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Nine Montgomery County High Schools are the Top 50 in Pennsylvania
Nine Montgomery County high schools are among the top 50 in Pennsylvania, according to the U.S. News & World Report. Nine Montgomery County high schools are among the top 50 in Pennsylvania, according to the 2023-2024 Best High Schools list from U.S. News & World Report. The rankings were based...
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...
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...
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.”
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Bethlehem Area schools reach tentative agreement with clerical staff, ending strike
Secretarial and clerical staff members at Bethlehem Area School District are returning to work Thursday. The district said in a statement on its website Wednesday night that a tentative agreement has been reached with the Teamsters Local 773 secretarial and clerical staff, and that those staff will report to work Thursday. The union announced its strike Sunday. Union President Dennis Hower ...
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." ...
BASD e-News | August 30, 2024
Https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/YyreijUg5IwpG?. In this 1st edition of the BASD eNews, we shine a spotlight on a student from Freedom High School, recognize a dedicated staff member from Spring Garden/Hanover Elementary Schools, and celebrate a Freedom High School graduate from the Class of 2019. Stay informed with updates from our featured departments. CLICK HERE for the BASD eNews.
Commuter Corner: Welcome Back, Hounds!
For those of you who are new, my name is Lola Offenback, and this is The Commuter Corner: a column all about being a commuter student. My goal is to give advice as well as create a sense of community for Moravian’s commuter students. If you have any topics...
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.
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...
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...
Rath set to leave Bethlehem Catholic
Bethlehem Catholic has seen their share of top wrestlers moving on to the next phase of their wrestling careers before graduating from high school. The Hawks have seen it again this summer, as senior Kollin Rath is heading to train at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.
Lehigh Valley high school football roundup: Northampton wins a thriller, Emmaus beats Bethlehem Catholic, and Nazareth cruises
Here is a roundup of Friday night’s top Lehigh Valley high school football games in Week 2. Northampton 24, East Stroudsburg South 21 Aaron Gutkowski kicked a 38-yard field goal to give Northampton an early 3-0 lead. East Stroudsburg South’s Charles Capers ran it in from 49 yards out to make it 7-3. Capers’ second touchdown run from 18 yards out made it 14-3 East Stroudsburg South. Gutkowski’s ...
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