Halloween Fun

Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 1:00pm at La Mott designed for Children
Slime-Making Workshop
Mad Science presents: Halloween Fun. A show that explores potions, fireworks, and the science behind magic.  See Mad Science melt the wicked witch, conjure indoor fireworks, and mix up our own special slime recipe. All ages.

2012 Income Tax Forms Are Now Available At The Library

I know that there is a big push by the IRS for people to file their taxes online but not everyone wants to do it that way - including myself!

The tax forms are now available at the LaMott Library. I can say this from personal experience because I just picked up some of them a few days ago. The 1040 forms are available as well as other tax forms that you may need such as Schedule C form. This is a form that I need because I work from home and am self-employed but there are other tax forms available if you need them.

I know that there are some that may consider filing their taxes online much more easier but there are just some cases where you may feel that you want to fill out and file your taxes using the paper forms and mailing it in and fortunately our local library has the forms available for you if you need them.

Better hurry though because April 16th (April 15th falls on a Sunday) will be here sooner than you think!

LaMott Community Center Meeting

Agenda Commissioner's Meeting
LaMott Community Center
Sunday, December 11, 2001

1. Welcome

2. Parks and Recreation Report (Winter Program>

3. Safety Information (Police Department)

4. Willow Avenue Project discussed

5. Shoprite Cheltenham/Renovation/ADA Dedication on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 1030 am

6. Good and Welfare

These were the topics of discussion for the LaMott Communtiy Meeting.

What's Going On On Willow Avenue?

Just in case you haven't noticed it (or were not aware of it) there is some major street work being done on Willow Avenue between Penrose and Sycamore.

I asked one of the residents what was going on and he told me that Willow Avenue was being widened to better accomodate the traffic in the area.

I still have yet to confirm this with the township though. But I did want to mention that I will miss some of the trees that were taken down to make way for this "improvement" and I'm specifically thinking about the Cherry Blossom tree that bloomed every April (or so) that was located near the corner of Willow and Cedar Lane

(oh and by the way, since I still see the mailbox in this picture I should also mention that I miss that too!

LaMott - A Homeowner's Dream?

It seems that there is a lot of interest in our little area! Here is an excerpt from some mail that I received about this area:


Dear LaMott Neighbors,

We have getting so many requests for information about this neighborhood that we have decided to put together a newsletter to update everyone.

There are currently five houses on the market in the Lamott neighborhood, with prices ranging from $84,900 to $250,000. Of those, none are under contract.

In the past 6 months, three have sold. They are shown below.

When you are ready to make a move, we know how to use these facts to get the job done quickly. We are still in an active market and interest rates remain amazingly low.

For more information about the real estate market conditions in the neighborhood, please don't hesitate to contact our Realty Office, your Lamott neighborhood professionals....for that "extra effort" you can count on!

Who do you know that we can help?


Here is a list of properties that have sold in our area last year:

• 1721 W. Cheltenham Ave, Twin 2 story colonial, 3 bedroom, 1-1/2 baths - sold for $135,00
  
  
• 7327 Butcher St, Twin 2 story AirLite, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath - sold for $140,000
  
  
• 1805 Erlen Rd, Twin 2 story StrThru, 3 bedrooms, 2-1/2 baths - sold for $183,237
  

Hurricane Irene - Video Footage Of The Area!

Here is some interesting video of Hurricane Irene in our area shot by a nearby resident. As you will see, the rain really caused a havoc in our area!

The LaMott Community Garden May Be In Trouble!

It looks as though our beloved La Mott Community Garden may be in trouble!

The La Mott Community Garden now has a website which is where I found out about this.

For those of you that don't know, the La Mott Community Garden - rather the land that it sits on - is owned by Temple University. That land and the rest of the Temple University's Tlyer School Of Art property is currently up for sale!

At the last community meeting back in June we were informed that there is currently no buyer for the property.

To find out more about what is happening with the La Mott Community Garden, you can visit their website below:

La Mott Community Garden Website

Korean Folk Festival Event On Sunday, August 28th

The annual Korean Folk Festival will take place on Sunday, August 24th at the John Russell Park.

The festival will start at 1pm and end at 5pm.

Everyone is Welcomed!

Pre-School StoryTime

Thursday, June 30, 2011

 at 11 am

 at the LaMott Library

(located in the LaMott Community Center)


Preschool Storytime

designed for Children


Stories, music and crafts for ages 2-4.

The Next LaMott Community Meeting

There is going to be another LaMott Community Meeting on Sunday, June 26th at 3pm



The meeting will take place at the LaMott Community Center located at Willow and Sycamore Avenues right here in LaMott.




So far I have been able to attend these community meetings for the past year and in my opinion they are very productive. It lets us resident know about what is going on in our area.

Villanova Filming At The LaMott Community Garden

Please mark your calendars for tommorrow, Saturday, June 4, 2011 at noon to be at the LaMott Communtiy Garden to watch the filming by Villanova to help save the LaMott Community Garden.




A Villanova film crew will be at the LaMott Community Garden on Saturday, June 4, 2011 starting at around 10:30am.

The film is supposed to be about the plight of the LaMott Community garden and how the community is fighting to keep the garden going.

Participants are needed to speak about the community garden's plight to the filming crew and if you would like to participate, please show up at the LaMott Community garden on Saturday.

The garden is located on the 1800 block of Graham Lane in LaMott, PA.

An Old Video Of Temple Students Moving In (Or Are They Moving Out)

Here is a short video that I took a very long time ago. I noticed that it was on my Youtube page but I had not posted it here.

Of course this was taken a very long time ago when there were still students attending Temple's Tyler School of Art. Of course if you have not heard Temple has now moved the students to their campus on Broad Street by Broad and Cecil B. Moore.

The school and the surrounding site are now up for sale - which includes the community garden as well.

Community Meeting

There will be another community meeting for the LaMott/Cheltenham residents on Sunday, March 20th at 3pm at the LaMott Community Center in the auditorium.

Chelsea Chats

chelseachats@yahoo.com

Darlene Melton publishes a monthly newsletter with community info and events The newsletter is distributed via email. To be placed on the distribution list, contact Darlene at chelseachats@yahoo.comYou can also find this information on the LaMott Yahoo group by clicking on the"Database" link and then clicking on "Newsletters".

What's Going On Outside Our Doors?

Just in case you didn't know there is activity going on outside our doors. What is it? Well from what I gather the township will be installing new street lights in our area.

Orange flyers have been posted all around the area for at least a few days now informing the residents of this. And yesterday one of these orange flyers was even delivered to my front door.

From what I have been told so far, the old street lights are going to be taken down and new ones (that will be around 12 feet tall) will be installed at various street points around the area. (If you see a "pink" chalk marking of numbers then that marks the spot for one of the new street lights).

This is going to take some time because holes have to be dug and electrical equipment installed so the work will be continuing in our area for some time.

I will be posting more information as soon as I get it.

I Actually Saw A Deer Running Through The Back Of The Houses!

Over the weekend I actually saw a deer running through the backyards outside my kitchen window!

It actually quite scared me because while I have heard stories about there being deers that are in the community garden at night I had never actually seen one!

Since I work from home I was having some lunch and I was looking outside my kitchen window and that is when I saw the deer! It was moving quite fast and jumping over the fences with quite a lot of ease!

It was a beautiful-looking brown deer and though it really quite scared me to see it later I thought how nice it was to see it.

Now comes the "hard" part! Even though it was quite lovely to see the deer I hope I don't see it when I'm walking around the neighborhood! The deer was quite big and I can imagine that it is also quite strong! They move so fast and I noticed that when it thought that it heard a noise it moved even faster. As a matter of fact the deer was moving towards the Cheltenham Avenue area and I kind of fear for it!

Where did I see this deer moving towards the back of the houses? It was on Cedar Avenues, Willow Avenue and also the 1800 and 1900 blocks of Graham Lane.

I wonder where it finally ended up?

What Does This Sticker Mean?

Imagine my surprise when I came home and found this sticker attached to my mailbox!


All kinds of thoughts were going through my head! I was thinking of some kind of big disaster or something like that! (I also noticed that the sticker was on a few other houses as well)

So what I did was that I decided to look it up on the Internet and this is what I found out about it!

It seems that the postal service is implementing some kind of tracking system to improve the quality of their postal service.

The sticker says "managed service point" and it seems that it's relatively harmless - so far!

Burglaries - Beware!

Recent Burglaries in our Neighborhoods

Last night a house in the Homes of Elkins Park development was broken into when noone was home. After ransacking the house, "they" rang the doorbell of the house next to it to see if it was also empty, but fled when the occupants accidently set off their alarm.

In another case, a "light skinned" man wearing a backpack rang a neighbor's doorbell during the day. When the door opened, he fled.

There have been other break-ins throughout the area. In one, "they" broke in the front door, setting off an alarm, grabbed some jewelry, and were out by time the police arrived 6 minutes later.

IF YOU SEE SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS, CALL 911.

Don't worry about being mistaken. Better Safe Than Sorry.

This is Cheltenham! The police will respond! They want you to call.

Form the police website:

Cheltenham Township Police need your help with investigating a series of Burglaries taking place throughout the Township. Residents are encouraged to be extra vigilant and to lock their vehicles when parked overnight. Please report suspicious activity to Cheltenham Police Radio Via 9-1-1 or at 215-885-1600, ext. 1. Residents are encouraged to immediately report suspicious persons or activities to Police.

Residents are encouraged to come forward with information, as always your information will be kept confidential, also all tips can be anonymous. No one knows your neighborhood better than you. Help out your neighbors and report suspicious activity to the police, 24-hours a day, via 9-1-1.

Anonymous Tips Line -
The Cheltenham Police Department has an “Anonymous Tip Line” in place so that residents can anonymously report suspicions on drug and criminal activities There are two anonymous methods available for reporting these activities to Police. You can leave a voice message by contacting (215) 885-1600 ext. 777, or you can log onto the Cheltenham Township Web Page at www.cheltenhamtownship.org anonymous tip link is at the top of the page.

The Cheltenham Police Department needs the public’s help in identifying problems, so we can help to improve the quality of life in our community.

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Chelsea Chats

I Didn't Know That There Were So Many Stores Nearby!

As long as I have lived here in LaMott I have known that there were a few stores near the area. Usually I do my shopping at the Shoprite at the Cheltenham Mall but sometimes I will go to the Rite Aid at Broad and Cheltenham.

You see LaMott is mostly a residential area and the closest thing that we have to a store is the LaMott Cleaners that is located right across the street from the LaMott Community Center.

However there are some stores nearby where you can do some of your shopping.


First there are several stores right at the little mall location at Cheltenham Avenue and Penrose Ave.

There is of course a cleaners located here but there is also a pool hall that has been there for quite a while now. There is also a Domino's Pizza place that is now there where you can walk in or have your pizza delivered. There is also a type of 7-Eleven-ish store that is located there where you can buy beer, buy a lottery ticket and they even have an eat-in section where you can order and eat your food.

What I was surprised to find out is that there is also a bakery located there as well as a seafood place. I'm also told that at the far end of the mall is a Korean supermarket.

Next of course you have your Rite Aid that is located at Broad and Cheltenham Ave.

A little further down from there at Cheltenham Avenue and Old York Road is another Korean mall that has a number of smaller boutique-like stores and there is also a supermarket there as well!



For more information about other local businesses in the area visit The LaMott Directory.

Commercial Property For Sale!

Unfortunately the property that houses the The Printing Place on Cheltenham Avenue is up for sale. They are looking for a buyer.

Here is the information that has been provided by the realtor:




Commercial Property For Sale

1726 W. Cheltenham Ave

If you know of any savvy investors or entreprenuers that are interested in this mixed use commercial property with great income possibilities then you are urged to contact the realtor who is connected with this property.

The first floor is open space with two offices. There is great potential for a beauty salon, restaurant/deli and other kinds of commercial business for this property located in a high traffic area.

The second floor is a two bedroom, tenant occupied apartment.

Centrally located between Cheltenham Mall and Broad St. on a corner lot which is perfect exposure for a potential business.

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Update!

As of August 2012 it seems that the property has been bought and the Printing Place is currently still there.