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September 2009 Blog Posts (6)

Looking for Ridley Park's Citizen Journalists

If you're reading this online, it's a good bet you've moved past the days of waiting for the morning paper or the evening news to tell you what’s going on in the world. For many of us living in the Google-it, satellite-weather world, we're not only looking for instant information and immediate gratification from the convenience of our PC and mobile device, we're demanding it. To supply the digital beast with the demand for global minute to minute… Continue

Added by RidleyParkOnline on September 19, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Ridley Parker hauls in winnings at bass tournament

Boater Joseph Thompson of Ridley Park rounded out the top five boaters on the Chesapeake Bay Sunday at the Walmart Bass Fishing League Northeast Division Tournament. Thompson landed eight bass with a 20 pounds 7 ounces total and hauled in $1,196.00 in winnings. At the end of the season the top 40 boaters and co-anglers compete in the Regional Championship for a $1 million purse of prizes including a Chevy… Continue

Added by RidleyParkOnline on September 17, 2009 at 8:02pm — No Comments

Thanks for the observation

I am not some highway vigilante with nothing better to do during the day. I really don't care if the police issue tickets or not. But I do witness cars flying up and down that hill every single day. I don't have little ones of my own, but there are quite a few in our neighborhood. Rather than just dropping this discussion, hoping that no one will get hurt, I am going to keep pressing for possible solutions to slowing down the traffic. And I plan to become a pain in everyone's ass until… Continue

Added by Greg Fox on September 17, 2009 at 12:24am — No Comments

Stop sign routinely ignored near school

Obviously no one other than myself and the residents near the intersection of Free and Dupont Streets cares enough about the little kids in our neighborhood. All we asked for is a painted white line across the street and the word "STOP" or "SCHOOL." I see these at other intersections in the Borough. Perhaps I will bring this up at the Borough Council meeting tomorrow night where it will be on record, as well as any comments from council members. This might even be an interesting story for Fox… Continue

Added by Greg Fox on September 15, 2009 at 12:45am — 2 Comments

Ridley Park inventor saves animals lives

Hello, My name is Peter Tecco, Inventor of the animal rescue carrier, I developed this to be the most productive and efficient carrier ever. I'm honored to tell all the animal lovers how this invention became a reality.

It was a Sunday morning July 22, 2007 and it was routine that my three year old daughter and I at that time, watched one of our favorite shows. One in particular was Animal Rescue. This… Continue

Added by Peter Tecco on September 14, 2009 at 4:20pm — No Comments

Seen any hawks lately?

A hawk (unidentified) swooped down right in front of our house one morning this week. It was apparently after one of the multitude of sparrows that were hopping around eating seeds from the grass. My son saw its unsuccessful attempt and found it awesome to see this raptor so close.

Added by Rebecca Clemmer on September 10, 2009 at 9:12pm — No Comments