Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Council is slated to address some of the West End's parking issues as well as award a contract for a traffic light at West Airy and Noble streets.
Norristown Municipal Council meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Norristown Municipal Hall. Among the topics on the agenda are ammendments to the parking rates on West Marshall Street and further discussion of public parking at Poley Park. Council will also be awarding a contract to West Chester-based Lenni Electric to install a traffic light at West Airy and Noble streets, but first they'll entertain a motion to waive the 30-day waiting period required by the Responsible Contractor’s Ordinance. Under public safety, there's a motion before council to approve a resolution establishing guidelines for police making warrantless arrests and a motion to waive Norristown's open container rule for one day in anticipation of the beer garden planned for …
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Friday, April 27, 2012
The ACPPA Community Art Center will present the councilwoman with their first-ever Luminary Award at their April 28 fundraiser.
Norristown's council and community leaders have been touting the arts as a way to help revitalize Norristown for years now and one council member in particular has put her money where her mouth is. Earlier this year, Councilwoman Dr. Mary "Mimi" DeSouza gave up the $4000 annual stipend that each council member receives to offset travel and expenses and earmarked it for four local groups who's funding was in jeopardy as a result of Norristown's budget woes. "When we came around to the budget process for 2012, I saw a lot of community groups who did one or two activities or were trying to get off the ground and we literally could not fund them even a few hundred dollars," said DeSouza. DeSouza realized that while the stipend she received …
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Watch a live stream of tonight's municipal council meeting.
You can download the full agenda for tonight's meeting in our PDF section.
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The hot-button issue is included on tonight's agenda.
Norristown Municipal Council meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Norristown Municipal Hall. Among the many topics on the agenda are discussions of the parking rates on West Marshall Street and the possibility of expanding the time limit for parking at Poley Park to four hours. Council will also be talking about the Health Care District Ordinance and LED billboards. (Those billboards have been a hot topic in nearby municipalities recently.) You can download the full agenda for tonight's meeting in our PDF section. You can also watch tonight's meeting live right here on Norristown Patch. Check back later for a live stream of the proceedings.
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235 E Airy St, Norristown, PA
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Mary Elllen DiGregorio brought gifts to Tuesday's municipal council meeting.
Norristown resident Mary Ellen DiGregorio presented municipal council members with gifts in honor of Norristown's Bicentennial at last night's council meeting. DiGregorio gave each member of council a bicentennial T-shirt she created. She also presented the municipality with two commemorative plates from Norristown's centennial and sesquicentennial celebrations to be displayed at Norristown Municipal Hall
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More the 60 West End business owners, residents and suporters turned out for Tuesday's council meeting to voice their opposition to the new meters on West Marshall Street.
Though not officially on the agenda, the topic of parking took up a significant portion of the evening at last night's municipal council meeting as some two dozen folks signed up to speak on the issue during the public comment section of the evening. One by one, West End business owners, residents and area supporters took to the podium to ask council to address the concerns regarding the newly installed parking meters along the West Marshall Street business corridor. While many commenters raised similar complaints about the new parking measures – the $1.50-an-hour parking fees and the $28 tickets – others mentioned overly-aggressive enforcement and limited times as issues of concern. The new meters were installed along the four blocks …
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Watch a live recording of tonight's municipal council meeting.
You can download the full agenda for tonight's meeting in our PDF section.
While not on the agenda, some residents of the West End are expected to raise the parking issue during the open comment section.
Norristown Municipal Council meets again tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Norristown Municipal Hall. Items on the agenda include discussions of the new fire truck lease, Sterigere Street storm water management and the 2012 road project. While not on the agenda tonight, the issue of parking meters along West Marshall Street is expected to be raised during the public comment section by residents of that area. Fliers in shop windows all along West End business district call for residents and patrons to attend tonight's meeting and speak out on the issue. Of concern is what business owners and others say are unreasonably high parking rates for the area, overly-aggressive enforcement and a general feeling of neglect felt by the business owners along …
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Monday, April 2, 2012
The cold and the rain didn't stop Norristown from celebrating on Saturday.
Norristown's Bicentennial Kick-Off Party gathered a hearty group of revelers and supporters who braved the cold and the rain to ring in the start of the year-long celebration on Saturday at Elmwood Park. Norristown Municipal Council members were joined by sponsors like Dominic Conicelli and Sean Cullen, Montgomery County Commissioners Josh Shapiro, Leslie Richards and Bruce Castor, Judge William Nicholas and Norristown Ambassador Hank Cisco along with others in welcoming the crowd and officially starting the bicentennial calendar of events.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
The Norristown Mural Project will be revealing the artist's concept for the mural at Lafayette and DeKalb streets at a public meeting Thursday night.
State Sen. Daylin Leach's office announced that the finalized art for the Norristown Mural Project will be subject to public consideration at a public meeting Thursday night at Norristown Municipal Hall. The public to attend the meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 22 and attendees will have the opportunity to view the proposed artwork and offer feedback and give approval of the mural project. "I'm happy to announce that the project's artist, Matthew Bush, has finalized his plan for the mural after considerable feedback and input from the community," Leach said in a release issued today. "I am eager to see the final product and encourage members of the public to attend the meeting in order to continue our participation with this valuable …
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John Sailor
9:57 am on Saturday, June 30, 2012
the town needs to look at the circus on Haws, with a church and some residents painting over the faded stripes because the street sweeper is cleaning off the paint so people are parking any which way. more ›