Norristown Area High School News

Browse past news stories for Norristown Area High School in Norristown, PA.

  • School district and zoning board take to field of battle (Montgomery Life)
    posted on November 26, 2009 at 03:24:04 pm
    WEST NORRITON — Only two witnesses for the Norristown Area School District were heard Wednesday, Nov. 18, by the West Norriton Zoning Hearing Board in a dispute that pits the school board against the township’s zoning regulations.
  • Mom sentenced in baby’s death (The Times Herald)
    posted on November 22, 2009 at 06:43:13 am
    COURTHOUSE — A Norristown woman who admitted causing fatal injuries to her 20-month-old toddler last November, when she shook him and banged his head against a bed headboard, was sentenced to prison Friday.
  • Field of Battle (The Times Herald)
    posted on November 20, 2009 at 06:44:33 am
    WEST NORRITON — Only two witnesses for the Norristown Area School District were heard Wednesday night by the West Norriton Zoning Hearing Board in a dispute that pits the school board against the township’s zoning regulations.
  • Remembering our vets (Montgomery Life)
    posted on November 19, 2009 at 11:22:17 am
    Vietnam veterans held a Service of Remembrance at their war memorial wall in front of the Montgomery County Court House on Tuesday evening, an annual ceremony that honors those who died fighting in the Southeast Asian conflict.
  • Veterans share their stories (The Mercury)
    posted on November 13, 2009 at 12:07:23 pm
    Veterans of all branches of service were honored throughout the area Wednesday in rememberance of Veterans Day.
  • Five to be inducted into Norristown Hall of Champions (The Times Herald)
    posted on November 3, 2009 at 11:03:03 am
    For The Times Herald Five graduates will be inducted into the Norristown Area High School Hall of Champions at a public ceremony in the high school auditorium. 1900 Eagle Drive, West Norriton Township, at 7 p.m., on Thursday, November 5, 2009.
  • Grads to be inducted into Hall of Fame (The Times Herald)
    posted on November 3, 2009 at 07:44:53 am
    For The Times Herald Ten graduates will be inducted into the Norristown Area High School Hall of Champions and Hall of Fame at public ceremonies in the high school auditorium. 1900 Eagle Drive, West Norriton Township, at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 5.
  • Norristown school board candidates sound off on issues (Montgomery Life)
    posted on October 26, 2009 at 12:21:09 pm
    WEST NORRITON — The seven-person field of candidates for four seats on the Norristown Area School Board will go to the Nov. 3 polls intact even though one candidate was already appointed Oct. 7 to fill an unexpired school board term.
  • Break-in reported, under investigation (The Times Herald)
    posted on October 26, 2009 at 05:43:33 am
    Times Herald Staff WEST NORRITON — Police are investigating a break-in at the Primo Hoagies in the 400 block of Egypt Road overnight on Oct. 19.
  • Undampened Spirits (The Times Herald)
    posted on October 24, 2009 at 07:00:13 pm
    High school football fans braved the rainy weather Friday night to support their respective teams.
  • Norristown school board elects newest member (Montgomery Life)
    posted on October 21, 2009 at 10:38:15 am
    A senior structural engineer who graduated from Norristown Area High School in 1981 was selected Wednesday night to finish the late Edward C. Ward Jr.’s two-year term on the Norristown Area School Board.
  • Board braces for fight over fields (The Times Herald)
    posted on October 21, 2009 at 05:43:53 am
    WEST NORRITON — Members of the Norristown Area school board met Monday afternoon to prepare for a legal appeal that has delayed construction of the proposed multi-purpose athletic field at Norristown Area High School.
  • Candidates sound off on issues (The Times Herald)
    posted on October 19, 2009 at 06:29:23 pm
    WEST NORRITON — The seven-person field of candidates for four seats on the Norristown Area school board will go to the Nov. 3 polls intact even though one candidate was already appointed Oct. 7 to fill an unexpired school board term.
  • Candidates discuss cancelled forum (The Times Herald)
    posted on October 16, 2009 at 05:45:36 am
    EAST NORRITON — A non-partisan candidates’ forum for East Norriton supervisors’ candidates scheduled for Tuesday evening was cancelled this week amid disagreements over the reasons for the cancellation.
  • Proposed athletic field hearing scheduled (The Times Herald)
    posted on October 14, 2009 at 05:58:53 am
    WEST NORRITON — The issue of whether the proposed athletic field at Norristown Area High School is a “by-right” use or an “accessory” use will be heard at 7 p.m., Oct. 21, by the West Norriton Zoning Hearing Board.
  • NASD board elects new member (The Times Herald)
    posted on October 9, 2009 at 09:32:15 pm
    WEST NORRITON — A senior structural engineer who graduated from Norristown Area High School in 1981 was selected Wednesday night to finish the late Edward C. Ward Jr.’s two-year term on the Norristown Area School Board.
  • Return to Arms (The Times Herald)
    posted on October 5, 2009 at 05:44:23 am
    COURTHOUSE — Matthew Ross, a special education teacher at Stewart Middle School, got warm greetings from students after returning from a year-long deployment in Iraq with the Pennsylvania National Guard.
  • Eisenhower Middle School students show improvement (The Times Herald)
    posted on September 20, 2009 at 07:44:03 pm
    NORRISTOWN — For the first time since 2003, Eisenhower Middle School students have made “adequate yearly progress” (AYP) and achieved “proficiency” in PSSA math and reading tests administered in April 2009.
  • Policeman to get a little help from friends (Montgomery Life)
    posted on September 9, 2009 at 05:26:08 pm
    Showing that the public cares for those who care for them, supporters have organized a “Yes, We Care!!” bike ride fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 5 for Corporal Robert Scotti Jr. the 10-year veteran of the West Norriton Police Force who is battling acute myelogenous leukemia (ALM).
  • Prime-time players (The Times Herald)
    posted on September 5, 2009 at 06:34:59 am
    NORRISTOWN — A game is decided by a few big plays. Great players earn their reputations when momentum hangs in the balance. Backups must earn their stripes when starters go down. Turnovers can turn a game around. Ditto for special teams.
  • Police probe armed robberies (The Times Herald)
    posted on September 1, 2009 at 11:57:13 am
    NORRISTOWN — Police are investigating three armed robberies reported within a three-hour period Sunday night and Monday morning.
  • Board appoints new vice principal for high school (Montgomery Life)
    posted on August 27, 2009 at 10:32:44 am
    A mathematics teacher with 23 years of teaching experience was appointed vice principal of Norristown Area High School on Monday night by the school board.
  • Board to appeal zoning ruling (The Times Herald)
    posted on August 18, 2009 at 11:05:05 am
    WEST NORRITON — The West Norriton zoning officer has ruled the proposed, multi-purpose athletic field at Norristown Area High School (NAHS) is “not permitted in the R-A Rural Residence district as a by-right or accessory use.”
  • Field’s traffic impact weighed (The Times Herald)
    posted on August 15, 2009 at 09:56:31 am
    WEST NORRITON — A traffic study requested by West Norriton officials exploring a “worst-case-scenario” of traffic generated by the proposed multi-purpose field at Norristown Area High School has concluded it will not “substantially increase congestion on surrounding streets during the commuter “peaks.”
  • Township to use $2M for roads (The Times Herald)
    posted on August 13, 2009 at 05:56:32 am
    WEST NORRITON — The Board of Commissioners Tuesday night agreed to borrow $2 million to repave more than 14 roads in the township next spring.
  • New principals to take charge at beginning of school year (The Times Herald)
    posted on July 27, 2009 at 11:17:08 am
    WEST NORRITON — The two women love reading, teaching and sharing their knowledge with others.
  • Grass volleyball tournament gets new venue in Limerick (Spring-Ford Reporter & Valley Item)
    posted on July 26, 2009 at 08:08:55 am
    The two-day Norristown CRUSH grass volleyball tournament, which made its debut last year, will return this weekend for its first time in Limerick Community Park.
  • Graffiti vandal gets probation (The Reporter)
    posted on July 13, 2009 at 10:47:33 am
    For The Reporter NORRISTOWN — A self-described graffiti artist admitted spray painting more than 30 buildings in Norristown last year.
  • Graffiti vandal sentenced to community service (The Times Herald)
    posted on July 10, 2009 at 04:03:55 pm
    COURTHOUSE — A self described graffiti artists admitted spray painting more than 30 buildings in Norristown last year.
  • Montco teen jailed for fatal hit-run (Delaware County Times)
    posted on July 2, 2009 at 08:25:45 am
    NORRISTOWN — A Norristown teenager who admitted being the driver in a hit-and-run driver that killed a 3-year-old boy last year must serve at least a year in prison.

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