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TOWNSHIP CLICKS
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Holiday Light Show Winners!!!
Most Colorful - 245 Mayberry Road
Most Variety - 501 Brookwood Road
Most Classical - 604 Nantucket Circle
Most Creative - 565 Kingwood Road
Grand Prize: Car Stopper - 637 Pancoast Road (Picture above, music not included)
Thank you to all the participants who entered the annual Parks and Recreation Holiday Light Show contest.
Shop With A Cop
Shop With A Cop is a program designed to build positive relationships between the community and police officers. Juvenile Detective Les Glauner took Nathan Gomes to Target to shop for Christmas presents for his family and friends.
(Pictured from l. to r. Trisha, Target Store Manager; Les Glauner, UMPD Juvenile Detective; Nathan Gomes, Candlebrook Elementary School; LaVera Seymour, Optimist Club)
Holiday Workshop
The Upper Merion Emergency Aid Holiday Workshop was held at the Township Building on Thursday, December 18. Selected families participated from 1:00 PM until 5:00 PM. UMEA thanks DKG Beta Pi Sisters for assisting families in the workshop and Tom McElvogue and Rich Ryan for delivering the food.
Please continue to donate throughout the holiday season.
(Pictured from l. to r.) Barbara McElvogue, Marie Kauffman, Patricia Ryan, and Maggie Caverly) (Photo provided by: Don Herbert, UMGA-TV's Television Services Coordinator)
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COMMUNITY
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Holiday Break
The E-Newsletter will be on hiatus. We look forward to returning on Friday, January 6, 2015. Remember to follow us on Facebook and Twitter throughout the holiday season!
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Leaf Collection Ends
Crews are performing general leaf clean-up around the township. Residents requiring special pick- up must place their leaves in a bag along the curb. A "Leaf Collections Request for Services" form can be found on the website for a limited time. Click here.
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Holiday Shopping?
The Winter Market is open on Saturday, December 20 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. This is your last chance to visit our vendors before Christmas and New Year's. Remember from January to April, look for us every other Saturday, beginning January 3 2015.
Like Us/Follow Us
Join us on Facebook and Twitter for any last minute changes to our vendor line-up.
Stay In Touch
Log onto the UMFM website here throughout the holiday season.
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PARKS AND RECREATION
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Exam Prep
Practice your SAT & ACT! These practice tests are being offered Saturday, December 20. Details here.
Wizarding Camp
Come prepared to ring in the New Year; join us Tuesday, December 30 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Details here.
Get Linked
Here are some other programs being offered durimg the winter. Click here.
Public Meeting Invite
The Parks and Recreation Department is updating the township's Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan. The next public meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 6 in the Township Building's Valley Forge Room.
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POLICE
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Distraction Burglary
Here is a news release issued by the Upper Merion Police Department. Click here.
Don't Be A Victim
Police are reminding residents to be cautious when allowing any worker access into their home or business. Here are some tips.
(Tips provided by Harry Nuskey, Community Response Unit Officer)
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SENIOR CENTER
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Holiday Closing
The Upper Merion Senior Service Center will be closed as of Monday, December 22, and will reopen on Monday, January 5, 2015.
Want More?
Check out the UMSSC website for more details on all the events.
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LIBRARY
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Happy Holidays
The library will be closed on Wednesday, December 24 and Thursday, December 25 for the Christmas Holiday. The library will reopen on Friday, December 26 at 9:00 AM. The library will close at 5:00 PM on New Year's Eve, Wednesday, December 31.
De-Clutter w/ Darla
Learn ways to de-clutter and organize this New Year. Join us on Monday, January 12, at 7:00 PM. Register here.
Bookmas!
Guess the number of books in the Library's Bookmas tree and win a prize! One prize will be given by the Adult Department and one prize by the Children's Department. Entry slips are available in each department. A drawing will be held on January 2, 2015.
It's Frozen!
Warm up in Freedom Hall on Tuesday, December 30 at 2:00 PM at the library's FREE family movie matinee. Come enjoy the popular Disney movie Frozen (rated PG, 102 minutes).
Countdown to Noon!
If you are too tired to see the ball drop, families with kids 8 and under are invited to Countdown to 2015 on Wednesday, December 31 at 11:30 AM in the Little Theater. There will be stories, music, crafts and a photo booth. Don't miss the fun! Register here.
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Closing Early
The township building will be closing at 3:00 PM on Wednesday, December 31, 2015.
This Just In....
If you haven't received your winter copy of Township Lines, extra copies are at the Public Information Office.
Board Vacancies
The following township citizen boards have vacancies. Click here.
Miss Anything?
View our township website here.
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Traffic Delays
PennDOT says, the right lane will be closed on westbound Interstate 76 between the Gladwyne and Conshohocken interchanges on Monday, December 22 from 10:30 AM to 1:00 PM for repairs to a damaged drainage inlet and roadway shoulder.
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