That is an interesting question that came up in a discussion today and low and behold Harry Silcox answers it tonight in the Northeast Times. It looks like a no brainer given the energy issues that confront us today. Folks in the past thought otherwise.
We updated the crime map page to include the data from 9/14 through 9/27/2009. We are continuing to run about 24% below the same period last year for major crimes. Those sirens you hear are the police doing their job. Say thank you. This is the link to the statistics.
The Northeast Times has a story talking about the new Police Service Areas, or PSAs. I noticed this a few weeks ago while I was doing the computations for our crime page. Where one week the 15th district had patrol sectors from A through P (I think it was P), suddenly it went from A to C. I had to adapt my system to account for the change. I’m not sure exactly how it will help but so far they are on the right track so let’s hope this keeps it going that way.
The Northeast Times reports on the meeting about the future of the Benjamin Rush house:
About a dozen community stakeholders offered cemetery officials their thoughts on what the future should look like for the Knights of Pythias Greenwood Cemetery/Benjamin Rush house rehabilitation project last week in a conference room at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America.
In 2005, CTCA moved into the old Parkview Hospital campus, adjacent to the 44-acre cemetery, at 930 Adams Ave., in Northwood.
Greenwood Holdings, a company affiliated with the hospital, and minority shareholder Friends of Greenwood acquired the cemetery and its historic yet ramshackle buildings last year.
That includes the circa 1782 Benjamin Rush House, where Doctor and Mrs. Rush are said to have served tea to George Washington and Annis Boudinot Stockton (who lived at Morven in Princeton).
Greenwood Holdings, working with consulting engineers and preservation architects, plan to restore the house, which was used as the cemetery office for many years, and transform it into the centerpiece for the cemetery.
Philadelphia Graveyards and Cemeteries author Tom Keels, who also guides tours through Laurel Hill Cemetery in East Falls, acted as a facilitator for the meeting, holding off answering questions from attendees, instead asking for their “out-of-the-box” ideas.
Joe Menkevich, former Northwood Civic Association president and amateur historian, suggested that CTCA, which has several hospitals located across the country, might consider naming this particular location the Benjamin Rush campus, noting that Rush himself worked on a treatment for cancer during his lifetime.
Read the entire story here.
The Northeast Times, a few weeks ago had an update on the Romain House for veterans.
Romain House, so named because it is located at 4245 Romain St., has been helping veterans in transition since 1994. The twin home is owned by the Pennsylvania American Legion Housing for Homeless Veterans Corp.
I went by there today to see how it looked. Very nice and spiffed up with a new flag pole out front. Watch for the show to air on Veterans day in November. You can click on the image for a better view.
