Monday, May 21, 2012
Local HQ coming to Collegeville this weekend.
Area 4 Democratic Committee released the following information: The Area 4 Democratic Committee proudly announces the opening of the Area 4 Democratic Campaign Headquarters at 486 E. Main Street in Collegeville on Sunday, May 27, from 3 to 5 p.m. The headquarters will be the local hub for campaign activities to re-elect President Obama and to elect Kelly Devine to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in the 150th District. The office is located at the same site as the 2008 Obama campaign office. Members of the community are invited to attend the opening and to volunteer to help with phone banking, canvassing, data entry and other tasks. Office are to be announced. “We are extremely pleased to be opening the local campaign …
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Friday, May 18, 2012
Parks, roads departments being consolidated; county's legal department being rebuilt
Last fall, residents thronged a hearing held by the previous Montgomery County administration after a preliminary version of the 2012 operating budget proposed the elimination of the county's parks department, among other drastic funding cuts. That Board of Commissioners eventually passed a budget that hiked property taxes by 17.5 percent and kept the Parks and Heritage Services department intact. Thursday morning, Montgomery County Commissioner Josh Shapiro announced that the department had been eliminated, after all. Parks and Heritage will soon cease to exist. The same goes for the Public Property department and the department of Roads and Bridges. In their place will be a single, new department: Infrastructure and Public Assets. "The …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
The head of the county's Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program was suspended in April.
According to The Times Herald, Karen Ricca, the assistant district attorney who was inexplicably suspended on April 27, 2012, was fired today during a county salary board meeting. Ricca and District Attorney Risa Ferman declined to comment on the cause of the original suspension at the time and today, Ferman would only say that an investigation revealed Ricca's conduct "was entirely inconsistent with the high standards we have tried to maintain. She has therefore been terminated, effective immediately." "I will not comment on the specifics of this matter because it remains under investigation," Ferman told the Herald. Ricca led – and decided whether applicants qualified for – the county's Accelerated Rehabilitation Disposition (ARD) …
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Colonial Road had been closed for 12 years.
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Tuesday, May 15
Patch thanks the Pa. State Association of Township Supervisors for the following press release. Upper Frederick Township received an honorable mention award in the 30th Annual Road and Bridge Safety Improvement Contest, presented at the 90th Annual Educational Conference of the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors in Hershey May 6-9. The conference attracted attendees from every county in Pennsylvania except Philadelphia, which has no townships. Upper Frederick Township was recognized for a road improvement project. The township association sponsors the statewide Road and Bridge Safety Improvement Contest each year in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Highway Information Association and the state Department of …
Berks County state Rep. Jim Cox's bill would fund school districts with earned income and sales tax increases and new taxes on food, clothing, TV and air transportation.
Several media outlets are reporting on state Rep. Jim Cox (R-129th District – Berks County) and his HB 1776 – the "Property Tax Independence Act." Hundreds of supporters of the proposed bill descended on Harrisburg last Monday to rally "for change to keep the American dream alive across the commonwealth," attendees told WFMZ TV in Allentown. Cox recently visited The Times Herald to talk about the bill which he says will raise $5 billion by increasing the earned income tax from 3.07% to 4% and the state sales tax to 7%. He said the state would bring in an additional $4.6 billion by adding new taxes on food, clothing, TV and air transportation. Pennsylvania allocated over $10 billion for education in the 2010-2011 budget. "We’re well on our…
Monday, May 14, 2012
State lawmakers might raise the Pennsylvania Turnpike speed limit to 70 miles per hour. Do you support the move?
State lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow the Turnpike Commission to raise the Pennsylvania Turnpike speed limit to 70 miles per hour. The House Transportation Committee recently approved the measure, which would affect sections of both the Northeast Extension and the rest of the turnpike. Supporters of the measure say the change makes sense because vehicles are safer and the turnpike is wider, flatter and straighter thanks to road improvements. There is no timetable for when - or if - the bill will come to a vote. Turnpike officials say the speed limit change would not be made without additional study and would apply only to some portions of the road.
Friday, May 11, 2012
'Inside Story' airs at 11:30 a.m. Sunday.
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The following press release is from the Montgomery County Office of Communications: Josh Shapiro, chair of the Montgomery County Commissioners, will appear on "Inside Story” Sunday morning (May 13) at 11:30 a.m. on WPVI, Channel 6. The interview of Shapiro by Channel 6 anchor Tamala Edwards, which was taped Friday, will lead off the show, and will be followed by a panel discussion featuring political commentators. “Inside Story” airs on Channel 6 immediately after “This Week with George Stephanopoulos”.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
The Board of Supervisors held its monthly meeting Wednesday, May 9
The Skippack Board of Supervisors meeting Wednesday night kicked off with a moment of silence for Mary Gehman, who recently died. Mary was a familiar face at the monthly meetings, and unafraid to challenge or question the supervisors. "She gave Mark (Marino, former supervisors chair) a run for his money," Supervisors Chair Mary Beth La Belle. "Although she is on the same side (as us), I was looking forward to bantering with her." In other business: • The first draft of the township's new comprehensive plan will be presented at the Planning Commission meeting, May 21, at 7:30 p.m., said township Planner Joseph Zadlo. He said he hopes to see a good-sized turnout in order to garner lots of feedback. Skippack's comprehensive plan was last …
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a quarterly inspection report for the generating station.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in March completed an inspection at Exelon's Limerick nuclear generating station, which included a review of the plant's activities, procedures, records and an interview of personnel. The inspection examined the plant's activities related to safety and compliance with the NRC's rules, regulations and conditions of the facility's license. The inspection also reviewed the plant's identification of an unattended locked high radiation area on April 14 that prompted NRC officials on April 25 to determine whether a contract radiation protection technician serving as a guard intentionally left the locked area unattended. "Based on testimonial and documentary evidence gathered during the investigation, the …
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