Wednesday, December 5, 2012
UD Planning Commission considering changes to Dresher Overlay zoning area.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
A plan that would rezone the 9.54 acre Dresher Commons site to accommodate a residential and office complex is on hold following a November meeting in which Upper Dublin Planning Commission members expressed concerns about how the rezoning could impact traffic planning and future development on nearby land. Montgomery Media reports that the complex's would-be developer, Horsham-based BET Investments, expressed some frustration over the pace of the planning commission's deliberations. “We’ve been working on this for 13 years,” BET Director of Development Peter Clelland reportedly said to the planning commission. Planning commission members reportedly told BET representatives that the township wants to modify the Dresher Overlay, a planning …
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Junior at Upper Dublin High School, Jared Schmuckler, walked in the National Brain Tumor Society's Race for Hope.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Jared Schmuckler, a 16 year old Dresher resident, spent Sunday, Nov. 4 in Philadelphia as a participant in the National Brain Tumor Society's Race for Hope. As a 12 year old, Schmuckler found out he had a tumor in his brain, according to a report in the Ambler Gazette, and the tumor needed to be removed. "In January 2009, Jared learned the seven-hour surgery to remove the tumor was a success, he would not need any kind of radiation or chemotherapy, and after an eight-day stay in the hospital, he was able to go home." Jared's mother, Sharon, said the race is a good was for "Jared to connect with people who have had similar experiences." For more information about the National Brain Tumor Society's Race for Hope, visit their website.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Kornwell Chan, of Dresher, who was arrested in January for allegedly burglarizing a home and stealing a woman’s underwear and again in May for a peeping incident at the King of Prussia Mall, is fighting the peeping charges.
According to Montgomery Media, a Dresher man already awaiting a trial for allegedly breaking into a Springfield woman's home in January and stealing her underwear, is fighting charges he also used a camera to look up another woman's dress at the King of Prussia Mall in May. Kornwell Chan, of Dresher, was arrested in January 2012 for allegedly burglarizing the home of a woman he as stalking and stealing her underwear and was arrested again in May for another incident in which he allegedly used a camera to look up a woman’s skirt at a JC Penny in the King of Prussia Mall. In that second incident, a loss prevention officer reportedly recognized him from a flier that was handed out a few months prior. The flier was apparently created after an …
The governor was on a tour of heavily damaged areas of southeastern Pennsylvania.
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Pa. Governor Tom Corbett visited Dresher on Wednesday as he toured sections of Pennsylvania most heavily impacted by Hurricane Sandy earlier this week. CBS Philadelphia reported that Corbett stopped at the Dreshertown Plaza shopping center to view power restoration efforts. A Mississippi Power crew, among the many hundreds of workers called to the area by PECO in advance of the the storm's arrival, was reportedly fixing utility poles and downed power lines in the area. After leaving Upper Dublin, Corbett continued up Route 611 on to Bucks County, where he addressed residents and volunteers inside a Red Cross shelter at a high school in Nockmixon Township [Phila. Inquirer].
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Larissa Nysch, of Dresher, was named America East Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 15.
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Dresher native, Larissa Nysch, a junior at Stony Brook University and a member of the Stony Brook women's soccer team was named as the America East Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 15. According to the college's website, "Nysch scored twice in Thursday's 5-1 win over Maine and leads the team with six goals on the season."
Monday, October 22, 2012
The Boy Scouts of America reportedly kept extensive secret lists of men banned from volunteering with the scouts.
Media outlets all over the country have been reporting on the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) so called "Perversion Files" – lists of men banned from volunteering with the organization due to allegations of inappropriate behavior which, in most cases involved molesting boys. The files, which cover the years from 1965 to 1985, list thousands of men, many of whom were never charged with any crime because the BSA kept the records private and never reported the incidents. The files were released after a lawsuit in Oregon (Lewis vs. Boy Scouts of America, Case No. 0710-11294) resulted in a court order demanding the records be made public. Of the thousands listed, two men were from the Upper Dublin area, both were accused by Scouts but never …
Friday, October 5, 2012
One of the two proposed sites backs up to the existing Dreshertown Plaza Shopping Center.
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Friday, October 5, 2012
Dresher residents could soon be serviced by two new pharmacies if a pair of property developers' plans come to fruition. Montgomery Media reports that the Brandolini Companies, owner of the Dreshertown Plaza Shopping Center, wants to build a Rite-Aid pharmacy with a drive-thru lane on a four-acre parcel on Dreshertown Road. The parcel backs up to the existing Dreshertown Plaza complex. Brandolini is willing to forego 24-hour operation for the proposed pharmacy in response to community concerns, the company's attorney told the Upper Dublin Planning Commission last month. A few hundred feet down the road, BET Investments, owner of a 9.54 acre site between Susquehanna Road and N. Limekiln Pike, wants to build a complex that would include a …
Thursday, September 20, 2012
The last day for the Dresher post office is Friday, the whole operation will move to Fort Washington.
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
After 50 years of serving the community, the Dresher post office will close its doors on Friday. According to a report in the Ambler Gazette, the owner of the building, Mike Sloane, said finances lead to the decision to close the location. Sloane is also the owner the Mercedes-Benz Fort Washington. Sloane told the Gazette, "The postal service made the decision not to remain at the site when faced with either putting on a new roof for the building or having the rent increased to pay for needed improvement costs." Residents with post office boxes, as well as employees and mail will be moved and routed through the Fort Washington post office.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Chan, of Dresher, was arrested on Sunday, he was caught using a hidden camera to look up a woman's skirt at the King of Prussia Mall.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Kornwell Chan, of Dresher, who was arrested in Jan. 2012 for burglarizing a home and allegedly stealing only women’s underwear, has been arrested on Sunday for another incident. According to 6ABC, Chan is charged with using a camera to look up a woman’s skirt at the King of Prussia Mall. A loss prevention officer recognized him from a flier that was handed out a few months prior. The flier was created after an incident in September in which a man was spotted looking up a woman’s dress with a hidden camera. Chan has been out on $100,000 bail. According to the 6ABC report, the D.A.’s office had filed a bail revocation motion because of these new charges. Chan is currently being held on $500,000 bail.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Weekly Upper Dublin Police reports.
All information is according to official police reports filed at the Upper Dublin Police Department. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Fight: At approximately 7:02 p.m. on March 27, Upper Dublin Police were dispatched to the 19th Hole Lounge on Jenkintown Road for the report of a fight. Upon arrival, UDPD found that Abington Police had already handcuffed Michael Brown, 31, of the 3100 block of Lincoln Avenue, Ardsley, after he had allegedly been scuffling with a lounge employee. A police report stated that Brown was told by employees of the lounge not to enter the location, and then asked to leave the building, but instead began pushing and shoving an employee. According to the report, multiple …
Cleotis Jackson
3:28 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012
Kornwell is gonna be havin an aching Kornhole when my cousin Bubba gets thru w. him at Graterford more ›