LANSDALEÂ â A team of four Republican challengers are running in the May 18 primary for seats on the North Penn School board.
The North Penn Stronger Together team of candidates Jessie Bradica, Frederick Froehlich, Michael Kennedy and Harry Snyder have all filed on both the Democratic and Republican ballots, as have current board members Tina Stoll, Christian Fusco, Jonathan Kassa and Al Roesch.
All eight candidates were asked the same questions, and below are the answers for the North Penn Stronger Together team.
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Describe your background and qualifications for school board.
I have three children in North Penn schools, and have been an active volunteer both in the schools and our community since we moved here seven years ago. I gave up my career as a Regional Marketing Manager for a $6.4 Billion Company to raise my children and serve my community. I have been volunteering and working with children and families ever since. My volunteer and work exp
As essential workers continue stepping up to the front lines, providing critical care to patients throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, several local higher education institutions are preparing nurses to enter the medical field.
âItâs difficult, and people need to understand that nursing is not easy, and I think many people think itâs giving a shot or talking to a patient, but thereâs a lot of problem solving; peopleâs lives are in your hands,â said Linda Roy, director of Montgomery County Community Collegeâs nursing program. âYou really have to know what youâre doing and have really good decision making, and problem solving [skills], but itâs very rewarding.â
Among the challenges faced in a coming-out-of-pandemic economy are a lack of workers trained in technology and in health care, an inability of many parents, particularly women, to rejoin the workforce because of child care, and the continuing and widening wealth gap polarizing opportunities for many in our communities.
Complex solutions are needed, and President Joe Biden says thereâs a place to start: Community colleges throughout the U.S.
Bidenâs $1.8 trillion American Families Plan proposal calls for two years of community college tuition-free and an expansion of Pell grants and other aid programs to help pay rent, food and child care while adults pursue college.
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Salon and clothing store owner Marissa Rule values her close relationship with her mother, Lisa Riggin of Ridley Park. She also values the dedicated customers who have remained faithful to her businesses throughout the pandemic. To honor the women for Motherâs Day, the businesswoman decided to hold a complimentary Motherâs Day professional photo shoot and have the photos sent to all participants as a keepsake treasure of them with their mothers and children. Rule, a current resident of Philadelphia who grew up in Glenolden and graduated from Interboro High School and Venus Beauty Academy, owns Colorista Salon at 5 S. Roberts Road, Bryn Mawr, as well as Colorista Closet (www.Coloristascloset.com), an internet clothing company. Although
NORRISTOWN â The Montgomery County commissioners unanimously authorized more than $2.15 million for ongoing response effort as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact area residents.
The seven-figure allotments were dispersed among 13 agreements dedicated to servicing county departments including health and human services, information and technology solutions and public safety.
A $627,750 contract with several area providers secured ambulance services at a number of vaccination sites. Each participating company received $104,625 and they are as followed: Second Alarmers Rescue Association of Montgomery County, of Willow Grove, Gilbertsville Area Community Ambulance, of Gilbertsville, Goodwill Steam Fire Engine No. 1 Ambulance, of Pottstown, Lower Providence Community Center Ambulance, of Eagleville, Volunteer Medical Service Corp. of Lower Merion and Narberth, of Ardmore, and Plymouth Community Ambulance, of Plymouth Meeting.