Memorial Day Weekend Closings
The Cheltenham Township Administration Building, located at 8230 Old York Road in Elkins Park, will be closed Monday, May 27 in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. Refuse and recycling will not be collected that day. Collections next week will be rescheduled as follows: • Route A – Laverock and Glenside – on Tuesday, May 28 • Route B – Wyncote, Chelten Hills and west Elkins Park – on Wednesday, May 29 • Route C – east Elkins Park and Melrose Park – on Thursday, … [Full Story...]
Cheltenham’s Fire Companies Looking for Community Input
Cheltenham's fire fighters need your two cents. The five fire companies that make up the Cheltenham Township Fire Department (CTFD) along with the Fire Marshal Joe O'Neil are conducting a strategic planning process to anticipate needs over the next five years and develop goals and strategies to continue providing quality cost-effective fire service. If you're a Cheltenham Township resident or business owner, they'd love to hear from you. They're now in the data collection phase and have … [Full Story...]
Rappoport Wins Decisively in Ward Four in Sleepy Cheltenham Primary
Party endorsed candidate Ann Rappoport decisively beat back a challenge by Beverly Milestone Maisey to her candidacy for the Ward Four township board of commissioners seat in Tuesday's Democratic primary. Rappoport garnered 364 votes (85 percent) to Maisey's 63 votes (15 percent), according to unofficial results posted by the Montgomery County Election Board. In an expectedly weak turnout countywide as well as across the region, there were less than 50,000 voters who showed up to the polls … [Full Story...]
Montco Community College to Graduate Largest Class in History for 12th Consecutive Year
For the 12th consecutive year, Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) will graduate its largest class in history on Thursday. A record total of 1,513 students will receive 1,535 associate’s degrees and certificates during the College’s 46th Commencement exercises, which will be held at MCCC’s Central Campus in Blue Bell starting at 7 p.m. The ceremony will feature a keynote address by Drexel University President John Fry, who was selected, in part, to emphasize MCCC’s commitment … [Full Story...]
Congregation Kol Ami Celebrates 18th Anniversary with Wall Hanging Presentation
Congregation Kol Ami, located on High School Road in Elkins Park, is marking its 18th year this month as a Reform synagogue – a symbolic number that signifies "life" among Jews. Early on you could call Kol Ami "nomadic," renting space for religious services from Abington Friends School, the Keswick Theater and Gratz College. Founding Rabbi Elliot Holin, however, recalls that the sense of community really came from the passion of the members, rather than the bricks and mortar of any … [Full Story...]
Montco Election Board Still Lining Up Poll Workers for the Tuesday Primary
The day before Tuesday's primary election, the Montgomery County Election Board along with the county Democratic and Republican committees were scurrying to fill poll worker slots. Just today 16 judges of election (JoEs), those responsible for running individual polling places, were appointed. According to the county's Director of Communications Frank Custer, all 400-plus polls across the county have been assigned JoEs. That's good news, although the extent to which the last minute … [Full Story...]
Ward Four Democratic Rivals for Commissioner Have Something in Common
Democratic candidates for Ward Four commissioner, upstart Beverly Milestone Maisey and the endorsed party candidate Ann Rappoport, may have very different personal styles and somewhat divergent approaches to governing, but they appear to hold one thing closely in common: they don't shy away from hard work. Both told Citizens' Call they've been pounding the pavement over the last few months reaching out to prospective constituents. My handy-dandy pocket-size political spin detector - an … [Full Story...]
A Stroll Down the Primary Day Ballots – With A Few Detours
Does it seem like yesterday when you last voted - Nov. 6 to be exact - and Barack Obama was re-elected? Can you still remember the goosebumps of pride you felt when you heard that the president was rewarded with a second term? Or maybe that your fellow-citizens were so deluded as to grant him another four years that it made your skin crawl, which WebMD confirms, by the way, is different from goosebumps. There were, admittedly, a couple of other political developments that day as well, but … [Full Story...]
After Questions Surface on Staffing Cuts, School District Announces Community Meeting on Budget for May 28
What was expected to be a pro forma rundown and approval of the preliminary budget prompted some heated reactions from parents at the school district's last board meeting, where the Preliminary Budget was passed with two negative votes. Apparently the concerns that flared have caused the scheduling of a community meeting on the budget set for May 28. The date had already been set aside as a Community Update gathering, but no topic was spelled out. "The board asked the administration to … [Full Story...]
‘Retiring’ Cheltenham District Superintendent Takes Position at Widener Charter School; A Successor Could be in Place by July 1st
Cheltenham Township School District Superintendent Darlene Davis has accepted the position of principal/CEO of the Widener University's Partnership Charter School starting the 2013-14 school year. Davis, who announced her retirement effective June 30 in a letter to the school board last November, took over as district superintendent for the 2010-11 school year at the age of 53. She had been Assistant Superintendent for three years prior to her promotion. A news report dated April 20 … [Full Story...]
Food
Alexander’s Restaurant in Elkins Park Now Open
Alexander's, a new restaurant in Elkins Park, just opened its doors. If you've been a bit curious about what is unfolding at the smartly refurbished eatery on Park Avenue, just around the corner from … [Read More...]
Creekside Hires New General Manager
The CreekSide Co-op announced this week that it has hired a general manager. She is Victoria Young, most recently a manager at Murray's Cheese, a major cheese and food specialty store in New York … [Read More...]
Arts
CHS Production of ‘Grease’ Abounded with Talent and Energy
by David Heitler-Klevans Cheltenham High School is celebrating 50 years of musical theatre this year, and part of the year's celebration was the recent production of Grease, the popular musical set … [Read More...]
Turtle Artisans Open Studio Tour This Weekend
Looking for a little artistic and creative inspiration this week-end? The people at Turtle Artisans have just the thing. It's a self-guided tour of Cheltenham Township that showcases contemporary … [Read More...]
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