Curious about the block's length of camera equipment set up in Hatboro locales recently, passerby craned their necks and slowed their pace as cast and crew of a new NBC drama set up shop in Hatboro for filming.

As it turns out, Hatboro residents likely won't get to see the outcome of taping that occurred two weeks ago at the Hatboro Cemetery, or the week prior at a Newington Drive home. 

The hour-long show, "Do No Harm," which stars Steven Pasquale and "The Cosby Show" mom, Phylicia Rashad, was pulled from NBC after only two episodes, according to USA Today. 

And since the Hatboro-centric episode was set to air in late April or early May, according to the ill-fated show's location manager, Demian Resnick, the world may never get to see the inside of a Newington Drive home where a flashback scene was staged, or a related scene at the cemetery. 

According to USA Today, remaining episodes of "Do No Harm" are not expected to air anytime soon.

Matthew Isaac Cross-Harris, 21, of Easton Road, Willow Grove, was arrested Jan. 25 just after 9 p.m. following a report of four intoxicated people near Kmart in the 2600 block of Moreland Road, police said. According to police, a caller said all four of the people — one woman and three men — were “having difficulty maintaining their faculties.”

According to police, the woman, later identified as Sara Ruth Dickinson, 18, of Lansdale, said that she and the three men had been smoking Phencyclidine, more commonly known as PCP, earlier.  

Following a search of Cross-Harris, prior to his arrest for public drunkenness, police said they found a silver Beretta .22-cal. handgun in his outside coat pocket. Police said the gun is registered to someone other than Cross-Harris, but it is not believed to be stolen. The gun was loaded with six 0.22LR cal. cartridges. Police said Cross-Harris does not have a concealed carry permit, and has been rendered ineligible to get one.

Cross-Harris also had a clear plastic bag in the interior pocket of his jacket which contained 11 individually packaged smaller bags of suspected marijuana, police said. Police said they also found a package of Newport cigarettes in Cross-Harris’ jacket; one of the cigarettes was coated in a wet substance, which is believed to be PCP.

Cross-Harris was charged with felony drug possession, public drunkenness and multiple unified firearms acts violations; the felony drug possession charge was withdrawn at the preliminary hearing, according to court documents.

Formal arraignment is scheduled for March 27 at 9:30 a.m.

The others that were seen at Kmart with Cross-Harris were also charged.

Dickenson; Richard Lee Stroud, 20, of North 43^rd Street, Philadelphia; and Airen Kevin Emfinger, 22, of Weikel Road, Lansdale, were all issued non-traffic citations for public drunkenness. 

Upper Moreland High School senior Anna Smith has dedicated a big part of her life to horses equestrianism. She spends a large amount of her time practicing, grooming and competing. Recently she was rewarded for her hard work and dedication.

Smith received the Junior Novice championship at the Geneso Valley Driving and Riding Club awards banquet after finishing in the top 10 of Area 1 and fourth overall in Area 2 for 2012.

Smith has been riding since she was about 5 years-old and now she has the credentials and awards to show for it. She and her horse, a former racing thoroughbred named Sir August Rush, have competed all over the east coast.

"I was the highest from my level in this area," Smith said. "It's an overall score. I compete in events across Pennsylvania, southern Pennsylvania, Unionville, in New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland an New York.

"Even if it's just a ribbon, it's a symbol of all my hard work," Smith added.

Smith's dedication to her horse is almost like a part-time job. She drives an hour every day after school to the barn in Durham Creek Farm to take care of it, and then drives an hour back to get her schoolwork done.

But the work and travel is secondary when it has to do with her true passion. Smith said she fell in love with horses at a young age when her mom took her to the June Fete where she was first introduced to these animals.

During competitions, Smith participates in eventing, with disciplines of dressage, stadium jumping and cross country. Her favorite is cross-country.

"It's invigorating because you're out going really fast and jumping over fences," Smith said. "It gives you a sense of freedom. It's a feeling like no other galloping with your horse. There is nothing better than that."

Generally there are about 10 to 20 other competitors at a given competition where they are judged on jumping and timing. The competition season lasts from about the beginning of spring until the end of September.

Smith has earned various awards throughout her competing career and hopes to continue riding in the future.

"I hope to do it for the rest of my life," Smith said. "It's something that I've always done and I can't see not doing it."

The Upper Moreland High School February Student of the month is Timothy Kistner.

Tim is a member of the National Honor Society, plays on the soccer and tennis teams and is very involved in the school play. Tim is active in Interact Club, and is involved in Boy Scouts having attained the rank of Eagle Scout. Tim was involved in the Appalachia Service project in 2010 where he helped fix under-privileged homes in Appalachia.  Tim also volunteers at the United Methodist Church League as both coach and referee.

Tim was accepted early decision to Johns Hopkins University in the fall and wants to study micro-biology and virology.

The grand opening of Orangetheory Fitness in Willow Grove will be celebrated on Friday, March 1 from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. with a ribbon-cutting presentation where one hard worker will be reward with a $2500 prize in the company’s first Weight Loss Challenge.

Orangetheory Fitness, located at 164 Park Ave. in the Willow Grove Shopping Center, recently opened its doors to the public on January 2, and has 200 members already enlisted. The workouts they offer are a unique 60-minute session described as burning up to 900 calories.

Their studio has a deep orange glow to it thanks to all-orange lighting inside.

"Orange is a main component from a science and psychology standpoint," said co-owner and studio manager Adrienne Gerhart. "We're not just a gym where you can walk in a use the facility. It's our Orange 60-minute group training class."

When you enter the front doors you will see a huge room with bright orange lights filled with tredmills, weights and various TVs that monitor your heart rate to stimulate metabolism and increase energy. It's the first of its kind in Pennsylvania.

The studio will hand $2,500 to the winner local Weight Loss Competition. That person will then be entered into a national contest where they will have the opportunity to win a $5,000 prize. The competition started on Jan. 17 and will run through the end of February. 

"Who doesn't want to win $2,500? But it's not just an enter-and-win contest," Gerhart said. "The people are in it to lose weight, that's the main goal. Yes, one person will win a cash prize, but everyone is a winner because they're losing weight.

“The March 1^st party will serve to thank our local community and members, and to welcome all others who may be interested,” Gerhart added. “We’re very excited to award our first $2,500 Weight Loss Challenge prize, too.”

Members of the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce will be on-hand at the ribbon cutting ceremony. It will also feature a live DJ, refreshments and door prizes.  

Visit the Orangetheory Fitness web site to learn more about the studio and what it offers

By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent

HARRISBURG – State Sen. Daylin Leach, D-Montgomery often compares Pennsylvania’s marijuana laws to the alcohol prohibition laws of the early 20th century.

He says it’s a culture war that one day will end. Maybe sooner than one might think.

“I’m sure that in 10 years, we will look back on prohibition as a quaint relic of the past,” Leach said.

Leach, one of the state’s most progressive lawmakers, introduced legislation to legalize marijuana use for adults age 21 and older. Leach’s legislation envisions marijuana sold alongside alcohol in state liquor stores and beer distributors, with production, distribution and sale regulated in a similar way as alcohol.

Leach made the social and economic case for marijuana legalization at a Monday afternoon news conference, where he said that keeping marijuana illegal makes criminals out of people who “smoke a plant.”

Leach said keeping marijuana illegal is irrational on several levels, comparing it to alcohol and tobacco that can be deadly but are legal. Marijuana, conversely, is prescribed medically in 18 states.

“Like the original prohibition, the prohibition of marijuana has resulted in damages far in excess of what the actual substance we’re controlling could ever do,” he said. “This is a cruel, irrational policy that we’ve had for 75 years without revisiting.”

But in Pennsylvania – especially this session – Leach’s idea is little more than a pipe dream.

Janet Kelley, deputy director of communications for Gov. Tom Corbett, said he would not sign a bill legalizing marijuana.

“Governor Corbett has personally witnessed the devastation of illegal drugs on Pennsylvania communities throughout his career,” Kelley said in an email to PA Independent. “He does not believe that loosening restrictions on illegal drugs is in the interest of public safety.”

Leach said that he didn’t think it was rational for the governor to “keep people in prison or threat of prison for marijuana” while offering up a proposal to increase the number of places that can sell alcohol, referring to Corbett’s latest liquor privatization push.

Leach said the administration is leaving millions of dollars on the table.

The state spends about $325 million a year prosecuting nearly 25,000 marijuana arrests, according federal statistics from 2006. If the drug were legalized, Leach said they would not only save that money, but make additional millions from taxing marijuana — at least $25 million a year, he said.

Opponents to legalization point out that social costs could outweigh the benefits. The Office of National Drug Control Policycompares the situation to alcohol, which they say costs more than it takes in.

“Federal excise taxes collected on alcohol in 2007 totaled around $9 billion; states collected around $5.5 billion,” reads the federal government fact sheet on legalization. “Combined, these amounts are less than 10 percent of the estimated $185 billion in alcohol‐related costs to health care, criminal justice, and the workplace in lost productivity.”

The office bolsters the drug’s danger by citing negative effects of marijuana as “dependence, respiratory and mental illness, poor motor performance, and impaired cognitive and immune system functioning.”

Leach doesn’t necessarily have public opinion on his side. The latest Franklin and Marshall Collegepoll found that 55 percent of polled Pennsylvania voters oppose marijuana legalization, compared to 36 percent in support.

However, legalization marijuana for medical use has widespread bipartisan support. The poll found 82 percent of polled voters “strongly” or somewhat” favor allowing adults to use marijuana if a doctor recommends it. About 76 percent of polled voters said the same in 2006. The poll surveyed 622 Pennsylvania voters between Jan. 29 and Feb. 3, with a margin of error of 3.9 percentage points.

Terry Madonna, executive director of the Center for Politics and Public Opinion at the college, called the support “overwhelming.” But without any real legislative push, the concept wouldn’t go far.

“To do this it take the leadership from the Legislature and the governor to endorse it,” he said, “and I haven’t heard that to be the case.”

Leach said while he supports medical marijuana proposals, he does not think that solves the problem of “marijuana prohibition.”

Allen St. Pierre, executive director of the Washington, D.C.,-based National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, has lobbied on behalf of state and federal policy changes for decades.

He said seeing a legalization proposal pop up in Pennsylvania was surprising, but that it’s happening more and more — especially since voters in Washington state and Colorado approved legalization in a referendum in the November 2012 election.

“We did not have the commonwealth of Pennsylvania on our radar scope at all,” St. Pierre said. “We think that’s indicative of how politically salient the issue for marijuana reform is today.”

Ten states have legalization bills pending, compared to one state five years ago, St.Pierre said. And a federal discussion began on Capitol Hill last week with pro-marijuana proposals from Reps. Jared Polis, D-Colo., and Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore.

Their bills would create federal laws regulating production and retail sale for marijuana in states that have already legalization consumption for medical or recreational uses.

“Mr. Leach may be slightly ahead of the curve in Pennsylvania, but he’s pretty much on the curve nationally,” St. Pierre said.

Contact Melissa Daniels at melissa@paindependent.com

Due to the Presidents Day holiday, there will be no yard waste pickup on Monday, Feb. 18. 

Yard waste pickup will resume on Monday, Feb. 25.

It was the last game of the season, a horrible loss to the New York Giants.

And Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Michael Vick, returning for the first time in more than a month after injury, had once again been battered and bruised.

But this time, Vick lashed out: blasting his teammates for a lack of effort and heart.

We all thought that was the last Birds fans would ever see of the controversial QB.

After all, Vick had spent most of the season injured. And when he was on the field, he was producing too many costly turnovers.

He was due a bonus if kept on the roster. And about $15 million if he played next season. So everyone thought Vick would be cut right after the Super Bowl.

Well, guess who's back?

New coach Chip Kelly made a move that most fans are questioning and hating by announcing this week that Vick has restructured his contract and will be donning the green jersey for another year.

He didn't name him the starter, but since Vick will earn $7.5 million -- and possibly $10 million if he meets incentives -- you can expect him behind center next year.

Kelly, I guess, sees Vick as being capable and competent enough to run his high-octane offense.

This doesn't bode well for rookie Nick Foles, who showed some strong signs of life during his six starts last year, but also made some rookie mistakes, which is expected.

So Foles could be a goner, with former Coach Andy Reid also expressing interest in Foles playing for his Kansas City Chiefs. That might be a great fit for Foles.

With the NFL Draft coming up in April, don't be surprised if Foles gets traded. It seems like Kelly has determined that Foles doesn't have a future as his QB.

Also, don't expect Trent Edwards to stick around. He may be great to have in camp or maybe he can make it again as third strng, especially if Foles is traded.

The Birds could also take another quarterback in the draft, one whom Kelly and his staff can groom.

But now that Kelly has signed Dennis Dixon, his former University of Oregon QB, the camp battle looks a little uneven.

Dixon knows how to run Kelly's offense. Big advantage there.

Dixon, believe it or not, also has two Super Bowl rings in his possession: one as a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers and another while on the practice squad this past year for the Baltimore Ravens.

You never know, Dixon could beat out Vick in camp for the starting job.

Anyway, this quarterback situation isn't going as Birds fans had hoped or anticipated. It will be interesting how this off-season develops.

But, for now, know this: Michael Vick is your starting quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles for 2013.

By Eric Boehm | PA Independent

HARRISBURG — After a year of waiting, Gov. Tom Corbett placed his chips on the table last week.

Tuesday, state Sen. John Rafferty, chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, called that bet and raised it.

Rafferty said he would like to see a final transportation funding plan that totals at least $2.7 billion in new annual revenues, exactly a week after the governor outlined a plan to increase funding for roads, bridges and mass transit by $1.7 billion annually.

“Ours will be a higher financing level,” Rafferty said. “My goal is to reach $2.7 billion or $2.8 billion.”

Corbett’s proposal would uncap a portion of the state’s gasoline tax as the primary source of new revenue. The oil franchise tax, as it is technically known, would gradually rise over five years from the current limit — applied only to the first $1.25 of the wholesale price of gasoline. The governor’s plan would also decrease another portion of the gasoline tax by about 20 percent.

Rafferty said Tuesday he supports those proposals but also wants to increase the cost of vehicle registration and drivers’ license fees, which have not been raised since 1997. Rafferty said those increases are “under serious consideration” because they would move the final revenue figure closer to his $2.7 billion total.

There appears to be bipartisan support in the state Senate for a higher level than what the governor proposed.

SenateMinority Leader Jay Costa described Corbett’s $1.7 billion spending plan Monday morning as “not enough,” a view, he said, several of his caucus members share.

“If we’re going to take a bite at this apple, I’d like to take as big of a bite as we can get,” said state Sen. Richard Alloway, R-Franklin, on Tuesday.

Asked Tuesday if he would approve a plan that went above his $1.7 billion baseline by raising vehicle fees, Corbett said he was trying to keep the taxpayers in mind, “first and foremost.”

“I made, in our budget proposal, what I considered to be a reasonable proposal in light of the economic times on the taxpayers,” Corbett said, noting the state House would also have to sign off on any higher funding level approved by the state Senate.

But Republican leaders in the state House are not showing their hand just yet.

“Right now I’d just be shooting from the hip if I gave you a number,” state Rep. Dick Hess, R-Bedford, chairman of the House Transportation Committee, said Tuesday. “At this point we don’t know if we’re going to have to go higher.”

Many lawmakers asking for more revenue point to the 2011 report from the Transportation Funding Advisory Commission– created by Corbett and chaired by PennDOT Secretary Barry Schoch– that indicated Pennsylvania would need between $2.7 billion and $3.5 billion in new annual revenues to address its transportation infrastructure issues.

Schoch, who addressed the Senate Transportation Committee on Tuesday, said the department was prepared to meet with individual members to discuss specific projects in their districts, a key point in the process of rounding up votes for a transportation bill.

He said a website would be set up to inform the public about how the new revenues from a higher gasoline tax – and potentially higher vehicle fees – would be spent, and to identify which bridges would remain in disrepair if nothing was approved.

“There are consequences either way and benefits either way,” Schoch said.

As for the gasoline tax increase, Schoch said it was unknown how much of the hike would be passed along to motorists, but an economist with the American Petroleum Institute said last week the tax increase would be shifted to the price at the pump.

The overall total of the package could climb to $3 billion when combined with expected savings from passing some bridge projects to private developers, who will rebuild and then toll them, Rafferty said.

Last year, the state created a new board to oversee and approve public-private partnerships for rebuilding state roads and bridges along with other projects such as the privatization of the motorist information hotline.

Schoch said major bridge projects could be taken off the state’s to-do list by allowing a private company to lease the bridge for a set period, rebuild it and apply tolls to it. Under new federal guidelines, those tolls dollars would have to be used on that same highway or on nearby roads.

Schoch said the state would use the so-called “P3” process for major bridges, not local routes, and would focus on the southeast part of the state.

Polling shows an overwhelming majority of the state’s residents favor spending more money on transportation, but most are unwilling to open their own wallets to pay for it.

It seems they won’t have much of a choice – whether via higher taxes, higher fees or new tolls – if they want to keep driving in the state.

After winning the Philadelphia regionals last month, more than 40 students from The Queen of Angels Regional Catholic School will head to Washington D.C. this weekend for the Future City Competition national finals.

The Future City Competition is a project in which students in grades 6-8 build cities of the future using aspects of math, science, writing, art and public speaking. The students create these fictional cities using SimCity4 Deluxe. Students participating in the project utilize the following skills:

• Apply math and science concepts to real-world issues
• Develop writing, public speaking, problem solving, and time management skills
• Research and propose solutions to engineering challenges
• Discover different types of engineering and explore careers options
• Learn how their communities work and become better citizens
• Develop strong teamwork skills

The Queen of Angels student have come up with the idea for a city called Naibhora, India, which is supposed to be modeled in the year 2173. Their engineering team came up with the idea to prevent flooding during the monsoon season, while also gathering, cleaning and storing water for use during the dry months. Their idea falls within this year's theme of "Rethink Runoff," where stormwater management is the key.

Some of the Queen of Angels team includes eighth-graders Nathaniel Klein, twin brothers Greg and Jack Galbreath, Maura O'Malley, Kelly Ann Ryan, Kayla Sawick and Harry Scanlon.

The grand prize is a trip to Space Camp.

Of course, nothing is set in stone just yet, but with phrases like "80 percent sure" and "pragmatism and practicality" being floated around, it is possible that Montgomery County may be home to a hot race in the 2014 Pennsylvania governor's race.

Montgomery County Commissioner Bruce Castor has not put a percentage on his desire to enter the race, but has said he is keeping a close eye on the current governor, Tom Corbett's actions in the second half of his term.

"I'm not going to run just to make a splash. I want Pennsylvania to go down the right path," Castor said in an interview with Pennsylvania Cable Network, covered by Patch in January. "I want Pennsylvania to be a conservative state, but with pragmatism and practicality. I don't see those things happening, but I'm watching."

At that time, he'd said he'd gone from "sticking his toes" in the waters of the 2014 race for Pennsylvania governor to calling it "more up to the ankles."

On the democrat's bill, Rep. Allyson Schwartz was cited by Montgomery County Democratic Chairman Marcel Groen as being about "80 percent of the way" to launching a bid, according to CapitolWire.

Schwartz's chief of staff, Rachel Magnuson, confirmed the congresswoman’s interest to POLITICO. As representative of the 13th Congressional District, which encompasses most of the county, Schwartz has not yet made the move official.

When asked about the 80 percent comment, Schwartz told the Morning Call "that's pretty accurate."

According to philly.com's Clout, Schwartz also "has $3.1 million in her campaign fund, raised under the strict restrictions for federal races. She can dump that all into a run for governor, since state regulations are far more lax."

Should the two become the ticket for the 2014 race, the county is likely to be a hotbed of activity. With two local faces in a race for governor, the county could be home to the next leader of Pennsylvania.

Be the first one to correctly identify where this photo was taken in Upper Moreland Township. Write you answer in the comments section below. The winner will be revealed in next weeks photo.

The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission invites nominations of Montgomery County residents who have been influential in advancing civil rights, equal opportunity, intergroup relations or human dignity.

Nominees will be considered for the commission's Montgomery County Advisory Council 2013 Joseph X. Yaffe-Robert Johnson Smith Civil Rights Awards. 

"There are courageous people in our communities who are voices for equal opportunity, tolerance and civility," Executive Director JoAnn Edwards said. "This year's awards program recognizes those who speak and act to ensure the rights of others, regardless of their differences."

Award categories will include Law Enforcement, Equal Opportunity Advocacy, Education, Community Service, K-12 Student Service, Ethnic Harmony/Interfaith Understanding and Lifetime Achievement. 

The awards are named for two prominent Montgomery County civil rights leaders and a former Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission chairman. The Homer C. Floyd Lifetime Achievement Award was named in honor of the commission's former executive director who held that position for 41 years.

Awards have been made since 1983 by the commission's Montgomery County Advisory Council. The volunteer organization works to extend the reach of the commission in promoting equal opportunity and educating county residents about their civil rights and legal responsibilities. 

The council is currently headed by Andrea Lawful-Trainer of Glenside. 

Honorees will be recognized at a May 23 luncheon in Abington, Montgomery County.

The deadline for submitting nominations is March 31. Nomination forms and submission instructions can be found online at www.phrc.state.pa.us.

Information courtesy of Shannon Powers, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission

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By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent

HARRISBURG – A Philadelphia state lawmaker wants to make sure that Pennsylvania citizens aren’t needlessly spied on by aerial drones.

State Rep. Angel Cruz, D-Philadelphia, circulated a co-sponsorship memo Tuesday for a bill requiring law enforcement to get a court order from a judge before using “unmanned aircraft surveillance” in the commonwealth.

Cruz told his fellow lawmakers that the point of the bill is to protect against invasions of privacy. He also said his legislation would ensure drones would not be used in Pennsylvania “without reasonable cause given for their use and proper approval given from the court system.”

The authorization would be similar to the current rules law officers follow to intercept communication.

So far, the bill has four co-sponsors.

Cruz introduced the same bill last session. It was referred to the House Judiciary Committee, though it didn’t see a vote.

But the bill could have a different fate this year, as the national context of drone legislation in 2013 is much different. A growing number of states are looking to restrict domestic drone use in their airspace, or ban them altogether.

To the west, Missouri lawmakers are considering drone restrictions that would prevent government agencies from using drones and require police to get a warrant.

To the south, in the commonwealth of Virginia, a bill is pending that would prohibit state and local law enforcements from using drones until mid-2015. But Gov. Bob McDonnelll hasn’t yet said whether he’ll sign off on the legislation.

Further down the interstate, in Florida, lawmakers are considering a drone ban except for situations authorized by the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. The bill would keep law enforcement agencies from using drones to gather evidence against suspects. Beyond that, it would provide a legal mechanism to sue if the government violated the law.

Such legislation is praised by privacy rights groups like the American Civil Liberties Union, which has filed a lawsuit against the federal government in regards to international drone use, specifically, the targeted drone killing of three U.S. citizens abroad as well as Freedom of Information Act lawsuits connected to the release of drone use records.

On domestic drone use, the ACLU advocates for clear privacy protections as well as usage limits.

“Routine aerial surveillance would profoundly change the character of public life in America,” the ACLU said on its website. “Rules must be put in place to ensure that we can enjoy the benefits of this new technology without bringing us closer to a ‘surveillance society’ in which our every move is monitored, tracked, recorded, and scrutinized by the government.

Contact Melissa Daniels at melissa@paindependent.com