Lower Frederick
Several seats are vacant now, or soon may become so, on Lower Frederick Township's various advisory boards, commissions, and committees. If you can spare time to help the community, let Manager Mark Hudson know.
Despite the effort needed to wade through a mountain of job applications, Lower Frederick Police Chief Paul Maxey on Tuesday told township supervisors he has 75 "outstanding" options to find a new officer.
Lower Frederick supervisors re-elected Chuck Yeiser as chair, and Marla Hexter as vice chair, of their board during the township's annual reorganization meeting, held virtually on Monday night.
Since late June, the township Board of Supervisors has discussed its desire to bring Lower Frederick into the super-fast telecommunications future. Its solicitor proposes zoning law changes to meet the need.
To avoid raising township taxes next year, Lower Frederick supervisors Wednesday approved a 2021 tentative general fund budget of $2.1 million, including cash to cover an anticipated $283,625 deficit.
State money to cover coronavirus-related expenses will soon be delivered to 27 local fire departments and companies, and another nine ambulance and emergency medical service providers.
A just-released PennDOT study includes the Zieglerville roundabout that opened at Routes 29 and 73 during 2009 among 22 that have proven effective in reducing traffic crashes and fatalities.
Sen. Bob Mensch can count, and he thinks these numbers don't work. Grab some free live-streamed yoga classes, but there's a catch: you've got to be old enough. And in Norristown, the construction scene.