Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Area fire companies extinguished the second garage fire in less than a week Wednesday night in Horsham.
A fast-moving, heavy fire that tore through a two-car detached garage situated behind the Village Mall in Horsham Wednesday evening appears to have been set, an official told Patch. Horsham Township Fire Marshal George Fida said the fire, which started at 6:45 p.m. at a garage adjacent to a home on Moreland and Summer avenues, looks suspicious. Fida told Patch that the investigation would continue, but he said the garage, which was used for storage space, contained "plenty of plywood," but had no electric source and nothing inside of a combustible nature. For more news and updates about Hatboro and Horsham, subscribe to our free newsletter,"like" us on Facebook or follow @Hatboropatch on Twitter. The garage fire is the second …
Monday, August 27, 2012
The library at the Montessori Children’s House is unusable following an Aug. 11 fire.
Preparing for back to school at Montessori Children’s House in Horsham has resulted in tears, lots of sweat and continued renovation costs following a suspicious fire earlier this month. While Principal Nona Melnick said the Upland Avenue educational facility for children ages 18 months to 6 years old will be ready for the 90 youngsters’ return on Sept. 5, some portions of the school will be off limits, at least for the time being. The library in particular, the room that endured the brunt of the Aug. 11 overnight fire, is unable to be used and all of the school’s 2,000 books previously housed there have either burned or smelled “smoky,” according to Melnick. Despite the loss, Melnick is hopeful. “They started a book drive already,” …
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
'No one was ever in danger' during the 35-minute lockdown, administrators said.
A "suspicious" male who was an unfamiliar face to at least one Hatboro-Horsham High School employee prompted a lockdown at the school Tuesday morning shortly after 9. "One of our high school personnel saw a student they thought was suspicious, or acting suspicious," Hatboro-Horsham School District Superintendent Curtis Griffin told Patch. Initially, the employee wasn't sure if the male in question even attended the high school. "It's typical for our staff to know a lot of the students." The employee immediately contacted High School Principal Dennis Williams and Williams placed the school under an emergency lockdown from about 9:05 a.m. until about 9:40 a.m. The Horsham Police Department responded to the school and conducted an "…
Dolores Forget
11:59 am on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Kudos to the alert staff -- you can't ignore anything these days, Better safe than sorry! Sean I assume you can just walk out of high school -- just like back in the day :) more ›