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School Board to Name Facilities Manager, Local Elections

See what's happening this week in Bensalem.

  • The Bensalem Township School Board meets on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at district administration offices, 3000 Donallen Dr., for its continued meeting from last month. The board is expected to name a new facilities manager to replace former facilities manager Robert Moseley, who was arrested earlier this year in connection with a scandal that bilked the district of $1.5 million.
  • Also before the school board is a request from administration to consider the district's 450 seventh-graders for a research study. Click here for more on the study, which is aimed at showing how much "grit" students have. 
  • District schools will be closed on Tuesday, which is election day. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Click here for more on the Bensalem Township Council race and here for more on the school board race. 
  • The Pennsylvania Environmental Council will host a meeting on Wednesday at The Playmasters Theater at Neshaminy State Park, 3401 State Road, in Bensalem. From 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. attendees can view plans and ask questions of the project team related to the East Coast Greenway - Neshaminy Creek Crossing Feasibility Study. A presentation and question and answer session will follow from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
  • The Trevose Fire Co. is holding a ladies night out shopping fundraiser on Friday in the Ketterer room at the firehouse, 4900 Street Road, beginning at 7 p.m. Click here for more information.

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