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View MoreBryn Mawr locks campus buildings, bars ICE agents
Bryn Mawr College is installing card readers on academic buildings in a three-phase rollout starting during fall break, explicitly designating locked spaces as off-limits to ICE agents and outside law enforcement.
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View MoreNorristown man pleads guilty in Lower Merion carjacking spree
Anthony Bell, 20, of Norristown pleaded guilty in federal court to armed carjacking charges stemming from a January 2025 spree that ended with a high-speed chase and crash on I-76 in Lower Merion Township; he faces at least 14 years in prison with sentencing set for March 2027.
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View MoreMontgomery County adds MMR clinics as Pa. measles deaths hit 5
Montgomery County is running its first-ever community MMR vaccine clinics as Pennsylvania's measles death toll reaches five with 943 confirmed cases statewide. No cases have been reported in Montgomery County, but local vaccination rates have dipped below the herd-immunity threshold.
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View MoreLower Merion fire companies stage live-fire demo for officials
Seven Lower Merion volunteer fire companies, Narberth Ambulance, the Fire Marshal's Office and the LMPD staged a joint live-fire demonstration for commissioners and school board officials on Sept. 30 at Station 25 in Ardmore.
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View MoreWayne man charged as co-leader of cartel-linked cocaine ring
Federal prosecutors allege Wayne resident Edward Basley, 47, co-led a drug trafficking organization that moved $5–10 million in cocaine monthly from Mexico to Philadelphia, resulting in a 10-defendant indictment and more than $17 million in seized drugs.
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View MoreBlue Route stabbing suspect held for trial in Lower Merion
Samuel Marquez, 40, of Kensington, was held for trial on aggravated assault charges after a road-rage stabbing on the Blue Route in Lower Merion; he faces arraignment in Montgomery County Court in November.
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View MoreLower Merion surveys students on safety, inclusion in October
Lower Merion School District will survey all students in grades 3–12 on safety, inclusion and trusted-adult connections in early October as part of its new Strategic Plan; parents must submit an opt-out form by Sept. 30.
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View MoreLower Merion commissioners split on $375K police drone plan
Lower Merion commissioners are divided over a $375,000, five-year automated police drone program pitched by Police Superintendent Andrew Block, with supporters citing faster emergency response and skeptics demanding privacy safeguards before the proposal can move into the 2027 budget.
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View MoreNor'easter could bring flooding, outages to Lower Merion by Friday
A nor'easter could bring heavy rain, flooding and damaging wind gusts to Lower Merion Township by Friday, adding to a punishing 2026 storm season that has already cost the township $1.2 million.
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View MoreRabid coyote near Lower Merion prompts CDC exposure warning
A CDC advisory warning of rising rabies exposures arrives as Montgomery County recorded its fifth rabies case of 2026, a coyote killed in neighboring Cheltenham Township after it attacked a resident and a dog near the Lower Merion border.
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View MoreGladwyne attorney faces assault charge after Cynwyd Trail incident
Gladwyne attorney Thomas Bosworth, known on TikTok as "Tommy The Lawyer," faces simple assault and harassment charges after four witnesses told police they saw him choke his girlfriend on the Cynwyd Heritage Trail in Bala Cynwyd on Sept. 3.
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View MoreMontgomery County adds measles clinics after third Pa. death
Montgomery County is offering free MMR vaccine clinics throughout October as Pennsylvania's measles outbreak claims a third life, a 40-year-old unvaccinated woman in Jefferson County.
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