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By William Kenny
The Arbours at Eagle Pointe was envisioned as an "older adults" community from the first day its developers pitched their plans to the Somerton Civic Association about a decade ago. But 55 and older folks aren't the only dominant demographic among the hundreds of inhabitants.
The development has a large percentage of military veterans, too.
By Simon Carswell, Washington Correspondent
BY LAURA BENSHOFF
If you build it, they will come. At least, that's the idea behind SEPTA's first new train station in 18 years.
The new Ninth Street station in Lansdale was built to breathe new life into a defunct industrial property, the former site of the American Olean Tile Company plant. The train stop boasts bike racks and 78 permanent parking spaces. It's so new that landscapers have yet to begin on what was just mud on a recent sunny November morning.
By Dan Sokil, The Reporter
The newest SEPTA station on its Regional Rail network is now open.
Local dignitaries marked the opening of the new 9th Street rail station on Monday morning with a ceremonial ribbon cutting, and spoke on the combined efforts of the borough, the Lansdale Parking Authority, and Stoltz Real Estate Partners that made the station a reality.
Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) and Brendan Boyle (D-PA) issued the following joint statement regarding the 2015 Fall Somos Conference, which they are attending in San Juan, Puerto Rico:
"Puerto Rico's economic and financial challenges did not occur overnight and they won't be solved immediately. However, it is important we work together to develop solutions in the short term that prevent the situation from deteriorating further, while outlining strategies that can put the island on a longer term path to prosperity.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Joe Pitts (R-PA) and Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA) have joined together to introduce the Fairness for Victims of Crime Act into the House.
By Freda R. Savana, Staff writer
Washington, DC- Today, Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA-13) submitted the following statement on the record on the anniversary of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide:
"As we near the anniversary of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933, I would like to extend my deepest sympathies to the victims, survivors and families of this tragedy."
Congressman Brendan F. Boyle released the following statement regarding House passage of H.R.22, the DRIVE Act, a bipartisan bill providing $325 billion to reauthorize federal-aid highway and transit programs for six years.
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee's Ranking Member, along with 367 other House Members, sent a bipartisan letter to Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, urging him to condemn the recent violence in Israel and end incitement to violence within the Palestinian Authority. The letter comes after this week's House passage of H. Res. 293.