Friday, March 8, 2013
A SEPTA gate at the Lansdale train station hit a high-tension line.
Traffic is delayed around Main Street due to a SEPTA issue at the Lansdale train station. According to a Lansdale police officer, the SEPTA safety gate in the eastbound lane of Main Street struck a tension wire, "shorting out" the system. Traffic is heavily delayed on Broad and Main streets, and detoured to through Vine Street on the Main Street side. SEPTA crews are working now to correct the issue. According to SEPTA's Twitter feed, expect 20 minute delays.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Trinity Lutheran Church will be at Lansdale Train Station Wednesday morning to bring ashes for Ash Wednesday to the street to mark the first day of Lent
Often, work and other priorities take precedence over the things we find important — for practicing Christians such may be the case Wednesday for the first day of Lent. So, Trinity Lutheran Church senior pastor Rev. Paul Lutz will bring the ashes to the people Wednesday morning. From 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., Lutz and church volunteers will be at the Lansdale Train Station to place ashes on the foreheads of train commuters. "For those who can't get to worship on Ash Wednesday because of work or are not involved in worship, they can stop and get that pretty quick. It's a way for the church to get out to the people rather than expecting people to get into the church," Lutz said. The practice of placing ashes on the foreheads of adherent …
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Gerald F. Boyce, 41, of the 600 block of Wissahickon Avenue, pleaded guilty to the indecent exposures charges in December for incidents that occurred between June 2011 and May 2012. Boyce heads to jail on Feb. 4, according to The Intelligencer
A Lansdale father, who masturbated in plain view of women and girls under the age of 18 on five occasions in Lansdale Borough, was sentenced to 30 days to 23 months in Montgomery County prison Wednesday. Gerald F. Boyce, 41, of the 600 block of Wissahickon Avenue, pleaded guilty to the indecent exposures charges in December for incidents that occurred between June 2011 and May 2012. Boyce heads to jail on Feb. 4, according to Peg Gibbons of The Intelligencer. Boyce, who was charged with attempted rape in Philadelphia in 2000, committed five public masturbation incidents wherein eight of the 10 victims were underage. Boyce has a criminal history of indecent exposure and corruption of minors, according to court records. Boyce is the father …
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Since early railroads were the cogs that drove growth and development in towns along their routes, it’s not surprising that residents of these communities took great pride in their train stations
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
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Saturday, August 25, 2012
Since early railroads were the cogs that drove growth and development in towns along their routes, it’s not surprising that residents of these communities took great pride in their train stations. In the case of the North Penn Railroad, the line’s supervisors early on cautioned against building permanent stations until they could determine which stops actually had the potential to expand. That was typical up and down the NPRR in the 1850s and 1860s. Most depots were glorified wooden shelters just big enough to offer some protection from rain and snow. As time passed these primitive structures were replaced by better accommodations. Most of the second generation stations were still made of wood, but there were exceptions – case in point the…
Friday, August 24, 2012
The North Penn Railroad transformed the demographics of the region, creating many new towns and villages where none existed before. Lansdale may have been the luckiest of the lot
During the mid-1800s, the fastest way to transform a cornfield into a booming town was to build a railroad through it. That is exactly how Lansdale came to be. What is now Lansdale had been part of the Jenkins Farm, a 220-acre spread that amounted to a few houses, barns and chicken coops. Patriarch John Jenkins I’s house, built in 1770, is today the home of the Lansdale Historical Society. Back then, it was just another upper-middle class Welsh farmhouse surrounded by moderately fertile fields and dense woodland. The railroad changed that. As soon as plans were announced in 1853 for the North Penn Railroad’s route, local folks began to move closer to the tracks. After all, steam trains were the epitome of transportation during that era. …
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Alexander Cruz-Green is accused of threatening a man with a gun in the lot of Lansdale Train Station on August 5. Robert Herring, of Lansdale, was also charged in connection with the incident
A Philadelphia man, who allegedly pulled a .25-caliber semi-automatic handgun on another man during a late night confrontation at the Lansdale Train Station on August 5, faces 20 charges at county arraignment in October. Major charges include felony second-degree aggravated assault, felony alteration of a mark of identification of a firearm and four felony counts of manufacture/delivery/possession of a controlled substance with intent to manufacture or deliver. According to court records, Alexander Cruz-Green, 25, of Gransback Street, had the following additional charges held over following an August 21 preliminary hearing: According to court records, Judge Harold Borek dismissed a felony charge of aggravated assault, a felony charge of …
Monday, July 23, 2012
Joseph Robb, 53, was allegedly found in possession of the specific currency denominations, including two coins, that a Kissimmee, FL woman reported stolen from her purse while waiting at the Lansdale train station
A man with no fixed address, according to police, has been incarcerated following arraignment July 21 on receiving stolen property and drug charges stemming from an incident at the Lansdale train station. Police said Joseph Douglas Robb, 53, was allegedly found in possession of $500 cash and coins reported stolen from a purse of a Kissimmee, FL woman who was waiting for a train at Lansdale train station. Robb was also found in possession of a crack pipe, police said. Robb was arraigned July 21 before District Judge Deborah Lukens on a misdemeanor charge of receiving stolen property, misdemeanor possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia and disorderly conduct, police said. Bail was set at 10 percent of $5,000, which Robb did not post…
Thursday, June 28, 2012
SEPTA will be fixing up and refurbishing the Lansdale train station and offer excursion tours through the Pennsylvania Northeast Railroad for the community event
There will be a brand new station and brand new trains at Lansdale Founders Day this August 25. SEPTA has committed, in writing, to refurbish and revitalize the Lansdale Train Station in preparation of the 140th anniversary of Lansdale Borough. SEPTA has also helped in securing an excursion train from Ivyland to New Hope, and from Lansdale to Souderton as part of the second-annual community event. Founders Day organizer and councilwoman Mary Fuller teased three weeks ago some big news about Founders Day that would bring in more people from outside the Lansdale, North Penn and Montgomery County regions. "Most of you know we are celebrating 140 years this year, so the Founders Day Committee wanted to do something big. We chose to pick …
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Gerald Boyce Jr. had the number of counts reduced, but all charges remain against the Lansdale man
Gerald Boyce Jr., of the 600 block of Wissahickon Avenue, Lansdale, on Thursday afternoon waived all charges against him during a preliminary hearing before District Judge Harold Borek to arraignment at the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas in July. Boyce will be arraigned in county court on July 18 at 9:30 a.m. Boyce is a suspect in five public masturbation incidents wherein eight of the 10 victims were underage. Boyce, 40, the father of an 8-year-old daughter, is suspected of being the serial masturbator that has been targeting teenage girls and women in and around Lansdale train station since June 2011, according to police. The number of counts for certain charges against him were reduced at the hearing by Assistant District …
Friday, May 25, 2012
Gerald Boyce Jr., of the 600 block of Wissahickon Avenue, Lansdale, is charged in connection with five incidents in the borough where a man was seen masturbating in front of teenage girls and women
Wednesday, May 30 Update Lansdale Police on Wednesday issued a press release on the arrest of Boyce. Police said Boyce was wearing an article of clothing that matchd the description during a prior incident on June 25. A search warrant was served on Boyce’s vehicle and residence which yielded further evidence linking him to the crimes charged, police said. Boyce has been charged with five incidents reported to Lansdale Police since 2011 with four incidents still under investigation, police said. Lansdale Police said keeping borough children safe from predators is a top priority and are asking anyone with information on these crimes or who was a victim of an indecent exposure, to come forward and speak with the Lansdale Police Detective …
Robert Weyant II
4:38 pm on Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Was at train station from 6:25 A.M. to 6:35 A.M. and nobody was apparently there. Left dor work after that. Was very disappointed. more ›