Welcome to the website of the Save Ardmore Coalition! The Save Ardmore Coalition is a grassroots organization dedicated to the revitalization of Ardmore, Pennsylvania's business district based on community input, consensus building, sound and comprehensive planning and the preservation of our architectural heritage. Accordingly, we support the creation of a comprehensive plan for Lower Merion Township and a full town plan for Ardmore.
Due to a sudden increase in spam (going from 1 spam every few days, to 10 spams a DAY), I've installed an anti-spam module. It works by catching duplicate messages and looks for other suspicious patterns.
One of the filters is a bayesian spam filter, which does require a little training to correctly identify content which is spam versus content which is not.
If a post or comment is flagged as spam, you will be notified with a message, and the message will be held in a special queue for my review. If your content is incorrectly flagged as spam, please let me know, either by commenting on this post, or by emailing me (my email is doug.muth AT gmail DOT com) and I'll take care of it.
Much to my surprise, I found this on the Radnor website, in the agenda packet for February 8th, concerning the Willows Cottage. Check out pg. 34 of the .pdf below.
I'm really, really troubled by this.
1) The conservancy wants use of the cottage for two, five year terms. Is this even legal?
2) Products other than the produce grown at the CSA would be allowed to be sold there.
3) The signatory is for John Nagle and John Fischer, Conservancy.
4) The farmer language is there, on section 3a, allowing the farmer and any intern to live there.
Advisory Message has been issued by the Lower Merion Township Police Department.
Friday February 5, 2010 15:55 PM EST
LM Township has declared a Snow Emergency effective 6:00 P.M., Friday, 2-5-10. More information is available via email/web.
Snow Emergency Declared
The Township of Lower Merion has declared a snow emergency effective 6 p.m. this evening, Friday, February 5th, in anticipation of substantial snowfall and accumulation. All Township libraries will be closed on Saturday, February 6th and all weekend recreation programs have been cancelled. The Bala Gym, Ardmore Avenue Community Center (AACC) and Belmont Hills Community Center will be closed this weekend; however, AACC programs for Friday evening, February 5th have not been cancelled. Early closure is possible depending on weather conditions.
“Our goal is to protect the public safety and keep citizens off of roadways to enable Township crews to efficiently perform cleanup,” noted Police Supt. Michael J. McGrath, Township Emergency Management Coordinator.
Following a winter storm, it is the responsibility of all property owners to clear a 30-inch wide pathway in the sidewalk in front of their respective property within 30 hours. Failure to comply is a violation (Township Code “Clearing of sidewalks required; piling of snow in streets prohibited 133-4) that could result in a fine of up $600. It is also a violation for private contractors to plow or pile snow onto Township roads.
“The purpose of this code is to reduce the risk to public safety,” remarked Supt. Michael J. McGrath of the Lower Merion Police Department. “Removing ice and snow from sidewalks reduces the likelihood of injuries to pedestrians.”
During a snow emergency:
• No vehicles are permitted to be parked along the snow emergency route. (Emergency routes are identified by official signs and are located at the beginning and end of each route. Township Code145-61 through 145-66 identifies all the emergency snow routes by street name.)
• Vehicles remaining on an emergency snow route are in violation and will be removed by the owner or the Lower Merion Police Department. Vehicles removed by the Police Department will be stored in an impound lot for safety until returned to the owner. Owners must pay for the tow and storage of there vehicle and a fine of $50 plus court costs.
• Vehicles are prohibited from parking in the circular part of any cul-de-sac, which impedes the snow removal process.
The Lower Merion Township Fire Department is also asking citizens to “adopt a fire hydrant” and help clear snow that could impede volunteer firefighters’ access to a hydrant.
For complete information on snow emergencies and snow removal in Lower Merion Township, visit www.lowermerion.org and follow the Department prompt to “Public Works – Snow Emergencies.” Viewers can also tune in LMTV (Comcast channel 7/Verizon Channel 27) for continuous information.
All I have is twitter...any updates??? Notice the race reference in e-mails....hmmm is that why this stuff is sealed? So we can't see in the plain light of day that Lower Merion School District IS racist?
But seriously, Lower Merion can't buy this kind of good publicity...I have to laugh at the irony of it all, you know? I speak out and get lambasted by the Reedites the past couple of weeks. And then what happens? This. I am still not holding my breath that Lower Merion will get the joke. Or should I say I won't hold my breath that some in Lower Merion will get the joke. As you know while many local non-profits get in essence grant money from Lower Merion, First Friday has received to date none of that. And while Bryn Mawr Twilight Concerts (which is NOT a non profit) gets put under the protective umbrella of Lower Merion Township and Parks & Rec, First Friday goes it alone. So I really love it when people recognize how hard all the volunteers of First Friday work to keep the magic happening. Especially Sherry Tillman. She is amazing.
So in early January we had to attend a memorial service out in Frazer. As we were on Lancaster Ave up there we stumbled upon the whole Worthington site in Malvern.
It is a raw, naked scraped mess of land and if you go past it, you just wonder what will happen, or will it rot that way? Wegmans is sort of marooned in the midst of it, and also appears unfinished.
Calling for job creation and environmental protections, Lower Merion Commissioner Brian Gordon officially announced yesterday his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives.
He joins a crowded contest in the Sixth District, which includes parts of Chester, Montgomery, and Berks Counties. Two other Democrats - former Inquirer editorial writer Doug Pike, and physician Manan Trivedi of Reading - are seeking the seat, as are several Republicans, among them incumbent U.S. Rep. Jim Gerlach and businessman Steve Welch.
"Together we will reduce the national debt; save the planet from global warming, pollution, and species loss; [and] create jobs by investing in new technologies," said Gordon, 49, a lawyer who lives in Lower Merion.
As he spoke, more than 30 bundled-up supporters flanked him in the frigid outdoors at the Merion Botanical Park. The 13.5-acre park, he said, was chosen for its symbolic value as a location in the heart of the Lower Merion community - his base.
It also is where local Jews come during the High Holidays to cast bread into a stream that runs through the park, as a way of symbolizing the casting off of sins.
"So I believe that this is a fitting place where we can cast away our political sins, sins that paralyze national debate, sins that fail to solve the problems of our time," he said.
"By casting away these sins, we will begin to take back our country from the special interests and the politics of gridlock, and renew our democracy."
Gordon's wide-ranging, half-hour speech echoed many of the themes dear to President Obama. In addition to the issues of jobs and the environment, he called for health-care reform, criticized the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that lifts restrictions on corporate political spending, and supported the use of diplomacy and sanctions over military might....At one point, Gordon asked a cameraman with a local station for advice on his backdrop.
"So how does this work?" he asked. "I'm not a professional politician. Do I have my whole posse behind me?"
He got a nod, and supporters were urged to gather behind as Gordon announced his run for Congress.
