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View MoreLower Merion red-light cameras yield 663 citations, expansion eyed
Lower Merion's red-light cameras at Lancaster Avenue and Remington Road have issued 663 citations since July 13, and the township is considering adding cameras at two more intersections that could initially generate an estimated $24 million annually.
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View MorePenn Wynne loses all bus service as SEPTA overhaul takes effect
SEPTA's New Bus Network Phase 1 permanently eliminated Route 106 on Aug. 24, leaving Penn Wynne without any bus service, while Gladwyne also lost all bus access through cuts to Routes 44 and 52.
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View MoreLower Merion parents can opt into Securly Home to track school devices
Lower Merion School District parents can sign up for Securly Home through the PowerSchool Parent Portal to monitor their child's school-device browsing and set home time limits before the Sept. 8 school year opens.
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View MoreWest Nile virus found in Wynnewood mosquito sample
West Nile virus was detected in a Wynnewood mosquito sample collected Aug. 13, making Lower Merion the second Main Line community to confirm the virus this summer after Radnor's July detection at Racke Park.
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View MoreSEPTA bus overhaul hits Lancaster Avenue Sunday
SEPTA's first comprehensive bus network redesign in 63 years takes effect Sunday, Aug. 23, changing 30 routes including the Lancaster Avenue corridor through Lower Merion Township.
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View MoreWest Nile Virus detected in Wynnewood mosquito sample
West Nile Virus was detected in a Wynnewood-area mosquito sample collected Aug. 13, marking the first confirmed case in Lower Merion Township this season, with 29 positive samples countywide and health officials urging residents to eliminate standing water.
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View MoreJudge lets Bryn Mawr psychiatrist keep treating patients despite her sexual relationship with a high school patient
Commonwealth Court Judge Stella Tsai ruled Aug. 17 that Bryn Mawr psychiatrist Amy Mazza MacIntyre may continue treating patients while appealing her license revocation for a sexual relationship with a former Lower Merion High School patient, finding she poses no threat to current patients despite the state's argument that only revocation protects the public.
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View MoreSmoke from faulty light ballast triggers 1 a.m. alarm in Ardmore
Merion Fire Company volunteers responded to a fire alarm at 429 W. Montgomery Ave. in Ardmore at 1:26 a.m. Tuesday, traced smoke to a malfunctioning basement light ballast, and cleared the building with no fire and no injuries — the third Ardmore call in 48 hours.
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View MoreBurned food fills Ardmore apartment hallway with smoke
Firefighters responded to a building fire call at 225 Cobblestone Drive in Ardmore on Monday after smoke from burned food filled a first-floor hallway; no active fire was found and no injuries were reported.
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View MoreMerion Fire Company investigate false alarm at Suburban Square
Merion Fire Company crews responded to a fire alarm at 49 Anderson Ave. in Suburban Square on Sunday, Aug. 16, and found no emergency, the fourth call to Ardmore's commercial district since early July.
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View MoreMerion Fire Company responds to second elevator rescue in a month
Merion Fire Company of Ardmore responded to an elevator emergency at 401 W. Lancaster Ave. in Haverford on Aug. 15, its second elevator rescue in less than a month, highlighting the range of non-fire calls the township's oldest volunteer company handles each year.
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View MoreBrush fire on Montgomery Avenue in Wynnewood extinguished Tuesday evening
Engine 25 from the Merion Fire Company of Ardmore extinguished a brush fire on the 300 block of Montgomery Avenue in Wynnewood on Tuesday evening, marking the fourth fire incident in Lower Merion Township in six days.
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