News to Reuse: A gold medal comes to Abington, Rep. Murphy to rep Bucks and signs in Newtown that do not involve M. Night
Submitted by jstudent on Tue, 2008-08-19 12:14.
[ ] Belated nod to U Penn grad and Abington resident Susan Francia who was on the gold medal-winning-U.S. Olympic women's eight-person rowing team. (NBC 10 via WillDo)
Reasons to love Susan:
- She dreams of becoming a Nike model.
- Her favorite movies include The Big Lebowski, American Psycho and Scarface.
- She’s 6’2”- If you don’t love her, she will kick your ass.
[ ] In terms of clean energy Montco >>> Buxco. (Courier Times)
From the story:
SmartPower, a nationwide nonprofit challenges cities, towns, faith communities, educational institutions and businesses to convert to clean energy. …
The communities that meet those criteria stand to receive a free solar panel worth $10,000….
Twenty –Two communities in southeastern Pennsylvania have signed on, including six in Bucks County (Doylestown Borough, Lower Makefield, Upper Makefield, Warminster, Warrington, Wrightstown) and four in Montgomery County (Abington, Cheltenham, Jenkintown, Upper Dublin).
But while all four of the Montgomery County communities have reached their goal for signing up local residents and businesses, only Lower Makefield has done so in Bucks….
Warrington officials use extra cost as an excuse for lower numbers. They have obviously not been to western Cheltenham Twp. recently.
[ ] Congressman Patrick J. “President of Eagles Nation” Murphy (D-8, Buxco) is scheduled to address the Democratic National Convention in Denver next Wednesday (Aug. 27). He’ll be one of only three members of the House to speak. (Philly.com)
We’re assuming his wife Jennifer Safford Murphy will be there too. Yo Pat: almost hayride season, dude.
[ ] Businesses along Sycamore Street in Newtown Twp. want to use sandwich board-type signs to attract business. Naturally they have to ask permission so as not to offend aesthetic value. (Courier Times blog)
From the post:
…The board of supervisors turned the issue over to the planning commission, last week. It will be discussed at their Sept. 2 meeting.
Shawn Ward, former planning commission chairman and treasurer of the Sycamore Street Community Association, is confident the ordinance will pass.
“Honestly, I can’t thank the township enough for their efforts in working to get this done,” he said. “We are just looking to use signs created in a tasteful manner; nothing big or bold that would cause a distraction and take away from Newtown’s historic buildings.”…
Meanwhile, everyone is ok with the ATOCIOUS LOOKING FUCKING NEW shops at the location where Goodnoe’s used to be (/sniff, sniff ) ?
Our tip: Find whom those developers paid and pay them, then bring on the ugly.
