Around Anderson

Having one child at a time is challenging.  Two or more at the same time seems almost unmanageable to me, but there are families all around Anderson living that life and loving it.
You can meet some of them and find some great bargains this weekend at the semi-annual Babies and Children’s Fall Clothing and Equipment [...]

Due to the rain, work that was supposed to be done yesterday on the bike trail has been postponed until next week.
The Five Mile Trail will tentatively be closed on Tuesday, September 29th, to allow for pavement maintenance.  The trail will reopen on Wednesday, September 30th.  This work is weather permitting, so residents may visit www.andersontownship.org, [...]

Anderson Township’s movie theater is on track to open in late spring or early summer of 2010, according to the company managing the project.  Construction has been delayed recently due to a design problem with a ramp, and because of the recent rain.  Jeff Jacobs from The JFP Group says the ramp problem has been [...]

Food allergies are scary. Wilson Elementary sixth-grader Lake Ille wants to make them less scary and better understood. He’s taking that message to Washington on September 30th when he’ll join eighty other students in giving a presentation to Congress.
Lake has a severe peanut allergy. His personal experiences and concern for himself and other [...]

Only six schools in the nation received the Phoebe Apperson-Hearst National PTA Family-School Partnership Award of Excellence, and Wilson Elementary School was one of them.
Wilson was recognized for “Collaborating with Community.” Principal Dr. Ann Roberts accepted the award on behalf of her staff. “They did it all,” she said. Work on the award application [...]

How do you keep an award-winning school district on top, even as enrollment and expenses rise, as buildings crumble and as the anti-tax crowd cries like a bunch of kindergartners at the very idea of spending money on something as wasteful as education?
Those are the tough issues facing the Forest Hills Board of Education. [...]

Coney Island has added a laser light show each night of its Fall-O-Ween festival on the next two weekends, 9/26 & 9/27 and 10/3 & 10/4.  The show is produced by Lasertainment and features colorful images on a large laser screen while aerial beams dance above and beyond the audience, all choreographed to festive music.  Here’s [...]

Pauline Murrie has a passion for Newtown history.  As president of the Newtown Business Owner’s Association, she was very involved in the veteran’s memorial wall being planned for Moundview Park.  While working in the park, she started thinking about this old house.  She found out that the home was probably owned by the Jewite family, [...]

The Five Mile Trail will tentatively be closed on Thursday, September 24th, to allow for pavement maintenance. The trail will reopen on Friday, September 25th. This work is weather permitting, so residents may visit www.andersontownship.org, call (513) 688-8400, or email tcaruso@andersontownship.org with any questions or comments.

You can’t miss the signs as you drive along State Road between 5 Mile and Clough Pike.  El Coyote wants your business back!  They’re advertising 45 dinners for under $16, and giving an extra 20% on top of all gift card purchases.  El Coyote’s parking lot is still packed on most Friday and Saturday nights, [...]