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RPAC Logo and Mascot Contest

Ridley Park Athletic Club is offering a prize for the best logo and mascot to represent Ridley Park's "Parkers." If your idea for the logo/mascot screams out instant identification for the Parkers; then you're the winner - it's that simple. Send your ideas to RPOL member Greg Foltz…

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Added by RidleyParkOnline on December 31, 2009 at 12:04pm — No Comments

Santa's Wheels Brightens Christmas

Peg Trill does not need to see the faces of the children her non-profit donates bikes to each Christmas.

“I can almost feel their excitement,” said the Ridley Park resident and founder and president of Santa’s Wheels. “Every year, I think of all these little ones screaming, ‘I’ve got a bike! I’ve got a bike!’ “It’s the greatest feeling in the world.”

This is the third year Santa’s Wheels has given bikes to children in need. “The first year, it was three bikes that I… Continue

Added by RidleyParkOnline on December 26, 2009 at 1:50pm — No Comments

Christmas Tree Recycling, a win-win proposition

In the continuing effort to go green, Ridley Park Borough begins recycling used Christmas trees from the curbside throughout the 2 week period after Christmas. This is another win-win proposition from new Council President Bob Bergen (Mr Recycle). The weight of the collected trees becomes part of our annual recycling report and their weight is removed for our regular trash stream. What's great about this is the borough makes money from recycling and pays out money for trash removal - this turns… Continue

Added by RidleyParkOnline on December 23, 2009 at 10:30am — 3 Comments

Ridley Park GOP regains control

In a surprise move Tuesday night, Democratic Councilman Joe Yorke was ousted as president of borough council after Republican Councilman Nick Miccarelli called for council’s reorganization.

Republican Bob Berger is the new president and Miccarelli is vice president.

Mayor Hank Eberle, also a Republican, broke the 3-3 tie vote in favor of the GOP for the offices of president, vice president and the appointment of a new council member to fill a vacancy created by the… Continue

Added by RidleyParkOnline on December 18, 2009 at 12:13pm — No Comments

Stray dog fee skyrockets in Ridley Park

Ridley Park faces a 450% increase in stray-animal fees come January 1, 2010. Every Delaware County municipality is shocked by the SPCA's increase from $25 to $116 and more than half of Delaware County’s 49 municipalities packed into a meeting at the SPCA to discuss the recent increase in stray-animal costs.
Full Story by By Paul Luce, DelCo Daily Times

Added by RidleyParkOnline on December 17, 2009 at 1:31pm — No Comments

Ridley Park skirts tax hike

Council recently approved a preliminary budget for 2010 that calls for no tax hike. Final adoption of the 2010 budget will be at council’s regular meeting at 7 p.m. Dec. 15. Full Story by Barbara Ormsby, DelCo Daily Times

Added by RidleyParkOnline on December 10, 2009 at 11:16am — No Comments

Nothing fancy - just the truth

It was nothing fancy - only a small family, some friends, clergy, and a few politco's standing in the rain, gathered together under umbrellas around a tree. The young tree was a hickory about 15 feet tall in Recreation Park (ABC Field) protected behind a wood fence make of white pickets and adorned with a bow someone made of Christmas ribbon. The group around the tree were mixed by age and gender. Their common thread was the loss of someone special, which made the bond from person to person… Continue

Added by RidleyParkOnline on December 5, 2009 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

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