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100 Best Communities For Young People

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Abington is One of 100 ... For the Sixth Time

Abington wins its sixth '100 Best Communities for Young People' award; it's the only community in Pennsylvania to land the award six times.

  The America’s Promise Alliance, once again, named Abington as one of the nation’s “100 Best Communities for Young People” at a webcast just before 12:30 p.m. this afternoon. This is the sixth time that Abington has won the award. This year’s announcement was more subdued than last year’s. See last coverage from last year’s event here. There were no students in the board room in the administration building, rather several members of the school district’s administration were on hand to hear the announcement. Abington School District spokesman Byron Goldstein, who submitted the community's long application, said the school district offered to Skype into the event, but the America’s Promise Alliance wanted to “spread it around.” Also, this …

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Updated with Video: Abington is One of 100

Abington wins its fifth '100 Best Communities for Young People' award; it's the only community in Pennsylvania to land the award five times.

Five times and counting.  Early this afternoon, Abington was named one of the "100 Best Communities for Young People" by the America's Promise Alliance, the nation's largest partnership organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and youth.  The announcement was made in the school district administration building ... via Skype.  The Skype broadcast touched on each of the '100 Best' communities across the country; some had a live feed of their audiences, as Abington did. The Abington audience comprised Abington School District and Township officials, teachers, Abington Police officers and some students. Abington Superintendent Amy Sichel made remarks to other audiences listening to the broadcast -- the host of the Skype …

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