Miscellaneous

A Towamencin Zoning Board hearing involving the Chick-Fil-A under construction at Forty Foot and Welsh Roads will proceed in April without any input from the township supervisors.   They decided Wednesday night not to have their legal counsel in attendance when the fast food restaurant makes it case for larger outdoor signs than are allowed under the zoning ordinance.   Supervisor Chairman Dan Littley says he and the other four supervisors did not think it necessary to have their solicitor at the hearing and are relying instead on the members of the Zoning Hearing Board to uphold the ordinances of the township. 

The Mennonite Central Committee wants volunteers for its annual meat-canning project, coming up in March at the Material Resource Center in Franconia Township.

Read more: Mennonite Meat Canning Project Set For March

A well-traveled pedestrian bridge connecting Pennsylvania and New Jersey is closing for repairs.

Read more: Lumberville Bridge Closing For Repairs

Former Whitpain Township police officer Gerald Schwartz has been acquitted of all charges stemming from a drunk driving arrest and an alleged physical altercation with his wife while he was off duty in Whitemarsh Township almost a year and a half ago.   During the trial, an attorney for the 47-year-old Philadelphia resident argued there was insufficient evidence to convict Schwartz.   His wife, the alleged target of the violence, did not testify against her husband.