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May 14, 2026 · Morning edition
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Data Center Round Two Lands on Conshohocken's Doorstep

Developer Brian O'Neill is back with a fresh zoning application for a data center at the former Spring Mill site, and the second swing has predictably reignited the same fight the first one started. MoreThanTheCurve reports the new application was filed earlier this month, with a zoning hearing expected sometime in June.

Here is the part worth chewing on. Plymouth Township's Environmental Advisory Board, the body you might reasonably assume has something to say about a massive power-hungry facility going up next door, has no official role in the zoning hearing. None. They can comment as residents like anyone else, but the formal record does not include them by right. Make of that what you will.

Adding another wrinkle, Patch is reporting that the same developer has been lobbying the Shapiro administration on legislation that would strip the right to appeal data center approvals. A primary election is also coming May 19th, and while MoreThanTheCurve characterizes most races as largely uncontested, it remains a chance to weigh in on the candidates who will eventually be shaping local positions on exactly these kinds of projects.

Read the full reporting at MoreThanTheCurve and Plymouth-Whitemarsh Patch.

Exit 4 Escape Room Opens in Plymouth Square, Grand Opening Friday

A new family-friendly puzzle spot has quietly opened in the Plymouth Square Shopping Center. Exit 4, an escape room venue, is officially open and hosting a grand opening event on Friday, May 15th.

If you have kids old enough to argue about which clue means what, this is exactly the sort of weekend activity that fills two hours of a rainy Saturday without anyone reaching for a tablet. Escape rooms also have the benefit of forcing the whole family to actually talk to each other, which is either a feature or a bug depending on your household.

Details and event info via MoreThanTheCurve.

Primary Election Tuesday, Light Ballot but Worth Showing Up

Pennsylvania's primary is Tuesday, May 19th. MoreThanTheCurve describes it as mostly meaningless in terms of dramatic head-to-head races, but there is still local value in voting, particularly given the unresolved data center fight and the broader question of who you want shaping Plymouth Township and Conshohocken policy going forward.

Patch has put together a Plymouth-Whitemarsh voter guide covering who is on the ballot and where to vote. Quick read before you head to your polling place.

Find the voter guide at Plymouth-Whitemarsh Patch.

Three Riverfront Townhomes Cross the Million-Dollar Mark

For anyone still wondering what the riverfront is doing these days, MoreThanTheCurve has a tidy data point. Three townhouses along the Conshohocken riverfront, technically in Whitemarsh Township, have sold this year for more than $1 million each.

That is the Schuylkill effect in numbers. A decade ago the same stretch of riverfront was warehouses and weeds. Now it is seven-figure addresses with a trail view, and the borough as a whole keeps wearing that change well or awkwardly depending on which corner you are standing on.

Sales details at MoreThanTheCurve.

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