THE ASCENSION GROUP is graciously hosting another free community shredding event on Saturday, June 25, 2016 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in front of 510 West Avenue. This event is open to the entire Community with a shredding limit of 2 file boxes or 4 grocery bags.
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Borough Hall Closed Today
This morning PECO informed the Borough that the transformer servicing Borough Hall did not upgrade correctly. PECO will begin work replacing this transformer around 9:30 am. The Police Department is fully staffed and continuing daily operations. Both the emergency and non-emergency numbers will be functioning on emergency power.
The Borough Administrative Offices were just informed that will be losing power around 9:30 am for what is an indeterminate amount of time. All power (computer systems and telephone communication) will not be functioning.
Due to the loss of phone service and computer access, Borough Hall will be closed today June 14th. Borough Hall is expected to be open tomorrow morning, June 15th at 8 am. We apologize for any inconveniences this may cause as this was not a scheduled procedure.
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Good Day Philadelphia Comes to Jenkintown
Fox29 will be broadcasting their Good Day Philadelphia show live from Jenkintown this Friday, June 10. The show airs from 6:30 – 10am. It’s a great chance to show off our community to the Delaware Valley! Read More »
Good Day Drives You!
Exciting News! On June 10th from 7 A.M. until 10 A.M. FOX 29’s Good Day Philadelphia is coming to Jenkintown to feature the Borough in the segment: Good Day Drives You!
Good Day Philadelphia will be coming into town to film their entire morning show from Town Square. They will highlight everything that makes Jenkintown Borough a unique and special place. The show will be highlighting the Borough businesses and activities including the Annual Festival of the Arts! Planning is in full effect to make sure that all businesses and groups are included in the event. As more details are known we will be sure to distribute them accordingly. There is a lot of excitement surrounding this event. Please make plans to join us and be part of this opportunity to highlight Jenkintown Borough and all it has to offer.
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PECO Power Outages
PECO is in the final stages of the electrical upgrade project. PECO states that the attached letter was mailed approximately on May 13th notifying customers of power outages. Additionally, PECO stated that customers would also receive a separate notice 72 hours in advance of the scheduled interruption. The Borough has had numerous complaints that these notifications had not been received.
As they wrap up the project, PECO will be scheduling brief power interruptions (approx. 4-6 hours in duration) between May 31 – June 10. The Borough is in communication with PECO attempting to obtain the remaining disruption schedule so it can be distributed to Borough residents by email blast, Facebook and on the Borough website. Read More »