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Boyertown School Board votes hire artificial turf design firm for 2 field options at the high school.

6-3 vote moves Boyertown Schools closer to turf fields

Owen J. Roberts, Perkiomen Valley, Boyertown, Spring-Ford, Pottstown, Pottsgrove, Phoenixville, Upper Perkiomen, Methacton and Daniel Boone school boards re-organize for 2024.

Maine State Music Theatre opened its Theatre for Young Audiences series with a delightful, energetic, and amusing production of Robin and Clark’s JACK AND THE BEANSTALK that drew a crowd of enthusiastic youngsters, their teachers, parents, and grandparents for the four performances on June 13. Read BWW's critic's review!

EAST NORRITON >> Norristown got its happy Homecoming cap Friday. That, and a different number in the win column for the first time this season. Scoring 33 unanswered points after falling behind by 21, the Eagles held on for a 33-28 victory over Boyertown in their Pioneer Athletic Conference Liberty Division matchup. It was the […]

For all its success this fall, one thing eluded Perkiomen Valley until Friday night: a shutout. Check that accomplishment off the Vikings’ list after its wire-to-wire 38-0 victory over host Boyertown. Perk Valley was able to check another accomplishment off the list in the process and this one isn’t just style points. By reaching 4-0 […]

Few would question that this past year of the pandemic has been a difficult one for schools, and for the school boards that oversee them. Through uncounted stormy meetings, difficult decisions, and always someone unhappy about them,  each school board has tried to navigate its best course for both safety and optimizing education. Perhaps that explains why incumbents comprise only a little more than 15 percent of the 64 candidates running in the May 18 primary for the 38 open seats on the nin...