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When Jack Whitaker Was A Cowboy On City Line

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As Frank Fitzpatrick noted in last week's Inquirer obituary, "Jack Whitaker was a pioneer, so maybe it was fitting that his TV career dawned in a makeshift cowboy town on the outskirts of Philadelphia." ... " A utility man at WCAU-TV, he did the weather, a minute or two of scores during John Facenda’s nightly 15-minute newscast, co-hosted the “Tee Time” talk show at Bala … [Read more...] about When Jack Whitaker Was A Cowboy On City Line

Lower Merion Fire Chief “Our Biggest Issue Is Fire Alarms.”

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Chief Charles "Chas" McGarvey Talks About "Nuisance Calls" "These fire alarms that we're responding to three, four, five, six times a day." Do we need to be concerned about fire department staffing levels? Chief McGarvey "All of our fire companies need personnel... In the 1970s we had over 300,000 volunteers statewide. Today that number is less than 38,000." … [Read more...] about Lower Merion Fire Chief “Our Biggest Issue Is Fire Alarms.”

Nixon Resigns

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Jim Nixon, that is - from Narberth Borough Council - Jim Nixon has resigned as a member of Narberth Borough Council. He and his family are moving to Penn Wynne. Nixon had been the President of the the Narberth Democratic Club, and in 2017 he was elected to Council. Nixon was also a member of the Democratic Committee of Lower Merion and Narberth, from which he has also … [Read more...] about Nixon Resigns