SEPTA bus and aerial bucket lift collide; “no major injuries”
“No major injuries” reported when part of an aerial bucket lift and a SEPTA passenger bus collide on Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill.
Category: Public Safety
With grace, efficiency FEMA and marines vaccinate masses against Covid-19
With participation of the U.S. Marines, FEMA vaccinates thousands of people each day against COVID-19 at the Philadelphia Convention Center.
Chestnut Hill neighbors weigh in on NextDoor polls
Since September, your correspondent has been posting polls on NextDoor to inform and learn from the community, to take its pulse and to move the [Read More…]
Outdoor restaurants put diners, passersby at risk? Phila defies state, loosens standards
Outdoor restaurant table crowding creates illegally narrow and unsafe passage for walkers and poses risks to diners,
A community takes sides: Back the Blue or Black Lives Matter
Two separate rallies, one for Black Lives Matter and the other for Back the Blue both kicked off at the same time in Springfield Township, Montgomery County Pennsylvania in two nearby parks.
Electrofishing the Wissahickon
In a short time, aquatic biologists from the Susquehanna River Basin Commission netted hundreds of fish from the Wissahickon Creek just above the covered bridge [Read More…]
City workers grind down tree stump
City crew grinds down remaining stump of large maple tree that storm had thrown upon houses.
Heavy rains heave gas tank out of ground
Rain soaked ground heaves heavy diesel gas storage tank out of ground at gasoline station.
Leaf blowers noisy dirty and unhealthy
Watch video here. Our immediate neighbors’ leaf blower landscape man is our bane. I know when he and his crew has visited: our front side [Read More…]
Cold War Tattoo
During the Cold War, as a high school freshman Eileen Levenson and her classmates were marched into the nurse's office and without explanation had their [Read More…]