Methacton Grad Recounts Boston Attacks: 'We Cannot be Afraid'

Christopher Keelty, a freelance writer in New York, was in Boston cheering on his girlfriend when the bombs went off.

Among the area natives in Boston on Monday, when the attacks on the Boston Marathon rocked the nation, was Christopher Keelty, a Methacton graduate and now freelance writer living in New York City. Keelty was there to cheer on his girlfriend, Liz Corkum, a Skippack native who was running for her second time in the marathon. He recounted the experience recently on his personal blog, christopherkeetly.com. Keelty writes: I was at Massachusetts and Commonwealth Avenues, about six blocks or so from the finish line, when the explosions detonated. I was talking to a friend of Liz’s who had finished about an hour earlier, and we both heard the bombs. We wondered aloud what the noise might have been, but assumed it was something benign. From that …

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Former Methacton Teacher Admits to Inappropriate Relationship With Student

Former Methacton High School teacher Sean McCullough pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a sexual relationship he had with a former student.

According to the Pottstown Mercury, former Methacton High School teacher Sean Michael McCullough recently pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court to charges against him in relation to what authorities said was an inappropriate sexual relationship with a former student at the school. The 43-year-old McCullough reportedly admitted to engaging in the illicit behavior with the former student, a girl who was 17 at the time, between September 2009 and 2010. In previous reports, McCullough was alleged to have engaged in "sex chats," mutual masturbation, kissing and fondling with the girl and exchanging nude photos with her. According to the Mercury, McCullough pleaded guilty to a felony charge of disseminating obscene materials to a minor and a…

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Former Methacton Teacher Wants Charges Dismissed

Sean McCullough, accused of having an improper sexual relation with a student, is asking a judge to review the charges and possibly dismiss the case for insufficient evidence.

According to The Mercury, former Methacton High School teacher Sean Michael McCullough, has filed papers in Montgomery County Court for a judge to review charges of an inappropriate relationship with a former student. McCullough’s lawyer, Stephen Geday, reportedly claimed that the statements allegedly given to police by his client are not admissible due to coercion and undue influence.    McCullough is requesting that should insufficient evidence be presented, the charges should be dismissed. McCullough is facing several charges related to his alleged relationship with the then 17-year-old girl including corruption of a minor, solicitation of child pornography and criminal use of communication facility. All charges were upheld against …

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McCullough Pleads Not Guilty to Improper Sexual Relationship With Student

The former Methacton High School teacher is charged with engaging in a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student.

According to The Times Herald, 43-year-old Sean Michael McCullough pleaded not guilty to charges of possession of child pornography, endangering the welfare of a child, corruption of a minor and criminal use of a communication in connection with his alleged sexual relationship with a former student that began when the girl was 17. The former Methacton High School teacher reportedly admitted to authorities back in August that he and the girl engaged in a myriad of intimate activities including "sex chats through emails, text messages and Facebook messages, mutual masturbation, exchanging of nude photographs, kissing and fondling each other." McCullough is currently free on bail and awaiting trial. Read more about the case here. --- Related …

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UPDATE: Methacton Teacher Allegedly Admitted to Sexual Relationship with Underage Student

Forty three-year-old Sean Michael McCullough reportedly told authorities he engaged in sexual-related activity with a 17-year-old female student who graduated in 2010.

According to The Times Herald, Sean Michael McCullough, the 43-year-old Methacton High School teacher who was arrested earlier today, has admitted to having a sexual relationship with a student at the high school that began in 2009 when she was 17. McCullough was arraigned Thursday, Aug. 16 on charges of corruption of a minor, endangering the welfare of a child, possession of child pornography and criminal use of a communication facility. He was remanded to Montgomery County Correctional Facility and bail was set at $50,000. "The safety and well-being of our students is our primary concern at all times. The district moved quickly to place this individual on administrative leave and is cooperating fully with the Montgomery County District …

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Methacton Teacher Arrested for Sexual Relationship with Underage Student

Sean Michael McCullough, a teacher at Methacton High School, is facing charges for a sexual relationship he allegedly had with a student.

Methacton Community Theater Stages 'Annie'

The show opens on tonight at 8 p.m. and runs through July 21.

From the Methacton Community Theater: Leapin’ Lizards! Methacton Community Theater will present Annie as their summer musical opening Friday, July 13, at 8 p.m. on the Perkiomen Valley Middle School East stage at 100 Kagey Road in Collegeville. The performances continue on July 14, 20 and 21 at 8 p.m. with two matinee performances on July 14 and 21 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults (ages 12-61) and $10 for children and seniors. This best-loved family musical production features over 55 area actors bringing the heart-warming rags-to-riches story of plucky young Annie’s journey from the hard-knock New York orphanage to the luxurious home of billionaire businessman Oliver Warbucks. Based on the Little Orphan Annie comic strip by permission…

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Willy Wonka Cast Marches in Skippack Parade

Members of the Methacton Community Theater were on hand to publicize their latest production.

The cast and crew of "Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka" marched in Skippack's Fourth of July Parade Monday to publicize the upcoming Methacton Community Theater production. The all volunteer musical comedy will be performed at Perkiomen Valley Middle School East July 15, 16, 22 and 23 at 8 p.m., and July 16 and 23 at 2 p.m. Visit www.methactoncommunitytheater.org for more information.

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Uptight Parents Brigade Fights Common Sense

Kids get caught drinking before their prom. Is that really a good enough reason to throw the book at them? Give them a criminal record? Mess up their college? Destroy their reputation?

I worked the late shift doing security for Methacton’s After-Prom Party this weekend. When I reported in, the buzz was a large number of kids didn’t make it to the prom because a parent rented a bus after allowing kids access to booze. I saw my kid at the party, and he told me about a few kids who were fall-down drunk. The cops clipped them at the prom. OK, alcohol consumption by teens is against the law. Personally, I think it is a stupid law, but kids are going to get swept up in this. Lawyers and the justice system will get a payday. The kids will get racked up with records that will hold them back, and the idiot Uptight Parents Brigade (UPB) will get to click their tongues. The local paper has been championing one such idiot who wants …

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