On Tuesday, It's a Snowless Late Opening for LMSD High-Schoolers

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 girls basketball team plays its second-round state playoff game at 8 p.m. in Coatesville, Chester County. The boys play tomorrow.

Schools

• Lower Merion and Harriton High School students have altered schedules today, tomorrow and Thursday because of standardized testing. Click here for Lower Merion's and here for Harriton's.

Crime

• Lower Merion police are searching for the man who tried to rob the Bala Cynwyd 7-Eleven at gunpoint Saturday morning. He is described as a black man between ages 40 and 50, weighing 180 to 200 pounds and standing between 5 feet 7 inches and 6 feet tall. He wore a gray hooded sweatshirt, dark knit cap, navy blue work jacket and dark pants.

Weather

• We'll have another sunny day in the 50s, then rain (less than an inch) at night, according to the National Weather Service.

Utilities

• PECO reported between five and 50 power outages overnight in Montgomery County.

The roads

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

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

SEPTA transit

• Thorndale Line: Check the new timetable that began over the weekend
• Cynwyd Line: Check the new timetable that began over the weekend
• 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.