of St. Matthias Church on Bryn Mawr Avenue in Bala Cynwyd on Thursdays from 3:00 to 7:00pm from May to October.

www.balacynwydfarmersmarket.weebly.com 

Lower Merion Republicans call
debt-management proposal ‘a joke’

By Cheryl Allison

A Republican asked for it. But, months after the idea was first put forward, it was a Republican who could not support a proposed debt-management policy for Lower Merion Township.

After a brief but contentious discussion, all five Republican members of the board of commissioners voted against adopting the document in a finance -committee meeting Sept. 9. In their strongest comments, they called the proposed policy “worthless” and “a joke.”

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Main Line Police Report

Published: Wednesday, September 18, 2009

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Bala Cynwyd Salon Ordered to Pay Ex-Employee More Than $197,000
in Sexual Discrimination...

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Now playing at the Bala Theater
September 21, 2009

• (500) DAYS OF SUMMER
  Rated (PG-13) • 1 hr. 35 min.
  4:30pm,  7:30pm

• LOVE HAPPENS
  Rated (PG-13) • 1 hr. 49 min.
  4:00pm,  7:00pm

• MY ONE AND ONLY
  Rated (PG-13) • 1 hr. 25 min.
  4:15pm,  7:15pm

• Click here to purchase tickets.

In Memory
of all the fallen Heroes

BalaAveune.com gets an online boost from technicallyphilly.com

Bryan Shipenberg, a Bala Cynwyd-based graphic designer, launched a less sleek, if more localized, site focused on a business district in suburban Montgomery County’s Lower Merion, called Bala Avenue. For now, it’s little more than aggregation and press release regurgitation, but he’s effectively squatting on the profitable hyperlocal news trend.

“I believe that a year from now when the township lays the Cynwyd Trail and finishes the rehab of the Cynwyd station, people will come. When they open the Manayunk bridge more people will come,” Shipenberg, who also maintains a site for the Friends of the Cynwyd Heritage Trail, wrote Technically Philly in an e-mail. “With a little infusion of money, time and hard work BalaAvenue.com will become a great resource for the region.”

But not quite yet...

-Thanks Chris 

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Cynwyd Trail Article in Main Line Times (Front Page, August 20th)

Pictured on the trail near the Cynwyd Station are members of the board of directors of the Friends of the Cynwyd Heritage Trail, from left: Nancy Winkler, president; her husband, Jay Bryan; Sarah Francis; Jerry Francis, who also serves as president of the Lower Merion Historical Society; Kathy Burns, secretary and volunteer coordinator; Bryan Shipenberg, who has designed the group’s Web site, as well as BalaAvenue.com; and Steve Selinger.

By Cheryl Allison

Lower Merion admits that when it handed out its first Emerald Necklace Award in 2006 it had a bit of an ulterior motive. Yes, the new honor would recognize someone who had played an important role in protecting or preserving precious open space in the township. But the hope was also that the example would inspire other community members to do the same.
Three years later the newest recipient is proof that that aim was right on target — and then some. The honoree is not an individual but a group, 70 members strong and growing.
In a ceremony earlier this month the board of commissioners named the Friends of the Cynwyd Heritage Trail 2009’s “jewel” in the area of open-space preservation....

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Main Line Police Report

Published: Wednesday, July 29, 2009

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Main Line History: Twelve sites for 12th year of LM Conservancy’s Watch Lists

Published: Saturday, August 1, 2009

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Avril in Pictures

Earlier today, Meal Ticket dropped by Avril (134 Bala Ave.) the upcoming Bala Cynwyd BYO from former Daily News April Lisante and her cheffing husband, Christian Gatti. food editor/writer

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Montgomery County Commissioners Fund Cynwyd Trail Construction
July 20th, 2009

 

  The Montgomery County Commissioners presented Lower Merion Township with a check for $1.3 million Wednesday to develop over two miles of recreational trail and preserve an 8.29 acre tract along it.
  The County will pay $1,038,207 for construction of the Cynwyd Trail from the Cynwyd station to the intersection of Rock Hill Road and Belmont Avenue. Lower Merion will match that grant with $259,758 from township funds.
  The County granted an additional $264,000 for the purchase of an 8.29-acre tract known as the Westminster Cemetery Property. The township will match that grant with $66,000 and cover all closing and settlement costs.
  The funds come from Greenfields/Greentowns, the County’s 10-year $150 million open space preservation program that voters approved overwhelmingly in 2002.
  The Cynwyd Trail will eventually extend into Manayunk in Philadelphia via an unused railroad bridge across the Schuylkill River that offers spectacular views of the entire region.
  That will make the area a tourist destination, which will promote economic growth, Montgomery County Commissioners Chairman Jim Matthews said.
  The County Commissioners will be coming to voters again next year asking them to support another program aimed at improving their quality of life and promoting economic growth, he said. Voters will be asked to endorse a $150 million program to improve traffic flow on area roads, Matthews said.
  The state and federal governments have clearly indicated that all of their transportation dollars for the foreseeable future will be used to fix existing roads and bridges that are wearing out.
  “There are tens of thousands of small businesses that employ the majority of our residents in Montgomery County. Those people can’t just sit in traffic,” Matthews said. “Little things like fixing intersections or coordinating traffic signals can make a big difference.”

Time is running out for
La Ronda in Bryn Mawr
7/27/09

In its 80 years, the La Ronda mansion in Bryn Mawr has gone from being a millionaire's palatial home to the subject of an intense debate over its planned demolition by new owners.

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L. Merion police seek driver
who struck boy, 13

Lower Merion police said yesterday that they had yet
to make an arrest in Wednesday's hit-and-run that hospitalized a 13-year-old boy....

Competing to win a chance to lose

By Melissa Dribben

The casting call stipulated that no one should show up more than three hours before the doors opened at 10 a.m. yesterday. But 27 gung-ho competitors...

Student volunteers will be win-win
for Cynwyd Trail

By Cheryl Allison

Main Line Police Report
Published: Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Independence Day Parade
First Responders of the LMPD
and Union Fire Association
roll up Bala Avenue

Click above picture or this line of text for complete photo coverage of the parade

Phillie Phanatic and World Series
Trophy at Bala Theatre

The Phillie Phanatic and the World Series Trophy made it to the Bala Theatre Click here for all to see. Thanks to Issackotolidis, Bala Cynwyds Merchant of the year and owner of S the Bala Pizza and Bala Clearview Theatre