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At 3:00 PM on Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at the Aston Township Community Center at 3720 Concord Road, Aston, PA 19014 the Aston Township Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing upon and possibly consider a text amendment to the Township of Aston Zoning Ordinance of 2011 to:  add a definition of “Community Hospital;” permit Community Hospitals as a conditional uses in the Township’s LI Limited Industrial zoning district; and to establish a front yard setback for community hospitals in the LI Limited Industrial zoning district. Should the Board of Commissioners enact said ordinance during the meeting, they will [...]

Aston Township is currently in need of crossing guards for the current school year; the rate of pay is $17.70 an hour.  If interested please apply at the Aston Township Police Department, 3264 Concord Road. Aston, Pa 19014.

There will be a meeting of the Aston Township Planning Commission on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, to review the Delaware County Planning Commission comments, and the Township Engineer’s plan review comments for the following new land development applications: RIC Municipal Center, LLC – Iacobucci Companies, LLC is proposing the construction of 37 Town Homes and a 2,378-sf commercial building on the 3.5-acre site of the former Aston Township Municipal Complex, at 5021 Pennell Road. Christiana Care of Pennsylvania. Inc - The applicant is proposing the construction of a two-story Micro-Hospital (Neighborhood hospital) at 7 Turner Industrial Way. The current building [...]

On Tuesday September 3, 2024 a meeting was held at the Community Center for the Aston 5th ward residents in Pennell Manor that will be directly affected by the development 104-106 Pennell Road. known as Star Hill.  The developers were there to answer questions for residents as well as Commissioner Bowden, Township Manager, Assistant Manager, Township Solicitor and Engineer. During the meeting a presentation was given and those in attendance had been informed it would be available for view on the Township website, the presentation and site plan are located below. Presentation Site Plan [/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

Earlier this year, Christiana Care announced that they were planning to build three neighborhood hospitals in the Philadelphia Suburbs. As such, I am pleased to announce that one of the neighborhood hospitals will be located right here in Aston Township. The hospital will be located at 700 North Turner Way which is directly across Dutton Mill Road from the IceWorks skating facility. The current building there will be demolished, and a new two-story building will be constructed on the same site.  A micro-hospital is a small, licensed healthcare facility that provides a range of medical services to a local community. Micro-hospitals are [...]

Please see the below message from Joe Connolly from SEPTA: As ridership on Regional Rail continues to grow, particularly on weekends, SEPTA is restoring 123 trains – 99 weekend trains and 24 weekday trains – when new fall timetables go into effect this Sunday, September 8. On the Media/Wawa Line, the increased service will allow for the restoration of full hourly weekend train service – adding 12 trains to Saturday and Sunday schedules for a total of 36 inbound and outbound trains. With the increased weekend service, six (6) inbound trains (toward Philadelphia) and six (6) outbound trains (toward Wawa) [...]

PECO will be upgrading and installing new equipment to modernize and enhance the local electric grid.  This project is part of PECO’s Reliability & Resiliency Plan to invest $1.36 billion through 2025 on targeted reliability-focused infrastructure investments. These accelerated investments will help strengthen the local electric infrastructure to better withstand more frequent and damaging storms, deliver enhanced reliability for our customers, and enable the adoption of clean energy resources. This plan is part of the company’s overall system investment of approximately $6 billion during the next five years across our electric and natural gas systems to inspect equipment, complete targeted system [...]