Last Saturday’s “Home for the Holidays” event was one of the most enjoyable days we have had here in town. It was wonderful to have our streets filled with adults and kids from Swarthmore and our neighboring communities.
All in To The Community
It is important that we engage positively with developers so we can improve the built environment in ways that benefit Swarthmore. However, we also need to think deeply about what makes Swarthmore such a great place and how the borough can preserve that historical value.
Time to Order Luminarias
The Luminaria Committee would like to remind our neighbors that the annual Luminaria Sale has begun! Every year on New Year’s Day, we light up the town with beautiful luminaries as a way to give thanks, celebrate community, and light the pathway for students in the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District.
Trinity Norwood to Speak on Indigenous People
Trinity Norwood, a member of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation in New Jersey, will speak to Swarthmore Friends Meeting and the wider community on Tuesday, November 9, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., via Zoom. As an advocate for indigenous peoples, Trinity works to promote understanding of indigenous issues and to teach about them through multiple mediums, including art, film, and literature.
Facing the next four years
As your councilwoman for the next four years, I hope to have the opportunity to provide skillful fiduciary oversight, ethical, and equitable decision-making, and inclusive processes that galvanize our community at this pivotal time.
Voting Information
A reminder about the upcoming election on November 2. This year’s ballot is a particularly long one, taking up a double-sided sheet of paper with 16 different races, plus a second single-sided sheet with 9 Yes/No questions about whether judges should be retained for another term. We wanted to give you advance notice that filling them out may take a while, and lines may form at the polling places on Election Day.
Raising money for refugees
Last Saturday we were at the Swarthmore Farmers Market raising money for the Nationalities Service Center’s Afghan refugee resettlement programs. A huge thank you to all the kind people who donated money to the cause and stopped by to express support for refugee resettlement in our area.
Thank you! Thank you! With very little advance notice and much to do, you came through for us. The Block Party was designed to raise awareness and funds for the Chester Trades Education Project, or CTEP: an ambitious, collaborative effort to bring economic opportunity to Chester’s young adults by providing training in the skilled trades.
Great things are happening at Swarthmore Ballet Theatre!
There have been rumors circulating that our beautiful old theater will be torn down and replaced. The truth is the Swarthmore Ballet Theatre building has been renovated!
Time to shop!
We look forward to seeing old and new faces at our next sale on October 1 (8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.).
New living opportunity in the Ville
We are happy to announce plans to create a premium condominium project on Park Avenue, across from Borough Hall.
A moment in my life
Dear neighbors, imagine this if you can. Tomorrow, your alarm clock rings. You open your eyes and see that everything is black. You realize that you have become totally blind.
Thank you
Thank you to all who came to our Swarthmore Independence Day celebration, which we were able to hold again after last year’s temporary break. While we were a little rusty, it was once again a great morning.
Thank you for your words in action
As we embark on this week of Juneteenth 2021, I cannot help but reflect on the progress we’ve made for my community in Chester City. Several friends from Swarthmore have stepped up during — and prior — to the pandemic and civil unrest due to the murder of George Floyd. Thanks to many of you, our nonprofit, Making A Change Group, was able to transition from our primarily school-based youth mentor programs to meeting the needs of youth and families while developing a robust community outreach program. As of this year, I began another advocacy journey in the quest for political reform in Chester.
Help stop gerrymandering
The Delaware County, Radnor, and Central Delaware County Leagues of Women Voters urge readers to call or email their Pennsylvania House and Senate members asking them to support PA House Bill 22 and Senate Bill 222, the Legislative and Congressional Redistricting Act.
Save birds – don’t use glue traps!
How do you get rid of invasive spotted lanternflies? Last year many area residents tried glue traps. Unfortunately, glue traps (sticky tape on trees) maimed and killed many other species besides spotted lanternflies.
Eco-fair thank yous
A big thank you to those who helped make the Swarthmore-Rutledge School Book Club eco-fair a great success.
Lenten service project a success
The outreach committee of Trinity Church Swarthmore would like to thank all of those in the community who made donations to our March service project. In honor of National Women’s History Month, and as a Lenten service project, we collected monetary donations to purchase feminine hygiene products for St. Mary’s Food Cupboard in Chester and Family Promise of Delaware County in Parkside.
The big chili
Swarthmore United Methodist Church was disappointed to cancel the much-loved Chili Cookoff for 2021, but the chili fundraiser we substituted proved a success beyond our expectations. The immigration reform organization, Justice For Our Neighbors, will receive the $2,200 that was raised.