LANSDALEÂ â Four incumbent Democrats are facing a team of Republican challengers in the May 18 primary for seats on the North Penn School board.
Current board members Tina Stoll, Christian Fusco, Jonathan Kassa and Al Roesch have all filed on both the Democratic and Republican ballots, in their second runs as the North Penn Neighbors for Progress team against candidates Jessie Bradica, Frederick Froehlich, Michael Kennedy and Harry Snyder.
All eight candidates were asked the same questions, and below are the answers for the North Penn Neighbors for Progress team; the challengers shared their answers in a separate story.
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TOWAMENCINÂ â A new event could be a new way for residents across Montgomery County to build closer ties, as soon as this fall.
Township officials heard details last week about a proposed Multicultural Fair that could be held at Fischer s Park in September. It s a timely opportunity to try to bring this county together, from both sides of the county, and really accentuate the wealth of diversity that we have, said organizer Carmina Taylor.
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On behalf of the Movement for Black and Brown Lives in Montgomery County, Taylor outlined her proposed event to the township supervisors on March 24. The event would be an all-day festival, hosted at Fischer s Park on Sept. 25, using the park s pavilions to host games, music, sports and displays from all seven continents. Those who attend would represent the various ethnic and racial groups that make up Montgomery County, sharing stories and traditions with all who attend, and Taylor said local and county lawmaker
LANSDALEÂ â Just days after vowing to stand with local minority communities, North Penn officials are now discussing ways to do so.
Staff and the school board started talks Monday night on how to better build ties between the district s diverse racial and ethic groups. We ve had conversations on the horrific acts of violence, and the increase in hate crimes that we ve seen on TV, and in the news, related to our Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, said assistant superintendent Todd Bauer.
- Advertisement - We really wanted to take a step back, to develop some action items that administration, the district, the school board, and our students could put in place, that were not just, for lack of better phrasing, check boxes, he said.