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The Taylor Community Foundation 12th annual recognition reception at the Springhaven Golf Club honored 14 soon-to-be high school graduates who will receive scholarships from the foundation. The foundation serves 19 townships and boroughs in Delaware County. The full story is from Barbara Ormsby for the…

After a protracted legal battle, PA's Supreme Court upheld Pennsylvania’s latest legislative redistricting plan. In the plan, which will be instituted for the 2014 legislative elections, Ridley Park and Glenolden are cast out from Senator Anthony Williams territory...…

The Delaware County Heritage Commission awarded Julia Kinter and Jeff Shick their 35th annual preservation award for the residential rehabilitation at 106 W. Ridley Ave...read…

Delaware County Council approved a $75,000 grant to be used for the dredge The Lake.  According to Jeff Wolfe at the…

A Ridley High School English teacher was suspended after district officials learned of her arrest last month for allegedly providing alcohol to students.



Katherine Leigh Preusser, 33, who teaches Advanced Placement and college-prep English, was arrested on March 23 after the car in which she was a passenger was pulled over by a Pennsylvania state trooper in Middletown. Two 17-year-old Ridley High School students were also in the car at the time, along with several open cans of beer,…

The Ridley School Board, at its April meeting, approved a new lease agreement between the school district and Capozzoli (Tony's) Catering, Inc. for a little more than 4,000 square feet of the old Ridley High School kitchen space, including kitchen equipment.



The lease is for one year and became effective April 3, at a cost of $3,700 a month, or an annual amount of $44,400. Michael Capozzoli, an owner of the company, is president of the school board. Capozzoli abstained from…

At the March Borough Council meeting Councilman Jared Brennan said he has received telephone calls and e-mails from the Delaware County Animal Control about unpaid bills totaling $9,500.



“It’s to the point where they are talking about legal action,” Brennan said.



Berger said the borough was…

Council President Bob Berger had some exciting news to impart at a recent meeting.



“Ridley Park has been nominated as a Classic Town by the Delaware County Planning Department,” Berger told the audience in the council…

Flanked by children Nicholas, and Amanda, 21-year old twins, and Mark Jr., 24, and with borough manager Dawn Marie Human holding the Bible, Bascelli took the oath of office from Mayor Hank Eberle. Bascelli had been acting chief since the retirement last December of former chief Tom Byrne. Bascelli and Byrne were sworn in as borough police officers on the same day in…

After days of anticipation The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a winter weather advisory in effect for Ridley Park from 4 pm this afternoon to 6 am tomorrow.



Normally, as we get closer to the event, confidence increases. However, this is one of those anomalous events where the models have a decent handle on the track of the storm however there is increased…

Delaware County Republicans endorsed Mary McFall Hopper for Sheriff in the May Primary Election.  Mary is regulatory counsel for Aqua America and a lifetime resident of Ridley Park. On the other side, McFall will likely face-off against  endorsed Democras Rocco Polidoro.  Polidoro heads the Springfield…

In her annual report to Ridley Park Council Feb. 19, library director Mary Alice Walsh said 27,000 items were circulated by the library in 2012, including 1,700 new materials added throughout the course of the year. There are more than 3,700 members with more than 200 new members added last year.



Continuing on with statistics, Walsh said more than 3,300 internet sessions were…

  To leave the fountain at Ridley Park Lake in the water during the winter, or take it out and put it in storage until warmer weather? That is the question members of Ridley Park borough council are mulling over.



   At council's Feb.19 meeting, Ridley Park Councilman Jared Brennan said he thinks it is preferable to remove the fountain during the winter to…

Two retail theft suspects are in custody facing a long list of charges after leading police in Springfield, Morton, Prospect Park, Ridley Township and Ridley Park on a high-speed chase that ended in the arrest of two suspects with no injuries…

In a world where people can do almost anything at the touch of a button; shop, communicate, do research, publish a blog, and transfer money, Gavin Newsom, the lieutenant governor of California, argues that today’s government is stuck in the last century while—in both the private sector and our personal…

Ridley School District will be hosting a Senior Citizens Lunch & Show on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, for senior citizens who reside within the Ridley School District.

Lunch will be served at 1:00PM in the Ridley High School cafeteria immediately followed by entertainment by Ridley High School…