On Monday, Rest Up for the Sweet 16

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.

Today, Lower Merion High School's boys and girls basketball teams prepare for second-round state playoff games. The girls play Tuesday, the boys Wednesday.

and Lower Merion School Board each meet at 8 tonight. The school board meeting will take place at Lower Merion High School.

Weather

• Nothing exciting in today's forecast from the National Weather Service—partly sunny with a high near 50 and a low near freezing tonight.

Schools

• Schools are on normal schedule today.

Utilities

• PECO reported no power outages overnight in Montgomery County.

The roads

• Today and tomorrow, PennDOT will have right lanes closed in both directions on the Schuylkill Expressway between the Conshohocken and Gladwyne exits.

• Pencoyd Road in Belmont Hills may close intermittently this week because of water-main repair, according to the Lower Merion Department of Public Works.
• Potholes are rampant in the right-most lane of southbound City Avenue through Bala Cynwyd. If you see one that needs to be fixed, call the township's pothole hotline at 610-645-4782.

SEPTA transit

• Thorndale Line: No problems reported
• Cynwyd Line: No problems reported
• 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

Crime

• The township and borough's police department have no active crime alerts. Lower Merion police will brief reporters this afternoon.

Trash/recycling pickup

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