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Faith Christian head wrestling coach Ben Clymer understood that task ahead for his contingent at the recent U.S. Marine Corps Junior and 16U Nationals at North Dakota’s Fargo Dome.

In a special July school board meeting needed to approve new faculty hires that couldn’t be accomplished while they were still serving in their previous positions, the Palisades School District also provided an enrollment update that noted continuing maintenance of small class sizes, “with few exceptions.”

Palisades wrestlers Savannah Witt and Bryce Snyder represented Team Pennsylvania at the USA Junior Wrestling Women’s National Duals, June 18-22 in Tulsa, Okla.

Palisades School District taxpayers will see an increase of 1.25 percent for 2024-2025, with income from state gaming revenue limiting the annual actual average payment increase to $1.63 per household.

Lydia Bottelier found herself in a familiar position – on the podium or in the top four – in May’s ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Atlanta.

In the first major change in its annual full-board meeting schedule in many years, Palisades School District will hold fewer full-board public business meetings.

Palisades High School held its 73rd Commencement May 31, graduating 106 seniors in Upper Bucks County.

Unable to move its 2024-25 budget past the “proposed final” stage at its April 17 and May 1 school board meetings, the Palisades School District was able to finally reach that mandated budget …

Following the unusual April 17 decision to send the proposed 2024-25 operating budget back to committee this late in the process, Palisades School District officials provided an update May 1.

Pirates baseball: No place like road

The Palisades Pirates (5-7) are over halfway through their season … and on their way to a quirky record. No sport has a greater home field advantage than baseball. Yet the Pirates are better than …

In an unusual move at this time of year, the Palisades School Board has sent the district budget proposal for the coming school year back to its fiscal oversight committee.

The Palisades Community Foundation (PCF) invites you to a free concert on The Knecht Bridge from 3:30 to 5 p.m April 20.The Palisades High School Band will perform “The Red Covered Bridge’” by …

March has been quite the month for Savannah Witt. The Palisades High School junior made history earlier this month when she became the first PIAA girls state champion in the 118-pound weight class, …

Freshmen softball pitchers don’t just enter the ring and throw a perfect game in their first varsity start. They need at least five outings. It took Palisades’ Karlye Teman five whole starts before …

Palisades junior Savannah Witt won the 118-pound title at the inaugural PIAA girls wrestling championships, held last week at the Giant Center in Hershey. Fellow Pirate Bryce Snyder joined Witt on the …

Palisades School District officials applied for — and received — special recognition from the Pennsylvania School Boards Association. To a burst of civic pride at their February school board …

Social studies teachers from the Palisades School District got to check out the weight of a Revolution-era cannonball and examine a Colonial stoveback during a tour of the Durham Grist Mill this month.

The national education organization best known for its Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and Advanced Placement (AP) programs and testing has given the Palisades School District special recognition for encouraging young women to study computer science.

No surprise parties when America turns 250

When a bunch of politicians descended on Durham-Nockamixon Elementary School this month, they delivered an important heads-up to the students: the nation’s 250th birthday is coming in just two years. That would be the semiquincentennial celebration in July 2026. It’s history in the making.

It hasn’t been the season the Palisades boys basketball team had hoped for. Following the departure of first-year head coach Bob Musantry, who resigned after the team’s 2-15 start and the recent …

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