WallingfordPa. students soon won’t be able to use cell phones in school. Here’s what to know about the ban.Gov. Shapiro is expected to sign a bill banning cell phones from the start of the school day to the end. A number of area high schools currently allow kids to use phones at lunch and in hallways.Maddie Hanna Here are the runners to look out for at this year’s Delco 10 MilerTorin Sweeney House of the week: A three-bedroom stone Colonial in Wallingford for $545,000Paul Jablow, For The Inquirer Three Wallingford-Swarthmore schools locked down Monday during a police search outsideMaddie Hanna Philly-area schools respond to tech backlash, limiting screen time and rolling back laptops for kindergartnersMaddie Hanna AdvertisementThe can’t-miss fall festivals and markets to visit around PhiladelphiaFrom food festivals and art markets to coffee celebrations and bike rides, here's your guide to the best fall festivals and markets in Philadelphia and the surrounding region this season.Dugan Arnett Access to high school sports in Pa. depends on where you live, a new report finds. Here’s a breakdown.The report from a Philadelphia research group found a link between school funding and sports participation with a persistent gap between urban districts and better-funded suburban districts.Maddie Hanna Wallingford-Swarthmore may lay off teachers and increase class sizes amid tight budget outlookSuperintendent Russell Johnston said the district's expenses are projected to rise next year at double the rate of revenues, even after a reorganization that eliminated 20 positions.Maddie Hanna The Wallingford-Swarthmore School District is pushing back a planned high school renovation amid budget challengesMore cuts are possible: “Unfortunately, we are at a point where we cannot continue to support the number of staff we’ve added,” Superintendent Russell Johnston said last week.Maddie Hanna Parental backlash to screen time in schools is spreading across the Philly region: ‘It’s not going to get better unless we get loud’ Galvanized by a surge of national attention to the issue and parental campaigns in neighboring districts, including Lower Merion, parents are pushing back against Chromebooks and iPads in schools.Maddie Hanna Go inside this 22-room Wallingford estate on the market for $2.15 millionThe 5-acre compound includes a main house, a two-bedroom carriage home, and a former greenhouse. The property was built more than 100 years ago and contains many original details. Erin McCarthy House of the week: A Spanish-style ranch house near Swarthmore for $699,000The house has four bedrooms and a two-car garage.Paul Jablow, For The Inquirer Wallingford-Swarthmore schools are cutting nearly 20 positions amid a ‘spending problem’The reorganization plan approved Tuesday will save the district about $2 million, said Superintendent Russell Johnston. The district has been facing budget challenges.Maddie Hanna Helen Cherry, prolific illustrator and artist, has died at 101 “She was always an artist,” said her daughter, also an illustrator and writer. “Art was her hobby, her passion, her work. She said it was something that she can’t not do.”Gary Miles Trash pickup, school closures, and more: What you need to know post-snowstorm in and around MediaMedia, Swarthmore, Nether Providence, Middletown, and Upper Providence have closed their offices. Trash pickup is delayed in Media and Swarthmore. Denali Sagner Media-based painter Rinal Parikh is redefining Indian folk art with contemporary themes and local imageryFrom Parikh's small home studio in Delaware County, she fuses past and present through her paintings, which are rich in texture, color, and meaning. Denali Sagner 13 ways to celebrate the new year in and around MediaThe Delaware County suburbs will have keg and ball drops, DJs, and noontime celebrations for the kids to mark the new year.Lisa Dukart A new food hall brings over a dozen restaurants to Media | Inquirer Greater MediaPlus, Middletown Township has its first full-service hotel.Lisa Dukart WSSD seeks ideas to fix its dire budget issues | Inquirer Greater MediaPlus, Delaware County Council passed a 19% property tax hike.Lisa Dukart ‘Everything is up for consideration’ as Wallingford-Swarthmore tackles $2.6 million budget deficitAt a Monday meeting, Wallingford-Swarthmore superintendent Russell Johnston took suggestions from the public and said the school district is “turning over every stone” as it pares back spending.Denali Sagner See more storiesAdvertisement
Pa. students soon won’t be able to use cell phones in school. Here’s what to know about the ban.Gov. Shapiro is expected to sign a bill banning cell phones from the start of the school day to the end. A number of area high schools currently allow kids to use phones at lunch and in hallways.Maddie Hanna
Pa. students soon won’t be able to use cell phones in school. Here’s what to know about the ban.Gov. Shapiro is expected to sign a bill banning cell phones from the start of the school day to the end. A number of area high schools currently allow kids to use phones at lunch and in hallways.Maddie Hanna
House of the week: A three-bedroom stone Colonial in Wallingford for $545,000Paul Jablow, For The Inquirer
House of the week: A three-bedroom stone Colonial in Wallingford for $545,000Paul Jablow, For The Inquirer
Philly-area schools respond to tech backlash, limiting screen time and rolling back laptops for kindergartnersMaddie Hanna
Philly-area schools respond to tech backlash, limiting screen time and rolling back laptops for kindergartnersMaddie Hanna
The can’t-miss fall festivals and markets to visit around PhiladelphiaFrom food festivals and art markets to coffee celebrations and bike rides, here's your guide to the best fall festivals and markets in Philadelphia and the surrounding region this season.Dugan Arnett
The can’t-miss fall festivals and markets to visit around PhiladelphiaFrom food festivals and art markets to coffee celebrations and bike rides, here's your guide to the best fall festivals and markets in Philadelphia and the surrounding region this season.Dugan Arnett
Access to high school sports in Pa. depends on where you live, a new report finds. Here’s a breakdown.The report from a Philadelphia research group found a link between school funding and sports participation with a persistent gap between urban districts and better-funded suburban districts.Maddie Hanna
Access to high school sports in Pa. depends on where you live, a new report finds. Here’s a breakdown.The report from a Philadelphia research group found a link between school funding and sports participation with a persistent gap between urban districts and better-funded suburban districts.Maddie Hanna
Wallingford-Swarthmore may lay off teachers and increase class sizes amid tight budget outlookSuperintendent Russell Johnston said the district's expenses are projected to rise next year at double the rate of revenues, even after a reorganization that eliminated 20 positions.Maddie Hanna
Wallingford-Swarthmore may lay off teachers and increase class sizes amid tight budget outlookSuperintendent Russell Johnston said the district's expenses are projected to rise next year at double the rate of revenues, even after a reorganization that eliminated 20 positions.Maddie Hanna
The Wallingford-Swarthmore School District is pushing back a planned high school renovation amid budget challengesMore cuts are possible: “Unfortunately, we are at a point where we cannot continue to support the number of staff we’ve added,” Superintendent Russell Johnston said last week.Maddie Hanna
The Wallingford-Swarthmore School District is pushing back a planned high school renovation amid budget challengesMore cuts are possible: “Unfortunately, we are at a point where we cannot continue to support the number of staff we’ve added,” Superintendent Russell Johnston said last week.Maddie Hanna
Parental backlash to screen time in schools is spreading across the Philly region: ‘It’s not going to get better unless we get loud’ Galvanized by a surge of national attention to the issue and parental campaigns in neighboring districts, including Lower Merion, parents are pushing back against Chromebooks and iPads in schools.Maddie Hanna
Parental backlash to screen time in schools is spreading across the Philly region: ‘It’s not going to get better unless we get loud’ Galvanized by a surge of national attention to the issue and parental campaigns in neighboring districts, including Lower Merion, parents are pushing back against Chromebooks and iPads in schools.Maddie Hanna
Go inside this 22-room Wallingford estate on the market for $2.15 millionThe 5-acre compound includes a main house, a two-bedroom carriage home, and a former greenhouse. The property was built more than 100 years ago and contains many original details. Erin McCarthy
Go inside this 22-room Wallingford estate on the market for $2.15 millionThe 5-acre compound includes a main house, a two-bedroom carriage home, and a former greenhouse. The property was built more than 100 years ago and contains many original details. Erin McCarthy
House of the week: A Spanish-style ranch house near Swarthmore for $699,000The house has four bedrooms and a two-car garage.Paul Jablow, For The Inquirer
House of the week: A Spanish-style ranch house near Swarthmore for $699,000The house has four bedrooms and a two-car garage.Paul Jablow, For The Inquirer
Wallingford-Swarthmore schools are cutting nearly 20 positions amid a ‘spending problem’The reorganization plan approved Tuesday will save the district about $2 million, said Superintendent Russell Johnston. The district has been facing budget challenges.Maddie Hanna
Wallingford-Swarthmore schools are cutting nearly 20 positions amid a ‘spending problem’The reorganization plan approved Tuesday will save the district about $2 million, said Superintendent Russell Johnston. The district has been facing budget challenges.Maddie Hanna
Helen Cherry, prolific illustrator and artist, has died at 101 “She was always an artist,” said her daughter, also an illustrator and writer. “Art was her hobby, her passion, her work. She said it was something that she can’t not do.”Gary Miles
Helen Cherry, prolific illustrator and artist, has died at 101 “She was always an artist,” said her daughter, also an illustrator and writer. “Art was her hobby, her passion, her work. She said it was something that she can’t not do.”Gary Miles
Trash pickup, school closures, and more: What you need to know post-snowstorm in and around MediaMedia, Swarthmore, Nether Providence, Middletown, and Upper Providence have closed their offices. Trash pickup is delayed in Media and Swarthmore. Denali Sagner
Trash pickup, school closures, and more: What you need to know post-snowstorm in and around MediaMedia, Swarthmore, Nether Providence, Middletown, and Upper Providence have closed their offices. Trash pickup is delayed in Media and Swarthmore. Denali Sagner
Media-based painter Rinal Parikh is redefining Indian folk art with contemporary themes and local imageryFrom Parikh's small home studio in Delaware County, she fuses past and present through her paintings, which are rich in texture, color, and meaning. Denali Sagner
Media-based painter Rinal Parikh is redefining Indian folk art with contemporary themes and local imageryFrom Parikh's small home studio in Delaware County, she fuses past and present through her paintings, which are rich in texture, color, and meaning. Denali Sagner
13 ways to celebrate the new year in and around MediaThe Delaware County suburbs will have keg and ball drops, DJs, and noontime celebrations for the kids to mark the new year.Lisa Dukart
13 ways to celebrate the new year in and around MediaThe Delaware County suburbs will have keg and ball drops, DJs, and noontime celebrations for the kids to mark the new year.Lisa Dukart
A new food hall brings over a dozen restaurants to Media | Inquirer Greater MediaPlus, Middletown Township has its first full-service hotel.Lisa Dukart
A new food hall brings over a dozen restaurants to Media | Inquirer Greater MediaPlus, Middletown Township has its first full-service hotel.Lisa Dukart
WSSD seeks ideas to fix its dire budget issues | Inquirer Greater MediaPlus, Delaware County Council passed a 19% property tax hike.Lisa Dukart
WSSD seeks ideas to fix its dire budget issues | Inquirer Greater MediaPlus, Delaware County Council passed a 19% property tax hike.Lisa Dukart
‘Everything is up for consideration’ as Wallingford-Swarthmore tackles $2.6 million budget deficitAt a Monday meeting, Wallingford-Swarthmore superintendent Russell Johnston took suggestions from the public and said the school district is “turning over every stone” as it pares back spending.Denali Sagner
‘Everything is up for consideration’ as Wallingford-Swarthmore tackles $2.6 million budget deficitAt a Monday meeting, Wallingford-Swarthmore superintendent Russell Johnston took suggestions from the public and said the school district is “turning over every stone” as it pares back spending.Denali Sagner