Lower Merion
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Local High School Student Earns High Honors in National Science Competition for Algae Research
Ravi Balasubramanian, a Lower Merion School District student, was recognized as a Top 300 Scholar in the 79th Regeneron Science Talent Search for his algae research, writes Max Bennett for the Patch. The Harriton High School senior was chosen from nearly 2,000 students from 659 high schools and 49 states. His submission for the oldest…
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Parents Raise Questions about Lower Merion School’s Plans to Reorder Its School Start Times
Some local elementary parents are not happy with the way Lower Merion School District is planning to reorder its school start times, writes Maddie Hanna for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Guided by scientific research that shows that children entering puberty benefit from later wake-up times, the district is planning to push back the start of the school day for middle and high school students. However, to implement this,…
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Lower Merion Students Find Cheaper Education in Israel
Several Lower Merion students decided to continue their education in Israel due to considerably less expensive college tuitions, writes Eric Schucht for the Jewish Exponent. For Aleck Zimbalist, the cost was one but not the only reason he chose to study in Israel. After graduating high school, he took a gap year to visit Israel.…
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Five Outstanding Local Projects Honored with Montgomery Awards
Five outstanding local projects have been honored with the annual Montgomery Awards sponsored by Montgomery County Planning Commission and Montgomery County Conservation District, according to a staff report from The Pottstown Mercury. The program recognizes the best in planning and design, advocacy, and environmental stewardship in Montgomery County. It also acknowledges the high-quality work and…
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Death of Longtime Ludington Library Employee with Down Syndrome Leaves Huge Hole In Lower Merion Community
The recent death of Douglas Jarett, a longtime Ludington Library in Bryn Mawr employee with Down syndrome, has left a huge hole in the Lower Merion community, writes Stacy Jarrett Levitan for The Philadelphia Inquirer. After he died, both the Lower Merion Police Department and the Lower Merion Library System dedicated Facebook posts to Jarett.…
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Montgomery County Video Store Reflects a Different Time, Now Featured in a TV Pilot
Viva Video in Lower Merion, Montgomery County, harkens back to a different time and a different approach to watching movies at home, reports Tom Rader for WFMZ.com. Now the store is the subject of a TV show pilot on the SYFY Network. “With a video store, when you are making the trek, you put on…
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Montgomery County Leadership: Jill Bodensteiner
As she prepares to deliver the keynote address at the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board’s annual luncheon at the Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks Friday afternoon, Jill Bodensteiner, the Director of Athletics at Saint Joseph’s University, spoke with MONTCO Today about growing up in Indiana, where she fell in love with the game of…
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Lower Merion’s Saint Joe’s is First University in Nation to Forbid Legal Wagering on School’s Athletics
Saint Joseph’s University has forbidden its students and faculty from betting on school’s athletics, despite sports betting being legal and regulated in Pennsylvania, writes Brett Smiley for the Sports Handle. The updated student handbook sets out the new interim policy, which states that students, faculty, staff, contractors, and members of the Board of Trustees are…
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Lower Merion town watch is going to the dogs
It’s the true sense of multi-tasking. On Sunday, October 20th from 2 to 3 p.m., Lower Merion Community Watch, in partnership with the Lower Merion Police Department, will host another Dog Walker Watch training class. The class will be held at Merion Fire Company of Ardmore, 35 Greenfield Ave, Ardmore, PA. Residents are encouraged to…
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Norristown Fire Department to be honored by National Liberty Museum
By Mark Schiele The Norristown Fire Department is about to receive a big honor. The department will be saluted by the National Liberty Museum at an upcoming event. Norristown, along with the Lower Merion Police Department, will be honored for their work as a team, and “remarkable acts of heroism and for serving as role models in their communities.” Along…
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Lower Merion’s new zoning code tribute to 1950s suburbia
The new zoning code proposed for Lower Merion Township focuses primarily on the most cherished but also most exclusionary features of 1950s suburbia, writes Inga Saffron for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The new rules will be up for a final vote at the Board of Commissioners meeting on September 18. The code emphasizes big lots, big…
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Lower Merion grad heading up new Four Seasons atop Comcast Tower
Comcast Corp. will open yet another Philadelphia franchise on Monday, a high-end hotel high above the ground, writes Bob Hernandez for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Four Seasons hotel on the top 12 floors of the new Comcast Technology Center will open after a recent “soft launch.” The Four Seasons is calling it the “highest elevation” hotel…
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Main Line Art Center hosts first-ever retrospective exhibition featuring works sculptor Etta Winigrad
The first ever survey exhibition of the works of ceramic sculptor Etta Winigrad opens at Main Line Art Center on September 7th. Playing With Fire: The Life & Work of Etta Winigrad will be on view in the Center’s galleries through October 20, 2019 with an opening reception on Saturday, September 14th at 6 PM. The exhibition, celebrating…
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Wynnewood female dragon boater will compete in Thailand with Team USA
A local women’s dragon boat team, Philadelphia Flying Phoenix, has created two programs to bring young people to the sport to enhance their fitness, discipline and leadership: Healthy Dragons and Sparks. Two local teenagers – one from Wynnewood — who started paddling several years ago with the Philadelphia Flying Phoenix Sparks Girls Crew have made…
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Rosemont College losing a legend in Sharon Latchaw Hirsh
By Mark Schiele [gap height=”10″] She been there since 2006. Now, longtime president Sharon Latchaw Hirsh is moving on. [gap height=”10″] The small Catholic liberal arts school on the Main Line went coed nearly a decade ago. It began to offer online graduate-degree programs, overhauled how it charges tuition to appeal to more middle-class students,…
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Scott A. Isdaner elected president of Philadelphia Estate Planning Council
Scott A. Isdaner, CPA, JD, AEP ®, a resident of Merion Station, has been elected the president of the Philadelphia Estate Planning Council (PEPC) for a one year term starting September 1, 2019 through August 31, 2020. As the president of the PEPC, he will serve in the role of CEO and shall preside at…
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House of the Week: 700 Hazelhurst Avenue, Merion Station
Imagine a gorgeous 112-year-old Georgian stone manor on nearly an acre & a half of beautifully landscaped grounds with colorful gardens, mature trees, and a picture-perfect pool and terrace for entertaining with a resort-like feel just minutes from Center City. Welcome to Longfield. This home is a one-of-a-kind stunner, full of lovely surprises around every…
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Lower Merion, high schools advance to Pennsylvania Bar Association Statewide Mock Trial championship
Lower Merion High School and Lower Moreland High School are two of the 14 high schools advancing to the 36th Annual Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Statewide High School Mock Trial Competition Friday, March 29, and Saturday, March 30, at the Dauphin County Courthouse in Harrisburg. The competition is sponsored by the PBA Young Lawyers Division. The Lower Merion…
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