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Pennsylvania officials have issued a “do not eat” advisory for the Wissahickon Creek basin after finding unhealthy levels of “forever chemicals” in sampled fish tissue. A Nov. 5 public meeting is set at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education.
Pa. issues ‘do not eat’ advisory, cancels Wissahickon trout stocking
The 23-mile-long Wissahickon Creek is a vibrant hub for trout, bass and sunfish. But anglers should not eat any fish from the water source. more
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Friends of the Cresheim Trail, with help from Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, regularly maintain the unfinished Rail Trail section for users.
New path to be announced for Cresheim Trail
The Friends of the Cresheim Trail (FOCT) is hosting a festival at the end of the month to celebrate a new trail in the works. more
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Friends of the Wissahickon installed No Littering signs at Devil’s Pool.
NW Philly residents want ‘permanent’ solution to littering, parties at Wissahickon
They started around three summers ago. There were the bustling summer parties on the cul de sac at Kitchens Lane, which serves as an entrance to the 2,000-acre Wissahickon Valley Park. more
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State Rep. Napoleon Nelson (D-154th dist.), Montgomery County’s chief sustainability officer Devi Ramkissoon and representatives from local environmental advisory councils spoke at the Growing Greener Together Town Hall on Oct. 1.
Montco towns press forward on environmental plans
Montgomery County is developing an ambitious new plan to advance its environmental goals. more
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People flocked inside for one last visit to the Academy of Natural Sciences on Saturday, Sept. 19. The museum is set to close to the public on Sept. 27.
Academy of Natural Sciences closure rocks community
Like many Philadelphians, Wissahickon resident Michelle Ritondo first visited the Academy of Natural Sciences on a school field trip. more
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Breathe Philly is the city’s air-quality monitoring project. It provides real-time measurements, updated hourly.
Philadelphia ranked No. 4 worst city for asthma
After more than a decade, Philadelphia remains one of the most challenging places in the United States to live with asthma. more
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Shawmar Pitts, managing co-director of Philly Thrive, calls on Philadelphia City council members to enact a data center moratorium at a City Hall rally on Monday.
Phila. activists call for data center moratorium
The community opposition against artificial intelligence data centers across the country has spread into the heart of Philadelphia. more
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Ultratrax, which hosts trail-based endurance walks, has organized a benefit for the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education.
Outdoor walking event to support Schuylkill Center
A new company is hosting a race to raise funds for the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education later this month. And it’s not the running kind. more
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Kathleen Salisbury, director of the Ambler Arboretum at Temple University, presented at the “From Disturbance to Discovery: A Living Landscape Five Years Later” event on Sept. 1.
5 years later, community reflects on tornado
For Tammy Echevarria, printed photos of her current home in Upper Dublin Township didn’t constitute a basic necessity. That is, until a rare storm hit the region in 2021. more
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Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice is set to move into Martin Luther King High School in the fall of 2027, while the district will use its building as a swing space.
Parkway Northwest school suit set for trial next year
A lawsuit filed by a Mt. Airy resident against the School District of Philadelphia is now scheduled for trial in July of 2027. more
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A PECO substation in the Nicetown-Tioga section of Philadelphia.
PECO power lines in Montco raise fears
PECO Energy Company is seeking to build two major power lines in Montgomery County, a project that has been flagged by people who closely monitor data center development. more
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Devil’s Pool is located at the confluence of Wissahickon and Cresheim creeks.
Crackdown at Devil’s Pool amid petition
The Philadelphia Department of Parks & Recreation and the Police Department started cracking down on illegal activity in Devil’s Pool on the weekend of Aug. 14, days after a Change.org petition began circulating. more
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Mt. Airy resident Patrick Hauck, with the help of community members, has grown a 6,000-square-foot pollinator garden at Houston Elementary School.
Mt. Airy school gets some love with bountiful garden
At this Philadelphia school, elementary students learn among butterflies and bees. more
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Jim Beer, founder of the Rising Nation River Journey, presents the Lenape Nation’s “Treaty of Renewed Friendship” at Woodmere.
‘We’re still here’: Symbolic treaty signed with Lenape
More than a dozen organizations, including Woodmere, and scores of people signed a treaty on Aug. 12 in support of the Lenape Nation, an indigenous tribe in present-day Pennsylvania. more
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Norristown resident Kaden Beegle protests data centers outside Upper Merion Middle School at the Aug. 13 Board of Supervisors meeting.
Upper Merion board denies hyperscale AI data center complex
The Upper Merion Board of Supervisors on Aug. 13 rejected a developer’s plans to build an AI data center campus bigger than the King of Prussia Mall or Philadelphia International Airport. more
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John F. McCloskey Elementary School in Cedarbrook is being considered for a geothermal energy system installation.
Study finds NW school is a fit for geothermal energy system
John F. McCloskey Elementary School in Cedarbrook and the neighboring Dorothy Emanuel Recreation Center are viable sites for a clean energy system, a Pennsylvania-based firm has found. more
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Brian O’Neill defended his proposed data center to the audience at the Upper Merion Township Planning Commission meeting on July 27.
Developer doubles down on data center plans
Brian O’Neill understands why people are resisting his planned data-center projects in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. But the only input that matters to him is the law, he says. more
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City Councilmember Nina Ahmad, Education Committee Chair Isaiah Thomas and other councilmembers held a press conference on July 28 encouraging the School District and Board to amend its facilities plan.
Council calls for district to reconsider closing plan
Members of City Council urged the Philadelphia Board of Education last week to reconsider its plan to close multiple schools, including five in the Northwest. more
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Delise Williams, a Democratic committeeperson and Mt. Airy resident, has filed a lawsuit against the School District of Philadelphia over its new facilities plan. A hearing is scheduled for late August.
Mt. Airy activist sues district over schools plan
The School District of Philadelphia has received backlash from City Council and many residents over its plan to close more than a dozen schools. A Mt. Airy woman is going a step further by taking the district to court. more
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On July 22, the Upper Merion Township Planning Commission held a second meeting dedicated to a cluster of data center proposals in King of Prussia.
Planners vote no on King of Prussia data centers
The Upper Merion Township Planning Commission last week voted against three data center proposals for King of Prussia, 10 miles upstream from Northwest Philadelphia. more
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