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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Trappe Tavern Cook Dies in Car Crash

Services for Ian Jerdon will be held Saturday, March 17.

Ian Jerdon, 22, of Harleysville, died in a one-vehicle car crash in Lederach on Monday, March 12, 2012 (Source). According to a Reporter article, Lower Salford Township Police Corporal Cory Moyer "said at 2:30 a.m. Monday (Ian) was traveling northbound on Cross Road, and 'for whatever reason, failed to properly negotiate the curve at Cross Road and Bergey Mill Road.'" The vehicle crashed into pine trees and caught fire, the article states. According to his Facebook page, he was a Souderton Area High School graduate, and he was most recently working as a cook for the Trappe Tavern. Reached by phone Monday, Trappe Tavern co-owner Dave Duryea said Ian was "a relatively new employee. Everyone liked him, and we’re sorry he’s no longer with us…

Janice Rubendall Will Be Laid to Rest Saturday

Lower Providence woman had been missing since early January

The following information is from Janice Rubendall's obituary: Family and friends are invited to Janice Rubendall's memorial service Saturday, March 17, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church. Friends will be received from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m., before the service, and she will be interred in the Limerick Garden of Memories. Janice was born May 20, 1986. She was 25 years old. She served in the U.S. Marine Corps, and an unofficial USMC honor guard volunteered to come to her service. Janice was last seen by her father, Robert Rubendall Jr., in early January. Patch followed her story from when she was reported missing; her body was found earlier this month. In addition to her father, Janice is survived by her mother, Janet Eaton, brothers…

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

PV Locals React to Cardinal Bevilacqua's Death

Mixed sentiment from leaders and readers as the former head of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia passes away at 88 years of age.

Cardinal Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua, 88, died in his sleep Tuesday night at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, where he had been living since his 2003 retirement. (Source) According to his biography on the Archdiocese of Philadelphia website, Cardinal Bevilacqua was born June 17, 1923, in Brooklyn, NY. He was one of Maria and Luigi Bevilacqua’s 11 children. He was ordained a priest in 1949, and also received his doctorate in canon law in 1956 and a degree in civil law in 1975, according to his biography. He had recently been plagued by health issues, including cancer and dementia. Installed as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in 1988, Cardinal Bevilacqua led the area’s 1-million-plus Catholics for more than 15 years. Perkiomen …

Corneilla De Lioncourt

6:57 pm on Sunday, March 4, 2012

This is to Mr. Nick Matregrano, if the whole idea that "The catholic church is the RICHEST organization in the world" why are there so many schools of this religion closing down due to LACK OF FUNDING In the Philadelphia area?   more ›

Thursday, August 4, 2011

PennDOT Informs Perkiomen Township of Plans to Work on Bridge Over Creek

News about more updates on the Godshall Road Bridge project was among other business at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting.

Perkiomen Township Manager Cecile Daniel expressed surprise at receiving a letter from PennDOT about plans to replace the bridge along Route 73/Skippack Pike between Haldeman Road and Route 29/Gravel Pike at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting. According to the letter, work would begin in spring 2012, and close and detour bridge traffic for about four months. “I don’t know anything more than is in this letter,” Daniel said, saying that she would contact PennDOT for further discussion. (See the PDF of the letter) Godshall Road Bridge and 2011 Road Project updates • According to Engineer Chuck Frantz, Flyway has excavated the area for two foundation footers, and the concrete should be poured by the end of the week. Contact for the actual …

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