Jenkintown Matters

05/28/2026

05/25/2026

On May 27th Jenkintown Borough Council will recognize Canine Kane who passed away on April 3rd, 2026. K9 Kane served our community with honor and distinction from 2016 to 2020.

K9 Kane, a German Shepherd, was born in Slovakia on March 10, 2015. Kane trained at Tarheel Canine, a service dog training school in North Carolina founded by Jerry Bradshaw in 1994.

After three weeks of intensive training together in NC, Officer Anthony Matteo and Kane returned to Jenkintown where Tony adopted, cared for, and partnered with Kane during his patrols. Training a working dog is an on-going effort. But when his shift was done, he could rely on a good home with Tony and his family.

Kane also assisted in helping our neighboring communities when called for tracking a felon or on drug related offenses. He was instrumental in protecting businesses and communities during the summer of 2020, a period of unrest during the George Floyd protests.

Kane became a hit with the community and especially the kids who loved seeing him. The many displays of appreciation for Kane’s service include portraits made by Jenkintown students. Appreciation and recognition of their hard work was also shown by the generous donations made specifically to the Jenkintown Canine Unit by private donors in our community.

On December 31, 2020, Kane was made to retire from service and remained with the Matteo Family for the duration of his retirement.

You can find more photos and images of Kane on the Jenkintown Police Canine Unit page on Facebook.

02/04/2026

This is an excellent summation of the ruling against the borough for its violation of labor practices.

“A Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board hearing examiner issued two compan­ion decisions on August 21, 2025, together finding that the Jenkintown Borough, Pennsylvania, Police Department and Police Chief Thomas Scott committed mul­tiple unfair labor practices under the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Act (PLRA) and Act 111. Both cases stemmed from the Chief’s treatment of officers active in the Jenkintown Police Benevolent Association (PBA), the department’s bargaining representative, and together portray a pattern of anti-union hostility within the Department.”

 A Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board hearing examiner issued two compan­ion decisions on August 21, 2025, together finding that the Jenkintown Borough, Pennsylvania, Police Department and Police Chief Thomas Scott committed mul­tiple unfair labor practices under the Pennsylvania Labor Relations ...

01/30/2026

Another long time Jenkintown police officer leaves town to find employment elsewhere. Congratulations to Officer Matteo.

Now, how many officers remain here? 6?

Please join us in welcoming the newest members of the Horsham Police Department!

At last night's Council meeting, three new officers were officially sworn in. We're proud to welcome Officer Nordia Henry, Officer Edward Butterworth, and Officer Anthony Matteo to the team.

Thank you for your commitment to serving and protecting our community - we're glad to have you in Horsham! 💙🚓

12/13/2025

As promised, and please feel free to check our numbers.

Please note that all these invoices are addressed to Sean Kilkenny and not George Locke, the man who ostensibly runs the the borough.

These invoices outline charges to the Borough for an investigation into the vote of no confidence held by the Jenkintown Police Benevolent Association in October 2024. On Monday, October 27, 2025 we filed a Right-to-Know request for all invoices pertaining to this investigation from the law firm of Campbell, Durrant, PC of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania between January 2025 and October 2025.

These invoices outline charges to the Borough for an investigation into the vote of no confidence held by the Jenkintown Police Benevolent Association in October 2024. On Monday, October 27,2025...

12/12/2025

According to invoices obtained via a Right-To-Know request, the Borough spent $56,557.74 on legal fees between January and October, 2025 for its "investigation" of the JPBA's vote of No Confidence against Chief Scott.

In other words, the Borough used our tax dollars to convince us that the vote either didn't happen or that it was not unanimous... or whatever.

Given that the January invoice dates the first line item on January 3, it's possible that there's more. Of course, we'll need to file another RTK and wait another 35 days for a response.

These invoices will soon be available in the document archive of our website.

10/27/2025

Lessee... three towns, all run by one party, all now squelching the public's ability to comment at government meetings? Coincidence? Probably not.

When two Abington police officers showed up at her front door to deliver a letter, Adele Kubel knew something was amiss. What she didn’t expect was a

10/21/2025

So now the Borough is calling the JPBA a pack of liars. This gaslighting shows you how low they will stoop. Let's review, shall we?

Borough officials are defending the police chief as Jenkintown explores dismantling its police department to cut costs.

09/20/2025

Once again council and Chief Scott have dug into the basement and found a seldom enforced, dusty old rule to wave about in a desperate attempt to squash what they believe are dissenting comments and opinions. It appears that someone had the audacity to attempt to alert the community about the goings on of the school board and the superintendent.

As a result of an incredible blanketing of a flyer (most politicians would be pea-green with envy) the council and the chief, who walk in lockstep (or is it goosestep?) with the superintendent, got their knickers in a twist and blew the cobwebs off this antiquated nonsense! They got their little army of sycophants to run around ripping everything in sight off telephone poles and signposts.

If you've lost your dog...tough!.....lost your grandmother's ring?...also tough! Want to let people know of a yard sale or block party?? Well you get the drift!

Someone said something the powers that be didn't care for and the entire town is being put on notice. Notice they immediately let you know you were NOT covered by your first amendment rights and if PECO and Verizon gave two t***s about their precious telephone poles maybe we wouldn't have so many leaning over or so many that are so old they are just a pile of splinters ready to fall over with the next violent storm.

There are many ridiculous laws still on the books in Jenkintown and in PA, one of the last bastions of the "blue laws". (Look it up) that are seldom if ever enforced and in many cases are totally unknown by law enforcement.

Until this incident I have seen every possible flyer posted around town in my 50 years as a Jenkintown resident and nary a peep came down from on high as to the legality of said posters. So if it looks like retaliation to a citizen alerting other citizens of something they felt was important your eyes and mind are not deceiving you.

And who will patrol the streets in search of offenders? The single officer on duty? Or are citizens supposed to turn in their neighbors now when they witness an offense?

The folks we voted for to oversee our wonderful borough have lost their way, perhaps they should put up a flyer in search of their character!

09/11/2025

Volunteers? There’s been much ado about the fact that those who serve on the school board and Borough Council are volunteers.

What the apologists for these volunteers leave out of the discussion is how those who serve are EMPOWERED to do things that may materially hurt you.

They can seize your property. They can take your home away from you, even if you fully paid for it but got behind on your tax payments by trivial amounts. They can then sell your house at auction and keep the equity. It happens.

They supposedly work for you, but they are EMPOWERED to deprive you of your income through taxation levied against your consent by ever increasing amounts.

They are EMPOWERED to weaponize the zoning code against you. As a result, they can and will violate your civil rights if you stand up to them and their agenda.

And they are EMPOWERED to spend your money to use this power against your neighbors.

If this school board decided to expand the campus and your home stood in the way, they could seize it through eminent domain. Have they? Not yet, but they CAN.

These volunteers have access to unlimited funds to defend themselves if you fight them. Do you?

These volunteers can and probably are mismanaging both the borough and the school district towards receivership. Should you thank them for that?

So, think about this when you go before these VOLUNTEERS and thank them for their hard work and service.

They should be THANKING YOU for giving them that power.