Local police remind residents to remove valuables from vehicles to prevent theft.
Upper Providence Township Police kindly remind the area's residents to not leave valuables in vehicles overnight. They have good reason to issue the warning. More than 20 items have been taken in recent weeks from cars in the township. According to a police report issued on Tuesday, an unknown person or persons entered vehicles in the Collegeville section of the township entered multiple vehicles removing a black iPod nano and several GPS devices. The cars were all unlocked and showed no signs of forcible entry. The department estimates that more than 20 thefts have occurred from area vehicles in Upper Providence during February alone. Anyone with information is asked to call the department at 610-933-7899. In the meantime, Detective …
February is American Heart Month. Start lowering your heart-disease risk by eating right, exercising, and monitoring your blood pressure and cholesterol.
This time of year, while you're thinking about Valentines and heart-shaped boxes of chocolate, take a minute to think about your heart. In honor of American Heart Month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urges men and women to take steps this February to become aware of the dangers of heart disease and to develop a plan for heart health. One in four American deaths this year will be related to heart disease, making it the leading cause of death in both men and women. Even more alarming: Heart disease is preventable and controllable. Lower your risk for developing heart disease by eating a healthy diet, maintaining a healthy weight, exercising regularly, monitoring blood pressure and cholesterol. If you smoke, quit. If you …
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Code Blue' will go into effect at 9 p.m. Friday and end at noon on Saturday.
Information provided by the Montgomery County Health Department. Norristown, PA (February 6, 2013) - The Montgomery County Commissioners, on the advice of the Montgomery County Department of Public Safety, have decided to issue a Code Blue Cold Weather Emergency for Montgomery County based on a review of forecasts from the National Weather Service. The Code Blue Declaration has been issued for Montgomery County for the period beginning at 9:00pm on Friday, February 8, 2013 through 12:00pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013. A Code Blue Cold Weather declaration is made in Montgomery County when winter conditions pose a threat of serious harm or death to individuals without shelter. A Code Blue is called when the combination of air temperature …
After the last "grip" of the weekend cold shot, the rest of the week's weather will be typical for the middle of February...not too mild, not too cold.
Many places here in the burbs over the past week picked up between two and four inches of snow with the two pittances of snow that tracked through the region. Neither system was tremendous in impact although the second had a bit more bite in its wake as we are dealing with cold weather to start this week. However, this cold shot is not locked in nor is it loaded up to last a long amount of time. After Monday, temperatures will return to normalcy over the duration of the week. That means high temperatures in the 40', low temperatures a few degrees on either side of the freezing mark. The "normal" for this time of the year is a high in the lower-40s, low in the upper-20s. So, this week's weather is rather "normal" in the sense of what the …
Ruth
9:32 am on Friday, March 1, 2013
We have the same problem where we live. We do not leave any valuables in our car. My friends have learned not to, either. When we first moved where we live, it was a great neighborhood. Now, it is a Neighborhood Watch neighborhood. A lot of nice people have moved out. Someone tried to break in our house in the middle of the night, a while back. My husband happened to be up and heard him and … more ›