Archive for November, 2010

Homes for the Holidays

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For additional information, contact:
Terri Keane
Phone: 215-860-6171

Homes for the Holidays

Historic Newtown Borough, Bucks County welcomes visitors to its Holiday House Tour on Saturday, December 4th.

Now in its 48th consecutive year, this house tour is a Newtown tradition and a festive start to the holiday season. For the $20.00 cost of a tour ticket, visitors can enjoy Newtown on foot for an up-close look at the interiors of six private homes and several public buildings, all dressed for the holidays.

Included in the cost of the tour is entry to the Half-Moon Inn, a beautifully restored 18th century building and home to the Newtown Historic Association, sponsor of the tour. Inside, tour goers will enjoy period musical entertainment, hearthside colonial cooking demonstrations and refreshments of mulled cider and cheese.

Tour hours are from 10:00AM to 4:00PM. Advance tickets can be purchased at Newtown Hardware, 106 S. State Street and on-line at the Association’s website, www.newtownhistoric.org. On the day of the tour, purchase tour tickets at the Half-Moon Inn, Court Street and Centre Avenue and at the Stocking Works, 301 South State Street, Newtown.

In the event of significant snow, the tour will be held on Sunday, December 5th.

Please, no picture taking or high-heeled shoes permitted in the houses.

For additional information, call the Newtown Historic Association at 215-968-4004 or visit our website.

All proceeds from the tour will benefit the Newtown Historic Association and its programs dedicated to the preservation of Newtown’s historical heritage.

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Real Estate Open Houses November 7th 2010

Thursday, November 4th, 2010

Real Estate Open Houses November 7th 2010

Montgomery County, PA


Conshohocken, PA – $375,000

Montgomery County

4 Years Young

3 Floors, 3 BR, 2.5 BA

Open House, Sunday Nov. 7th from 12 to 3 PM

610-883-7631 if any questions.

CENTER CITY PHILADELPHIA


326 S. 21st St.: 12:00-2:00

2419 Pine St.: 12:00-2:00

Symphony House Condominiums, Units 909 and 2005: 1:00-3:00pm

2039 Delancey St. 2:00-4:00pm

516 Pine St. 2:00-4:00

1924 Rittenhouse Square (Rent or Sale): 2:30-3:30pm


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From Creek to Sewer: A history of Topographical Change in Philadelphia

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Illustrated lecture presented by Adam Levine, Historian and Author

Wed., Nov. 10, 2010, 7 pm
Falls of Schuylkill Library, 3501 Midvale Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19129

Beneath the streets you traverse every day are former streams passing
through pipes which are 20 feet in diameter. Have you heard of Mifflin Run?
You pass over it when you wend your way down Midvale Avenue. Since its founding in 1682 Philadelphia has made drastic changes to its topography as it developed its sewer and drainage systems. Adam Levine has been delving into the history of the obliteration of hundreds of miles of surface streams. His lecture will reveal a side of Philadelphia you have never seen and may change the way you think about cities in general. Sponsored by East Falls Historical Society, East Falls Tree Tenders, Free Library of Philadelphia, Friends of Falls of Schuylkill Library, and the Philadelphia Water Department.

Call the library at (215) 685-2093.

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Donations needed for the annual Paul “Earthquake” Moore Turkey Run

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / NOV-2-2010

DONATIONS NEEDED FOR THE ANNUAL PAUL “EARTHQUAKE” MOORE TURKEY RUN

Philadelphia Community Activist Paul “Earthquake” Moore, needs donations of turkey and stuffing and running enthusiasts as well, to participate in his annual run down South Broad Street and food drive, Both events are to help reduce hunger among families during the holiday season.

What started as a one man jog-a-thon 10 years ago, has become the Paul “Earthquake” Moore Annual Celebrity Turkey Run, and will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, November 20, 2010. Quake, winner of the Wrice-Campbell Award for Neighborhood Safety, has asked for all Philadelphians to join him and support this effort. Deputy Police Commissioner Stephen Johnson, a longtime run supporter, will lead this year’s trek with Tia Gray and her fellow employees at Nova Care. In addition Moore will host his second annual, 24-hour food-a-thon drive the weekend before the run. Stop by, socialize and party while you donate.

The event will have live entertainment, a DJ and more in the parking lot at McDonalds, Grays Ferry Avenue, beginning at noon on Saturday, November 13 and ending at noon on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010. He is asking for canned food donations of all kinds to be brought to McDonald’s parking lot to add to his Thanksgiving baskets for needy residents of Philadelphia and Delaware counties.

The run route will occur the following week. It begins at City Hall, and finds its way down South Broad Street to the finish line at Broad and Pattison. “Remember our goal is to get 1,000 turkey dinners, and in order to accomplish this we need you,” Moore emphatically emphasized.

Moore needs every runner to show up with a turkey and stuffing, to help reach his goal of feeding 1,000 families in Philadelphia and Delaware counties for Thanksgiving. Monetary donations and turkeys and stuffing from those unable to run will gladly be accepted on the day of the event.

Any well wisher can mail a donation to P.O. Box 5323 Phila., PA 19142.
Email earth_quake1@hotmail.com for other info.

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