Ridley Township honors diverse local student achievers
Special awards were given to Ridley High School graduates while D A R honors went to Gary Johnson and Tina Vona and Rotary Youth Merit awards to Beth Babel and others. Dawn Naumowich received praise from the Child Study Club Ridley Park and Colleen Sheffer and Linda Eberwein were recognized for academics and art. In Marple Newtown, James Smith moves to a classroom after enrollment declines. The district closed one junior high and cut six non teaching posts, furloughed 15 teachers and a librarian, with eight to be rehired in September when classes resume.
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Ridley Township
Ridley High
Gary Johnson
Tina Vona
Rotary
Beth Babel
Richard Gentile
Stephen Martin
Elizabeth McFall
Daniel Pak
Christina Vitale
Ridley Park
Dawn Naumowich
Colleen Sheffer
Linda Eberwein
Newtown
James Smith
Marple Newtown Junior High
Glenn Lanner
Lost but not forgotten honor marks in Clifton Heights
Unaccounted Vietnam veterans will be honored as a POW MIA flag is displayed at borough hall. A VVA contingent proposed the flag purchase for 40 dollars benefiting the National League of POW MIA Families and plans to march in Clifton Heights Independence Day parade.
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Clifton Heights
Borough Hall
VVA
Tom Holliday
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Verchants win round to halt detour plan bid
Commonwealth Court will hear Springfield Road business group’s bid to stop PennDOT from closing the road for a detour around a railroad underpass at Woodlawn Avenue during drainage revamp. Hearing set for 11 a.m. in Harrisburg with bids already opened.
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Verchants
Daily Times
Clfton Heights
Springfield
Ge Wilson Bucher
Harrisburg
Thurday
State Department of Transportation
Woodlawn Avenue
Penndot
Bucher
Borough urges PennDOT to press Springfield Road upgrades
Borough council approves a resolution urging PennDOT to continue the Springfield Road drainage project with minimal business disruption. They warn that unresolved storm sewers will harm residents and commerce as a four month detour threatens local merchants. A judge ordered talks to craft alternatives to a full road closure.
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Council Memers
Penndo1
Nicholas Micozzie
R-163
Joseph L. Della Guardia
Penndot
Luis Morasco
Providence Road
Baltimore Pike
Della Guardia
Plan to tax corporate stock exchanges eyed by board
Cam bridge Road businessman Harry Cash urged the township to amend the transfer tax to tax corporate exchanges when stock value equals real property value. Officials agreed to pursue changes, noting the 2 percent tax is split between state, township, and school district, with potential revenue from large corporate swaps.
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Daily Times
Marile
Harry Cash
Cambridge Road
Commissioners
Stock Exchange
Dash
Michael F. X. Gillin
Gillin
Bonnie Scott
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Cash
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Ridley High School
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Kimberly Schreffler
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PSPA
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Pennsylvania State Police Academy
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