On Monday, Expect Rain and Test-Weary Kids

Editor's note: Welcome to Morning Briefing, where each weekday at 6 a.m. we'll tell you what you need to know to get you through your day—and on Fridays, the weekend, too.

Lower Merion School District's Board of Directors meets at 8 tonight at Lower Merion High School.

From 7 to 9 tonight, the township's Planning Commission will discuss the tenets of residential land use.

And in Narberth, the Borough Council's Economic Development Committee meets at 7:30 p.m. and the Finance Committee at 8.

Weather

• The National Weather Service predicts showers throughout the day, with the possibility of afternoon thunderstorms. At night, it should be cloudy and in the mid-40s.

Crime

• Lower Merion police will brief news outlets Monday afternoon about the past week of police activity. Visit Patch in the early evening for a wrap-up.

Utilities

• PECO reported between no power outages overnight in Montgomery County.

The roads

• If you see a pothole that needs to be fixed, call the township's pothole hotline at 610-645-4782.

SEPTA transit

• Thorndale Line: Normal service, but check the new timetable
• Cynwyd Line: Normal service, but check the new timetable
• Route 44: No problems reported
• Route 52: No problems reported
• Route 65: No problems reported
• Route 103: No problems reported
• Route 105: No problems reported
• Route 106: No problems reported
• Route 115: No problems reported
• Route G: No problems reported

Trash/recycling pickup

• Both Lower Merion and Narberth are picking up trash and recycling on a normal schedule today.

Schools

• Lower Merion third- through eighth-grade students, and 11th graders, begin a week of PSSA reading and math tests today.