Today, Monday, October 18th,  OTTO Environmental Systems delivered approximately 1300 lidded wheeled recycling toters to the Borough Hall parking lot. These recycling toters where purchased with the funding the Borough obtained through the PaDep 902 grant. The recycling toters are being provided (and delivered curbside) 100% free of charge to each solid waste account holder within the Borough of Jenkintown.

Four hundred units were delivered to residences today. Borough Hall parking lot will remain closed for the remainder of the three day operation to allow the Contractors to safely assemble, stage and deliver the recycling toters to the remaining solid waste account holders.

Please Do Not Dispose Of Your Existing Recycling Bins At This Time. Arrangements are being finalized with Republic Services for a convenient centralized disposal point of existing recycling bins within the Borough by residents who choose to do so. An announcement of time frame and exact location will follow shortly. This disposal point should be in place early next week and it appears the location will be in Borough Hall parking lot. Read More »

Celebrate the spooky season with the second annual #BooInTheBoro. The Friends of the Jenkintown Library are celebrating the joys of Halloween with a house decorating competition. Dress your home in its Halloween finery and register today! Don’t miss out on this fun opportunity to celebrate the season. Follow the link to RSVP.
Google Form link: here

Treasurer/Board of Trustees: Jenkintown Library

Do you have an interest in helping libraries cultivate literacy, community, and social interaction? Would you like to be part of an organization that helps create a sustainable future for the Jenkintown Library?
If you answered “yes” to these questions, consider applying to become Treasurer of the Jenkintown Library’s Board of Trustees.

Board members terms shall be for three (3) years or such other period as may be designated by the Jenkintown Library’s Board of Trustees. Board members serve on a volunteer basis. Read More »

A reminder to all Jenkintown Residents that the 29th Annual Jenkintown Sunset 5K Run will be held today, Thursday September 9th at 6PM at the Town Square, presented by the Jenkintown Kiwanis Club. This is a rain or shine event!

Come on out and join us celebrating a Jenkintown tradition. We have capped the run this year to 250 participants so there will be no day of registration, as we are completely sold out!  The race will start at 6PM. Join us at the town square to cheer them on, or if you live along the course cheer them on as they run by, as I am sure you will see plenty of your neighbors running. Let’s show everyone what makes Jenkintown so special. Live music by Acoustic Keys featuring Jenkintown’s very own Joe Mahoney and Lisa Rountree Ridenour at the gazebo from 5-7PM will be provided as well. I you do come over to the town square please mask up for everyone’s safety!

Please be aware that there will be 250 runners on the roads that evening, so please be careful if driving at that time. Anticipate some delays, so please be patient. Also, please be aware that certain roads will be closed to traffic throughout the borough and especially around the Town Square that evening starting at 4:00PM.  The route map for the race can be found here. The runners should all be off the roads by 7:15PM.

To commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Jenkintown Borough will observe a silent vigil at Jenkintown Town Square from 8:30 am to 10:30 am, Saturday, September 11, 2021. 

The vigil honors the memory of the firefighters, police, emergency medical personnel, and other first responders who lost lives and health during their efforts to protect and rescue others affected by the events of that day.

The vigil also acknowledges the long shadow that the 9/11 events continue to cast on the United States and the world.

After brief introductory remarks, the silent vigil will begin at 8:46 am, the time that American Airlines flight 11 was flown into the World Trade Center North Tower. The vigil will end at 10:28 am, the time of the collapse of the North Tower.

While this will be a silent vigil, participants who are moved to speak about the events of 9/11 in some way are encouraged to do so. However the purpose of the vigil is not to conduct discussion or conversation.