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Pastorius stage vandalized
Vandals did some minor damage to the concert stage area at Pastorius Park sometime late Monday or early Tuesday, but this week’s Wednesday evening concert will go on as planned, the Chestnut Hill Community Association said Tuesday.
Group to meet over Mt. Airy project
The Wissahickon East Project, a nonprofit conservation group, will host a meeting this week to discuss the controversial housing development planned for a six-acre site along the Cresheim Creek in East Mt. Airy.
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SOME ENCHANTED EVENING. The Chestnut Brass Company played works of Stephen Foster, Peter Schickele and many others under lanterns and among the elegant stonework of Pastorius Park last week. The CHCA-sponsored Wednesday-evening concerts continue through Aug. 17. (Photo by James Sturdivant)
 Can this rec center be saved?
Dispelling rumors of private ownership, the Chestnut Hill Community Association is exploring ways to improve the Water Tower Recreation Center. Gauging community interest is the first step, a committee chair said.
by MICHAEL J. MISHAK
Environmental corps gets feet wet
by AMY BRISSON
A group of six senior citizens showed up at the corner of Cresheim Valley Drive and Germantown Avenue last Thursday afternoon armed with chemicals, fishing poles, clipboards and test tubes.
Ex-Council aide gets jail time
by MICHAEL J. MISHAK
It was standing room only last Wednesday in federal courtroom 3A where ex-City Council aide Steven Vaughn received jail time for his role in what prosecutors had described as a "money for nothing" scheme involving a tax-delinquency deal with Chestnut Hill real estate firm Bowman Properties, one that ultimately defrauded the city
Picnic honors public servants
By AMY BRISSON
Fun, food and music is in store at the annual community picnic to honor police officers, firefighters and postal workers. Sponsored by the Chestnut Hill Community Association, the picnic will be on Wednesday, July 27, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Pastorius Park. Following the picnic will be music performed by the Jump City Jazz Band, part of the park’s summer concert series. |
Local Life
 Her seafood will reel you in
Angie Brown’s: a little bit of New Orleans in W. Mt. Airy
by LEN LEAR
Standing outside of Angie Brown’s, the eight-month-old New Orleans-style restaurant at 300 West Mt. Pleasant Ave. (where Goat Hollow used to be), Susan Darrow of North Wales was gushing about the dinner she and her husband had just enjoyed last Friday night. She was as animated as a cat tied up in a bag.
Chestnut Hill student in London reports on bombing aftermath
by JUDY JARVIS
LONDON—There are daily dorm room cleanings here at Middlesex University in London, so I’ve become accustomed to hearing people bustling about in my hall during what college students consider the wee hours of the morning—from 9:30 a.m. on. Students are given laminated cards that say “Please Do Not Disturb” to paste on our doors on the days you’d rather sleep than have your floor vacuumed. My mustard-yellow sign was posted prominently on the door, but still a knock and a British, “’Ello?” came through at about 11:15 a.m. on Thursday, July 7.
 New Chestnut Hill Gallery a Star
by PAT STOKES
Owner Catherine Starr calls her new shop at 8401 Germantown Ave. a gallery, and this title covers a pastiche of vintage and almost-vintage clothing, art, furniture, handmade jewelry and decorating collectibles. (Photo by Pat Stokes)
As you may recall, vintage fashions were so very “in” during the ’60s that the excitement over them extended into a whole lifestyle: to furniture, loft living, even cars. Well, surprise, or maybe you’ve noticed, vintage is back, big time, and again has become a lifestyle for some.
Brass band a big hit in Pastorius Park concert
by MICHAEL CARUSO
Sometimes tradition can be innovative, just as innovation can occasionally appear to be traditional.
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Mount romps past shortstaffed Wolverines
by TOM UTESCHER
Kennedy Kenrick High School took an early lead over the Mount St. Joseph Magic in a summer league basketball bout last Wednesday evening, but the Wolverines had no reserve players on the bench and eventually ran out of steam in a 64-29 loss to MSJ. Alexa Buchanan (13 points), Aubrey Barrett (11), Sarah McGorry (ten) and Paige Kenney (eight) topped a list of 11 scorers for the Mount.
 Local waitress ‘plays ball’
Carolyn Ingram, a friendly, vivacious, 5’ 4”, 26-year-old Trolley Car Diner waitress, stepped up this spring to coach Mt. Airy Baseball’s Blue Jays to the surprise of coaches, parents, and players.
New DVD set resurrects excitement of Phils’ championship season
Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. And I do mean “thrilling.” The time: October 21,1980. The place: Veterans Stadium. “The Phillies win the World Series.”
Phillies Reader Updated
The Phillies Reader, an anthology of some of the best writing about the up-and-down history of the Philadelphia Phillies, was recently re-released in an updated paperback edition featuring several new essays—including one about Citizens Bank Park—and the team’s recent history.
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