SERVING THE INTERESTS OF NEWTOWN GRANT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION IN BUCKS COUNTY, PA • JUL - AUG / 2010
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| SERVING THE INTERESTS OF NEWTOWN GRANT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION IN BUCKS COUNTY, PA • JUL - AUG / 2010
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The swimming pool will open Memorial Day weekend, beginning on Saturday, May 29th and will remain open on weekends only, Saturday and Sunday through the middle of June when schools let out, at which time it will be open daily on a full-time basis. Newtown Grant pool is for Newtown Grant residents and their paid guests. Photo ID cards must be shown to the pool attendant before entering even if you are a frequent visitor to the pool. You will be asked to sign-in for yourself and other family members with you, to identify any guest(s) that you may bring to the pool and pay the appropriate guest fee:
ETIQUETTE No one is permitted in the pool unless a lifeguard is on duty, Running, diving, pushing, wrestling, rough play or similar activities are not permitted. Continuous loud disturbances (radio, etc.) and/or the use of profanity are not permitted. Ball Playing is permitted at the discretion of the pool Management company. Free Floating devices are not permitted in the pool. This includes all tubes including the ones with "shirts" attached. The exceptions are water wings, US Coast Guard approved personal flotation devises (PFD's), kickboards and "noodles". JUNIOR POOL The Junior Pool is for children 5 years and younger. Each child must be accompanied by a parent or guardian and will be their sole responsibility. All diapers must be covered by rubber pants. Children who are not toilet trained must wear rubber pants. PARKING When you pull up to the pool entrance in your car, you may discharge passengers but you may not park or leave your vehicle unattended on the circle. Please park only in the designated parking spaces. Please do not park in reserved parking. Your children must wait outside the fence until you arrive to enter the pool area with them. Do not park in the No Parking areas. Do not park or leave your car unattended in the circle when the pool and/or recreation center is open. That area must be kept open as a safety measure for emergency vehicles, if required. RECREATION CENTER DRESS CODE No one may enter the pool through the building as no one in bathing attire (wet or dry) is permitted in the building. Exception: If you enter the building on Friday, Saturday or Sunday when the recreation managers are present your bathing attire must be dry and you must be appropriately covered and wearing shoes. SUSPENSION FROM THE POOL The lifeguard has the authority to enforce the rules and may direct offenders leave the pool and suspend them from the pool for 15 minutes. Two (2) offenses will result in suspension of all pool privileges for up to two (2) days at the discretion of the pool manager. You may also have your privileges suspended for the remainder of the season if there is falsification of information. GUESTS Daily guests will be admitted only when accompanied by a resident card holder. Guests must pay at the time of admission. Each resident will be responsible for their guest(s). If you bring a guest to the pool you must stay with the guest throughout the guest's entire visit to the pool. If your child brings a friend that friend is your responsibility. The adult must be present at all times. GUESTS WILL BE
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COMMUNITY classifiedsResidents of Newtown Grant are invited to place an ad here for $3.00 per line, with 30 characters per line which include the spaces between words and all punctuation marks.(Actual printed length will vary. Make your best estimate.) Make checks payable to: Send to: 975 Easton Road, Suite 202 Warrington, PA 18976 Deadline for September/October 2010 Issue: August 1st
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By Petra Chesner Schlatter - BucksLocalNews.com Friday, May 21, 2010 Potential changes may be in the works for phase 2 of the $2.8 million Stoopville Road improvement project in Newtown and Upper Makefield townships. During a meeting in Newtown Township, government leaders from Upper Makefield and Newtown townships discussed redirecting some of the federal funds allocated to pay for a pedestrian walkway along Stoopville Road to a traffic signal at the intersection of Stoopville and Durham (Rt. 413) roads in Wrightstown Township. “Due to the fact that part of the proposed path would ultimately be built by Toll Brothers when they develop the Melsky tract, we may want to use those federal dollars to improve the dangerous intersection of Stoopville Road and Route 413 just across the Newtown Township line,” said Rob Ciervo, chairman of the Newtown Township Board of Supervisors. The meeting, he said, was an initial public discussion of whether there is direction to possibly change Phase II of the project to include traffic calming in the Dolington area and improvements to the intersection of Stoopville and Durham Road (Route 413). Phase I is nearing completion. Included in Phase I included landscaped medians, crosswalks and intersection improvements, a caution light at Stoopville and Linton Hill, and new traffic signals at Stoopville and Route 532 and Route 532 and Highland Road. Ciervo said the initial design of Phase II left out two “very important” traffic safety items -- the intersection of Stoopville and Route 413 and improvements to Dolington Village on Route 532. “Both of these areas will see greater loads of traffic due to increased residential development along Stoopville Road as a result of past boards rezoning for high density housing and the funeral processions from the (Washington Crossing National) cemetery.” Ciervo continued, “Because Phase II has not begun it may be important to examine how this money is currently being proposed to be spent and use some of it to improve these areas of the roadway before we see an increase in traffic accidents due to increased volume. “In the end, the proposed change takes away a luxury item -- a portion of a pedestrian path in an area that is not very pedestrian friendly -- and replaces it with improvements to a dangerous intersection that is used by thousands of Newtown Township residents every day and tries to calm traffic through Historic Dolington Village,” Ciervo said. At the meeting, two Newtown Township residents questioned the short notice given for the meeting while a Wrightstown resident spoke against a traffic signal for the intersection where he lives. Joanne Bintliff-Ritchie, who lives near Stoopville Road in Newtown Township, said she is “disappointed” that the supervisors chose to hold a meeting without giving the public enough advance notice. “Mr. Ciervo tried to do this with no public scrutiny or input by scheduling a special meeting with the Upper Makefield Board of Supervisors with only two days of public notice and no notice to Stoopville Road residents, many of whom advocated for this trail for many, many years,” she said. Bintliff-Ritchie, a Democrat who ran for supervisor last year, also criticized Ciervo for “attempting to give away allocated money" for Newtown Township to benefit Wrightstown and Upper Makefield. She blasted Ciervo for making a motion to accept a revised design “which he asked Gilmore and Associates (engineers for Newtown Township) to draft that would take a multi-use trail away from over 50 percent of the residents along Stoopville Road,” she said. “He was forced to withdraw his motion when he received no support from the rest of the board of supervisors.” Jay Sensibaugh, a Newtown Township resident, also questioned the scheduling of the meeting. “It’s an outrage that this meeting was ‘noticed’ two days ago.” Sensibaugh alleged the supervisors had tried to circumvent the Sunshine Law. Le Sheppard, who lives at Ryan’s Corner in Wrightstown Township, commended the supervisors. He said the townships are working well together. “This is refreshing,” he said, noting it is good to “forget about boundaries.” Ryan’s Corner is where Route 413 and Stoopville Road intersect. But Sheppard questioned plans for a signal at Stoopville and Route 413. “A light at that corner will make it impossible to get out of our driveways,” Sheppard said. “Nobody in that area wants a light.” The Upper Makefield Township and Newtown Township supervisors agreed to invite Wrightstown supervisors to attend a future meeting.
By Christian Menno - www.phillyburbs.com May 17, 2010 02:37 AM Officials disagree on how to move forward with Stoopville Road improvements. Officials are divided on how to proceed with federally funded upgrades to Stoopville Road that would span Newtown Township, Upper Makefield and possibly Wrightstown. Some back the original plans that call for an extended pedestrian trail that would allow Newtown Township residents to walk or bike all the way to the Washington Crossing National Cemetery and the 9/11 Garden of Reflection, both in Upper Makefield. Others advocate a revised design, which includes improvements to a nearby intersection but at the expense of a portion of the walking trail. The project and the $2.8 million in funds - most of which came from federal stimulus money - initially only involved Newtown Township and Upper Makefield. However the alternate plan addresses the junction of Stoopville Road and Durham Road (Route 413) in Wrightstown. Safety-related improvements to the intersection might include the addition of a traffic light, turning lanes and a road widening. Although the upgrades would be covered with the federal funds, Wrightstown would be responsible for preliminary engineering costs. Nearly $1.4 million is paying for phase one of the Stoopville upgrades, which is under way and includes traffic calming islands, landscaped medians, decorative crosswalks and additional widening. Supporters of the alternative plan for phase two - including the Upper Makefield supervisors and Newtown Township Supervisor Rob Ciervo - say the intersection is dangerous. Many residents and truckers use Stoopville Road to avoid the often crowded Newtown Bypass. However, Newtown Township Supervisor Phil Calabro recently said that the intersection is "not Newtown's responsibility." "If (Wrightstown) doesn't care enough to put a light there or make improvements themselves, then shame on them," he added. "They haven't been involved in the negotiations so why should we pay for it. They should be the ones going to PennDOT." Wrightstown Manager Joe Pantano on Friday said that he has been in contact with officials from the other municipalities about scheduling a joint meeting. "Our board has had preliminary discussions on this issue, but we really need some more information before we go any further," he said. The trail featured in the original plan stretches along Stoopville Road from just east of Rosefield Drive in Newtown Township to Highland Road in Upper Makefield. The alternate design removes the section between Eagleton Farms Road and Delaney Drive in Newtown Township, where an existing path begins and acts as a connector. Ciervo said that while the Durham Road intersection falls outside of Newtown Township, it is used all the time by its residents. "We have an opportunity to use that federal money and pay to have that intersection fixed," Ciervo said. "The whole point of this is to increase safety as the cemetery and developments not even there yet generate more and more traffic." He added that luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers is set to develop the 134-acre Melsky Tract, which has frontage along a portion of Stoopville Road in Newtown Township, and has committed to including a walking path along the property. "I'd rather have Toll pay for that portion of trail rather than using the federal money there," he said, while acknowledging that a gap will exist from the end of the Melsky portion of the trail to just before Eagle Road. Joanne-Bintliff Ritchie, a member of the homeowners' board for Eagleton Farms, said approving the alternate plans would be unacceptable. According to Bintliff-Ritchie, she and her neighbors, along with residents from other nearby housing developments in Newtown Township, have been pursuing for years a walking trail that connects their neighborhoods to the Garden of Reflection. Ciervo said more Newtown Township residents would benefit from an improved intersection at Durham Road and Stoopville Road than would utilize an extended trail to travel the several miles to reach the far end of the path near the cemetery. Calabro agreed that Newtown residents do use the intersection in Wrightstown. But he noted "our residents use roads all the way up to Quakertown, but we aren't using our federal money to fix all of them. "Upper Makefield is not losing anything (with the alternate plan)," Calabro said. "Their residents are getting a full walking trail. The removed portion is from (the Melsky Tract) on down. I don't know why (officials who support the original plan) are being looked at as the bad guys because we want to take care of our own." |
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It’s great to have nice weather and to see people enjoying themselves
in outdoor activities such as softball, tennis and basketball.
The swimming pool will open Memorial Day weekend, beginning
on Saturday, May 29th and will remain open on weekends only,
Saturday and Sunday through the middle of June when schools let out,
at which time it will be open daily on a full-time basis.
The Mens Softball League is doing well as the teams prepare
for the play-offs in mid-July. Come out and support your team
as they try to become this year's Champion. Best of luck in the
play-offs to all the teams.
With the nicer weather upon us, there has been interest in forming
a golf group to play together at different locations, not restricted
to, but especially for women. If interested please call the
Rec Center at 215-968-3789.
Due to the swimming pool being open until 8pm, class time for
aerobics during the summer season is 8:05pm to 9:05pm, Also, sessions
will be 4 weeks long instead of the regular six week sessions.
Classes are held on Monday & Wednesday evenings. There will be
one 4 week class in July and one in August. The full-time Fall schedule
will resume in September.
Classes arc open to Newtown Grant residents over 18 years of age.
For more information, please call the Rec Center at 215-968-3789.
Pick-up games with designated game times will continue to be
the format for adult basketball this season.
The designated game times are 10 am on Sunday mornings
and 6:30 pm on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Players may choose alternate times once the season gets underway.
Games are played on our outdoor courts, by the softball field.
Available seven nights a week:
This group's next activity is not scheduled until the end of October.
See the next issue of the newsletter for details.
Anyone interested in Joining this committee or would like to
volunteer with upcoming events, please call Kelly Owens for more
info at 215-579-5644.
A new year of Scouting as well as registration for all Scouring groups
begins before school starts.
Scouting continues to be offered here at Newtown Grant for both
boys and girls.
For more information about registraton or about Scouts in
general, please call Steve Matz at 215-579-5943.
This group meets on the 3rd Friday of the month at 8:00 pm at the
Rec Center. The next meeting will be on Friday, July 16th at 8:00 pm.
Bring your single friends, a snack and a beverage of choice (soda,
wine, etc.) If you would like more information, please call the
Rec Center at 215-968-3789.
Our courts, located next to the basketball courts in the Rec Center
area are for Newtown Grant residents and are available on a
first come first serve basis for recreational purposes only.
Our sand volleyball court, which is located across the road from the
basketball courts, is available for pick-up games, Monday and
Wednesday evenings at 6:45pm, but may be used by residents any
time during the day, including those using the swimming pool.
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