Focus Group Members Needed

Focus Group Participants Still Needed!

The township has been gratified by the willingness of the Cheltenham Township residents to sign-up for a focus group. There are still some spaces open and available and the township would like to hear from you.

You can give them a call at 215-885-0457 or you can contact them by email.

Your Old Jewelery Is Needed

Jewelry Donations Needed

We will be holding our second annual Baubles for Books fundraising sale on Saturday, September 22 from 10 am to 2 pm. Last year our sale raised over $3500 for library collections. Please help by dropping off your unwanted jewelry at any of our branches. Thank you!

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!

Kill A Watt Electrical Meters Are Now Available At Library

Now you can manage your electric bill because Kill A Watt electrical meters are available at no charge from your public library. You can use these meters to caculate the cost of running appliances on a daily, weekly, monthy and annual basis.

You can find out more information about this by checking out the Cheltenham Township Library page and the LaMott Library page as well.

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!

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.

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.

The Dominican Retreat House May Be In Trouble!

Located in Elkins Park the property formerly known as the Dominican Retreat House may be facing some financial difficulty.

The property was purchased by the Land Conservancy of Elkins Park Inc. but it may be facing foreclosure.

The former owners of the property, The Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine de Ricci, have taken legal action to foreclose on the property because multiple mortgage payments have not been made.

Both sides are hoping to come to some sort of agreement.

source
The Times Chronicle

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!

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.