In today’s notes I mentioned the township board again discussed zoning for marijuana dispensaries. I have a few points to add. The first is to echo Commissioner Cooper’s point that if the township plans to regulate marijuana dispensaries, it should regulate it in a similar manner to tobacco […]
Nether Providence Township held its regular meeting last night – listed as a workshop and legislative meeting instead of just legislative. I’m not sure why, because in practice there’s little difference between the workshop and legislative meetings. The video of this fairly short meeting is available on Youtube […]
The township board of commissioners held their regularly scheduled workshop meeting on September 9th, video is available on Youtube. The minutes were approved and there were no public comments. The solicitor reported on the 5G right of way planned ordinance and the engineer noted that the Glenn Rd. […]
Last month, Furness Library posted a nice video that PBS made with Children and Youth Librarian Ms. Lori. It gives a good run down on what’s going on at the library, and some background about the library. Its only a few minutes, so take a look!
In 2016, Nether Providence Township contracted with a group at Temple to produce the Nether Providence Master Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan. It is a great report with lots of useful information. We’re 5 years into the plan, so today I took a 13 mile bike ride to evaluate […]
The Nether Providence Township Board of Commissioners held their one August meeting last night. The video is available on Youtube. This was the first meeting chaired by Commissioner McKenzie and was one of the shortest. Police Accreditation The meeting opened with remarks regarding the police department’s recent accreditation. […]
Rep. Krueger’s email had a lot of news of local interest this week. There were several upcoming events: Unity Day of South Media is coming up on Saturday, August 28th. This event in Sapovitts Park is always a lot of fun for all ages. On August 31st at […]
I heard from one of the commissioners that someone had spray-painted the play structure, lights and snack bar at Hepford Park last night. There was similar graffiti earlier in the year that had to be painted over previously. The township maintenance people had to switch from their other […]
The Nether Providence Police Department has announced that after numerous complaints, they have revoked the permit of Power Home Remodeling solicitors, Based on receiving numerous formal complaints regarding the aggressive sales tactics of Power Home Remodeling solicitors, and numerous related posts on social media that have been monitored […]
The Nether Providence Police department announced yesterday on Facebook (dated over a week ago), that they have been accredited by the Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission (PLEAC). What does this mean? PLEAC is an program run by the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association. According to their website, the […]
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