• Jenkintown Police

    Did Jenkintown Council rightly target police budget for cuts?

    Blaming budget woes on COVID, Council spotlights the size of the borough’s police force Last year, the Borough and the Jenkintown Police Benevolent Association agreed to a new four-year contract that determines compensation and benefits for our police force. This agreement was the subject of much discussion and not a... Continue reading

  • Jenkintown Borough Hall

    Jenkintown cops file civil rights lawsuit against borough

    Suit claims that officers faced hostile work environment after discovering mismanagement and financial irregularities in K-9 unit non-profit While Jenkintown residents digest its Christmas dinner leftovers along with the Borough’s recently released newsletter detailing its financial distress, another civil rights suit filed by against the Borough in Federal court last... Continue reading

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    Call me a one-party pooper

    Pity the voter that lives in the one-party state, county, town or borough, which is the predicament of any forward-thinking Jenkintown resident. Sadly, for us we have a primary coming up that will effectively decide who gets to be our state rep, and thanks to the implosion of the GOP,... Continue reading

  • Jenkintown Council President Deborra Sines-Pancoe

    Lateral damages

    The town that works harder to attract visitors than it does to keep its own residents eventually loses both.  We keep sending that memo to Jenkintown, and it stubbornly refuses to read it. This week, realtor Andrew Smith sent out a memo of his own that asks Council to reconsider... Continue reading