Newtown Municipal Authority to consider $674,917 in bills Monday
The agenda also lists a $58,006 bond-interest payment, recurring bills and a refinancing update. Every item remains pending.
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What moved in the official record today
The county upset-sale list fell to 543 records one day before the auction; only four Marple–Newtown records remain.
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Still pending
- Final September 24 upset-sale list and sale results
- Category-level explanation for tax-sale removals
- September 24 Marple and Newtown Planning packets and meeting outcomes
- September 22 Board of Elections motions and exact votes
- Aqua taste-and-odor resolution notice and precise affected geography
- School-board outcomes held for independent conflict review
Deadlines to track
- September 24 morning: preserve the final upset-sale list and recheck Planning packets
- September 24, 10 a.m.: Delaware County upset sale
- September 24, 7 p.m.: scheduled Marple Planning Commission meeting
- September 25: verify sale results and election-board outcomes
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Local Government
Marple Township Board of Commissioners and Newtown Township Board of Supervisors.
September 19 local desk: no new material action found
Official indexes show no new local vote or safety advisory; September 24 remains the next useful deadline for planning records and the county tax sale.
September 18 local desk: health follow-up and 15 properties on revised tax-sale list
A continuing county health notice, a newly revised sale list and useful deadlines for Marple and Newtown residents. No new material local-government action found in the records reviewed.
Newtown Township takes comments on draft comprehensive and strategic plans
Both documents are drafts. The comment window closes September 7, 2026.
School District
Marple Newtown School District board agendas, votes, budgets and policies.
Marple Newtown School District: August 11 agenda actions await confirmed minutes
Bills, a chiller repair, a tax-appeal settlement and policy second readings appeared as motions. We have not seen approved minutes recording the votes.
Delaware County
County Council, county authorities and countywide decisions with local impact.
PECO lists 17 Marple customers out; Newtown posts Monday sewer-authority packet
October 17, 2026: Monday’s agenda proposes $259,872.65 in bills, plus ratification of $1,045.38 already paid. New engineering records identify sanitary-sewer priorities—not a drinking-water warning.
PECO lists 173 Delco customers out; county posts October planning detail
October 17, 2026: Eight outages appear in the utility’s 9:33 a.m. report. The county’s post-meeting planning documents identify applications considered, not recommendations or municipal approvals.
PECO reports 57 Marple customers without power; local vote outcomes still unverified
October 16, 2026: PECO’s 9:42 a.m. report lists one Marple outage and no Newtown outage. Zoning decisions remain unverified; county youth-center agreement is proposed for October 20.
PECO reports 410 Delco customers out; youth-center agreement proposed for Tuesday
October 16, 2026: The utility’s 9:42 a.m. report lists 12 county outages. A newly posted October 20 detention-board agenda proposes a five-county agreement without financial or operating terms.
Newtown posts Little League sewer-project update; September grant carries unanswered cost questions
The township’s October 14 notice restates a $367,567 award, not new funding. Today’s county review also includes Newtown’s proposed data-center revisions.
County restores planning-agenda link ahead of today’s land-use reviews
Newtown data-center revisions and other municipal proposals are on the tentative 4 p.m. agenda. County review does not grant municipal approval.
Newtown zoning board to hear four cases Thursday; finance meeting canceled
Three property applications and the pending 6 Boot Road apartment-use appeal are scheduled for October 15. No township vote is verified from Monday.
County planning agenda unavailable one day before October meeting
The official “Current Meeting Agenda” link returns a missing September PDF ahead of Thursday’s public review of subdivision and land-development proposals.
· Updated 2026-10-15
County tax-sale list drops to 543 properties one day before auction
The September 22 revision contains 234 fewer records than September 21 and 1,047 fewer than September 3. Inclusion means scheduled for sale—not sold.
Only four Marple–Newtown properties remain on county tax-sale list
The September 22 revision contains three Marple records and one Newtown record. The list can still change before Thursday's auction.
County upset-sale list falls to 777 records two days before auction
The September 21 revision contains 258 fewer records than September 17 and 813 fewer than September 3. Inclusion means scheduled for sale—not sold.
County upset-sale list drops by 555 records before Thursday auction
The September 17 list contains 1,035 property records. Inclusion means scheduled for sale—not sold—and the list can still change.
September 20 Delco desk: no new material action found
Election-board and tax-sale deadlines remain ahead; County Council’s September 16 outcomes still require an authoritative vote record.
September 19 Delco desk: no new material action found
County records added no verified vote or emergency update; election-board and tax-sale deadlines remain ahead.
September 18 Delco desk: health follow-up, election agenda and revised tax-sale list
The election board has posted proposed polling-place changes for September 22. County Council’s September 16 debt and contract outcomes still require verification by this desk.
Planning & Zoning
Ordinances, subdivisions, land development plans and zoning hearings.
Marple Township advances a data-center zoning ordinance to a September hearing
A proposed ordinance and a related Cedar Grove Road land-development plan are moving through review. Nothing has been adopted.
Contracts & Spending
Bids, awards, professional-service agreements and expenditure records.
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Community
Dated community and small-business features. Editorial, never paid.
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Marple Newtown School District (official)
School board agendas, minutes, policies and district news.
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Local Restaurants & Community Features
Archived features · Published August 2026
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Broomall · West Chester Pike · Café & Bakery
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Local Restaurant Feature · August 2026
Apple Walnut Café — Breakfast, Baking and Dinner in Broomall
Built on a family’s decades of diner, restaurant and bakery experience, Apple Walnut Café brings a scratch-kitchen menu, house-made breads, signature desserts and practical dine-in or take-home options to West Chester Pike.
Read the restaurant feature
Marple Business Spotlight · August 2026
Splash Swim Club — A Summer Tradition, Right Here at Home
Some businesses simply operate in a community. Others become part of it. Located right here in Marple Township, Splash is a place where summer still feels like summer — kids jumping into the pool, families spending the day together and the Lucky Wave Café keeping poolside tradition alive.
On August 27 from 5–8 PM, Splash hosts its Member Appreciation Cookout with complimentary hamburgers, hot dogs, chips and soda.
Read the full spotlightNewtown Square · S. Newtown Street Road · Since 2014
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Local Restaurant Feature · August 2026
Teca Newtown Square — Italian Dining and Celebrations Since 2014
Teca has served Newtown Square since 2014 with handcrafted pastas, seasonal Italian cooking, wood-fired pizza, indoor and al fresco dining, and spaces designed for private celebrations.
Read the restaurant featureUpcoming Dates to Watch
August 27, 2026
Marple Township Planning Commission: data-center ordinance and 0 Cedar Grove Road plan.
Official August 27 Planning Commission agendaSeptember 7, 2026
Newtown Township deadline for comments on draft comprehensive and strategic plans.
Official Newtown Township comment noticeSeptember 14, 2026
Marple Township Board of Commissioners public hearing on the proposed data-center ordinance.
Official September 14 ordinance packet
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