The Nether Providence Board of Commissioners held their regular legislative meeting on May 27th. The video is available on Youtube here. A moment of silence was held for the recent passing of former township commissioner Merv Harris, who served as a state representative and wrote one of the […]
The township Board of Commissioners workshop meeting is available online in two parts (part 1 is here, part 2 is here). The meeting started with only four commissioners, with two more arriving shortly into the meeting. Parks & open space There is a discussion of parking changes on […]
This morning was a busy one for Nether Providence’s public works. There were at least two clean-ups in addition to the tree planting at Hepford Park. We had a number of families join us to dig in the dirt, plant trees and rescue errant worms. Commissioners Max Cooper […]
The township held its regular meeting on Thursday, the video is available on Youtube here. Public Safety Public comments concerned the resolution asking the county to oppose the contract renewal with the Covanta incinerator in Chester and find alternative means of reducing waste. After public comments, the board […]
Nether Providence held its workshop meeting on Thursday, April 8th. The meeting was the first one that’s taken place in person since last March, but it is available on Youtube. Unfortunately, parts of the audio are inaudible so the notes below are incomplete. The board first heard the […]
Details are now available on the township website. The cost is $285 for 5 weeks from June 28th – July 29th, with camp Monday-Thursday except on July 1st. It’ll be 8:30 to noon at NPE for children in K-6th grade (grade entering in Sept 2021). The camp will […]
The Delaware County Bureau of Elections has posted their unofficial list of candidates running in the primary on May 18th. The last day to register to vote in the May primary (or switch parties to vote in a primary) is May 3rd. You can register to vote online […]
Today was the annual CRC stream cleanup and we had a beautiful day for it. This year there were only two locations in Nether Providence – the Smedley site, which is always full, and Leiper Park. So we headed over to Leiper Park. There was a great turnout, […]
Since this blog is essentially the only media coverage of Nether Providence Township meetings, there are two topics from last week’s meeting that warrant further discussion. Covanta’s Chester Incinerator The first is the Covanta incinerator in Chester. Built in 1992, the incinerator in Chester is one of the […]
The township meeting is viewable on Youtube at this link. The board discussed a resolution from the EAC based on a request from Chester Residents Concerned with Quality Living to pass a resolution calling on the county to stop sending waste to the incinerator in the city of […]
