Friday, February 22, 2013
A 72-year-old woman was hit by a vehicle on Easton Road in Horsham Thursday evening.
A 72-year-old woman is in Abington Memorial Hospital after being struck by a vehicle on Easton Road in the area near the Days Inn Horsham Thursday evening, police said. The woman, who is from out of state, according to Horsham Township Police Deputy Chief Bill Daly, sustained lacerations to the head and was admitted to the hospital in "serious" condition following the 6:54 p.m. crash which rerouted traffic on Easton Road until 8:06 p.m. Thursday. "Initially it appears the female was attempting to cross Easton Road and was struck by a passing vehicle," Daly told Patch. Daly said the woman, who police declined to identify pending notification of family, was crossing the busy roadway at 233 Easton Road. Preliminary investigation indicates …
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Demolition of the existing Hallowell Elementary School and rebuilding of a new school could result in the closure of other district elementary schools, administrators said.
In the coming weeks and months, the Hatboro-Horsham School Board will need to answer a question that serves as a deciding factor for the future of the district's educational facilities. "What will the size of Hallowell be" was the inquiry Superintendent Curtis Griffin reiterated several times during Monday's school board work session. It's a question yet to be determined as the district awaits transfer, tentatively in May, of the former Horsham Memorial Army Reserve Center, which is situated on Route 611 in Horsham. The government-owned property is the future home of Hallowell Elementary School. The existing nearly 52-year-old school would be demolished and a new school would be built where the federal government's brick buildings …
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Hatboro-Horsham School District expects to take ownership of the former Horsham Memorial Army Reserve Center by May or June 2013.
One final round of environmental testing is the last hurdle before the Hatboro-Horsham School District can assume ownership of federal government land on Route 611. The likely home of Hallowell Elementary School, currently the shuttered Horsham Memorial Army Reserve Center, is undergoing environmental testing slated for completion in February 2013, according to Bob Reichert, the district’s director of business affairs. The district hired a firm to conduct similar tests in the spring, which concluded that the property did not warrant soil or groundwater remediation. Reichert said the land – which will be granted to the school district for free provided it’s used to house a new school – will be deeded to Hatboro-Horsham in May or June 2013. …
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Donald Dinkins III of Abington pleaded guilty Tuesday to homicide by vehicle charges in the death of Sharon Ann Minnick.
A 30-year-old Abington man will serve between 11 1/2 to 23 months behind bars in connection with a Jan. 27 Easton Road crash that claimed the life of a Horsham woman. Donald Dinkins III of Penn Avenue in the Glenside section of Abington, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle charges in the death of 50-year-old Sharon Ann Minnick of Horsham, according to phillyburbs.com. Speed and marijuana were thought to be contributing factors to the Easton Road crash, and subsequently, Minnick's death, authorities said upon charging Dinkins in April. "Based upon the post-impact roadway evidence left by the Dinkins vehicle, Detective (Robert) Turner determined that the minimum speed of the Dinkins vehicle was 59 miles per hour," according to …
Thursday, June 21, 2012
The Hatboro-Horsham School District is considering building a school on the Route 611 property.
The shuttered Horsham Memorial Army Reserve Center has moved a step closer to potentially becoming the future home of Hallowell Elementary School. The Horsham Land Reuse Authority - the local entity tasked with adopting a redevelopment plan for Willow Grove air base - at its board meeting Wednesday afternoon approved the revised use of the former Army Reservce Center by Hatboro-Horsham School District. Plans have been underway for some time to transfer the property from the federal government to the school district. HLRA Executive Director Mike McGee told Patch that he did not know when the land transfer would be complete. "The Army wants to get rid of it," McGee said, adding that the property would be conveyed to the Department of …
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The Abington man faces DUI, vehicular homicides charges stemming from the Jan. 27 crash that killed Sharon Minnick of Pottstown.
A 29-year-old Abington man is facing charges of vehicular homicide and DUI in connection with the death of a 50-year-old Horsham woman. Donald Dinkins III of Penn Avenue in the Glenside section of the township, on Wednesday morning waived his preliminary hearing before District Judge Harry J. Nesbitt. Dinkins is scheduled to be arraigned in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas on June 6 in connection with a Jan. 27 crash that claimed the life of pedestrian Sharon Ann Minnick, of Maple Avenue in Horsham, formerly of Pottstown. Speed and marijuana are thought to be contributing factors to the Easton Road crash, and subsequently, Minnick's death. "Based upon the post-impact roadway evidence left by the Dinkins vehicle, Detective (…
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Horsham police may press charges against one man in connection with one of the Easton Road collisions.
After two recent fatal vehicle versus pedestrian accidents on Easton Road, Horsham Township has submitted a letter to PennDOT filled with recommendations on how to make the road safer. The proposal states that Easton Road between Meetinghouse Road and Maple Avenue - in the area of the two crashes - should be restripped to get rid of the shoulder. In addition, a center turning lane should be added, which pedestrians trying to navigate the flow of traffic could use to get to the other side, according to Township Manager Bill Walker. The letter to PennDOT also included “four or five” other improvements - all of which Walker believed are cost-efficient. Plans to improve Easton Road and make the heavily traveled road more pedestrian-friendly …
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The district is considering demolishing the former Army Reserve Center on Route 611 and building an elementary school in its place.
Is land that previously housed gas and diesel tanks safe for a future school or athletic fields? That’s the main crux behind a $27,000 environmental site assessment that the Hatboro-Horsham School Board authorized Tuesday night. To be carried out by Gilmore and Associates, the two-phase study will determine if petroleum or other hazardous chemicals have impacted soil or groundwater at the former Army Reserve Center on Route 611. “That land is going to be acquired by the school district,” Superintendent Curtis Griffin said. “The Army will do an environmental study and will take a look at the property for its present use … they’re not going to do additional work to remedy the hotspots.” Officials have said that the government’s only …
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
The pedestrian, who was struck by a car and died while crossing Route 611, has been ruled accidental.
Michele
8:36 am on Monday, February 25, 2013
If she was crossing 611 in front of the Days Inn, she was jaywalking. There are two lanes going in each direction, with a turn lane in the center. It was not too long after rush hour- that road is still very busy at 7pm. You're taking your life in your hands to try to cross there! more ›