April 2011 Blog Posts (12)

I stopped by Dukes Barbershop downtown today and had a chat with Brian Duke the new owner.  He's the old-time barber from Aston Twp who's become our new barber in town.  He has a comfortable couch, TV's, a huge wide-screen and a big comfortable desire to create an old time barber shop atmosphere right here in Ridley…

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By this I do not mean a fountain or a little pond, I mean an attractive system by which runoff water is handled in the yard by means of landscaping, stones, etc.  We are interested in making one, and yes I know we missed the workshops that happened earlier this year!  Any help is appreciated.

http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/botw/peeps.html

Helping keep the town clean and celebrating Earth Day!  Four year olds get pro-active and pick up several trashbags full of litter with their mom and some rubber gloves.  Big changes start in small places and provide healthy life lessons about how to treat our planet and community.  The children in this picture are showing every little bit counts and you can do your part no matter what age you are :)  Good… Continue

Don't forget to forget putting your trash out tonight or tomorrow. Since it's Good Friday, there will be no collection.

At Ridley Park's April Borough Council meeting I spoke before council about two of our prized Ridley Park properties that are going to pot; 100 Swarthmore Avenue and the…

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In walkable Ridley Park everything but the sunshine was present yesterday for the 50th Annual Opening Day Festivities, the welcoming of the Easter Bunny, and the annual Business Association's Easter Egg Hunt.…

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Right outside Ridley Park's limits, behind Chill-Out Ice Cream in Leedom Estates, a national animal-lovers crisis is unfolding over the whereabouts of a micro-miniature, Vietnamese potbelly pig called Steve.

Ridley Township Police have refused to reveal their hideout for the 10 week old pig they found in an alley. 

Pigs and other agriculture animals are illegal in Ridley Township and the best course of action was to deport Steve to an undisclosed farm.  Against the cries of…

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For more than 500 young Ridley Park boys and girls Saturday is RPAC's 50th Opening Day Ceremony and it's time to play baseball and softball; even if the weather doesn't cooperate all day.

While RPAC has a concern about tomorrows' weather, the current forecast is for heavy rain in…

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Greetings Ridley Park!!!

Just wanted to say thank you for welcoming Black Salt Cafe into the community. We hope to make the same great impression that our new friends & neighbors have made on us.  Please stop by for a cup of coffee, a bite to eat or just to say hello.  if you can't visit in person, please visit us at http://www.blacksaltcafe.com

Warm Regards-

Jennifer & Kaman

America's third-oldest community theater group is currently producing another original hit; Shakespeare in the Trailer Park. "Call this "Hee Haw" with depth, respect and heart" wrote… Continue

So, has anybody been in and checked the place out yet?  I think it's called the Black Salt Cafe?  I plan to stop by after work today.  Hopefully they'll be interested in hosting a BookCrossing bookshelf.