Born in Philadelphia and bred in Broomall, Jennifer has spent the first half of her life right here in Marple Township. A product of the public school system of Marple Newtown, Jennifer is an alumni of Worrall Elementary School, Paxon Hollow Middle School and making her final pit stop in the district at Marple Newtown High School.
Jennifer went on to graduate magna cum laude from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA, with a degree in communications and a concentration in journalism with a minor in Cultural Anthropology (she was only three credits away from picking it up as a minor and decided it couldn't hurt). During her undergrad years, she worked as a world perspectives columnist for the school's paper, The Daily Collegian, while she studied abroad in Australia.
She traveled to Sicily with her travel journalism class, and wrote an article on her experiences, which was featured on GoNomad.com. While interning at GoNomad.com, Jennifer was invited by the Italian Tourism Bureau as the youngest journalist to attend the 2006 Italy Symposium. She wrote a destination guide to Emilia Romagna in northern Italy, which was featured in Preview Massachusetts magazine of the Hartford Courant in Hartford, CT.
Some of Jennifer's recent stints include reporting and writing for The Jersey Journal in Jersey City, NJ, and its community papers, including The Secaucus Weekly and The Waterfront Weekly covering the towns of Secaucus and Hoboken in New Jersey. Before coming on board at Patch, Jennifer also reported for the Northern Valley Suburbanite, a community newspaper focusing on towns in Bergen County, NJ.
A bird and phanatic at heart, the City of Brotherly Love (and Patch!) was calling Jennifer back and found herself back to her old stomping grounds where it all began.
<strong>Beliefs</strong>
At Patch, we promise always to report the facts as objectively as possible and otherwise adhere to the principles of good journalism. However, we also acknowledge that true impartiality is impossible because human beings have beliefs. So in the spirit of simple honesty, our policy is to encourage our editors to reveal their beliefs to the extent they feel comfortable. This disclosure is not a license for you to inject your beliefs into stories or to dictate coverage according to them. In fact, the intent is the opposite: we hope that the knowledge that your beliefs are on the record will cause you to be ever mindful to write, report and edit in a fair, balanced way. And if you ever see evidence that we failed in this mission, please let us know.<br><br><strong>Politics: How would you describe your political beliefs?</strong>
I like to vote for the person, not the party. I'm a registered independent.<br><br><strong>Religion: How religious would you consider yourself?</strong>
Presbyterian Christian.
<strong>Local Hot-Button Issues: What do you think are the most important issues facing the community? Where do you stand on each of these issues?</strong>
The local issues in both Marple and Newtown townships are very near and dear to me. With roots to both towns, I'm interested in what these issues are from land developments to school renovations and what residents, like you, have to say about them.
The following information has been provided by the Marple Township Police Department. Any arrests or charges mentioned do not indicate guilt or conviction.
The Marple Township Board of Commissioners will be making a decision on the last phase of the Ravenscliff development at their December meeting.
The following information was provided by the Marple Township Police Department. Any arrests or charges mentioned do not indicate guilt or conviction.
Read below for the Newtown Township Police Department's October police log and the sale of two police vehicles.
Meet Haverford-Havertown Patch's Whiz Kid of the week Renee Verdi, who is being recognized for her excellent work on a recent Language Arts project.
Marple Newtown School District parents, students, and community members attended Tuesday's school board meeting to urge school board directors to reconsider any potential cuts slated in the 2013-14 school budget.
A public auction was held at the Newtown Township municipal building for the sale of the Wyola School on Monday, Nov. 26.
Tickets are available for purchase for a special one night event at Burlap and Bean in Newtown Square
Newtown Township supervisors accepted the resignation of Newtown Police Chief Dennis Anderson and appointed Lt. Chris Lunn as acting chief on Monday night.
A settlement agreement of $175,000 has been made between Dennis Anderson and Newtown Township's insurance company.
The following information has been provided by the Marple Township Police Department. Any arrests or charges mentioned do not indicate guilt or conviction.
Meet this Coopertown Elementary school teacher who has been teaching for nearly 25 years now.
Four Haverford School District teachers were recently recognized for their years of service at a school board meeting.
A property owner of two vacant lots on Rose Hill Road in Broomall is seeking a conditional use approval from the Marple Board of Commissioners to construct two single-family homes.
“Octomom” Nadya Suleman is in a civil lawsuit fight with "Celebrity Boxing" TV show founder Damon Feldman, of Broomall.
See how local runners in the Marple Newtown area did on Saturday's Philadelphia Marthon.
As part of Patch's countdown to Small Business Saturday, check out—and follow—some of our favorite local businesses, restaurants and non-profit organizations on Facebook.
Walmart workers are planning to strike at 1,000 locations across the country on Black Friday.
Kish Funeral in Broomall received a Commanders Appreciation Award by the Marple Newtown Veterans Alliance.
One Church that operates a food bank says Harrisburg thinks taking food from needy children statewide is necessary to meet budget constraints.
