Although the Woodstock anniversary celebration at Community Arts Center is sold out for this Saturday, tickets are still available on Friday and Saturday for a raffle including some pretty great items for the modern generation of flower children.
All tagged 2019/04
EAC Reports on Busy Year
As you might expect in a town so rich in environmentalists, Swarthmore’s Environmental Advisory Committee was active and effective in 2018, Chair Elizabeth Jenkins reported recently to Borough Council.
Nether Providence Township Commissioners Micah Knapp (3rd Ward) and Kaitlin McKenzie (4th Ward) hosted neighbors who shared opinions on and asked questions about two potential avenues of development of the property at 310 Wallingford Avenue in South Media.
No Smoke, but Some Fire: Pols Hear Local Views on Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman came to Strath Haven High School on Monday evening, April 22, to hear what Delaware County residents had to say about the legalization of recreational marijuana.
LWV Honored by Beth Israel
The Social Action Committee of Congregation Beth Israel presented its annual Friend of the Community award on April 12 to the League of Women Voters of Central Delaware County. This award recognizes local individuals or groups of any faith who support or embody the Jewish concept of Tikkun Olam, or Hebrew for “Healing the World.”
The Wallingford-Swarthmore School Board approved several contracts and agreements, significantly a contract with Dell Financial Services which will fund the leasing of notebook computers for the coming school year. These will be deployed in Strath Haven High School in the next phase of the district’s Chromebook initiative, which began in fall 2018 with the distribution of Dell Chromebooks to all 9th graders.
Wrong Way Parking
Chief Raymond C. Stufflet advises residents and visitors in the Swarthmore community that the Swarthmore Borough Police Department will be enforcing the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code section concerning vehicles parked facing the wrong way on all Borough streets.
Swarthmore Town Mothers (and Fathers)
Few Swarthmoreans have lived here longer than Alice “Putty” Willets, and fewer still have known as many of their fellow residents.
Swarthmore College Students and Staff Work Toward a Hopeful, Sustainable Future
“What is it that you want? And why are you here having this conversation with us?”
That blunt inquiry, amidst a discussion with Swarthmore campus community members of the College’s Zero Waste efforts, has helped me clarify my priorities.
Inspired Scanlon Returns From D.C. and Points South
The Swarthmorean spoke with Representative Scanlon about her experiences and impressions of the national political landscape, and some of the areas in which she is concentrating efforts on service to the Fifth District and the wider world.
Evacuated from College by Three Mile Island
Forty years ago this spring, Three Mile Island’s Unit 2 cooling tower malfunctioned, resulting in the worst nuclear plant accident to this day in the U.S. It was on March 28, 1979, a beautiful spring day when many of us students at Franklin and Marshall College were outside enjoying the weather.
Fili's Finest
Brian Fili is known to some as the 8th grade mathematics teacher at Strath Haven Middle School, to others as the high school baseball coach, and, outside the community, as a member of the newest class inducted in February into Villanova University’s Varsity Club Hall of Fame for his excellence as a baseball player.
Concern for Students; Student Concerns
The focus topic of the Wallingford-Swarthmore School Board meeting on Monday, April 8, was Safe2Say Something, a youth violence prevention program run by the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General.
Five Questions for Rhonda Fabian
Rhonda Fabian of Rose Valley is convener of the first Climate, Consciousness, and Community Summit, which will be held April 20-23 at several locations in Media and Wallingford. She is also editor of Kosmos Journal, a quarterly e-magazine.
Lives on the Line: Mariner East Pipeline Photo Show Opens Sunday at Swarthmore Friends Meeting
“Lives on the Line,” a series of photographs illustrating the human and environmental costs of the Mariner East pipeline construction through Pennsylvania and Delaware County, will be on display at Swarthmore Friends Meeting, 12 Whittier Place on the Swarthmore College campus, from Sunday, April 7 through Sunday, May 12.
The Swarthmore Borough Human Relations Commission stands to grow by two to four members, and to gain additional functions, if Borough Council votes next Monday to approve changes proposed in a new ordinance. At the April 1 work session, council’s General Government Committee chair Sarah Graden described the proposed changes to borough statutes which would be effected by ordinance #1086, and set the context for action.
Beginning this week, 16 Swarthmore College senior art majors who work in media including ceramic sculptures, paintings, photographs, architectural studies, and installation design will exhibit their work in seven small group shows at the college’s List Gallery.
Prom Dresses and Accessories Offered at Special Saturday Sale at Trinity Thrift Shop
For 43 years, savvy shoppers have been coming to Trinity Thrift Shop to buy housewares, clothing (men’s, women’s and children’s), linens, toys, sporting goods, books, artwork, jewelry, furniture and vintage items. While our sales are on the first and third Fridays of each month, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., we will be open for a special Saturday sale on April 13, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. All our regular bargain-priced items will be available for purchase then, and we will also feature gorgeous, only-worn-once gowns and accessories for proms, balls and fancy events.
Wallingford Elementary School teacher Susan Knight and her 4th grade class are on a mission to save endangered marine animals.
Got a new neighbor who needs to get the lay of the land? A friend who stared blankly when everyone else was discussing that story in last week’s Swarthmorean? Here’s your chance to help these people open the door to what’s going on in Swarthmore, Wallingford, Rose Valley, and Rutledge.