When a fire broke out at Stanbridge Apartments March 26, 18 apartments were affected, and 46 residents were displaced. Lansdale Borough staff responded to open Borough Hall as a safe haven.
When a fire struck Stanbridge Apartments March 26, eight Lansdale Borough officials went above and beyond their daily duties of serving the people. Soon, other organizations and individuals were on board during a cold, early Saturday morning to put residents at ease during an unfortunate, sudden event. At Wednesday night’s borough council work session, manager Timi Kirchner praised the response and aid of borough employees during the fire incident at the apartment complex on Jenkins Avenue. The fire affected 18 apartments and displaced 46 residents that morning. Kirchner expressed her exuberance of the borough’s response during the code enforcement and land planning report of the session. “Why I want to talk about this significantly is …
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Lansdale Borough Hall
1 Vine St, Lansdale, PA
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Trinity Lutheran Church
1000 W Main St, Lansdale, PA
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The Stanbridge
38 Jenkins Ave, Lansdale, PA
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St. John's United Church of Christ
500 W Main St, Lansdale, PA
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Manna On Main Street
713 W Main St, Lansdale, PA
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Students at Knapp Elementary School are making 1,000 paper cranes for one wish for the Japanese: to be safe
Knapp Elementary School students are folding their way to one wish. In the wake of the tragic disaster left by a tsunami and earthquake in Japan, first grade teacher Amanda Blocklinger became inspired to have her school make a difference. After reading the children’s book “Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes,” Blocklinger and her class learned of an ancient Japanese saying: one that creates 1,000 origami paper cranes would be granted a wish by a crane. Blocklinger passed the idea along to her peers to have students make 1,000 paper cranes and offer the chance for the 600-some students to donate 50 cents toward each sheet of origami paper that will eventually be sent to Japan. There is a holiday in Japan called Obon Day, where the Japanese…
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Knapp Elementary School
698 Knapp Rd, Lansdale, PA
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