It seemed appropriate that members of the West Conshohocken Borough Council were approached at their Nov. 11 meeting (Veterans Day) with a plan for a veterans memorial.

The Barren Hill Fire Company visited the Saint Philip Neri School Nov. 12 to demonstrate fire safety to the Pre-K, Kindergarten and first- grade classes.

Fire Police Officer Fran Thomas and two new Deputy Fire Marshals: Martin Rafter and Matt McCloskey were sworn-in at the Nov. 10 Plymouth Township Council Meeting. Council President Joe Prestia conducted the pledges, with Fire Marshal Andrew Mount standing by Police Lt. John Myrsiades.

Journal Register Company, the parent company of this newspaper, announced that it has retained Dirks, Van Essen & Murray to help manage the process of seeking buyers for certain of its daily and weekly newspaper publications located throughout its Michigan, Connecticut and Philadelphia-area clusters.

This week marks the debut of Teen Voice in The Recorder. The page gives young writers a chance to have their opinions heard and to showcase their talents.

After winning his fourth consecutive CFA title last week, Conshohocken Steelers head coach Henry Racich has decided to hang up his clipboard and hand over the reigns of his championship squad.

For the fourth year in a row, the Conshohocken Steelers walked out of the Colonial Football Alliance's Colonial Bowl V game with gleaming smiles another win tacked on to the win column. This year, the Steelers handed the Back River Bayhawks the honor of being second best.

While idol is a strong word to apply to anybody but your parents or, for 11-year-olds, inexplicably, the Jonas Brothers, I'm comfortable using it to describe Dave Barry, the Pulitzer Prize-winning humor writer who came to town recently to give a lecture, and who demonstrated to the assembled crowd that once you've won a Pulitzer, you can make hand farts into the microphone and people will still call what you're doing "lecturing."

The Whitemarsh Business Association is seeking donations of non-perishable goods for holiday gift baskets. The organization will be assembling these baskets for delivery to needy community families for the Thanksgiving holiday.

We've launched a blog to bring you content that we can't fit in the paper. Each week, we'll guide you through the ever-changing landscape of Web-based popular culture. Below is an interactive sample of the blog. Enjoy.

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