Local governments rely on groups of citizen volunteers to oversee many of their functions. Larger governments have too much going on for elected officials to oversee everything in their purview, while smaller governments don’t have the staff available to be experts on everything needed. If you want to […]
The write-ins have now been posted, so we have a near-complete picture of the results of the 2021 election. Here are the current winners of offices up for election in Nether Providence Township in 2021. I am not including judicial retentions – all judges were retained. Results in […]
The Nether Providence Township Board of Commissioners held their workshop meeting yesterday. The agenda is available on the township website, and the video is available on Youtube. Only five members of the board were present, it was alluded the other members were ill. New part-time police officer Michael […]
Delaware County has created a form to collect feedback on the county’s sustainability goals. It takes a while to fill out because its a pretty lengthy form. It provides a good deal of information summarizing the plan, which is worth a read even if you don’t have the […]
The WSSD School Board held its usual meeting tonight. The video is available on Youtube, and the agenda is available on Board Docs as usual. It was a short meeting with no focus topic. The student representative reported on the many activities going on – the Halloween parades […]
Although it appears there are mail-in ballots still out, especially in Wards 1 and 2, it does not appear they will change the results. Voters in Nether Providence largely chose to keep things as they are in the township. County results are posted here, and state results are […]
Tomorrow, Nov. 2nd is Election Day for local and judicial offices in Pennsylvania. Walking around Garden City, I’ve heard from people not planning to vote. Here’s some of the reasons, “These offices aren’t important.” County councilors, township commissioners and school board members have narrower responsibilities than state and […]
The township held its regular legislative meeting for the month tonight. The video is available here. It was a fairly short meeting. It was noted today is Hope for Haillie Teen Mental Health Awareness Day, as proclaimed at the previous meeting. The township engineer noted that most grant […]
At the school board meeting this week, a parent complained about two books in the school library. Both books are by LGBT authors of color. Several speakers that followed spoke in response about the many reasons for supporting LGBT youth in our community. And part of that support […]
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