Hanukah festival lights up Media family glow
Merle Saft, Beth Israel’s first woman president, discusses Hanukah signaling a season of family warmth. The Media synagogue grows 30 percent to 77 families, led by Rabbis Sidney Schwartz and Howard Rosenbaum. The Saft family will light eight candles at home and in Rose Tree Park, sharing the Festival of Light with the community.
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SEPTA Bids Open for New Light Rail Vehicles
Nisho Iwai American Corp of New York is the apparent low bidder at 7 739 150 for 141 non articulated cars. Urban Transportation Development Corp and Construzioni Ferroviarie of Pistoia Italy also bid for 141 non articulated and 103 cars respectively as SEPTA evaluates all bids.
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Unique York Transit Car Bid Tied to Philly Work
In York England AP reports a quirky problem where an old telephone tied to a lavatory cistern affects ringing when flushed. SEPTA plans to buy up to 60 light rail cars, with UMTA concurrence, to modernize Philadelphia routes and align delivery with new maintenance facilities.
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