As you might expect in a town so rich in environmentalists, Swarthmore’s Environmental Advisory Committee was active and effective in 2018, Chair Elizabeth Jenkins reported recently to Borough Council.
Nether Providence Township Commissioners Micah Knapp (3rd Ward) and Kaitlin McKenzie (4th Ward) hosted neighbors who shared opinions on and asked questions about two potential avenues of development of the property at 310 Wallingford Avenue in South Media.
No Smoke, but Some Fire: Pols Hear Local Views on Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman came to Strath Haven High School on Monday evening, April 22, to hear what Delaware County residents had to say about the legalization of recreational marijuana.
LWV Honored by Beth Israel
The Social Action Committee of Congregation Beth Israel presented its annual Friend of the Community award on April 12 to the League of Women Voters of Central Delaware County. This award recognizes local individuals or groups of any faith who support or embody the Jewish concept of Tikkun Olam, or Hebrew for “Healing the World.”
The Wallingford-Swarthmore School Board approved several contracts and agreements, significantly a contract with Dell Financial Services which will fund the leasing of notebook computers for the coming school year. These will be deployed in Strath Haven High School in the next phase of the district’s Chromebook initiative, which began in fall 2018 with the distribution of Dell Chromebooks to all 9th graders.
Emma Phibbs Skates into Swarthmore
Opening this week in the former site of the Head Nut at 413 Dartmouth Avenue, Move Well Physical Therapy is a new sort of clinic.
Sign up Now for Swarthmore’s Appalachian Service Trip
This year’s trip from the Wallingford-Swarthmore area to Appalachia has a few spaces open for young people and adults who want to work on making family homes in that region “warmer, safer, and drier.” Our group travels from Swarthmore to Chavies, Kentucky, from July 7 through 13 to help out people in this community in central Appalachia.
Wrong Way Parking
Chief Raymond C. Stufflet advises residents and visitors in the Swarthmore community that the Swarthmore Borough Police Department will be enforcing the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code section concerning vehicles parked facing the wrong way on all Borough streets.
Swarthmore Town Mothers (and Fathers)
Few Swarthmoreans have lived here longer than Alice “Putty” Willets, and fewer still have known as many of their fellow residents.
Swarthmore College Students and Staff Work Toward a Hopeful, Sustainable Future
“What is it that you want? And why are you here having this conversation with us?”
That blunt inquiry, amidst a discussion with Swarthmore campus community members of the College’s Zero Waste efforts, has helped me clarify my priorities.
Inspired Scanlon Returns From D.C. and Points South
The Swarthmorean spoke with Representative Scanlon about her experiences and impressions of the national political landscape, and some of the areas in which she is concentrating efforts on service to the Fifth District and the wider world.
Evacuated from College by Three Mile Island
Forty years ago this spring, Three Mile Island’s Unit 2 cooling tower malfunctioned, resulting in the worst nuclear plant accident to this day in the U.S. It was on March 28, 1979, a beautiful spring day when many of us students at Franklin and Marshall College were outside enjoying the weather.
The five-acre parcel at 310 Wallingford Avenue, for decades an overgrown and underused tangle of woodland, has recently become the object of much attention from Nether Providence residents, particularly those in the township’s South Media and Moylan sections which adjoin the plot.
2019 Marks a Milestone Anniversary for Tyler Arboretum
2019 marks the 75th anniversary of Tyler Arboretum and the transformation of one of the oldest Quaker farms in Pennsylvania into a public garden.
Delaware County Council is searching for men and women of a certain age (in this case, 100+) to honor at its annual Centenarian Luncheon on Thursday, May 9.
Opening Day for Nether-Swarthmore Baseball and Softball
What an opening day for Nether-Swarthmore Baseball and Softball.
Fili's Finest
Brian Fili is known to some as the 8th grade mathematics teacher at Strath Haven Middle School, to others as the high school baseball coach, and, outside the community, as a member of the newest class inducted in February into Villanova University’s Varsity Club Hall of Fame for his excellence as a baseball player.
Concern for Students; Student Concerns
The focus topic of the Wallingford-Swarthmore School Board meeting on Monday, April 8, was Safe2Say Something, a youth violence prevention program run by the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General.
Eagles Soar in Rose Valley
Family, friends, politicians and scouts attended a ceremony at the Old Mill last weekend to honor Boy Scouts from Rose Valley Troop 272, who recently attained the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest honor in Scouting.
Five Questions for Rhonda Fabian
Rhonda Fabian of Rose Valley is convener of the first Climate, Consciousness, and Community Summit, which will be held April 20-23 at several locations in Media and Wallingford. She is also editor of Kosmos Journal, a quarterly e-magazine.