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GIRLS NIGHT OUT:   MARCH 7, 7PM - 10PM

3/6/2019

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From the Junior Women’s Community Club of Narberth:

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We are excited to announce that this year’s “Girls Night Out” will be on Thursday, March 7, 2019 at the Merion Tribute House. We will be raising money in support of "A Better Chance" in Lower Merion. Mark your calendar!
It’s this Thursday, so grab your friends and get your tickets at:
​ http://www.narberthwomensclub.org

​$48 per person, $55 at the door
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Narberth Update

3/6/2019

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Narberth News and Notes

Saturday, March 16 - Great Narberth Leprechaun Hunt
Get St. Patrick's Day started early with this free family event. Kids hunt for leprechauns throughout downtown Narberth, collecting treats along the way. When they find them all, they earn a St. Paddy’s Day prize. The hunt goes until 4 pm or while prizes last. More information here. 

Thursday March 21 - Celebrating Victoria Donohoe
Join Narberth Civic Association in a celebration of  the life and career of Victoria Donohoe on March 21st, from 7-9 pm, in the West Wing of the Narberth Community Building (80 Windsor Avenue, Narberth, PA).

Saturday, April 27 - Narberth Take A Breather 5 Mile Run
Online registration is open here for the annual Narberth Run.

Narberth Comprehensive Plan
This link takes you to draft of the proposed Comprehensive Plan on the Borough website. A Comprehensive plan is a long-range planning tool that helps municipalities guide future growth and development. It provides broad goals and specific strategies and implementation recommendations that form the basis for future decision-making to achieve the vision for the future.

How and why is Narberth creating a comprehensive plan? Narberth Borough set out to adopt its first Comprehensive plan to identify the community’s shared vision for the future and establish guidelines for a coordinated implementation of strategies to aid in achieving this vision. This plan is the result of a year-long process of data gathering and public input to establish the community vision and attempts to answer the question of what defines “Narberth”. The plan links the various causes and effects of change in the borough, and provides goals and recommendations to guide borough leaders in making decisions that will further the goals of the community.

How do I participate? You can attend one of the upcoming public meetings or provide feedback via the link provided on the Borough’s website, or here.
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Gas Station Robbery

10/25/2018

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Narberth Chief of Police, John Gallagher, asked me to forward this press release to community members. It describes the Monday robbery at the Net Cost Gas Station, 800 Montgomery Ave. 
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Chief Gallagher advises everyone to call 9-1-1 if they see the male in the press release photo.  He’s to be considered armed & dangerous.
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This is the security camera video. 
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September 21 Update of PECO Gas Project

9/25/2018

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From Utility Line Services:
​"​This is to update you all on our progress in Narberth that we have  to date and prep you for what is upcoming. In the next couple weeks.  All the services on the Essex Ave project will be complete today.  The retirement for this job is scheduled for this upcoming Monday weather permitting.  This will complete all of the work on the following streets:

  • Essex Ave from Haverford to Montgomery Ave
  • Wynnedale from Essex to the end of the road
  • Stepney Place from Essex to Montgomery
  • Shady Lane from Wynnedale to Montgomery
  • Elm Terrace from Essex to the end of the road
  • Barrie Rd from Essex to the end of the road
 
The service crews are currently have half the services complete and should be complete with the services on this job by the end of the week barring any issues with customer contacts.  If we get the services complete on Forrest by the end of the week we will also have the Low Pressure Cast Iron mains retired on Forrest Ave between Woodbine and Haverford As well as Woodbine Ave between Narberth Ave and Essex Ave.  Once the services are complete on Forrest these crews will progress to Narberth Ave between Haverford Ave and Montgomery Ave.
 
My other grouping of service crews are working on Wayne Ave between Essex and Narberth Ave as well As Price Ave between Grayling and Narberth Ave.  These streets should be completing over the next two weeks and we are set up to retire the mains right behind the last service transfer on each project.
 
I have had a crew working to prepare the retirements on all active jobs to expedite the retirements and complete our work for this year as quickly as possible.  Since there is no area for a check on the attached spreadsheet for retirement prep they will be marked as main installation, but be assured all the main installation is complete for this year’s work.  This will only be small holes plated for the retirement preparations.
Updated project spreadsheet here.
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Borough Hall Weekly Newsletter - 9/7/18

9/10/2018

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The Borough's weekly email from  September 7, 2018, is here. 

TELL A FRIEND! Forward this email and click here to receive Narberth's Newsletter EACH WEEK!

For up-to-date information on trash collection and meetings, please see the calendar on Narberth's website https://www.narberthpa.gov/.
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Fall Events in Narberth

9/4/2018

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Sidewalk Festival and Music Fest - September 13-16
Sidewalk Sale from Thursday to Saturday.  Music & Arts Fest on Sunday. More details here. 

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Meet and Greet - September 15
The Narberth Civic Association invites you to join them for a community welcome party to welcome your new neighbors! Enjoy light drinks and snacks with friends both old and new.

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Meet the Author - September 26
Narberth Library is hosting Beck Dorey-Stein, talking about her book From the Corner of the Oval at Narberth Borough Hall 9/26 at 7 PM. 
The event is free to the public. Books are available to order in advance through the Narberth Bookshop (Narberthbookshop@gmail.com)

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Narberth Oktoberfest - October 6
The Main Line’s first Oktoberfest returns to the Narberth Park location for the first time since 2015.  It will be held from 5pm to 9pm, on October 6, under lighted festival tents next to the Narberth Community Library.


The $45 ticket price includes live music, beer and wine, and festival food, including a pig roast, turkey, pretzels, brats & sauerkraut, dessert, and more. A limited amount of complimentary souvenir mugs will be waiting at the door for early ticket purchasers. Proceeds benefit the Narberth Dickens Festival and the Friends of Sabine Park. More information and tickets here. 

This event returns to Narberth Park by popular request. Held first in Narberth’s Borough Hall in 2008, the Narberth Oktoberfest was moved to Narberth Park in 2011, and was held there for five years before moving into Narberth’s downtown for two years.

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Narberth "Unofficial" Scavenger Hunt -  Oct 13
2018 INFO AND REGISTRATION
Narberth residents, Cyndi and Tom Rickards, revived an old Narberth tradition in 2011 when they gathered some friends and brought back the Narberth Scavenger Hunt.  This new incarnation of the event proved to be a great time for all involved, and an opportunity to raise funds each year for a good local cause. For ages 21+

The Hunt takes place on a Saturday night each October, and the clues lead participants all throughout the Borough.  It starts and ends this year in Commerce Alley, right behind The Greeks Next Door.  ​
The Basics:
Date:  Saturday, October 13th – Rain or Shine!
Time:  7:00pm Hunt Briefing 
Start:  Behind the Greek's Next Door
Register: www.narberthscavengerhunt.com
Contact:  Cyndi Rickards: narberthscavengers@gmail.com or 610-905-4028

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Witches of Narberth - October 27
​Before the Halloween Parade and trick-or-treating get started, there's a free family event that's become a Main Line kid favorite – The Witches of Narberth!

On Saturday, October 27, 2018, at 1pm, on the corner of Forrest and Haverford Avenues, Halloween kicks off with this popular annual scavenger hunt. Children of all ages are invited to join in this free event, where kids search downtown Narberth high and low for thirteen of the witchiest witches around. They collect treats along the way, and then return to the start to collect a Halloween prize. Costumes are welcome, but totally optional.   The hunt goes until 4 pm or until prizes are gone. Details here. 

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Halloween Bike Ride - October 28
Join Narberth Cycling Club for our 2nd annual Halloween costume “pedal party” !

Details: We'll gather downtown at 4:30pm for a pre-ride Halloween Social. Help yourself to some apple cider & spiced cookies while you chat with neighbors & friends. After a quick review of road safety rules, we'll depart around 5:30pm for a 3-mile easy-going costumed bike ride to check out some cool Halloween houses while we jam out to some spooky tunes. Route will be posted below in "discussion" tab as the event gets closer. 

Helmets and bike lights required.
Costumes strongly encouraged!

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Narberth Halloween Parade - October 30
In Narberth, kids get to wear their costume two nights in a row, because the night before Halloween is the Narberth Halloween Parade.   
The local kids all don their costumes and muster in the St. Margaret’s parking lot around 6pm.  By 6:30, the parade starts making it’s way though town, past crowds of cheering spectators.  The parade ends in Narberth Park where kids get a goody bag, cookies, juice and treats, courtesy of the Fourth of July Committee.

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BOROUGH NEWSLETTER: AUGUST 31, 2018

8/31/2018

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Starting this week, Narberth Borough's Weekly Newsletter will be emailed on FRIDAYS!

Stay in the Know!
Tell your neighbors and friends, and encourage others to  sign up for the newsletter to keep informed about Narberth News and Upcoming Events!
Add your email to the Borough list

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​September 3: Labor Day (No Trash Collection)
September 4: Trash Collection
September 4, 6PM: Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee
September 4, 7:30PM: Narberth Planning Commission
September 5, 6:30PM: Economic Development Committee
September 7: Recycling Collection
​*Please note that trash collection will be on Tuesday and recycling collection will be on Friday this week, due to the Labor Day Holiday.

*REMINDER: For up-to-date information on trash collection and meetings, please see the calendar on Narberth's website https://www.narberthpa.gov/.

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Please update your calendars. The Recycling Event has been rescheduled for
September 24th! ​

A special THANKS to Narberth's Public Works Department for working hard to keep Narberth Park clean throughout the summer!
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Narberth's Borough Council is appointing three members to the new Narberth Environmental Advisory Council. Appointed members will serve for a term of three years, or until a successor is appointed, and will advise local government agencies on matters dealing with protection, conservation, management, proportion and use of natural resources including air, land and water resources, located within its territorial limits. For more information about the Narberth Environmental Advisory Council, please click here.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit your name, address, a brief summary about who you are and why you are interested in serving on this Committee to appointments@narberthpa.gov by Friday, September 14, 2018.
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Borough Newsletter: Week of August 27, 2018

8/27/2018

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The following is from the Borough's weekly update email. For additional information, please visit the Borough website: https://www.narberthpa.gov/. Get on the Borough's email list here.
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​August 27: Trash Collection
August 28: Special Collection of Bulk Items
August 28 7PM: Narberth Community Library Board Meeting
August 30: Recycling Collection

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​Narberth's Borough Council is appointing three members to the new Narberth Environmental Advisory Council. Appointed members will serve for a term of three years, or until a successor is appointed, and will advise local government agencies on matters dealing with protection, conservation, management, proportion and use of natural resources including air, land and water resources, located within its territorial limits. For more information about the Narberth Environmental Advisory Council, please click here.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit your name, address, a brief summary about who you are and why you are interested in serving on this Committee to appointments@narberthpa.gov by Friday, September 14, 2018.

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​Stop by Narberth's Candy Cane Playground and check out the new addition from Public Works!
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8/24 UPdate on PECO gas line project

8/24/2018

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From Utility Line Services:​
"I wanted to take this opportunity to update everyone on our progress in Narberth.  To date we completed all the main installation, side streets tied in, and gas on for all of our 2018 Narberth work.  The service crews are working heavily on the Essex Ave project and have completed half of the services here.  The service crews will be progressing to the following streets over the next two weeks.

  • Essex Ave from Montgomery Ave to Haverford Ave
  • Forrest Ave from Haverford Ave to Woodbine Ave
  • Wayne Ave From Essex Ave to Narberth Ave
  • Price Ave from Grayling Ave to Narberth Ave
 
Since the last email we have completed the services on and retired the low pressure mains on the following streets.

  • Williams Ave between Meetinghouse Lane and Woodbine Ave
  • Meetinghouse Lane from Iona Ave to Montgomery Ave
  • Iona Ave from Haverford Ave to Woodbine Ave
  • Iona Ave from Woodbine Ave to Montgomery Ave
  • Grayling Ave from Woodbine Ave to Price Ave
  • Elm Terrace from Essex to the end of the cul-de-sac
  • Shady Lane from Wynnedale Ave to Montgomery Ave (retiring today)
 
The crew performing the retirements will continue following the service crews over the next two weeks on the same streets in preparation to retire the main as soon as the last service in each section is transferred."


This excel spreadsheet has more information about the project timing going forward:
8-24_peco_update_for_narberth.xlsx
File Size: 39 kb
File Type: xlsx
Download File

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Narberth Business Association Meeting - Friday, August 24

8/23/2018

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We are having an NBA meeting this Friday morning, August 24, from 8am to 9am. It will be held at Sweet Mabel Studio, on "The Hill" at 41 N. Narberth Ave.  

Please arrive on time because the meeting will end promptly at 9am so the Studio can conduct their morning classes.  Bagels and coffee will be available at the meeting, courtesy of our Borough Council. 

NBA topics include upcoming events: the Sidewalk Festival, Oktoberfest, Witches of Narberth, and Dickens Festival. Details for each of these at the NBA website.  

In addition to NBA business, we will have an informational session with two Borough Council members, Cyndi Rickards and Rob McGreevey. Their topic is the proposed plastic bag and straw ordinance. See the letter from Cyndi Rickards, here. A version of this ordinance could become Borough law soon, so educate yourself now. 

See you Friday. 

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