Tuesday, May 7, 2013
New mobile site allows users to check in on the go.
Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, today announced the agency is offering a new mobile optimized website, specifically aimed at smartphone users across the country. People visiting the agency’s website, via smartphone (Android, Blackberry, iPhone, and Windows devices) will be redirected to the agency’s new mobile-friendly site. Once there, visitors can access a mobile version of Social Security’s Frequently Asked Questions, an interactive Social Security number (SSN) decision tree to help people identify documents needed for a new/replacement SSN card, and mobile publications which they can listen to in both English and Spanish right on their phone. "We are committed to meeting the changing needs of the American …
Sunday, February 17, 2013
The U.S. Social Security Administration has a new online feature, 'My Social Security Account,' which allows users secure access personal benefits information.
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Sunday, February 17
Information courtesy of the U.S. Social Security Administration Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, announced the agency is expanding the services available with a "My Social Security Account," a personalized online account that people can use beginning in their working years and continuing throughout the time they receive Social Security benefits. More than 60 million Social Security beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income recipients can now access their benefit verification letter, payment history, and earnings record instantly using their online account. Social Security beneficiaries also can change their address and start or change direct deposit information online. “We are making it even easier for people to …
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Lisa Loper of the Scott Loper Team talks about the demands placed on a short sale seller.
Sounds easy to sell a home via a short sale? Think again. When a bank approves a short sale, they want to be assured that the seller is not able to pay the debt owed and forgiving the outstanding debt will be a better business decision than foreclosing on the property. The bank will do whatever makes more economic sense to them. The seller of a short sale will walk away with bad credit instead of the really bad credit associated with a foreclosure. Typically the seller can also get the deficiency waived by the bank but this is not always the case with a short sale. A seller may need to file for bankruptcy after a short sale or foreclosure in order to get the deficiency judgment waived. In rare cases, a bank may give the seller a …
Lansdale Borough mailed out surveys to Lansdale residents, as part of its process in reviewing the feasibility of contracting with one trash hauler
A week ago today, 87 surveys on the feasibility of a single trash and recycling hauler for Lansdale were completed online through the Lansdale Borough website. There is still time to give feedback. Surveys must be taken by Lansdale Borough residents only. Lansdale Borough is reviewing the need and feasibility of using one trash company to collect trash and recyclables for the entire borough. Surveys can be taken online at: www.surveymonkey.com/s/QLDWDXV. Surveys can also be taken at The Reporter, 307 Derstine Ave., Lansdale, in its Community Media Lab. "If you are at the library, you can do it there," said Councilman Dan Dunigan at last week's Lansdale Council session. "We encourage everyone to do the survey." The 14-question survey asks …
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
History teacher Jason Skinner was bumped from his spot by a teacher from another Catholic high school with more tenure under the contract in place between the Archdiocese and the teachers union, according to The Reporter
A petition is making its rounds in the Lansdale Catholic community to keep a history teacher that was bumped from his position by another Catholic high school teacher with more tenure under the Archdiocese and teachers' union contract. According to Linda Stein of The Reporter, Jason Skinner taught freshmen World History and Advanced Placement European History for sophomores. Archdiocese spokesman Kenneth Gavin was quoted as such in The Reporter article: The Office of Catholic Education is actively in the process of placing teachers in positions that are open in their area of their competency. Teacher placement is regulated by the terms of the labor-management agreement that exists between the secondary school system and the Association of …
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
The Bryn Mawr man may have been dead for nearly two months, according to Radnor Township police
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
A Bryn Mawr man from Highland Lane accused of raping a 17-year-old Souderton Borough girl he met on the Internet committed suicide six to eight weeks ago but was only just discovered dead, according to Radnor Township police. On Saturday, July 7, the body of 63-year-old Robert Hendricks, who lived in the 300 block, was removed from the home, Radnor Commissioner John Nagle wrote in an email to constituents on Monday. In early May, a girl from Souderton told police that she met Hendricks online, sent him nude photos of herself, and was raped when she came to his Radnor Township home. According to Lt. Andrew Block of the Radnor Township Police Department, the county Medical Examiner found that Hendricks shot himself approximately six to eight…
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Lansdale council held a fiery debate over making council meeting packets available online prior to the meeting. One resident was called "a joke" by one councilman
If a scab is healed, don't repick it. If the Lansdale Administration and Finance Committee decided it doesn't want the meeting information packets given to council to be published online in advance of a meeting, don't bring it up again. Councilman Steve Malagari learned that the hard way Wednesday night. And Councilman Paul Clemente let one resident - Joe Cionzynski of Perkiomen Avenue - know exactly what he thought of him: he's a joke. Last month, councilman Rich DiGregorio made a motion for the administration and finance committee to vet making council meeting information packets available for view and download online in advance of a meeting. Council voted for such an effort. It was announced by committee chairman Dan Dunigan on May 2 …
Monday, May 14, 2012
The administration and finance committee looked into providing meeting packets and materials online for the public. They said it would not be done
If a Lansdale resident or any other citizen wants to see what the council members see in their packets every council meeting - including invoices, letters and other like documentation - they will have to continue to go through the hoops of Right to Know. Councilman Rich DiGregorio last month made a motion for the adminstration and finance committee to look into making all business meeting materials provided to council members made public on the website in advance of a meeting. A very similar initiative has been longstanding in Montgomery Township. In that township, all meeting materials provided to supervisors the night of a specific meeting, labeled as "Board Summaries," are available to be downloaded via a link on the public agenda of …
Friday, April 27, 2012
The borough's administration and finance committee will look into making all public meeting documentation and appendices available to the public online
Lansdale Borough may follow in its neighbor's footsteps and start providing municipal documents and appendices related to public meetings on its website. Council voted unanimously to vet making all meeting materials available online. Councilman Rich DiGregorio initially made a recommendation for the Administration and Finance Committee to vet the possibility of providing just the bills over $1,000 on the website. Council approves a list of bills over $1,000 each month. Council's documentation at public meetings is limited to the agenda. "I have a recommendation about posting our bills over $1,000 on the website for residents to see what we're spending," DiGregorio said. "I think it would be more open for us as a borough. A lot of people …
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Before you hit the internet for all of your holiday shopping this season, make sure you're armed with the latest info about online crimes
This holiday season, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reminds shoppers to beware of cyber criminals and their aggressive and creative ways to steal money and personal information. According to a release issued by the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center, scammers use many techniques to fool potential victims including fraudulent auction sales, reshipping merchandise purchased with a stolen credit card, sale of fraudulent or stolen gift cards through auction sites at discounted prices, and phishing e-mails advertising brand name merchandise for bargain prices or e-mails promoting the sale of merchandise that ends up being a counterfeit product. Internet criminals post classified ads or auctions for products they do not have. If …
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