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Public Safety
SEPTA's New Bus Network Phase 1 permanently eliminated Route 106 on Aug. 24, leaving Penn Wynne without any bus service, while Gladwyne also lost all bus access through cuts to Routes 44 and 52.
Public Safety
Local Government
Public Safety
SEPTA's New Bus Network Phase 1 permanently eliminated Route 106 on Aug. 24, leaving Penn Wynne without any bus service, while Gladwyne also lost all bus access through cuts to Routes 44 and 52.
Public Safety
Local Government
Public Safety
SEPTA's New Bus Network Phase 1 permanently eliminated Route 106 on Aug. 24, leaving Penn Wynne without any bus service, while Gladwyne also lost all bus access through cuts to Routes 44 and 52.
Public Safety
Local Government
Community
Carlino's Market in Ardmore wins back-to-back Best Deli honors in Main Line Today's new guide to 13 area sandwich shops, with three other Lower Merion delis also making the list.
Local Government
Lower Merion school board member Jennifer Rivera, 41, of Bala Cynwyd, turned herself in Monday on six felony charges alleging she stole $50,243 from her former employer, a Bala Cynwyd marketing firm, using a company credit card and Amazon account for personal expenses between 2024 and 2026.
Local Government
Gov. Josh Shapiro's executive order requires data center developers to cover their own electricity infrastructure costs, but Montgomery County legislators say permanent legislation is still needed to protect ratepayers.
Education
Lower Merion High School ranked 8th among Pennsylvania public high schools in the U.S. News 2026-27 list, scoring 97.88 out of 100 and ranking 396th nationally among STEM high schools, while serving a more economically diverse student body than many high-ranking Main Line peers.
Education
Bryn Mawr College reports two consecutive years of its highest sophomore retention rate in a decade after overhauling first-year programming starting with the Class of 2027, as the Class of 2030 begins arriving Tuesday, Aug. 25.
Public Safety
SEPTA's New Bus Network Phase 1 permanently eliminated Route 106 on Aug. 24, leaving Penn Wynne without any bus service, while Gladwyne also lost all bus access through cuts to Routes 44 and 52.
Public Safety
Lower Merion School District parents can sign up for Securly Home through the PowerSchool Parent Portal to monitor their child's school-device browsing and set home time limits before the Sept. 8 school year opens.
Community
Montgomery County's second annual Reflections on Recovery event on Sept. 9 will feature U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean and Commissioner Jamila H. Winder sharing personal family stories of addiction and recovery, preceded by a free resource fair open to the public.
Community
Bryn Mawr resident Jenna Benn Shersher turned a 2010 gray zone lymphoma diagnosis and a viral dance video into Twist Out Cancer, a nonprofit that has reached more than 288,000 people, with its next art exhibition coming to Philadelphia on Nov. 15.
Business
Bryn Mawr College alumna Jessica Tarlov '06, the liberal panelist on Fox News' "The Five," publishes "I Disagree" on Sept. 15, drawing on her Main Line education and media career to offer a toolkit for bridging political divides.
Business
The Lower Merion School District's $13 million sale of the Oakwell estate in Villanova to Natural Lands and the Wyncote Foundation closed in June, reuniting two Olmsted Brothers-designed properties separated for nearly a century after years of eminent-domain disputes.
Sports
Lower Merion Little League crowned Pride (Major A), Orange Crush (Major B) and Avalanche (Other Division) as its spring 2026 softball champions.
Sports
Amy and Larry Needle, the Merion Station couple who helped bring the 2026 FIFA World Cup, PGA Championship and MLB All-Star Game to Philadelphia, say the economic impact of those events reached directly into the Main Line through tourism spending at regional attractions.
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Maryam Khanum is a journalist based in Winston-Salem, NC. She graduated from Wake Forest University in 2024 with majors in Political Science and Communications. Maryam was heavily involved in journalism throughout her college career, serving as Multimedia Managing Editor for the student-run newspaper, the Old Gold & Black. She previously worked for the International Business Times.
Maryam Khanum is a journalist based in Winston-Salem, NC. She graduated from Wake Forest University in 2024 with majors in Political Science and Communications. Maryam was heavily involved in journalism throughout her college career, serving as Multimedia Managing Editor for the student-run newspaper, the Old Gold & Black. She previously worked for the International Business Times.
Maryam Khanum is a journalist based in Winston-Salem, NC. She graduated from Wake Forest University in 2024 with majors in Political Science and Communications. Maryam was heavily involved in journalism throughout her college career, serving as Multimedia Managing Editor for the student-run newspaper, the Old Gold & Black. She previously worked for the International Business Times.
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