Thursday, April 18, 2013
Mark Watson was convicted last December and sentenced Wednesday.
An Upper Providence resident was sentenced Wednesday to one to three years in jail on charges of aggravated assault, possessing an instrument of crime, terroristic threats, simple assault, and recklessly endangering another person following a February 2012 incident at Victory Park in Royersford Borough. According to a story in The Reporter, Judge Steven T. O'Neill of the Court of Common Pleas handed down the sentence on Mark Watson, 48, of the 100 block of Orchard Court, after Watson was convicted of the charges in December. Watson allegedly attacked a former girlfriend who, after arriving at the park to meet with him and discuss their relationship, found him with another female friend. The victim told police that the conversation turned…
Friday, March 22, 2013
Early spring at Victory Park shows bulbs beginning to sprout and treasure hunters roaming about.
There is treasure buried in the ground at Victory Park. On the unusually brisk afternoon of March 22, visitors to Victory Park, located at Second Ave. and Green Street in Royersford, would have seen scores of brilliant green stems of previously dormant bulbs bursting from the gray earth. Visitors might have also seen two ladies carefully combing the areas along the creek, each armed with a high-tech GPS unit. “Geocaching can take you to some beautiful or unusual places,” Lisa, who is better known by her Geocaching name, “ELMH.” Lisa, a Skippack resident, was with her Geocaching partner, Cindy, a Hatfield resident, whose Geocaching name is “Been There Done That Crew.” According to the Geocaching website, Geocaching is a real-world outdoor …
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Council members discussed opposing viewpoints during Tuesday's meeting.
The Royersford Police Department budget is still a divisive topic among the borough's council members, as evidenced by discussion during Tuesday's meeting. Councilman John Kring was adamant that the borough was "not going to spend another nickel" on the police department in the 2013 budget. At this month's first council meeting two weeks ago, Kring said that the budget included a three percent wage increase but no money for anything else that Chief Kevin Schurr requested. Councilman Bruce Burns said he felt that the criminal investigator position the Chief Schurr asked for was a good idea. "I'm looking for measures to keep that position, up until we got that [position] there were crimes not getting solved, and now they are," Burns said…
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
The first annual event will allow Royersford residents to learn more about keeping a bicycle safe for the roadways.
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
The following release was sent in by Royersford Police Officer Tom Godin: On June 30, the Royersford Police Department will be hosting its first annual bicycle registration and inspection at Victory Park between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the lower pavillion. Officers from the Royersford Police Department will be on hand, rain or shine at Victory Park to take registration information on your bicycle. The event is free of charge to the borough residents. The Royersford Police Department locates numerous bicycles throughout the year and is unable to locate the owners of these bicycles. The registration of these bicycles will provide the police the ability to locate the owner through a serial number which will be placed on the bicycle's frame. It …
Monday, June 4, 2012
Royersford's Victory Park will host a presentation on becoming an Olympic athlete on June 8.
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Monday, June 4, 2012
The following release and schedule of events was sent in by Laura Catalano, Staff Writer for the Schuylkill River Heritage Area: FOURTEENTH ANNUAL SCHUYLKILL RIVER SOJOURN COMING TO MONTGOMERY and CHESTER COUNTIES POTTSTOWN—Paddlers in the 14th annual Schuylkill River Sojourn will travel through Montgomery and Chester Counties, on June 5, 6 and 7, making overnight stops in Pottstown, Mont Clare and West Conshohocken. The Schuylkill River Sojourn is a 112-mile, seven-day guided canoe and kayak tour that takes paddlers from Schuylkill Haven to Philadelphia. This year, about 200 participants will take all or part of the trip, beginning on June 2 at Schuylkill Haven, traveling through Schuylkill, Berks, Chester and Montgomery Counties and …
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Main Street Cafe owner asks Royersford Borough Council about holding a weekly event
Main Street Cafe co-owner Anthony Berdomas stepped up during the visitors' comment portion of Tuesday's Royersford Borough Council meeting to ask council for permission to hold a Cruise Night on Fridays during the summer. "What we'd do is have 10 or 15 cars, and we'd like to block off the parking lot [behind borough hall] from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday night," Berdomas said. Berdomas told council that he has a car club, the Roxborough Ridge Runners, who will commit to coming out to Royersford one week a month. Berdomas also said he isn't looking to take anything away from Royersford Community Day, which will have a classic car show again this year. Mayor John Guest spoke up in favor of allowing Berdomas to hold the Cruise Nights. "As I said …
Friday, March 23, 2012
Your votes are in, and the winner is...
The votes are in for the LRSC Patch Poll of the week and the winner is Limerick Community Park! Limerick Community Park blew away the competition this week, and took 76 percent of the vote. Victory Park placed second in our unscientific readers poll with 13 percent of the vote. Congratulations to Limerick Township, its Parks & Recreation department and all of the park's loyals! Be sure to vote in next week's poll: Best Italian Restaurant.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Royersford Police responded to a major assault on Friday.
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Monday, February 20, 2012
The following incident was sent in by Royersford Police Chief Kevin Schurr: On Feb. 17 at 3:20 p.m., Royersford Police responded to an emergency dispatch to Victory Park located at 250 Second Ave. in Royersford. The call was for an armed male subject with a knife assaulting a female. Upon arrival, police subdued Mark A. Watson, 47 of Royersford, who was engaged in a physical altercation with his ex-girlfriend, a 32-year-old female victim who resides in New Berlinville. Watson did display, threatened and attempted to use a knife during the assault during which verbal threats were also made by him that he would "kill the victim." The victim received minor injuries during the assault as she was able to fend off the armed attack of Watson with…
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
A recap of Tuesday night's borough council meeting.
The Royersford Borough Council met for a regular meeting on Jan. 10 at Borough Hall. Among the major discussions were the borough's website, the basketball courts at Victory Park, and the approval of an amendment to an ordinance. To open, Borough Manager Michael Leonard gave a short report, with details on the possibility of a website upgrade. "We’re looking into changing and upgrading our website, possibly able to take the building forms off the website," Leonard said. "If you need a roof permit, you can take that right off the website. That’s what our goal is. We're going to put our fee schedule on there. Everybody knows so they can have their permit filled out when they get here. All forms we have will be on there. It will be very …
Monday, August 1, 2011
A Victory Park monument was an Eagle Scout project for a local teen.
Fifteen-year-old Boy Scout Kyle Thorpe has spent the last year planning, fundraising and working on his Eagle Scout project to refurbish the World War I Memorial Monument at Victory Park in Royersford. During the rededication ceremony Sunday, members of the community got to see how Thorpe’s work has paid off. The monument looks brand new, with a bronze and black plaque listing the 205 Royersford-area soldiers who fought and died in World War I. Thorpe, a member of Troop 231, sponsored by Sacred Heart Parish in Royersford, said the project got started last July when he approached Royersford Mayor David Urner with the idea to build a monument for his project. "I knew I wanted to do something military," he said. "My grandfathers – one was in …
John Scioli
10:35 am on Thursday, April 18, 2013
Any man who puts a hand on a woman is a coward and not worthy of being with a woman . Instead of jailing this fellow perhaps a near death good old fashioned beat down may be in order for this coward . There is never a reason to strike a woman . more ›