Wissahickon High School Swimming
February 2nd, 2013Wissahickon Vs. Upper Merion
Wissahickon Vs. Hatboro Horsham
What You Don’t Know About Financial Aid
January 30th, 2013Wednesday, February 13, 2013
12:30pm until 1:20pm
POTTSTOWN, PA — Montgomery County Community College’s West Campus Speaker Series will present a talk on “Things You Don’t Know About Financial Aid” in the South Hall Community Room, 101 College Drive, Pottstown. Holly Parker from MCCC’s Financial Aid Office will provide a basic overview of financial aid, including:
the impact of being a No Show in a class or withdrawing from a class;
types of loan debt that students accrue;
how students can get credit to pay for books;
how students can borrow books until their financial aid comes through;
types of financial aid;
how to apply for scholarships
The presentation is free and is open to the public and will include time for Q & A.
Sustainability Film Series
January 28th, 2013Ambler Theater Film Series
Tuesday February 12, 2013
Tuesday March 12, 2013
Tuesday April 9, 2013
Join neighbors, friends and community supporters for 3 evenings of film, conversation and insightful panel discussion.
Sustainability Film Series at Ambler Theater
Wissahickon, Cheltenham, William Tennent High School Swimming
January 26th, 2013Wissahickon Vs. Cheltenham
Wissahickon Vs. William Tennent
Free Community Telescope Observatory Night
January 22nd, 2013Montgomery County Community College will host the first of three spring semester Community Observatory Nights on Wednesday, Feb. 20, from 7-9 p.m.in its state-of-the-art Observatory and on the Observation Deck, weather permitting. The Observatory is located on the third floor of the College’s Advanced Technology Center, Central Campus, 340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell. Please call the observatory hotline, 215-641-6460, an hour before the scheduled event for information about cancellation.
Community nights are free of charge and are open to the public, and astronomy clubs are welcome. Students from the College’s Introduction to Astronomy course volunteer during the event to share their knowledge and assist visitors with using the telescope and viewing equipment.
The Observatory and Observation Deck are features of the College’s 60,000 square-foot Advanced Technology Center. The Observatory features a 16-inch MEADE Schmidt-Cassegrain research-level telescope and a 90-mm Coronado telescope for safe observation of the sun. All of the instruments are controllable both in the classroom as well as in the Observatory itself. Through a fiber network, images can be downloaded for further study and comparison and can be used in online courses.
Wissahickon High School Swim Team 2013
January 21st, 2013Wissahickon Vs. Plymouth Whitemarsh
Wissahickon Vs. Central Bucks West
Ambler Environmental Action Committee
January 17th, 2013The Ambler Environmental Action Committee is an Environmental Advisory Council made up of a group of community residents, seven of whom are appointed by Borough Council. The members devote time and energy to assist elected and appointed officials in protecting the environment. Monthly Ambler EAC Meetings are held on the second Wednesday at 7:00PM ( public welcome!)
Promote Website Design
January 16th, 2013Glistening Web is a Montgomery County business founded in 1995. Pioneers of the Internet, Glistening Web put the first record company, mortgage application and shopping mall on the web. The Montgomery County Board of Realtors was at the forefront of technology when they partnered with Glistening Web to be the first organized real estate listings on the ‘net.
Glistening web works with small, medium and large size businesses to design, create, host and promote their websites. SEO, Twitter, Facebook and social networking are all part of the marketing, but it’s still important to remember “content is king“.
Wissahickon, Springfield and Central Bucks East Swimming
January 12th, 2013Wissahickon High School Swim Team Vs. Springfield
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Wissahickon High School Swim Team Vs. Central Bucks East
Stills from the videos by KingArthur.com and available on the KingArthur.com YouTube Channel.
Food Preservation
January 9th, 2013Worcester, PA – If you have ever wondered how the colonists preserved their meats, then visit the historic Peter Wentz Farmstead on Saturday, January 12, 2013 between 10:00am and 3:00pm. The smokehouse will be smoking and guests will have the opportunity to see and learn about the various methods of keeping and preserving meats.
The historical method of preserving meats by hanging them within a structure with a “cool fire” was part of early farm life. The focus of the day’s activities will be on pork and pork by-products typically consumed on a Pennsylvania German farm in the 18th and 19th centuries. Also take time to tour the 1758 farmhouse and the summer kitchen where an exhibit of food processing equipment will be on display.
For more information about this program and others, please call the Peter Wentz Farmstead at 610-584-5104 or visit www.historicsites.montcopa.org and click on Peter Wentz Farmstead. The restored 18th century Pennsylvania German historic site is owned and operated by the County of Montgomery and receives support from the Peter Wentz Farmstead Society. The site is regularly open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00am to 4:00pm and Sunday from 1:00pm to 4:00pm with guided tours every forty-five minutes.
