Thursday, November 15, 2012
If residents and businesses can document damage due to Hurricane Sandy, then permit fees will be waived. The township still requires necessary paperwork in order to document the damages in the zoning and planning office
Montgomery Township has approved some charity for township residents and businesses affected by Hurricane Sandy. In a 4-0-1 vote, supervisors Monday approved the waiving of permit fees associated with building permit applications for repairs associated with damage from the storm. "Any business or resident that comes in and can document to our department that damage sustained to their property was due to the storm that recently went through, this would give us the authority to waive the permit fee for the work to be completed," said zoning director Bruce Shoupe. "It doesn't waive the requirement for getting them to fill out the proper paperwork so we can document it. There's still a need for the permit and we have to go through the process …
Thursday, November 8, 2012
At Lansdale Borough Council's work session Wednesday, no department was off limits in being thanked and commended for its response before, during and after Hurricane Sandy. A special reception honoring staff is set for Nov. 28 at 6 p.m.
No department in the Borough of Lansdale was overlooked Wednesday night as councilmembers thanked and commended those who prepared before, and responded during and after, Hurricane Sandy. Chief Robert McDyre told the public safety committee Wednesday that the police department weathered the storm very well. He said eight officers were assigned to each of the three shifts. If the police had 19 officers instead of 24, it might have been worse. "We were overwhelmed with calls," McDyre said. "If we had four or six officers, it would have been terrible." Public Safety Committee Chairman Mike Sobel said the police were very busy during the storm. As with every other department, you all did a fantastic job. Thanks needs to go out to members of …
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Add your own volunteer efforts in the comments, or email tony.didomizio@patch.com. Don't forget to post to your community at www.Facebook.com/LansdalePatch
This is an ongoing and updated list of local Hurricane Sandy cleanup efforts in the North Penn, Indian Valley and beyond. Email volunteerism efforts to tony.didomizio@patch.com. The Towamencin Soccer Club U9F Tornadoes and U12F Tigers are coordinating a collecting effort on Saturday, Nov. 10 at Grist Mill Park fields from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The park and fields are at the corner of Forty Foot Road and Allentown Road. Collection will be delivered to Fairview Village Church in Eagleville, who will then deliver to New York and New Jersey. Here are needed items in their effort on Saturday: The Gutter Guys at Route 309 and Trewigtown Road in Colmar are collecting clothes, blankets, pots, pans, silverware, dog food and more for hurricane victims…
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Each and every department under Lansdale Borough was fully staffed and had what they needed to respond to issues during Hurricane Sandy
Lansdale Fire Marshal sat down at the conference table inside Lansdale Borough Manager Timi Kirchner's office on Wednesday morning, and pulled out a stack of event logs from a folder. On one side of each piece of paper were rows filled in with various times, addresses and descriptions of incidents that occurred from the onset of Hurricane Sandy Monday afternoon — 87 incidents in all. Aside from calls coming into borough hall directly, numerous calls were from the county 911 system and Lansdale Police dispatch. Those 87 calls do no include the 17 pages of logged fire calls that Fairmount Fire Company responded to in the 14-hour period that Lansdale's Emergency Operations Center was in operation during the storm, from 4:30 p.m. Monday to 6:…
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
A look at roads closed in Montgomery Township in the wake of Hurricane Sandy
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Montgomery Township Director of Fire Services Rick Lesniak released a list of closed roads in the township Tuesday morning. The following roads are closed in Montgomery Township: Montgomery Township would like motorists to comply with all temporary traffic control devices that block roads with downed trees and wires. Please do not move cones or barricades. PECO, PennDot and the Montgomery Township Department of Public Works are working hard to open these roadways. Also, residents are instructed not to touch ANY downed wire.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Lansdale Borough has declared a state of emergency and will be closed Tuesday
Trinity Lutheran Church at 1000 W. Main St., Lansdale, will open its doors as an emergency shelter for Lansdale Borough residents at 4:30 p.m. Lansdale Borough also declared a state of emergency at 2 p.m. Monday. Borough offices will close again on Tuesday. The borough will open its Emergency Operations Center between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Monday. According to Borough Manager Timi Kirchner, staff will be available throughout the duration of the storm to respond to any incidents that result from Hurricane Sandy. "We're getting calls in borough hall and getting a lot of questions," said Kirchner. "We had a meeting of our management team, and we had those who are manning the phones in that meeting, and they've been given instructions on how to …
Some tunes to get you through Hurricane Sandy. What songs would you rock? Let us know in the comments
If you're at work — or at home watching TV or following Patch on Cover It Live — you may need some background music to get you through the storm. Check out our Hurricane Sandy playlist to make on your iPod or Pandora. What songs would you add to the list? Let us know in the comments! "Rock You Like a Hurricane" — The Scorpions "Hurricane" — Bob Dylan "Riders on the Storm" — The Doors "When the Levee Breaks" — Led Zeppelin "Jumpin’ Jack Flash" — Rolling Stones "Storm Warning" — Bonnie Raitt "Bad Moon Rising" — Creedence "Ridin’ the Storm Out" — REO Speedwagon "Lightning in the Sky" — Santana "Like a Hurricane" — Neil Young "When You Were Young" — The Killers "Shelter from the Storm" — Bob Dylan "Electrical Storm" — U2 "Dose of Thunder" — …
Steven Long
8:51 pm on Thursday, November 15, 2012
Uhhhh ... permits are covered by homeowners insurance. WHY is the Township volunteering their time and resources (at taxpayer expense) ... to save money for insurance companies? Side note: Permits are NOT needed for damages ... rather ... for certain REPAIRS! more ›