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NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Montgomery County is sending out mail-in ballots this week to voters who requested one.

Voters can drop off completed mail-in and absentee ballots at one of 12 drop box locations in the county, starting Oct. 29, the county said.

Voters can only drop off their own ballot. Make sure the completed ballot is placed inside the smaller, secrecy envelope first. Then, put the sealed secrecy envelope into the official return envelope and complete the voter’s declaration on the back.

If you still want a mail-in ballot, the deadline to apply is Nov. 1 at 5 p.m.

The county is also opening satellite offices, for voters who want to apply for their ballot in person. Residents can apply for a mail-in ballot, receive it, complete it, and place it in a secure ballot box at these locations. Appointments are not required.

Drop box locations

All are open from 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. daily, from Oct. 29 through Nov. 8 (Election Day), unless otherwise noted.

Cheltenham - Township Tax Office

Township Tax Office, 8230 Old York Rd, Elkins Park, PA 19027

Lansdale - District Court 38-1-28

District Court 38-1-28, 430 Pennbrook Parkway, Lansdale, PA 19446

Lower Merion - Ludington Library

Ludington Library, 5 South Bryn Mawr Ave., Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

Norristown - Airy Street Parking Lot

Montgomery County Airy Street Parking Lot (Corner of Airy and DeKalb Streets) Norristown, PA 19401

Norristown - Inside One Montgomery Plaza

Beginning October 29, this drop box will be available on the following schedule:

Weekdays: 6 a.m. until 11 p.m.

Saturday & Sunday: 6 a.m. until 10 p.m.

Election Day: 6 a.m. until 8 p.m.

One Montgomery Plaza, 425 Swede Street, Norristown, PA 19401

Pottstown - Office of Public Health

Montgomery County Office of Public Health - South Hall, 364 King Street, Pottstown, PA 19464

(Between N. Evans Street and N. Franklin Street)

Royersford - Victory Park Parking Lot

Victory Park Parking Lot, 2nd & Arch Street, Royersford, PA 19468 (near the electric vehicle charging stations)

Skippack - Montgomery County 4-H Center

Montgomery County 4-H Center, 1015 Bridge Road, Collegeville, PA 19474

Upper Dublin - Upper Dublin Library

Upper Dublin Library, 520 Virginia Drive, Fort Washington, PA 19034

Upper Frederick - Green Lane Park Office

Green Lane Park Office, 2144 Snyder Road, Green Lane, PA 18054

Upper Merion - Upper Merion Township Building

Upper Merion Township Building, 175 W. Valley Forge Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406

Upper Moreland - Willow Grove Annex

Willow Grove Annex, 102 N. York Road, Willow Grove, PA 19090

Satellite office locations

Lansdale Satellite Office

Lansdale County Office, 421 W. Main Street, Lansdale, PA 19446

Open Saturday October 22, 2022, and Sunday October 30, 2022, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Pottstown Satellite Office

Montgomery County Office of Public Health, 364 King Street, Pottstown, PA 19464

Open Saturday October 22, 2022, and Sunday October 30, 2022, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Magisterial District Justice Office of Lower Merion

925 Montgomery Avenue, Narberth, PA 19072

Open Sunday October 23, 2022, and Saturday October 29, 2022, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Willow Grove Satellite Office

Willow Grove Annex, 102 N. York Road, Willow Grove, PA 19090

Open Sunday October 23, 2022, and Saturday October 29, 2022, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Norristown Voter Services Office

One Montgomery Plaza, 425 Swede Street, 6th Floor, Norristown, PA 19401

Open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sunday October 23, 2022, and Saturday October 29, 2022, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Norristown Mail-In Balloting Center – for ballot return only

1430 Dekalb Street, Norristown, PA 19404

Open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

(The following information was provided by the Montgomery County Office of Communications.)

Montgomery County’s Green Lane Park is pleased to announce the seasonal and educational programs it will be hosting in December.

Holiday Craft Workshops Saturday, Dec. 2 and Dec. 9 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Participants can choose from several craft projects including a holiday centerpiece, pinecone wreath, wall hanging, and many more. All crafts will be made with natural objects including evergreen cones, nuts, and seed pods all provided by park staff. No previous crafting experience is necessary. Our expert instructors will help you create a work of art. Workshops will be held at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on both days.

Participants can bring a hot glue gun or borrow one of ours. There is a $10 materials fee for each workshop. Spaces are limited. For safety reasons, these programs are for ages 12 to adult only.

Waterfowl Watch Saturday, Dec. 16 1 p.m.

Join us for our final "Waterfowl Watch” of the year. Participants will travel by car caravan to three birding hotspots within Green Lane Park. You will be delighted at the variety of ducks, geese, swans, and other birds to be found at one of eastern Pennsylvania’s premier birding venues! Dress for the weather and bring binoculars.

Meet at the tennis court parking lot located at 2298 Green Lane Road in Green Lane.

Registration

For both workshops, pre-registration is required. Call 610-287-6970 to reserve your space. Please specify which workshop, date, and time slot you prefer.

For more information, contact Kevin Crilley, Region II Environmental Educator, at 610-287-6970 or [email protected]

About Green Lane Park

Green Lane Park, in northwestern Montgomery County, offers a variety of year-round, outdoor activities and programs. Park visitors can enjoy fishing, boating (including boat rentals), family and group camping, picnicking, 25 miles of trails for horseback riding, mountain biking and hiking, as well as two children's playgrounds. Winter enthusiasts can cross-country ski, ice fish or go ice skating, weather permitting. The park also offers summer concerts and family-oriented, environmental education programs on weekends. The park is located at 1494 Gravel Pike in Green Lane.

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Applause broke out at the Central Roxborough Civic Association on Thursday when president Don Simon shared the news that the historic Benjamin Kenworthy House, located at 365 Green Lane, has been accepted for consideration as a historic designation under the Philadelphia Historic Commission.

The house has been in the spotlight after developer Todd Joseph bought the property in December 2013 with the intention to demolish the historic Victorian to build condo units.

Zoning issues have caused delays in Joseph’s plan, but haven’t stopped him from attempting small-scale demolition. And as vigilant neighbors keep a watchful eye on the property, they say they are witnessing Joseph allowing the home fall into a state of disrepair.

In an effort to save the home, local residents Celeste Hardester and John Manton, with support from neighbors and the CRCA, wrote an official proposal to the Historical Commission.

A letter (PDF) sent to Joseph from the commission, dated Sept. 30, announced the nomination stating:

“The Philadelphia Historical Commission, the City of Philadelphia’s historic preservation agency, is pleased to inform you that your property at 365 Green Lane has been proposed for designation as an historic landmark and inclusion on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places.

The Historical Commission seeks to safeguard the city’s unique heritage and wealth of cultural resources as it encourages economic development, promotes healthy and sustainable communities, enhances property values, attracts new residents, businesses, and tourists, provides educational opportunities, and fosters civic pride…

The Historical Commission will consider the proposal, called a nomination, to designate your property at 365 Green Lane as historic at two public meetings. The Historical Commission’s advisory Committee on Historic Designation will consider the nomination at its meeting on Wednesday, 12 November 2014 at 9:30 a.m. in the Commission’s offices, Room 578, City Hall. The Historical Commission will consider the nomination and its advisory committee’s recommendation at its regular monthly meeting on Friday, 12 December 2014 at 9:00 a.m. in Room 18-029, 1515 Arch Street, a City office building also known as the One Parkway Building…

The Historical Commission begins to exercise jurisdiction over the subject property as of the date of this letter. If the Historical Commission votes to designate the property as historic, its jurisdiction continues; if it rejects the nomination, its jurisdiction lapses as of the vote.”

Until voting occurs, no further demolition may be done to the property. For Celeste Hardester and the rest of the community, this nomination is a timely and important step.

“It helps preserve and protect the existence of the house,” Hardester says. “And that is something that is important to the community.”

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On Jan. 29, a legacy will end in Montgomery County lifesaving.

Community Ambulance Service of Green Lane is the last remaining ambulance company in the county that operates as BLS, or Basic Life Support.

Soon, with a partnership with Harleysville Area Emergency Medical Services, Community Ambulance Service of Green Lane will be an Advanced Life Support company.

Harleysville Area EMS (Station 344) will partner a paramedic from its corps with an Emergency Medical Technician from Community Ambulance Service of Green Lane (Station 328) — therefore becoming ALS. Green Lane will also receive ALS equipment through Harleysville, according to Harleysville Area EMS Chief Don Lynch.

"Green Lane is a Basic Life Support — 2 EMTs or an EMT and a first responder. It's nowhere near the level of care of ALS," Lynch said. "By putting a medic on the truck and an ALS, we are bringing that squad up to par with the rest of the county."

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By having a medic and and ALS equipment on board, Community Ambulance Service of Green Lane, under the direction of Chief of Operations Pat Feenstra, can now immediately start lifesaving treatment during emergency calls.

"They are pushing medications, doing intubations — which is putting a tube down an airway in case a patient is not breathing — and hooking them up with EKG machines to detect arrhythmias quicker," Lynch said. "They can be quicker in the field."

A BLS ambulance must wait for a neighboring paramedic unit to assist them on emergencies, Lynch said.

"By putting equipment on the truck, we are able to expedite the amount of time for a medic to come in. Treatment can take place right away," Lynch said.

BLS ambulance units can treat broken bones, sprained ankles and the like, he said.

"Anybody with chest pains, an active heart attack, an active stroke, trauma — that requires ALS and additional equipment and training for a medic to take care of," Lynch said.

In reality, all ALS ambulances are also BLS ambulances.

"Basic Life Support ambulances, over the years, have switched over to ALS," Lynch said. "Green Lane hasn't, up until now. The biggest reason is because they don't have the highest call volume in the county."

In 2012, Harleysville Area EMS responded to 1,957 calls.

Community Ambulance Service of Green Lane responded to 689 calls in 2012, Lynch said.

It also costs quite a bit of money to pay for paramedics, as their salaries are higher than EMTs and their education in the field is higher than EMTs, he said.

"Cost factor is a very large part of if the squad is able to or not able to go to an ALS level," Lynch said.

. He said one Harleysville Area EMS medic will be assigned to a 12-hour shift with a Green Lane truck during the day, and one assigned to the same shift on a Harleysville Area EMS truck during the day. He said there is one medic per truck per 24-hour period.

Medics, he said, will rotate time spent with Green Lane. A full-time medic, he said, works three 12-hour shifts a week. A medic may do 12 hours at Green Lane, and 24 hours in other community ambulance corps, like Harleysville Area EMS.

"Our medics will be full time, still with Harleysville Area EMS. They will be assigned to a Green Lane truck and our ALS equipment, that belongs to Harleysville, will be placed on the Green Lane truck," Lynch said. "It will be licensed by the Department of Health as an ALS ambulance."

The renewed Community Ambulance Service of Green Lane ALS ambulance will be stationed at the Green Lane location at 209 Walnut Street. It will be a 24/7/365 service with an EMT and paramedic.

Harleysville Area EMS and Community Ambulance Service of Green Lane each have two ambulances

Harleysville covers all of Lower Salford Township, a portion of Franconia Township and parts of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, Lynch said.

Community Ambulance Service of Green Lane covers Green Lane Borough, Marlborough Township, and portions of Upper Salford Township, Salford Township, Upper Frederick Township and New Hanover Township.

Red Hill Borough is then covered by Upper Perk Ambulance.

"I think it's unique that both organizations are partnering together to provide this service," Lynch said. "Both organizations are willing to reach their hands out to help the community provide the best service we can. This doesn't happen very often."

A message was left for Feenstra for comment.

On Jan. 29, between 10 a.m. and noon, the new Community Ambulance Service of Green Lane ALS ambulance and equipment will be on display at 209 Walnut St., Green Lane.

Applications currently being accepted for part time Paramedics, please send application and resume to [email protected].

Community Ambulance Service of Green Lane can be reached at (215) 234-9160. Harleysville Area EMS can be reached at 215-513-1880. Emergencies call 9-1-1.

Severe storms brought heavy rain, thunder and flooding to the Philadelphia region on Tuesday.

A severe thunderstorm watch, severe thunderstorm warnings and flash flood warnings were in effect for parts of the region during the late afternoon into the early evening.

A Flood Warning is currently in effect for the East Branch Brandywine Creek below Downingtown in Chester County. The warning will last into Wednesday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. The NWS warns drivers not to attempt to drive through floodwater and to turn around.

Flash flooding was reported in both Montgomery and Chester counties. Creek Road in Downingtown was hit hard by heavy rain before rocks slid and spilled onto the roadway.

"I thought I could go past there because the rain stopped," Joanne Sylvester, a Downingtown resident who was driving on Creek Road on Tuesday, told NBC10

Sylvester said she tried to pivot when she spotted a damaged car on the side of the street near 300 Creek Road. Moments later, Sylvester's mini SUV sunk into the mud.

"I was trying to go in drive and reverse and drive and reverse," she said. "You know, like you do in the snow? And I just got deeper and deeper."

Floodwaters continued to move rapidly around other parts of Downingtown, causing flooding at nearby baseball fields and playgrounds. Abby Enochs told NBC10 she was with her daughter at Kardon Park on East Pennsylvania Avenue in Downingtown when the flooding occurred. They stayed dry by sitting in a gazebo.

"We were coming from the Exton area and within 30 minutes the roads were completely flooded," she said.

Chester County Dispatch told NBC10 Exton was hit the hardest by Tuesday's flooding.

An NBC10 viewer also reported flooding near Route 100 in Exton.

There were also reports of flash flooding in Green Lane in Montgomery County and multiple water rescues in West Whiteland Township on Tuesday.

The NWS said they also received several photos of roads that were completely impassible with a creek overflowing its banks near McLean Station Road in Red Hill, Pennsylvania.

According to the Chester County Department of Emergency Services, Yellow Springs Road in West Pikeland Township is closed after the roadway was washed away during the heavy rain.

Fortunately, no serious injuries were reported.

The storms also caused Philadelphia International Airport to issue a ground stop Tuesday afternoon.

Be sure to follow the NBC10 First Alert Weather team and download the NBC10 app for the latest weather updates.