Monday, February 25, 2013
Should Congress not act by March 1, a series of automatic cuts will take effect that affect thousands of middle class jobs, and cut vital services for children, seniors, people with mental illness and our men and women in uniform
If the sequester goes through on March 1, it could mean massive cuts to emergency services, mental health services, school funding, senior citizen services and more. Locally, the various National Alliance on Mental Illness programs continue to advocate for change before March 1. If sequestration goes into effect, more than 373,000 mentally ill adults and children could go untreated. The result could be homelessness, increased crime and increased hospitalizations. Carol Caruso, executive director of NAMI Montgomery County, said mental health and substance abuse programs could be cut by about 5 percent. Tack that onto the 10 percent cut that occurred in the Pennsylvania budget. "There is more slicing away at services in that area that are …
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Members of the Volunteer Medical Service Corps of Lansdale are collecting food donations, which will be towed in its rescue boat to the Metroplex this week for Philabundance
Volunteer Medical Service Corps of Lansdale wants you to help Phil-a-Boat for Philabundance. VMSC is reaching out to the community to help feed hungry neighbors in the Delaware Valley. It plan — to load up donations onto its new 14-foot Achilles inflatable rescue boat and tow it, along with an entourage of emergency vehicles, to the Metroplex in Plymouth Meeting, where the donations will be given to Preston & Steve's "Camp Out for Hunger." The "Camp Out for Hunger" event runs through Friday, Nov. 30, with proceeds going to Philabundance. According to VMSC Battalion Chief Jonathan Detweiler, the idea began with rescue Captain Rich Roberts. He began discussing ideas on how to help out the local community. Then, Rescue Sgt. Andrew Bell came …
Monday, June 25, 2012
Volunteer Medical Service Corps of Lansdale's Canine Emergency Search and Rescue, or CESAR, recently assisted in the search and rescue of a missing Hatfield man
It helps having a nose to find the lost. That's just what the dogs in the one-year-old Volunteer Medical Service Corps of Lansdale Canine Emergency Search and Rescue are trained to do. On Saturday afternoon, it was canine Bo, a bloodhound mix, his handler Rich Roberts and flanker Andrew Bell, who were able to locate missing 85-year-old Leo Beaulac. Beaulac had wandered from Spring Meadow Assisted Living at Walnut Street and Cowpath Road in Hatfield Township Friday night. Beaulac was found Saturday afternoon in a small culvert in a heavily-wooded area about 200 yards off a long driveway of 1622 Walnut Street. He was found 11 minutes after CESAR was dispatched in the area. VMSC Battalion Chief Jonathan Detweiler said CESAR was dispatched …
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
A Chevy Camaro driven by a male broadsided a Hyundai Elantra at McNair Drive and Valley Forge Road in Upper Gwynedd. Beer bottles were collected from the scene as evidence
Wednesday, May 23 Update: Upper Gwynedd Township Police said formal charges of DUI are pending further investigation in an accident in Upper Gwynedd Tuesday night involving a 22-year-old man and a 19-year-old girl. Police said the man was a driver of a white Chevrolet Camaro which crashed into a blue Hyundai Elantra at McNair Drive and Valley Forge Road around 9:20 p.m. Tuesday. The driver of the Camaro was taken into custody for suspicion of driving under the influence, police said, and formal charges are pending further investigation. Police said the 19-year-old girl was trapped in her vehicle following the accident. The girl was extricated from the vehicle and she was transported to Lansdale Hospital for treatment of injuries, police …
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Jim Roberts
5:10 pm on Monday, February 25, 2013
Amazing that a 2% cut in the federal budget will have such an impact. I guess the government is so efficient already, there really isn't any fat to trim after all, eh? more ›