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Corrections: The Sports Index has been corrected, as well as headers on a few of the topic pages.
8th Annual Police, Firefighters and Postal Carriers Picnic
(Use this link for PDF of reservation form)
 Winner of
Three 2005 Keystone Awards
Noted in the
Northwest
Developer, residents
to meet over
Cresheim project
A Bala Cynwyd-based development firm will detail its plans for Wissahickon East, a six-acre site along Cresheim Creek in East Mt. Airy, at a community meeting on June 30.
Hirshorn project approved
The Hirshorn Company’s planned expansion on W. Highland Avenue, which includes demolition of the building currently housing Cardonick Chiropractic and moving of a Chestnut Hill Parking Foundation lot driveway, has been approved by the Philadelphia Zoning Board, company representatives told the CHCA board of directors last week.
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Study offers streetscape vision
By AMY BRISSON
Cope Linder Architects presented the results and recommendations of their Chestnut Hill Streetscape Design study, sponsored by the Chestnut Hill District, to a public audience last Tuesday evening, June 21, at the Chestnut Hill Library.
Left, The painting of awnings last week at the long-vacant storefront on Germantown Avenue and Gravers Lane marks the arrival of a new business. The Cope Linder study calls for the elimination of vacancies “located in prominent positions” and mentions awnings among its recommended architectural improvements. (Photo by James Sturdivant) |
Funding cuts force Mt. Airy USA into 'crisis mode'
by MICHAEL J. MISHAK
Despite remarkable successes, the community development corporation has seen its city funding shrink in the last year. "We're building on a house of cards," the group's director said.
Run for the Hill of It beneficiary ‘very determined’
by JAMES STURDIVANT
Run for the Hill of It beneficiary Nathaniel Makowicz and his family were formally introduced to the community at last week’s meeting of the Chestnut Hill Rotary Club — with Nathaniel himself serving as MC. Every year, the Friends of Erik, a group of local residents and businesspeople, hold a 5K race on Forbidden Drive on the last Saturday in July and a dinner dance in the fall, with all proceeds going to the family of a severely ill or disabled child.
Bocce Club celebration brings patriotic fun
by AMY BRISSON
What do you get when you add 2,000 hotdogs, a hoard of tricycles and a magician? Fun! It’s the Bocce Club’s annual Fourth of July celebration, which kicks off with the national anthem just before 9 a.m. at Germantown Avenue and Hartwell Lane. There will be the traditional float and bicycle parade, magic show, pony rides, free lunch and lots of other fun for kids and their parents.
CHCA community manager chosen
by JAMES STURDIVANT
The Chestnut Hill Community Association voted last week to approve the hiring of Betty Brady as the group’s new community manager. Brady, the former manager of the Chestnut Hill Community Center, met all of the criteria set by the CHCA search committee, chair Leigh Filippini told the board of directors. These include strong administrative skills, business acumen, experience with designing and implementing budgets and a talent for working with the public.
 World-traveled Hill
opera singer opens
local studio
by BETH A. BROOKS
Flourtown opera singer Megan Monaghan insists that performing for audiences is unpredictable. “Once we were giving a recital for the Union League of Philadelphia,” she explained. “Suddenly a phone on stage started ringing, and it kept ringing throughout the entire length of our piece.”
 Despite retirement,
Hiller still
befriending the elderly
By ED MAHON
After a couple of retirement parties, Chestnut Hill resident Polly Raday still hasn’t stopped working to help the elderly. For 14 years she worked at Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly (LBFE), a charity organization for elderly people growing old alone. According to Raday’s replacement and current executive director, Virginia Pope-Eagan, Raday practically built the current agency. What started out with a Thanksgiving event grew into a year-round viable agency that gives support to 1,000 elderly and, as Raday says, “concentrates on the 200 most needy.”
Local sculptor honors ‘miracle’ elephant reunion
by DIANE ‘STANDING WOLF’ COLLINS
The elephant piece you see in the adjacent photo is called “Sanctuary.” The story behind this elephant and her fellow elephants is absolutely extraordinary. I will be telling the story at the Cecilian Center in Mt. Airy as a children’s story. Their story was covered on a National Geographic special I saw a few years ago. The basics are these, though they do not do the story justice: Shirley, the elephant, worked in a circus for years from the time she was five. After a long, grueling life in the circus, after several major incidents marking her difficult journey traveling all over the world as a circus “performer,” having endured battles with other elephants, a shipwreck and fire, what finally got her out of the circus was a horrible battle with a bull elephant, in which she broke her leg.
Chestnut Hiller hooked on Native American pottery
by YAGA BRADY
I collect Native American pottery from the Southwest, the hand-coiled, hand-polished, hand-painted, hand-everything wonders created by potters who believe in the sacredness of the clay they work with. I am batty about the stuff, in the same way some people are about stamps, coins or vintage clothing. I was asked recently what actually got me started, and my answer was … Karl May.
 Lee, O’Reilly share Springside’s Vare Award
by TOM UTESCHER
One has been at Springside School since Kindergarten, the other arrived for the last year of middle school. One is a lively, vocal source of encouragement for her teammates, the other is quiet and leads by example. Together, they’ve been a significant asset to their varsity sports teams, so it seems fitting that Ariane Lee and Bunny O’Reilly share the 2005 Phyllis M. Vare Award, given each year to the outstanding athlete of Springside’s graduating class.
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Top squash on show at CHA
by TOM UTESCHER
Although squash is known as a winter sport in these parts, a large crowd assembled at the CHASS (Chestnut Hill Academy/Springside School) Squash Club courts last Wednesday evening to take in an exhibition match that was definitely out of the ordinary.
Springside JV crew takes second place at Nationals
Springside’s JV crew took second place at the 2005 Scholastic Rowing Association of America (SRAA) National Championship Regatta, held at Lake Mercer, N.J. on May 27 and 28.
The category was Women’s Second Quad (there is no “JV” category at SRAA’s).
Patriots top Magic in summer hoops
by TOM UTESCHER
In a summer league meeting between Germantown Academy and Mount St. Joseph last Monday, GA’s Patriots seized the lead early on and held it the rest of the way. The Magic played some of their best ball of the summer season, however, and the 42-30 score actually represented one of the more modest margins of victory for the powerful Pats.
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