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Updated May 18, 2005
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Black Horse agreement approved
The Springfield Township Board of Commissioners voted last week to ratify an operating agreement between the township and the Friends of Historic Bethlehem Pike for the restoration of the Black Horse Inn in Flourtown. The last-minute addition of the action item by township manager Don Berger at the commissioner’s monthly business meeting on May 11 was a surprise to inn advocates.
Neighborhoods network for reform
With a focus on election reform, a grassroots political organization founded in part by two Mt. Airy residents will hold its founding conference at the University of Pennsylvania Law School next month. Neighborhood Networks plans to run issue campaigns, but more importantly hopes to change the dynamics of elections in the city, said Marc Stier, one of the group's leading founders.
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CHCA Board Election information
Candidates for the Chestnut Hill Community Association Board of Directors are listed in this issue. Twenty-two (22) directors will be elected. Twelve (12) directors with the highest amount of votes will serve for three years. The next highest ten (10) directors will serve for one year. An official ballot is posted with the story.
 Former co-op bookkeeper strikes deal, will pay $30,000
by MICHAEL J. MISHAK
Facing felony theft charges, the onetime finance manager of Weavers Way Co-op waived her right to a preliminary hearing last week, opting instead to enter a state rehabilitation program that requires partial restitution. Andrea Sheaffer, who managed the co-op's books since 1989 and later acted as finance manager, was arrested and charged last fall with three counts of theft, in addition to deceptive or fraudulent business practices.
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Joan McGowan, Francis Cocco and Caroline Haussermann take advantage of Monday’s spectacular weather to plant flowers at the Chestnut Hill Firehouse. Also involved in the annual effort were Kate O’Neill of the Chestnut Hill Business Association and Maxine Dornemann of the Chestnut Hill Community Association. The flowers were donated by Laurel Hill Gardens. (Photo by James Sturdivant) |
A wildturkey that wandered
into Chestnut Hill was the
talk of the town for a few days last week. Known sightings occurred along Highland Avenue, at Gravers Lane train station and at the corner of Gravers and Stenton Avenue, where resident Brian Rudnick snapped this photo. Unlike some local bird brains, it gives us no reason to cry ‘fowl’ when it comes to heeding safety rules — notice how it sits waiting at the crosswalk.
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Vaughn to step down from nonprofit post
by MICHAEL J. MISHAK
Under pressure from a group of community activists, Steven Vaughn, the former City Council aide who pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges last month, said last week he would not seek reelection as president of the Central Germantown Council. The announcement came two weeks after the activist group, comprised of local business owners and area residents, delivered a 325-signature petition to the council, asking its board to vote on Vaughn's immediate removal.
GFS panel considers media as prism for racial stereotypes
by MIKE BENIGNO
“So you’re the enemy,” a woman said to me when I introduced myself while walking through the side door of the Germantown Friends School auditorium two weeks ago, running late. It was a friendly joke, but I questioned myself for a moment as I sat down in the front row of the school auditorium — the only reporter present at a panel discussion on race and the media.
Noted historian tops list of award winners
by JAMES STURDIVANT
Four individuals who epitomize Chestnut Hill’s spirit of service will be honored with awards at the Chestnut Hill Community Association’s annual meeting on May 26. The Meritorius Service Award will go to local volunteer Stewart Treitel. The Distinguished Service Award will go to long-time CHCA board member Mary Anna Ross Cowper. The Benefactors Award for exceptional volunteer service will go to local businessman Joe Ascenzi. The community’s highest honor, the Chestnut Hill Award, will this year go to author and historian David Contosta.
EA’s Steidle sticks it to GA, again
by TOM UTESCHER
For the second time in a week, Britt Steidle lifted her Episcopal Academy lacrosse team to a one-goal victory over Germantown Academy in a key Girls Inter-Ac League contest. When the teams met at GA for the last game of the regular season, the sophomore scored with 16 seconds remaining to give the Churchwomen a victory that made the two teams the official 2005 co-champions of the league.
Norwood baseball unbeaten heading into playoffs
by TOM UTESCHER
Norwood Fontbonne Academy wrapped up an undefeated regular-season campaign in the Catholic Academies League last Wednesday, topping visiting Waldron Academy, 21-11, at the Water Tower Recreation Center.
CHA baseball brings strong record into postseason
The Chestnut Hill Academy baseball team finished up its regular season by defeating Friends Central Saturday afternoon with a 16-5 win. The Blue Devils’ final regular season record was 22-8 and 4-6 in the tough Inter-Ac league.
CHA racquetmen edged by Fords
by TOM UTESCHER
Chestnut Hill Academy wasn’t able to prevail in its tennis rematch with Haverford School last Tuesday, but at least the host Blue Devils made the team score a lot closer the second time around. Back in April the Fords had beaten the locals 6-1, but last week Chestnut Hill wins at first and third singles and at second doubles made it a 4-3 match. Nevertheless, CHA saw its Inter-Ac record decline to 2-7, while Haverford’s league mark rose to 6-3.
Mount sticksters secure playoff spot
by TOM UTESCHER
Heading into last Thursday’s regular-season finale, both the Mount St. Joseph Academy lacrosse team and its guests from Villa Joseph Marie owned records of 6-5 in the Athletic Association of Catholic Academies. The winner would claim the fourth and final place in the league playoffs, and it was the host Magic who enjoyed the happier outcome, pulling away in the final ten minutes to eliminate Villa Joe’s Jems, 13-10.
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Enchanting storyteller
from Mt. Airy
90-year-old sculptor
a force of nature
by STEVEN STANEK
When I first phoned Charlotte Stokes, she was noticeably shy and tentative, speaking in a slight telephone voice, “I don’t know what there is to write about. I’m not that interesting.” She was doubtful that an interview was worth my time or the Local’s ink, so I prepared for ways to get her to open up, certain questions that would extract the right anecdotes that make for good reading. When I arrived at her apartment in Cathedral Village, all of that went out the window.
 It’s great fun to BE in this new Chestnut Hill business
Molly Ellis, owner of BE, 8127b Germantown Ave., with her “right hand,” Katie Warwick Schreiner. (Photo by Pat Stokes)
by PAT STOKES
Dating myself: years ago there was a goofy song “Shut the door; they’re comin’ in the window. Shut the window they’re comin’ in the door,” words that instantly came to mind as I perched on a chair near the counter in “BE,” Chestnut Hill’s wildly popular monogramming shop. Truly, during my recent visit, there was a nonstop parade of people arriving, leaving and lining up at the counter for the special goodies offered by this small treasure of a shop
Newcomer not thrilled by some aspects of Hill life
by DEVON GRIEB
After living in the small community of Ambler for four years, I thought becoming a resident of Chestnut Hill would be a drastic change. I have lived in Chestnut Hill for six months now and have finally realized that physically, Ambler and Chestnut Hill have some differences but aren’t so different; it’s the people who live in both areas who create the towns’ identities.
Grape expectations (and results) at La Famiglia
by LEN LEAR
Since it opened in 1976, La Famiglia at 8 S. Front St. In Old City has been a paradigm of Philadelphia’s Restaurant Renaissance. Planned and executed with impeccable attention to detail by the Sena family, La Famiglia (literally, “the family”) is a small restaurant that would be right at home in a European magazine on interior design.
Stunning performance by Chestnut-Hill based group
by MICHAEL CARUSO
For an amateur American history buff like myself, it’s always a pleasure to hear 17th and 18th century music played in Old Christ Church. The structure predates American independence by half a century and is contemporaneous with the very baroque style upon which Philomel, the Chestnut Hill-based baroque instruments group, lavishes its attention.
 Winner of
Three 2005 Keystone Awards
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