One of the last events I went to at NPE (besides graduation) was STEM night. Even at that last event it was clear we were on borrowed time. But I don’t think any of us anticipated it’d be two years before STEM night returned. Before the pandemic we […]
The township held its regular meeting this week, the video is available on Youtube here. A resident of Garden City was appointed as an alternate to the Zoning Hearing board. The board also voted to reform the commissioner’s assignments. Commissioners Garson, McKenzie and Knapp keep their assignments, but […]
In collaboration with the Green Advisor program at Swarthmore College, the Nether Providence EAC has been looking into reducing the amount of waste produced by local schools. Our program has reached out repeatedly to the school district to work with them, but generally received silence in reply. A […]
Today’s DelCo Times has a piece about the upcoming magisterial district court redistricting. Court of Common Pleas President Judge Kelly is in charge of redrawing the district lines for Delaware County. Overall the court was seeking to reduce the number of district courts and balance case load. Because […]
In the aftermath of today’s much reported bridge failure in Pittsburgh, it seemed a good time to look up the state of our own local bridges. The state through PennDOT maintains an easily accessible map and listing of bridges and their conditions. In DelCo, one bridge is listed […]
The board held its regular legislative meeting this week. The video is available on Youtube. See the infrastructure item for an action item. The board started by recognizing Eagle Scout Ben Crawford and presenting him with a certificate signed by the board. The board also passed a resolution […]
Today the Guardian had a long piece about the circumstances around the potential sale of the Chester Water Authority to Aqua. Chester Water Authority serves Garden City and areas mostly west of here out into Chester County. There’s a number of nice photos included in the article, and […]
The district held its single board meeting for January this week. As expected because there was one meeting this month instead of two, it was a long meeting. Video is available on Youtube and the agenda on the school district’s website. The school safety plan was not on […]
The township board of commissioners held their first business meeting of the year this week. The video is available on Youtube. The board sent a letter of thanks to Rep. Krueger and Sen. Kane for their help in securing grant funding for the township. Appointments to Boards and […]
Republicans in the state legislature are advancing a hastily crafted constitutional amendment to change the redistricting rules the state uses. Currently, the commission crafting the maps is made up of one member of each party from each of the state’s legislative bodies as well as one member chosen […]
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