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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.
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.
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.
This week, Andrew Bunting examines garden plants that support pollinators such as the threatened monarch butterfly.
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.
Swarthmore resident Helge Hartung shares his summer vacation story — a mobile safari with his family through Botswana’s Okavango Delta.
The Swarthmore Borough Council met on Monday evening, August 9. Swarthmore resident Neil Young expressed his concern about disagreements at the previous meeting over the towing contract for emergency services, and said that he believed the disagreement poses a risk of harm to the integrity of the council.
We have a more diverse community than 20 years ago. When I look at what happened at the August 2 school board meeting I am still struggling to try to understand. What I do understand, is that I see a board that does not well represent the entire community.
On Monday, August 2, the WSSD school board and school superintendent convened a special meeting to discuss the health and safety plan for this coming school year. The plan was ultimately approved after a period of impassioned public comment.
The Players Club of Swarthmore kicks off its post-pandemic schedule on Friday, August 13, with a comedic take on love and urban angst entitled Detroit, a Pulitzer-prize-nominated play by Lisa D’Amour, directed by George Mulford.
In a recent interview, Mayor Marty Spiegel of Swarthmore answered some questions and reflected on how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the town.
Swarthmore Borough Council met on Monday evening, July 26, to discuss a towing contract, opposition to State House and Senate bills, a new parking meter policy, the possibility of a vape shop coming to Swarthmore, and a bill allowing cell phone companies to install 5G towers.
Swarthmore’s own Gretchen Walker (née Iversen), also known as Gretchen Elise, is an educator and musician on a mission. Over her more than 20-year career, she’s forged her own path through jazz, soul, and folk, to make music that is at once sophisticated and accessible to audiences of all ages.
Monday’s Wallingford-Swarthmore School District board meeting was the first to be led by the district’s new superintendent, Dr. Wagner Marseille. Marseille opened the meeting by described his administration’s goals in big-picture terms
In mid-June, the Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation (Bryn Mawr Trust) and the Wilmington-based WSFS Financial Corporation (WSFS Bank) announced that they plan to merge. As a result of the merger, the Swarthmore branch of Bryn Mawr Trust will close.
Contributor Stafan Roots offers an opinion piece about Covanta’s Chester trash incinerator plant, and how Covanta’s talking points are not passing his smell test any longer.
Andrew Bunting reveals some of his favorite colorful plants that thrive in the hot summer months.
It’s summertime, the time of year when we ask you what books you recommend to others and what else you plan to devour over the next few months. We’ve got quite a list, so let’s get to it.
Rotary Club of Swarthmore gathered for its annual recognition and installation ceremony - its first in-person event since March 2020 - where incoming president Dr. Kathryn Jones outlined ambitious goals for the coming year.
