Thursday, September 20, 2012
The next step in restoring Hatboro's 200-year-old clock tower is to have clockmaker Keith Winship devise a restoration plan.
Money is in hand for the first phase of a long-awaited project aimed at bringing Hatboro's 200-year-old clock tower back to life. Hatboro Borough Councilwoman Patty Fleming, one of about a dozen volunteers serving on a committee for the clock’s restoration and preservation, told Patch that the Millbrook Society – the local fundraising arm of the initiative – was successful in raising the $5,000 needed for a $5,000 matching grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. "We're still fundraising," Fleming said. To date, volunteers have obtained in excess of $6,000, she said, adding that anything above the $5,000 needed for the first phase will go toward future clock restoration efforts. Officials had expected to have a …
Monday, July 16, 2012
Hatboro secures a $5,000 state grant to cover expense of drafting a restoration plan for Hatboro’s 200-year-old clock tower.
Hatboro officials are nearly 20 percent of the way there in terms of funding repairs and creating an endowment for the borough’s clock tower, which turned 200 this year. Officials were successful in securing a $5,000 matching grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission to cover the $10,000 cost of having clockmaker Keith Winship of Winships’ Pieces of Time devise a restoration plan for the clock, which sits atop borough hall. And, in just three months, the Millbrook Society – the local fundraising arm of the initiative – raised all but the last $1,000 for the borough match, according to Millbrook Society President Lin Magaha. “We feel confident that if we ask our supporters we should be able to achieve that,” Magaha said…
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
The Millbrook Society is helping with fundraising efforts for the 200-year-old clock tower at the former Loller Academy, now Hatboro borough hall.
The notion that time is money has perhaps never been truer than now as Hatboro officials look to secure enough funding to restart the hands of time on a 200-year-old clock. In conjunction with a state grant the borough is seeking to cover the cost of devising a detailed restoration plan for the historic clock sitting atop borough hall, a committee formed with the clock’s preservation in mind has teamed up with the Millbrook Society to fundraise. At the very least, the group, led by Hatboro businessman Charles Roche,’ is hoping to secure $5,000 needed for the matching grant. But, that’s just for the plan. Much more is needed to actually restore the clock and get it functioning again, Roche’ said. “There’s no mystery in how to do this. We …
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10:01 pm on Thursday, September 20, 2012
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