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Early Child Care in Montco Gets Help with Massive Grant
Montgomery County issues grants to local early child care centers to help with staffing shortages. Montgomery County is offering big grants to early child care centers, reports Kim Hudson for CBS News Philadelphia. The grants will help the more than 400 early child care centers across the county that have...
Bucks County high school football scoreboard: Week 2
Follow along with up-to-the-minute score updates and results from all of the high school football games across Bucks County and Eastern Montgomery County in Week Two of the 2024 PIAA high school football season in PA. And this week the fun starts early with three games on Thursday night. Check back...
Souderton Area residents press for school board member to resign over social media posts
SOUDERTON — Tensions flared at the Souderton Area School Board meeting Thursday evening as residents sounded off on a string of objectionable social media posts by board member Bill Formica, with Formica resisting community demands to resign. “The motto of the Souderton Area School District is ‘Character Counts,’” said...
MONTCO Careers — Montgomery County Community College
MCCC is seeking applications Payroll Administrator, Maintenance Mechanic – 2nd Shift, and Student Accounting Assistant. Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) is seeking applications Payroll Administrator, Maintenance Mechanic – 2nd Shift, and Student Accounting Assistant. Payroll Administrator. Reporting to the Senior Accountant, Disbursement Management, the Payroll Administrator is responsible...
Pennridge School Board advances revised library book policy
The Pennridge School Board Monday approved a first reading vote of a revised policy governing library content. The move follows an ongoing legal review of several controversial policies passed by the previous GOP-led board. Approved in September 2022, the original policy prohibits resource materials containing “sexualized content.” It additionally requires the school board’s approval for recommended resources and establishes a stringent resource review process, with criteria including “value to the total collection.”
Montgomery County back-to-school supplies drive donates to Norristown Area School District
NORRISTOWN — It’s back-to-school season for thousands of children across Montgomery County and a massive school supplies delivery is working to ensure they’ll have the tools to succeed. Montgomery County held a back to school supplies drive earlier this month to help students in need. While students...
Souderton coalition to host ‘Character Counts’ rally to demand Bill Formica’s resignation
Souderton Area for All, a member of the nonpartisan Save Souderton Coalition, will host a Character Counts rally Thursday at 6 p.m., prior to the Souderton Area School Board action meeting. The Coalition is demanding the immediate resignation of School Board Member Bill Formica from the board over a string...
FOOTBALL: Archbishop Carroll Putting the Past Behind: Counting on A Strong O and D line to Define This Season
NORRISTOWN - If you were to ask any player, coach, or fan what the biggest on-field issues with Archbishop Carroll Football last season were, they’d probably all give you the same few answers; ‘offensive line,’ ‘stagnant offense,’ ‘flimsy defense,’ etc. So, when the...
Central Bucks Football Score Roundup: All Three Teams Win in Week 2
DOYLESTOWN, PA—All three of the Central Bucks School District’s football teams won their games this week, with two of them playing on the road. Here’s a roundup of the three CB teams’ games in week 2 of high school football. The CB West Bucks beat Upper Dublin in a convincing 35-14 win on Thursday night. Senior Vance Morelli, who plays running back, wingback and cornerback for the Bucks, scored two touchdowns in the away game. The team ran for 200-plus yards and passed for 190 yards. The Bucks bring their 2-0 record home to play Souderton on...
Towamencin History: A history lesson on Towamencin education
Today another first day of school in the North Penn School District. It has been an exciting day for teachers, students and parents for nearly 300 years. A bit of Towamencin education history... Historian Edward Mathews, in his 1897 history of Towamencin Township, wrote that the earliest known schoolmaster in...
Morelli helps CB West football continue winning ways with victory over Upper Dublin
FORT WASHINGTON — Vance Morelli didn't play much varsity football during his sophomore and junior years at Central Bucks West. "I didn't get a lot of time as a sophomore and a junior and I just want to make the most of it," Morelli said. "It's my last year." ...
Local police take drivers 'Back to School' with safety reminders as Wissahickon heads back to the classroom
As Wissahickon School District resumes the 2024-25 school year this week, students are flocking back to their schools. This means that area residents need to keep an eye out for pedestrians, big yellow school buses, and carpooling parents, especially at the start of school and its conclusion each day. Such...
Pennsbury takes win over Quakertown in Week 2 of Bucks County high school football
QUAKERTOWN — Once a quarterback, always a quarterback. Well, sort of. Growing up, Pennsbury senior Walker Murray had a strong arm and an understanding of football, so he played quarterback,...
West Chester Area School District Welcomes 12,000 New Students to the First Day of School
As the new school year begins, West Chester Area School District is enforcing new policies and hiring more bus drivers. Monday marked the start of the 2024-2025 school year for the West Chester Area School District, writes Eva Anderson, Ed Specht, and Madeleine Wright for CBS News Philadelphia. The school district welcomes 12,000 students this year.
State System of Higher Education recommends interim chancellor
Aug. 29—The chair of the State System of Higher Education Board of Governors intends to recommend Christopher Fiorentino, retired president of West Chester University, as interim system chancellor while a search for Daniel Greenstein's successor is conducted. Cynthia Shapira notified students, faculty and staff at the 10 state-owned universities in a message sent Thursday morning. She noted ...
MCCC Celebrates 60th Anniversary with ‘Human 60’
More than 350 students, employees, alumni and community members at Montgomery County Community College assembled at Blue Bell Campus to form a ‘Human 60’ to commemorate the College’s 60th anniversary. To continue the celebration of its 60th anniversary and the start of the fall semester, more than...
MCCC Food Recovery Program named among national Innovation of the Year recipients
BLUE BELL/POTTSTOWN — Montgomery County Community College’s Food Recovery Program has been named among 28 community colleges nationwide as recipients of the 2023-2024 Innovation of the Year award by The League for Innovation in the Community College, an international nonprofit organization with a mission to cultivate innovation in the community college environment.
Conshohocken High School alumni determined to keep spirit alive
It’s that time of year for local students. School has either started or is about to start — this, the academic honeymoon period stoked by new gear and high hopes for good grades or, at least, better grades than last year. On academia’s flip side, many area adults...
Stockton Wins Season Opener with Five Set Thriller
Haverford, PA – Stockton University (1-0) began their 50th intercollegiate season at the Haverford Invitational in thrilling fashion, taking a five-set victory over Wheaton College (MA) (0-1). The scores were 25-21, 25-20, 20-25, 22-25, and 16-14. SophomoreNicole Palmer (East Islip, NY/East Islip), the reigning NJAC Player of the Year, led the Ospreys with a double-double of 20 kills and 11 digs in the match.
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