All tagged Nether Providence
On Monday, July 6, it poured at Houston Park in Nether Providence. The downpour flashed in streaks of silver past the brand-new lights on the baseball field. The first youth baseball game played under these lights was supposed to take place months ago. But now, even the half-inning of play before the rainout felt like a step in the right direction.
A 69-year-old Wallingford man perished in a house fire on Wednesday, June 3. The house, in the 300 block of Morris Lane, caught fire in the wake of a powerful thunderstorm, according to Garden City Fire Chief Patrick O’Rourke. The alarm was called in by a neighbor, he said.
At its July 25 meeting, the Board of Commissioners of Nether Providence Township unanimously adopted a resolution seeking to end gerrymandering in Pennsylvania. Their resolution supports legislation calling for nonpartisan redistricting reform.
The five-acre parcel at 310 Wallingford Avenue, for decades an overgrown and underused tangle of woodland, has recently become the object of much attention from Nether Providence residents, particularly those in the township’s South Media and Moylan sections which adjoin the plot.
