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Centre Square Fire Company Welcomes Father-Daughter Duo
When Emma Scott asked her father to join the Centre Square Fire Company alongside her last fall, she wasn’t just rekindling a family tradition, writes Kellie Francello for The Reporter. Bob Scott, 52, and Emma, 20, both signed up as volunteer firefighters with the Whitpain Township company in November 2024. For Bob, it marked a…
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Whitpain Township Police Chief Praises MCCC Education
Whitpain Township Police Chief Kenneth Lawson, ’82, said the educational foundation he received as a student at Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) more than four decades ago, helped him get to where he is today in his career. “If I hadn’t gone to Montco,” he said, “I never would have made it here.” After graduating…
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Whitpain Community Festival Fun Happeining at MCCC on Sept. 28
Whitpain Township and Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) team up again to offer an exciting day of family-friendly fun at the annual Whitpain Community Festival. The community is invited to the festivities on Saturday, Sept. 28, starting at noon on MCCC’s beautiful Blue Bell Campus (340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell). During the evening before the…
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Whitpain Agrees to Acquire Mermaid Lake Swim Club, Preserve It As Recreational Facility
Mermaid Lake Swim Club, which was slated for development as a residential community, will instead be acquired by Whitpain Township and remain a recreational facility, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The township officials reached an agreement with Metropolitan Development Group to buy the property for $8.2 million and maintain it the same…
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MCCC’s Sound Recording & Music Technology Department Successfully Moves Scheduled Classes Online
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has not prevented Montgomery County Community College’s Sound Recording & Music Technology from holding its scheduled classes. While instructor Jen Mitlas and her students may have lost access to the college’s state-of-the-art recording studio and classrooms at Central Campus’s Advanced Technology Center in Blue Bell, they were able to successfully move…
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Students experience the art of budgeting at Wissahickon High School Financial Reality Fair
On March 21, more than 325 juniors at Wissahickon High School tested their budgeting skills at a Financial Reality Fair sponsored by TruMark Financial® Credit Union in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Credit Union Foundation. Students chose a career, complete with a salary, and were given a budget worksheet. They were required to visit 14 booths…
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Reed’s Country Store calling it quits
Just a few years shy of their 100th birthday, Reed’s Country Store, the iconic furniture and lighting fixture at the corner of DeKalb and Skippack pikes in Whitpain Township, is calling it quits. The plan to close down has apparently been in place for quite some time. There hasn’t been a post on their Facebook…
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Whitpain Community Festival has something for everyone
Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) and Whitpain Township invite the community to enjoy a day of family fun, food and musical entertainment at the Whitpain Community Festival held at the College’s Central Campus, 340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell. Admission is free for the festival and musical performances, thanks to the generosity of the event sponsors. Donations are…
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Tools4Sports brings fitness, training, education to the athlete
A former standout football player for LaSalle College High School (Springfield, Montgomery County) and the University of Rhode Island is currently putting his sports knowledge and degree in kinesiology to good use. Joe Migliarese is now teaching young athletes how to get the most from their efforts with his new venture, Tools4Sports. The company focuses on…
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