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The Springfield Township Police Benevolent Association and the Pennsylvania Fraternal Order of Police filed a legal challenge to Springfield Township’s ban on employees wearing Blue Lives Matter flags on duty.
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by Tom Beck
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2/2/23
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When Marilyn Kraut returned home from walking her dog Thursday afternoon she noticed an unfamiliar sight on her front steps – two flyers promoting white supremacy.
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by Tom Beck
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2/1/23
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Springfield Township’s Board of Commissioners voted 5-2 to ban employees from displaying the flag on township property while on duty. It also bans off-duty display if they’re wearing a township work uniform.
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by Tom Beck
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1/18/23
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Sales from Oct. 21 through Dec. 16
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12/23/22
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Two nurses from Flourtown-based Guardian Nurses Healthcare Advocates were the recipients of awards at the 33rd annual Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania.
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by Tom Beck
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12/23/22
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The Springfield Township Board of Commissioners voted 6-0 against a resolution that would have prohibited the Thin Blue Line flag from being displayed on township property.
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by Tom Beck
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12/22/22
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Hanukkah, the Jewish community’s Festival of Lights, will be celebrated at 7 p.m., Dec. 19, with a public menorah lighting at Cliff Park, 7620 Germantown Ave.
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12/15/22
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For William Konstant, 70, a Flourtown resident for the last 36 years, the top item on his bucket list was climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, East Africa.
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by Len Lear
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12/1/22
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The Springfield Township Police Benevolent Association’s adoption of the "thin blue line" flag as their logo is still causing controversy for some township residents.
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by Betsy Wallace
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11/17/22
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Elite Tennis Group, which operates a tennis school at Chestnut Hill College, is bringing pickleball to nearby Magarity Tennis Club in Flourtown.
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by Tom Beck
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11/3/22
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Philadelphia is currently situated in fall’s sweet spot — the temperature has cooled, pumpkin spice has hit coffee shops, and leaves have started to change.
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by Elizabeth Estrada, WHYY
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10/27/22
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A correction to last week's story entitled "Springfield board president resigns, citing 'white fragility.”’
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10/27/22
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Eddie T. Graham resigned his position as president of the Springfield Township Board of Commissioners in a town meeting Wednesday evening, citing “white fragility” as a key reason.
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by Tom Beck
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10/20/22
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It’s not every day that a municipality condemns land to preserve open space. But the Springfield Township Board of Commissioners did just that on Sept. 14.
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by Betsy Wallace
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9/21/22
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For most of us, it's easy to take a flush toilet for granted.
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by Len Lear
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9/14/22
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Millions of boys in this country undoubtedly dream of one day being a Major League baseball player.
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by Len Lear
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9/1/22
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Comcast, the internet giant, has given a $10,000 grant to the Creative Healing Teen Center in the Flourtown Commons, which provides therapy for troubled teenagers.
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by Len Lear
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8/25/22
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Chestnut Hill
410 E. Gravers Ln.
4BR 2.5BA, $775,000
609 Saint Andrews Rd.
4BR 5.5BA, $3 million
7826 Devon St.
3BR 1BA, $375,000
7601 Crittenden …
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8/18/22
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A Mt. Airy couple and a Springfield Township woman reached out to the Local last week to report checks they said were stolen from the USPS collection box in front of the Market Square Post Office.
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by Tom Beck
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8/11/22
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Springfield Township Commissioners Eddie Graham, Susanna Ratsavong, Michael Maxwell and Jonathan Cobb constituted a quorum for the July workshop and business meetings in the absence of Commissioners …
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by Betsy Wallace
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7/20/22
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