Before the Phillies took the field on Saturday, August 22 at 6:05 p.m., Plymouth Elementary School physical education teacher Christi Rabenda was recognized on the field, per MoreThanTheCurve.

Gym teachers do not get a lot of curtain calls. They get whistles, cone setups, and the occasional dodgeball welt. So a pregame nod at Citizens Bank Park is a nice reminder that the person telling your kid to run one more lap is often the same person quietly building their confidence for the rest of the school day.

Colonial families heading back into the school routine this week can take the hint. The good ones are worth thanking, ideally before someone at a stadium beats you to it.

The zoning hearings on the proposed data center at 900 Conshohocken Road are moving back to the Plymouth Township building. The reason, per the township and reported by MoreThanTheCurve, is that crowd noise at the larger venue was interfering with capturing an accurate public record.

Translation for the parents in the back. A smaller room means fewer seats, which means if you care about what a data center on that parcel might mean for traffic, noise, or the local grid, showing up early is the whole game. The zoning hearing board voted on August 17 to continue the matter, so this is not wrapping up soon.

The Plymouth Township Police Department reported on August 20 that officers responding to a retail theft call ended up in a foot chase that led to the recovery of a firearm, per MoreThanTheCurve. Separately, Plymouth Patch reported a case where an armed man attempted to steal baby formula and tossed his weapon into a sewer grate while fleeing.

Nothing here changes the daily rhythm of walking the kids down Fayette. It is a nudge, not an alarm. If you see something at a local store that looks off, let a manager or the police know rather than filming it for the group chat.