I’m a full-time general assignment reporter for the Springfield Sun, a weekly newspaper that covers Springfield Township (Wyndmoor, Flourtown, Oreland and Erdenheim), a suburban community on the border of Philadelphia. The Springfield Sun is a newspaper of Montgomery Media.

News:

Tea Party groups speak out at President’s visit to Arcadia (3/8/10)
Locals question President Barack Obama’s push for health care reformHatboro Council voting on gun law resolution (3/10/10)
Council forgoes a vote on local handgun legislation and  sets its sights on a state law
Council backs off gun vote (3/2/10)
A vote on a controversial gun law disappears from meeting agenda
Hatboro to vote on gun ordinance (2/9/10)
Council considers legislation meant to keep handguns out of the hands of criminals
Parents ask school board to help fund playground (2/5/10)
“Parent volunteers of the Springfield Township School District have been fundraising for the last year so students who attend the new Erdenheim Elementary School in September will have a nice, new playground…”
‘Friends gather to discuss Hope Lodges’ future (1/27/10)
State budget cuts put the historic site’s future in the hands of volunteers
Flourtown welcomes South Ocean restaurant and sushi bar (11/26/09)
New restuarant moves into the neighborhood; community expects it will boost local economy
Elections yield little change in Springfield (11/10/09)
Incumbents sweep the municipal election
Road resurfacing leads to complaints (10/28/09)
“Springfield Township roads have been surfaced with the same product for the past decade, and until now, residents have not approached township officials with any complaints…”
Springfield district considers realigning schools (9/2/09)
Administration considers a change in grade organization due to high enrollment projections
Pair pleads separately in middle school theft (9/30/09)
A Springfield couple is charged with  stealing from a school organization

Human interest:

Backyard becomes a maple sugar farm (3/11/10)
Erdenheim photographer tests models’  English on German TV (2/10/10)
Local photographer has been working with supermodel Heidi Klum for 10 years
Family, friends recall the life of a Legionaire (12/30/09)
“Nobody really knew about Richard J. “Dick” Breyer Jr.’s honors from the U.S. Army…”
Oreland mom passes muster as ‘the fittest’ (12/22/09)
Mom drops 20 percent of body weight, wins contest
Local families run to keep her memory alive (11/10/09)
The community runs marathons in memory of a special neighbor who died Sept. 11; woman’s father speaks

Montgomery Media is a publishing company that circulates 15 weekly newspapers in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, an area located roughly 30 miles north of Philadelphia.
I began working for the Public Spirit as an intern following my freshman year of college. I continued writing for the Public Spirit Dec. 2006-Jan.2007, during the winter break of my sophomore year. By the end of the month, the editor offered me a monthly column. “Down in D.C.” began that January.
I wrote articles for the Public Spirit during summer 2007 (after my sophomore year). While on winter break in 2007-2008, I wrote articles and police reports.
I covered board of commissioners meetings for another Montgomery Media paper, the Globe, during the summer of 2008.