NORRISTOWN — When Montgomery County voters head to the polls during Tuesday’s primary election, they will nominate their party’s candidates for magisterial district court judges in 10 jurisdictions.
From start to end, deep hunger and desire to be the best drove Kobe Bryant
In his NBA career, Kobe Bryant went from a brash teenager who believed he could do it all to the 20-year veteran who did.
Shaun Powell
May 12, 2021 7:27 PM
Kobe Bryant was perhaps the league s most iconic player to a generation of NBA fans and players.
“Do yourself a favor, go to Philly and watch this Kobe Bryant kid. He played with me and a bunch of NBA players all summer, and when we chose sides, he was never the last one picked.” Rick Mahorn, New Jersey Nets forward, October of 1995.
LOWER MERION Several former and current Lower Merion commissioners and community members came out to wish an online goodbye for the four decades of service Bob Duncan gave to Lower Merion Township.
âAfter 40 years of service, our assistant manager has finally found the keys to the back door, and he plans to leave to retire,â Dan Bernheim, president of the Lower Merion Board of Commissioners, said.
Duncan, who most recently served as the townshipâs assist manager, announced a few weeks ago he would be retiring. The township has already hired Jim Smith, who most recently was the senior manager in Sarasota, Florida, and also served as borough manager in Media, Delaware County, for 20 years.
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Climate Action Lower Merion s protest outside Lower Merion School District headquarters. (Courtesy of Eurhi Jones)
The Lower Merion School District is facing objections from local environmentalists as it looks to build new sports fields on an area covered by hundreds of trees, many of which are more than a century old.
The Montgomery County district is currently experiencing its highest enrollment levels in more than 40 years and says it is the fastest-growing in Pennsylvania. For years, the district has struggled to find new space in which to expand.
Back in 2018, Lower Merion School District had hoped to acquire 6.9 acres of Stoneleigh Garden, a 42-acre estate in Villanova that had been converted from a private home into a public garden, as a possible site for a new middle school and sports complex. It says the area it sought is currently a compost pile that had been earmarked for future development. The district said its current site at 1860 Montgomery Ave. doesn’t
The only state where local police are prohibited from using radar is Pennsylvania.
One Main Line Township is putting its weight behind an effort to change that regulation.
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This week, Lower Merion commissioners approved a resolution giving support to two legislative bills that would make changes to how local police can regulate speeders.
The commissioners approved a resolution supporting House Bill 606 and Senate Bill 419 to allow the local police to use the same speed timing equipment as state police.
Dan Bernheim, board president, said speeding remains one of the major complaints the commissioners receive from residents.
âIn working with representatives in Harrisburg in order to persuade them to allow our police force to be able to utilize radar as a method of tracking traffic, so that we could enforce our speeding laws and help convince people to slow down. It remains one of the major complaints that we all receive,â Bernheim said.