Three weeks down, and three wins in the books for the Strath Haven Panthers have many high school football fans taking notice of the silver and black. And with an impressive 49-35 road win over 6A Haverford High last Saturday, the Panthers are poised to move to 4-0 this week with a challenging Central League schedule looming.
The Rotary Club of Swarthmore invites the local community to a block party outside the SEPTA train station on Saturday, September 25, from 4 to 7 p.m.
Sirens blaring and all! Oh gosh, what should I do?!? If you find yourself in this situation, the first thing to do is to not panic.
Dr. Wagner Marseille is the newly appointed superintendent of the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District. He was interviewed by Strath Haven High School senior (and Swarthmorean summer intern), Morgan McErlean, on Wednesday, September 1. This week’s edition carries Part 1 of our interview with Dr. Marseille.
There is a new kind of small business worry in Swarthmore. It is one that I never thought I would fear—the loss of beloved businesses due to new development. I am sharing my story to keep all of our community informed on the latest from our business district.
This month, we’ll be unveiling our new e-edition of The Swarthmorean. It will completely replace our current website. At the core of the experience will be a robust digital replica of the paper (called “page view”) — an online experience that looks and feels exactly like the print paper. The new e-edition will offer some key enhancements that we think you’ll love.
Morgan McErlean, an intern at the Swarthmorean and a senior at Strath Haven High School contributed this essay regarding Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, and how the work shouldn’t be viewed as a feminist document but, instead, as a piece of prejudiced white feminist fiction.
You couldn’t have hoped for a better start to the season than what the Strath Haven Panthers have managed to accomplish in two games.
CASA Youth Advocates is looking for individuals who can commit to volunteering for 10 to 12 hours per month for at least one year, to be a champion for a child.
This year, 2021, marks the 10 year anniversary of the popular live music and art event series Friday Night Live at the Community Arts Center. The fall season kicks off with the first event on Friday, September 17, with Scotty P & The Love From Above.
Last Saturday, the Swarthmorean was contacted by former 2006 Strath Haven High School graduate, Wellington Kiiru, to let us know about SHHS English teacher and coach Kevin Haney’s heroic gesture in getting his friend, 2006 SHHS graduate Amir Sidiqi, out of Afghanistan. Wellington and Amir were both students of Mr. Haney. It also appears that another graduate of SHHS piloted the plane that brought Amir to the U.S.
Recently, I’ve been learning about the impact that environmental racism has on children, by reading Harriet A. Washington’s 2019 book, A Terrible Thing to Waste. I expect that Zulene and Harriet Washington would really hit it off.
This week, Andrew Bunting examines garden plants that support pollinators such as the threatened monarch butterfly.
The Swarthmore United Methodist Church will hold a fundraising event, “Songs of Freedom,” on Saturday, October 16, at 3 p.m., to which the community is invited. Food trucks and members of the church who are talented bakers will offer items for sale, and cash donations will also be accepted: all proceeds from the event will go to support JFON.
Jim Greer and Carol Nackenoff spent nearly two weeks in Iceland on a vacation delayed a year by COVID.
The Swarthmore Recreation Association, which started as a limited summer program for young children in 1940, has a new leader. Sara Kelly has been named the organization’s fourth Executive Director, taking over for Colleen Murphy.
John Pierson writes about his travels to Duckington, a small parish some ten miles south of Chester in England, where records show that over 200 years ago, three destitute American sailors were likely either been taken prisoner by the Royal Navy during the short, but violent, War of 1812—or had been press ganged on the high seas by the British.
On Saturday morning, August 14, Andrew Bunting led a tour of Little Crum Creek Park, accompanied by several fellow board members of the Friends of Little Crum Creek Park and residents of Swarthmore and Rutledge. The purpose of the tour was to provide information about the park, and highlight the achievements and future plans of the Friends.
Swarthmore Friends of the Arts presents Emily Richardson Retrospective: Four Decades of Photographs. The exhibit will be on display from August 18 through September 20, at Swarthmore Borough Hall, 121 Park Avenue.
On September 11, Young People’s Theatre Workshop will return to in-person classes for its 43rd year of training young actors at The Players Club of Swarthmore.
