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Aston Preps For Oct. 6
Community Day
The sixth annual
Aston Township Community Day will be held on Saturday, Oct. 6,
with a rain date of Oct. 7. A parade featuring floats and the
Irish American String Band will start at Neumann College at 10 am
and process down Concord Rd. to the Community Center.
An indoor Aston
Business Association expo is among the free events at the
Community Center, where festivities are slated from 11 am to 4 pm,
starting with a flag raising ceremony. Outdoor fun will include
rides, games and food. A DJ will provide the music, while kids
play on a moon bounce, a giant slide, and a rock-climbing wall.
A crowd of up to
5,000 is expected. The only cost to attendees would be the
optional purchase of a wristband to support the ABA Scholarship
Fund.
Coordinators are
looking for residents and businesses to donate time, services, or
money to the event.
Contact Ann
Iaccone at 610-485-7606 for parade information; and Terry Yannuzzi
at 610-497-4019 for business expo information; or drop by a
Community Day Committee meeting on Sept. 5, 12, or 26, all of
which will start at 7 pm at the Community Center.
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You Better Watch Out…
If you do not have
a permit for work being done on your property, you definitely want
to get one, since two new township code enforcement officers have
been on the street since July.
“They’ve been
out on the street already and are doing a great job. The point of
code enforcement is not as a fundraiser for the township – we
don’t try to balance the budget on the backs of homeowners by
permit and inspection fees. However, you can’t have construction
going on in the township without the proper permits and licensing.
Unsafe practices result from that, so these code enforcement
officers are going to be out there, trying to make sure that
everybody is doing what they’re supposed to be doing for the
health and safety of the township,” Commissioner Frank Murphy
explained.
Murphy noted that residents
are always responsible for obtaining the proper township permits.
Even if a
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contractor agrees to
get the permit, the homeowner is still the responsible party, and
the one who could be fined.
Two
traffic-calming mats were recently purchased by the township. The
portable devices were installed on Tryens Rd. and on Village Dr.
The mats will be removed during winter months to prevent damage
from snowplows.
All Comers Welcome
The public is
cordially invited to:
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Aston Historical Society lecture on Sept. 13, 7:30 pm at
the municipal building, where Nancy Webster will speak about
Aston’s role in the American Revolution. The Aston Historical
Museum in the Community Center is open Monday evenings from
6:30-8:30 pm. To schedule an appointment to visit at any other
time, call Ruth Ross at 610-358-2602.
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General Federation of Women’s Clubs
of Aston hosts a Welcome Back Tea on Sept. 24, 7 pm at the
Community Center. Membership is open to all women of Aston
Township. Meetings are held the third Monday of every month from
September to May. “Come join our club to meet new people and
enjoy the many interesting programs and projects our club
supports,” says GFWC President Norma Locke. For more
information, call 610-497-5234.
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Chester-Ridley-Crum Creek Watersheds Association lecture on
Oct. 2, 7 pm at Delco Field and Streams Association, 713 Chester
Creek Rd., Brookhaven. Retired aquatic biologist Ed Perry will
present ‘The Impact of Global Warming on Pennsylvania’s
Wildlife.’ This event is free and refreshments will be served.
Advance registration with CRC at 610-892-8731 or crc@nni.com
is requested.
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Give
Environment Some Love
Aston Township’s
recycling program has grown in recent years from an
environmentally-conscious break-even proposition to a thriving
money-maker for the general public.
The
recycling center located behind the municipal building (5021
Pennell Rd.) has separate containers for newspapers, aluminum
cans, glass, and used motor oil drop-off. Inside the
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township building is
a box for discarded cell phones.
For the first half of this year,
the township collected a total of 131 tons of newspaper (28
curbside, 103 in dumpster); 1,027 lbs. of aluminum cans (with help
from the Aston Lions Club); 18 tons of scrap metal; and a whopping
196 tons of co-mingled recyclable items curbside.
The month of June
alone saw the collection of over 41 tons of newspapers, 360 pounds
of aluminum and glass, and 5.6 tons of scrap metal, all of which
netted the township $811.30 in revenue – for just one month!
Clearly, recycling makes cents (sic) for every taxpayer.
This fall, the county
will be dropping off piles of composted leaf mulch behind the
municipal building, all of which will be free to residents, but
not available to professional landscapers.
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The county has slated
two Household Hazardous Waste Collections this fall to help
residents dispose of unwanted hazardous items. Both events will
run from 9 am to 3 pm.
On Saturday, Sept.
15, collections will be made at Covanta of Delaware Valley at 2nd
& Harwick Sts in the City of Chester, where waste such as
oil-based paint (no latex paint will be accepted), paint thinner,
varnish, pesticides, weed killers, kerosene, gasoline, motor oil,
antifreeze, car batteries, propane tanks, cell phones, items
containing mercury, and any other product labeled: DANGER TOXIC
HAZARDOUS can be dropped off at no charge.
A second collection
will be held on Oct. 12 at Rose Tree Park in Media. In addition to
the above listed products, this event will also accept electronic
equipment for recycling.
Commissioner/Recreation Chairman Michael Higgins is
hoping to form a residents’ advisory recreation committee this
fall, with one representative from each ward. Interested parties
should contact their respective commissioners.
New Construction
Capitalizing
on the township’s recent creation of a Free Standing Building
District, Appleby’s Restaurant has filed an application to be
the first of four tenants to build in front of the
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