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Gladwyne Fire Company, Great Place For Birthday Parties

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Our cameraman was driving through Gladwyne over the weekend, when he came upon a bunch of kids in front of the firehouse who were having way too much fun. Figuring that the little kids spraying the lawn with the big hose would make for some good footage, he parked the car and went over to check out the scene. Our cameraman was thinking that this was just some cool impromptu … [Read more...] about Gladwyne Fire Company, Great Place For Birthday Parties

Commissioners To Fund Chris Leswing Thesaurus

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The Lower Merion Commissioners held an emergency session last week, and approved funding to buy Chris Leswing a Thesaurus. The Board decided to take this extraordinary measure after he used the word "majestic" seven times during his presentation of Lower Merion School Districts' tentative sketch plan for the development of playing fields at the new middle school in … [Read more...] about Commissioners To Fund Chris Leswing Thesaurus

Tannia: District Playing Fields Plan Is “Want” Not “Need”

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Tannia Schreiber, during public comment on Thursday night, told the commissioners that she thought that the Lower Merion School District playing fields plan was an example of want, not need. She noted that the two middle schools, Welsh Valley and Bala Cynwyd, "have a total of 750 kids per grade...so we're going to have on 250 seventh graders, only 250 eighth graders, 250 fifth … [Read more...] about Tannia: District Playing Fields Plan Is “Want” Not “Need”

Neighbor Objects – School District Playing Fields Plan Puts Busses On Her Street

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Last Thursday (9/11) Lower Merion School District presented a tentative sketch of the playing fields plan for the anticipated new middle school. The new school will be built at 1860 Montgomery Ave., formerly the home of the Islamic Foundation. The plan that the school district presented called for having school busses cutting through Stone Ridge Lane to the proposed playing … [Read more...] about Neighbor Objects – School District Playing Fields Plan Puts Busses On Her Street