All tagged 2021/03
A routine meeting of Swarthmore’s Zoning Hearing Board sparks an exploration of the history of zoning decisions in the rapidly gentrifying Historically Black Neighborhood of Swarthmore, and some questions about the borough’s future.
A March 13 fire at the Village Vine wine bar and bistro at 6 Park Ave. in downtown Swarthmore prompted a conversation at Borough Council’s Public Safety Committee meeting about requiring that fire safety systems be monitored by a central station.
Our latest Unscientific Survey jibes with what our eyes have seen: Over the past year, Swarthmoreans have taken to the streets. About 81% of readers reported walking more since the pandemic began.
In the wake of the brutal murders in Georgia on March 16, associate editor Satya Nelms on the importance of calling things what they are.
Applications are now being accepted for the next class of master gardeners at Penn State Extension. The Extension’s master gardener program educates the community about research-based best gardening practices.
The Helen Kate Furness Free Library is hosting two fundraisers in the next few weeks: a raffle for cash to assist with home improvements, and family photo shoots.
The pandemic has been hard for many, but some disabled people have had unique challenges. The first of a series of articles about COVID and people living with disability, this piece looks at three local residents and how they have managed.
Editor Rachel Pastan looks back to a year ago, when COVID hit Swarthmore, and considers the future.
Garden columnist Andrew Bunting on his favorite varieties of the early-blooming witch hazel.
We are definitely in a Stevie Wonder season.
At the March 8 Swarthmore Borough Council legislative session, council voted to approve a zero-waste resolution. The resolution was supported by many local residents who spoke at the meeting.
The Swarthmore Human Relations Commission has a new internship opportunity. The intern will work alongside them as they seek to foster a community where all are empowered to stand up to hate and discrimination. Their mission is to raise awareness and inclusivity in our community through education and community engagement.
The annual Media Film Festival returns this spring, presented by the Media Arts Council. It will take place Friday, April 9, through Sunday, April 18.
A profile of Sarah Matthews, the new Swarthmore Town Center coordinator, who started work as the nonprofit’s sole paid employee on February 1.
With winter’s first snow, plows clear the parking lot at Swarthmore Presbyterian Church by piling the snow in one spot. That spot becomes a magical landscape on the playground of Swarthmore Presbyterian Nursery Day School, lasting at least until spring.
Many students in the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District are headed back to full-time in-person school. Elementary school students will have this option starting Thursday, March 18, with middle and high school students to follow on Monday, April 12.
Historian Laurie Bernstein notes a missed opportunity to discuss race and segregation in the Swarthmorean in 1931.
Former Blue Hill at Stone Barns chef Jane Brendlinger, who grew up in Swarthmore, returned to town last summer because of the pandemic. She is now cooking with her partner, Cem Teoman, in the kitchen of Vicky’s Place.
A new $69 million Energy Master Plan, also known as Roadmap to Zero, will help Swarthmore College eliminate 98% of on-site and purchased-electricity greenhouse gas emissions. This is a major step toward the college’s goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2035.
