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Past WinterFests

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Santa will
ring in the holidays on a shiny, red fire truck during WinterFest on Saturday, December 5 on Wesley Plaza off Easton Road in
downtown Glenside. Festivities begin at 4:00 p.m. and include free
candy canes, cookies and hot chocolate, plus seasonal carols. Santa will pose for photos with youngsters for
those who bring their own cameras. In addition, downtown Glenside
businesses will feature coupons, in-store specials and extended hours for
great holiday shopping. Parking will be free all day in the Glenside
Commercial District.
WinterFest is
sponsored by Cheltenham Township Main Street the Downtown
Glenside Merchant's Association. Admission is free. The rain date is Saturday, December 12. For
more information, call the
Main Street Manager at 215-887-6200, ext. 113.

EASTON ROAD DEDICATION. Cheltenham Township’s 2008 WinterFest celebration on Wesley
Plaza kicked off with a dedication ceremony for the Easton Road Streetscape
and Traffic Calming Improvements completed this fall. Part of the township’s
economic enhancement imitative, the improvements beautified Downtown
Glenside with attractive streetlights, embossed crosswalks, granite curbs,
sidewalk pavers and more, and added traffic calming measures, funded in part
with nearly $1.75 million in grants from the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation and Montgomery County. The ribbon cutting ceremony featured
(left to right) Ruth Littner Shaw, Cheltenham Township Main Street Manager;
James Briggs, project implementation coordinator for the Delaware Valley
Regional Planning Commission; Morton J. Simon, Cheltenham Commissioner;
LeAnna Washington, Pennsylvania State Senator; Alan Cohen, chairman of the
Cheltenham Economic Development Task Force; Paul R. Greenwald, Cheltenham
Commissioner; David G. Kraynik, Cheltenham Township Manager; Jeffrey A.
Muldawer, Cheltenham Commissioner and Board President; Betty Cataldi,
Cheltenham School Board member; Drew Sharkey, Cheltenham Commissioner; Scott
France, principal planner for the Montgomery County Planning Commission; and
Bryan T. Havir, Cheltenham Assistant Township Manager.
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