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2010 Member Contribution Awards and Most Popular

It's been a marvelous first full year on the Internet for RidleyParkOnline, and how fast this year went by! With no road map, no how-to manuals, and only new directions in front of us, in 2010 RidleyParkOnline grew to become a hub of member contributed local news and discussions focused on Ridley Park. As a nontraditional hyperlocal news source, all our our news and events are 'Parker' contributed and Ridley Park focused; thus the term "hyperlocal." Unlike traditional news outlets where the…

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Added by RidleyParkOnline on December 31, 2010 at 6:13pm — No Comments

Snow Emergency Preparations for Ridley Park

During the Snow Emergency throughout Ridley Park we want to renew the Borough's request to remove as many cars as possible from the streets during the snow storm. Moving your vehicles off the streets will allow our Highway Department trucks and plows easier access to our neighborhoods' streets and plowing will be more… Continue

Added by RidleyParkOnline on December 26, 2010 at 1:06pm — 1 Comment

December 2010, Borough Council Meeting

Ridley Park received good financial news at its meeting Dec. 21 when council president Bob Berger announced the borough received $146,000 from the Central Delaware County Authority as its share of the buy-in proceeds when Upper Providence, Newtown and Edgmont townships became part of the sewer authority. Berger said the money was deposited in the borough's capital reserve account.



Council approved a CDBG grant application for $10,000 to Delaware County Council for upgrades to the 1887… Continue

Added by RidleyParkOnline on December 24, 2010 at 1:05am — No Comments

Big headache from little snow

By 4 o'clock this afternoon there was a light dusting of snow on Sellers Avenue and a bumper to bumper line of cars in front of my house. The line started around 3PM and hasn't ended since.

Considering Ridley Park had over 80 inches of snow last year and was the 2010 Snow Capitol of Philadelphia, a…

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Added by RidleyParkOnline on December 16, 2010 at 5:41pm — No Comments

Ridley Park Christmas Tree Recycling

Again this year the Ridley Park Highway department will gather used Christmas trees as part of Ridley Park's ongoing effort to keep green.  For a two week period after Christmas, the RP highway Department trucks will patrol our streets looking for trees at the curbside.

Christmas Trees should be free of…

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Added by RidleyParkOnline on December 16, 2010 at 2:43pm — 5 Comments

Trees accidentally cut down at Crum Lynne Station

One of the last things Council Member Jared Brennan expected to hear on his birthday was a troubling phone call from the Ridley…

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Added by RidleyParkOnline on December 14, 2010 at 1:00pm — 4 Comments

Preliminary Budget results - No tax increase in Ridley Park

A preliminary 2011 budget of $5,187,355 presented recently by council shows zero tax increase and no hikes in the trash or sewer fees.



The real estate millage rate will remain at 7.44 mills or $7.44 for each $1,000 of assessed valuation.For a house assessed at $100,000, the tax bill will be $744.

The trash fee remains at $231 and the sewer fee at $322.Police officers and nonuniformed employees will receive wage increases of 3.5… Continue

Added by RidleyParkOnline on December 6, 2010 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

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