Enjoying EFCC’s holiday reception and caroling
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elebrating the holiday season took several forms in East Falls, including the East Fall Community Council’s annual reception and the much longer-standing traditional of caroling in McMichael Park. At left, among those having a good time at the EFCC’s holiday reception on Dec. 4 at the Old Academy Playhouse were
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January 2019
Jim and Tana Lipovac, of Midvale Ave., and their son, Essa, who came fully dressed for Christmas. At right, the weather cooperated this year as singers led the carol singing before adjourning to the EF Presbyterian Church for desserts and hot cider prepared by the Friends of the Falls Library.
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Penn Charter breaks ground for new baseball field
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enn Charter celebrated the construction of its new baseball complex with a ceremonial groundbreaking attended by distinguished alumni, including an owner of the Philadelphia Phillies, a 2018 graduate who is now a professional baseball player, a former MLB player and general manager, and alumni whose gifts to the How Far? capital campaign are shaping the school’s future. “This is a great moment in the life of our school,” Darryl J. Ford, Head of School, said. “This baseball facility is the start of the transformation of our campus.” The new facility is the first step in a master plan calling for construction of a new Athletics and Wellness Center and a new lower school. Wielding chrome shovels and big smiles for the groundbreaker were David Montgomery’64, chairman and minority owner of the Phillies; Ruben Amaro Jr. ’80, former player, general manager, coach and newly named executive with the New York Mets; and Mike Siani ’18, recently signed by the Cincinnati Reds, representing MLB. They were joined by over-
A rendering of Penn Charter’s new baseball facility, located on Strawbridge Campus on the west side of School House Ln.
seers, current and former baseball coaches, and members of the PC administrative team. The baseball facility is on Strawbridge Campus, on the west side of School House Ln., and is scheduled to be com(Continued on page 10)
EFCC to meet Monday, Jan. 14 The monthly general membership meeting of the East Falls Community Council is set for 7 pm Monday, Jan. 14 at the East Falls Presbyterian Church. The agenda will include: • A progress report from NewCourtland Senior Services on work at the organization’s site, 3232 Henry Ave. • A presentation from officials of Hebrew Public Schools on their plans for a charter school at 3300 Henry Ave.; and, • A discussion on plans by the EFCC Traffic Committee Henry Ave. worksite of NewCourtland Senior Services, part of the to apply for the City’s Slow EFCC’s Jan. 14th meeting agenda. Zone program.
EFCC to apply for ‘Slow Zones’ to cut speeding, crashes is on residential neighborhoods. William Epstein, President of the EFCC, said the group’s ast Falls Community Executive Committee made the Council will apply for the decision to submit an applicacity-proposed neighbortion in the absence of a general hood traffic calming program membership meeting in known as “Slow Zones” -- the heart of Vision Zero, the plan to eliminate all traffic deaths and severe injuries by improving safety. The application is due Jan. 18, 2019. Both the initial offering and follow-up, if approved by the city, will require neighborhood input in choosing what streets to include. Highways and arterial routes such as PennDOT-managed Henry Ave., the subject of its own improvement plan, are excluded, although they can serve as boundaries of zones. Streets with painted centerlines also are excluded. The focus clearly
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December. The proposal will be on the agenda of the Monday night, Jan. 14 meeting. “Slow Zones must be made up of residential streets that are one-lane, one-way streets (Continued on page 7)
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