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Commissioner/Recreation
Chairman Michael Higgins is forming a residents’ advisory
recreation committee this fall, with one representative from
each ward. Interested parties should contact their respective
commissioners.
Things
That Go Bump
The recent purchase
and deployment of two portable traffic-calming mats has already
paid dividends by discouraging speeding on residential streets.
The immediate success of the movable roadway humps has
commissioners and residents alike clamoring for more.
“It’s not that we
don’t want them. We all want them, i.e. part of the problem,”
stated Commissioner Michael Fulginiti, citing a cost of $2,500 per
hump. “Every ward has the same (speeding) problem. Each ward
needs to get at least one (hump) before we start doubling back,”
he suggested.
“This is a huge
public problem that we have. People are demanding these rumble
strips, so we’re going to pay for them and get it done, stated
Commissioner President Joseph Possenti Jr., who proposed covering
the cost with money the township will be saving this fall by
collecting its own recyclables.
In the long run,
thoroughfares that benefit from the use of the portable mats, will
eventually receive permanent traffic-calming bumps, as those
streets come up on the annual road resurfacing list, Possenti
said.
To
fund maintenance of the Memorial Clock at the Aston Township
Veterans Memorial Garden at Five Points intersection, the Aston
Business Association is selling working seven-inch miniatures of
the clock for $200 at both First Keystone Bank (Marianville/Pennell
Rds.) and Iron Workers Bank (Concord Rd.).
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Recycling
Makes Cents
The township netted a
total of $1,113.40 in revenue from the collection of recyclables
this July and August alone.
At
the close of the summer schedule of two trash pick-ups per week on
Sept. 28, Aston Township public
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works personnel will
start making curbside recycling pick-ups.
“This will be a
significant cost savings to the township, and the service provided
by our public works people will be much better,” according to
Commissioner/Public Works Chair Gary Robinson.
The current recycling
collection schedule will remain in effect through the rest of the
year. Starting this month, curbside collection of bundled or
bagged newspapers will also be made along with other recyclables,
as well as separately during the last full week of the month.
PLEASE DO NOT PUT
PAPERS DIRECTLY INTO THE CAN WITH CO-MINGLED RECYCLING ITEMS
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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, the Sun
Valley Marching Band, and the Irish American String Band will
start at Neumann College at 10am and proceed down Concord Rd. to
the Community Center.
The ninth annual
Aston Business Association expo will be among the free offerings
at the Community Center, where festivities are slated from 11am to
4pm, starting with a flag raising ceremony. Outdoor fun will
include rides, games and food,
as well as bike-decorating and Mummer’s Strut contests
for kids. A DJ will provide the music, while children play on a
moon bounce, giant slide, and rock-climbing wall.
A crowd of up to
5,000 is expected for this year’s event. The only cost to
attendees would be the optional purchase of a wristband to support
the ABA Scholarship Fund.
At the Community
Center, the Republican Women’s Club of Aston will be collecting
donations of toiletry items (such as combs, brushes, shampoo, body
lotion, wash cloths, toothbrushes, toothpaste) for patients at the
VA Hospital in Coatesville.
Coordinators are
still 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
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Yannuzzi at
610-497-4019 for business expo information.
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Hazardous Waste Collection
The county is holding
a Household Hazardous Waste Collection from 9 am to 3 pm on
Friday, Oct. 12 at Rose Tree Park (located on Rte. 252 in Nether
Providence) to help residents dispose of unwanted hazardous items.
Waste products 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.
This collection will
also be accepting electronic equipment such as computers,
printers, scanners, fax machines and portable televisions for
recycling.
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The Aston Public Library will be celebrating their 30th
anniversary with a cooking-class dinner on Thursday, Oct. 18 at
6pm. The meal will be prepared and served by local caterer Susan
Di Boneventura. Tickets for the fundraising event are $30 per
person and are available at the library.
-The annual used book sale will be held on Friday, Oct. 5, from 10am to
5pm and on Saturday, Oct. 6, from 10am to 3pm at the library.
-Author James Bradley will speak about his book, Flags of Our Fathers, at the Community Center on Saturday, Oct. 20
at 7:30pm. Tickets are available at all Delco libraries.
-Children’s programs include Spooky Pajama Storytime at 7pm on Oct. 24;
Pooh’s Halloween Movie and pumpkin decorating at 1pm on Oct.
26; and a Halloween costume party at 7pm on Oct. 30.
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…Lend Me Your Ears (cont.)
Being suddenly thrust from the
world of the hearing into a world of virtual silence was a
shocking development for the former office secretary and new
mother.
Ultimately
being partnered with Lynette was a small miracle for
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