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bookmark_borderWild About Whitetails

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GREEN LANE, PENNSYLVANIA — Montgomery County Parks and Heritage Services Division’s Green Lane Park will host “Wild about Whitetails” on Saturday, November 10 at 1:00 pm. Join the staff at Green Lane Park as they unravel the life history, biology, and management of this charismatic and controversial mammal. After a brief indoor program, participants will venture into the field to search for deer and the evidence they leave behind. This program is suitable for ages 8 and up. Guests will meet at the picnic pavilion in the Deep Creek Area of Green Lane Park located at 2144 Snyder Road, Green Lane, PA.

This is a free program. Pre-registration is required! Please call (215) 234-4528 to register.

For information please contact Kevin Crilley, Environmental Education Specialist, Parks Region II, Montgomery County Parks & Heritage Services Division, at (215) 234-4528 or email him at
kcrilley@montcopa.org.

bookmark_borderHurricane Effects Election in Montgomery County

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Aftermath Of Hurricane Sandy

Regional Updates

Dear Friend,

I have a few quick updates I wanted to share with you. In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, many in our area remain without power, changes to absentee voting have been enacted and along the New Jersey coastline there is much devastation.

Southeast Pennsylvania currently accounts for the most outages in the state as of now with Philadelphia between 5,000-10,000 customers without power and Montgomery County at 50,000 customers without power. You can check the status of your area or report an outage through PECO.

This past Monday, Governor Corbett signed an executive order that allowed for absentee ballot applications to be extended if a county’s offices were closed during the storm. For Philadelphia and Montgomery County, applications were accepted until 5pm today, in person at the County Board of Elections. This morning, Governor Corbett extended the deadline for submission of those ballots to no later than Monday, November 5th at 5pm, also at the County Board of Elections, either by mail or in person.

Because Pennsylvanians often visit the many shore towns of New Jersey, I wanted to let you know New Jersey is still under a state of Emergency and re-entry to the states barrier islands and coastal communities has not been permitted for many towns yet. If you or someone you know wants to know when a community will reopen, please check by county. Because some county offices remain closed, please use their websites for updates on openings and potential requirements for entering. You can also request and find out more about Disaster Assistance through the federal government.

I hope everyone remains safe in the days that follow, and as always, it is an honor to represent you in Congress.

Sincerely,

Allyson Y. Schwartz

Member of Congress

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The Communicating Arts Production Group (CAPG) of Montgomery County Community College is challenging teams of local filmmakers to make a five-minute film in five days. The challenge is open to filmmakers of all skill levels.

The competition begins on with a kick-off event in the College’s Advanced Technology Center, 340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell, on Oct. 25 at 7 p.m., and it concludes on Oct. 30. A screening of the completed films will be held on Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. at the Ambler Theater, 108 East Butler Ave., Ambler. The screening is free and open to the public.

At the kickoff event, teams will be randomly assigned a film genre. They will also be given a line of dialogue and a prop that must be incorporated into the body of their films, as well as a theme that they can interpret any way they wish. Teams will then have until 7 p.m. on Oct. 30 to write, shoot, edit, score and deliver films to the competition drop-off site. All creative activity must take place during the five-day period, and all completed films will be shown at the Nov. 8 public screening.

The best film will receive a top prize of $500, and smaller prizes will be awarded in a variety of categories. The entry fee is $25 per team.

For more information or to register, email fivedayfilmfestival@gmail.com or visit www.fivedayfilmfestival.com. The website contains all the rules of the competition, current news, production documents, sponsor information, producer information and tips on filmmaking.