Citizens' group proposes Black Horse restoration plan
by MIKE BENIGNO
Faced with the pulling of state grant money and a looming developer's deadline, a Springfield Township citizens' group has proposed a three-pronged $1.5 million capitol restoration initiative designed to facilitate the complete exterior restoration of the Black Horse Inn.
The plans, presented to the Springfield Township Board of Commissioners on Dec. 6, were developed by the Friends of Historic Bethlehem Pike after the organization agreed to collaborate with the Black Horse Inn Advisory Committee (BHIAC) and Springfield Township officials to help save the endangered historic structure, which has stood on Bethlehem Pike since the 1740s.
At a Nov. 30 organizational meeting, John Alveti, of the Friends' group, outlined the restoration efforts, which called for the creation of a publicity and marketing group, a fundraising group...
by MICHAEL J. MISHAK
The owners of a 41-acre tract of open space in the Springfield Panhandle have withdrawn their proposal to rezone the land for an age-restricted community. According to a Dec. 2 letter from the landowners' attorney, Frank W. Jenkins, to Springfield Township Manager Donald Berger, owners Frederick Tecce and Mary Ann Frampton are considering "alternate development possibilities."
The move preceded a Dec. 8 meeting where the township's board of commissioners was expected to announce its decision on the rezoning request, which sought to amend a sprawl-limiting zoning designation known as AAA.
If granted, the rezoning would have paved the way for developer James A. Nolen III and his plan to build an age-restricted community, consisting of three buildings -- each housing 24 condominiums -- and 64 twin homes. The proposal met significant community opposition at a public hearing in October. More than 100 people attended, many waiting hours to formally register their disapproval.
The Friends of the Springfield Panhandle, a conservation...
Hill native explores the psychology behind eating habits
by RYAN TEITMAN
Food aficionados and fans of the Food Network's Iron Chef series are long familiar with Anthelme Brillat-Savarin's oft-quoted phrase: "Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are." In Dr. Alexandra Logue's new book, The Psychology of Eating and Drinking, that phrase could best be rewritten as: "Tell me what you eat, and I will explain to you the biochemical processes involved in why you did." Dr. Logue's book explores the vast realm of what we eat, why we eat it and what it does to us once it begins the great trek through the human body. Does your stomach rumble because you are hungry, or are you hungry because your stomach is rumbling? To you, it may be an unimportant question -- you just reach for a cupcake -- but for the psychologist studying feeding behavior, how hunger occurs is a central question. Logue's first chapter epigram from William Shakespeare is particularly apt: "life consists of eating and drinking."
Dr. Alexandra Logue grew up in Chestnut Hill, attended Springside School, obtained her bachelor's and doctoral degrees at Harvard University and is now the provost and vice...