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In February 2018, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania announced that they would be closing the civil unit at Norristown State permanently. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] There have been some voices of dissent among the public, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] as the majority of these patients would be redirected to community residential settings and outpatient psychiatry.
William Jordan Bolton (1833–1906), Brevet Brigadier General in American Civil War. Commander of the 51st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment [1] Roy Thomas (1874–1959), Major League Baseball Player. [2] Lloyd H. Wood (1896–1964), 20th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1951 to 1955 [citation needed]
The Montgomery Cemetery Company, which originally owned and maintained the cemetery, was incorporated by act of the Pennsylvania General Assembly on April 10, 1848. The initial members of the cemetery company were William Hamil, John R. Cooken, Adam Slemmer, Henry Freedley, James Wells, Abraham Markley, John Freedley, and Joseph Fornance, with the first five being trustees. [1]
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Norristown is a municipality with home rule status and the county seat of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. [3] Located along the Schuylkill River , approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) from Philadelphia , Norristown had a population of 35,748 as of the 2020 census .
Just two weeks ago, the Adams County, Pennsylvania, SPCA was near capacity as its kennels were filled with dogs needing homes. Now, for the first time in nearly 50 years, there are no dogs at the ...
In December of that same year, Strassburger purchased the Norristown Daily Times, and a week later the two papers were merged to form the Norristown Times Herald. [2] In 1993, following the death of J.A. Peter Strassburger, his estate sold the newspaper to the Journal Register Co. That same year the paper converted to a morning edition.
Old Norriton Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located in East Norriton Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1698, and is a one-story brownstone structure measuring 37 feet, 6 inches, by 27 feet, or three bays by two bays. It has a wooden shake gable roof and round-arch windows.