In terms of the personnel on the roster, Springside Chestnut Hill Academy's field hockey squad looks to be the strongest it's been during the tenure of head coach Emilee Ehret.
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by Tom Utescher
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8/31/22
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The Mount St. Joseph Academy tennis team looks to extend its reign in the Athletic Association of Catholic Academies this fall, having won its seventh straight league championship last fall.
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by Tom Utescher
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8/31/22
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Longtime Mt. Airy resident Penka Slavova is starting her seventh year as director of the International Student Program at Germantown Friends School.
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by Len Lear
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8/25/22
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Dr. Delvin M. Dinkins was inspired to pursue a career in education by the teachers who guided him through school.
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by Clark Groome
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8/25/22
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There are going to be a number of new faces on Mount St. Joseph Academy's varsity field hockey squad this fall, since the team graduated no fewer than 11 seniors from the 2021 roster.
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by Tom Utescher
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8/24/22
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Mount St. Joseph Academy runners have been on a roll in recent years.
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by Tom Utescher
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8/24/22
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This summer, Norwood-Fontbonne Academy and Chestnut Hill College formalized a longstanding agreement between the two institutions and established a partnership.
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8/18/22
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And just like that, another summer is coming to an end and back to school excitement is gearing up!
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by Kimmarie Cipolla, Ed.D. and LeighAnn McCormack Ph.D.
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8/18/22
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Last week's basketball action in the College summer league set the stage for the playoff quarterfinals.
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by Tom Utescher
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7/27/22
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In a return to summer basketball league action, Germantown Academy had little trouble winning back-to-back games last Monday.
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by Tom Utescher
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7/27/22
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Recent discussions about Chestnut Hill College’s ambitious plans for their expanded SugarLoaf Campus have led Our Town to look back at the history of that tract of land and its houses.
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by George McNeely
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7/13/22
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The last week of college summer league play before the July 4 break brought one major shake-up on Thursday, when the USciences alumni squad, Team Heather Maroon, suffered its first loss.
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by Tom Utescher
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7/6/22
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After meeting a degree of resistance from Bensalem High School in the first of its summer league basketball games last week, Germantown Academy took control of its second contest very quickly.
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by Tom Utescher
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7/6/22
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Area graduates brimmed with optimism and gratitude to parents and teachers, though they addressed issues such as COVID, social unrest and war.
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6/30/22
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In the summer basketball league it is hosting, Germantown Academy saw its own team climb to a 4-0 mark in the second week of competition.
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by Tom Utescher
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6/29/22
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In college summer league play last week both Team Red (Chestnut Hill College) and Team Black (Jefferson University) went 1-1, and Black won 48-39 when the teams met head-to-head on Thursday evening.
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by Tom Utescher
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6/29/22
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Summer league basketball action got underway on Monday, June 13, with the Germantown Academy Patriots playing host to a number of Suburban One League girls' teams, as well as St. Hubert's.
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by Tom Utescher
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6/22/22
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At the June 6 workshop meeting, Springfield Township manager Michael Taylor outlined updated strategies implemented by township police in response to the mass shooting last month at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
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by Betsy Wallace
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6/16/22
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When we make decisions, as the School District of Philadelphia recently did to force children, starting May 23rd, to once again cover their faces for entire school days for weeks on end, we need to consider two things.
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6/9/22
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Almost a year and a half after announcing his departure, Head of School Stephen L. Druggan is stepping down from Springside Chestnut Hill Academy to become the Superintendent of the American School of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
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by Clark Groome
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6/9/22
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