Abington Township

Fall 2020 Leaf Collection Information https://www.abingtonpa.gov/Home/Components/News/News/5782/16

Please note: The electronics recycling event originally scheduled for 11/14/20 at the Public Works yard has been CANCELLED. Thank you for understanding.

https://www.abingtonpa.gov/Home/Components/News/News/5800/16 Easton Road is a vital corridor through Abington Township. @MontcoPlanning is developing #MontcoPikes to identify a vision for the corridor for years to come. Learn more about the project at montcopa.org/montcopikes and click Join the Conversation to provide input on key issues.

Virtual Art Workshops via Abington Library

Don't forget - Leaf collection starts next week! Fall 2020 Leaf Collection Information https://www.abingtonpa.gov/Home/Components/News/News/5782/16

Abington Police "Bridge" Program- Cops Connecting Community Members to Behaviorial Health Services

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Abington Township Fire Department Responds with the Montgomery County Foam Task Force to a Hazardous Materials Incident in Upper Merion Township.

MASK UP & DROP OFF IS THEME FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY’S DRUG TAKE BACK DAY ON OCT. 24 After having to cancel the April Drug Take Back Day due to the severity of t...he pandemic, 44 police departments/agencies across Montgomery County are ready to collect all unwanted, unneeded and expired medications as part of Drug Take Back Day, organized by the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office and the Police Chiefs Association of Montgomery County. The event runs 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, and all locations are staffed by police officers. Take Back Day in Montgomery Countywhich coincides with the DEA’s nationwide Take Back Dayis a chance for residents to clean out their medicine cabinets of unwanted, unused and expired prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medications and dispose of them easily in a safe, environmentally friendly way. Ridding medicine cabinets of these medications is an important step for the safety of all households. Through this pandemic, the overdoses and overdose deaths have continued. Clearing out medicine cabinets and bathroom cupboards of unwanted and expired medicines is an essential step to keeping your home safe, said District Attorney Kevin Steele. Mask up, drive up and drop off those medicines safely, then township police officers, state troopers and the Montgomery County Detective Bureau will make sure that they are disposed of in an environmentally safe way. Accepted during Drug Take Back Day (and throughout the year at permanent MedReturn boxes) are: prescription and over-the-counter tablets and capsules, inhalers, creams, ointments, nasal sprays, pet medicines and vaping products. Not accepted are needles and intravenous/injectable solutions. Participating sites are: Abington Township Police Department, 1166 Old York Rd., Abington, PA 19001 Ambler Township Police Department, 131 Rosemary Ave., Ambler, PA 19002 Bridgeport Borough Police Department, 65 W. 4th St., Bridgeport, PA 19405 Bryn Athyn Police Department, 2825 Buck Road, Bryn Athyn, PA 19009 Cheltenham Township Police Department, 8230 Old York Rd., Elkins Park, PA 19027 Collegeville Police Department at the Municipal Building, 491 E. Main St., Collegeville, PA 19426 Douglass Township Police Department, 1320 East Philadelphia Ave., Gilbertsville, PA 19525 East Norriton Township Police Department, 2501 Stanbridge St., East Norriton, PA 19401 Franconia Township Police at Franconia Elementary School, 366 Harleysville Pike, Souderton, PA 18964 Hatboro Police Department, 120 E. Montgomery Ave., Hatboro, PA 19040 Hatfield Township Police Department at the Administration Building, 1950 School Rd., Hatfield, PA 19440 Lansdale Police Department, 35 Vine St., Lansdale, PA 19446 Limerick Township Police Department, 646 W. Ridge Pike, Limerick, PA 19468 Lower Gwynedd Township Police Department, 1130 N. Bethlehem Pike, Spring House, PA 19477 Lower Merion Police Department, 71 E. Lancaster Ave., Ardmore, PA 19003 Lower Moreland Township Police Department, 640 Red Lion Rd., Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 Lower Pottsgrove Township Police at Sanatoga Fire Company, 2222 E. High St., Pottstown, PA 19464 Lower Providence Township Police Department, 100 Parklane Dr., Eagleville, PA 19403 Marlborough Township Police Department, 6040 Upper Ridge Rd., Green Lane, PA 18054 Montgomery Township Police Department at Giant Food Store, 1201 Knapp Road, North Wales, PA 19454 Narbeth Borough Police Department, 100 Conway Ave., Narberth, PA 19072 Norristown Municipal Police Department, 235 E. Airy St., Norristown, PA 19401 North Wales Borough Police at Borough Hall, 300 School St., North Wales, PA 19454 Pennsylvania State Police-Belmont, 2201 Belmont Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19131 Pennsylvania State Police-Skippack, 2047C Bridge Road (Rte. 113), Schwenksville, PA 19473 Plymouth Township Police Department, 700 Belvoir Rd., Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462 Pottstown Police Department, 100 E. High St., Pottstown, PA 19464 Rockledge Borough Police Department, One Park Ave., Rockledge, PA 19046 Royersford Borough Police Department, 300 Main St., Royersford, PA 19468 Souderton Police Department, 31 W. Summit St., Souderton, PA 18964 Springfield Township Police Department, 1510 Paper Mill Rd., Wyndmoor, PA 19038 Towamencin Township Police Department, 1090 Troxel Rd., Lansdale, PA 19446 Upper Dublin Township Police Department, 801 Loch Alsh Ave., Fort Washington, PA 19034 Upper Gwynedd Township Police Department, 1 Parkside Place, West Point, PA 19486 Upper Merion Township Police Department, 175 W. Valley Forge Rd., King of Prussia, PA 19406 Upper Moreland Township Police Department, 117 Park Ave., and at the Giant Food Store, 314 N. York Rd., both in Willow Grove, PA 19090 Upper Perk Police Department, 88 W. 6th St., Pennsburg, PA 18073 Upper Pottsgrove Township Police Department, 1420 Heather Place, Pottstown, PA 19464 Upper Providence Township Police Department, 1286 Black Rock Road, Oaks, PA 19456 West Conshohocken Police Department at the West Conshohocken Borough Hall, 112 Ford St., West Conshohocken, PA 19428 West Norriton Township Police Department, 1630 W. Marshall St., Norristown, PA 19403 West Pottsgrove Township Police Department, 980 Grosstown Rd., Stowe, PA 19464 Whitemarsh Township Police Department, 616 E. Germantown Pike, Lafayette Hills, PA 19444 Whitpain Township Police Department, 960 Wentz Rd., Blue Bell, PA 19422 The last collection day in October 2019 yielded 8,272 pounds of prescriptions and OTC medications, with nearly 16,000 pounds collected during all of 2019. Since the Take Back program began in 2010, more than 75,000 pounds of medicines have been collected and safely disposed of. If someone can’t make it to Drug Take Back Day on Oct. 24, unwanted medications can be dropped off and disposed of throughout the year at more than 50 permanent prescription drug disposal boxes, most of which are located at police departments. Some of these boxes were sponsored by the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association and some by Pennsylvania American Water in an effort to help keep our water supply safe.

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Fall 2020, Virtual Doggone Good Readers!