Chestnut Hill Local—AUGUST 26, 2004 Issue

August 26, 2004 Issue

In The News...

Cars are 'too fast, too many'
on Ardleigh Street

Neighbors to petition city
for traffic study

by MICHAEL J. MISHAK

Speeding motorists have spurred a group of Ardleigh Street neighbors to petition the city's Streets Department for a traffic study. According to group organizer Bob Previdi, a Winston Road resident, "too many cars are simply moving too fast."

"There seems to be a disregard for the pedestrian nature of the community," said Previdi, who moved to Chestnut Hill in February 2003.

As the group's organizer, Previdi draws from his 14-year experience as a...

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In Sports...

Mt. Airy triathlete beats cancer, wins Ironman Hawaii slot

Michele Pollio, 40, qualified for the event's world championship without ever running a marathon

by MICHAEL J. MISHAK

Five days after securing a slot in the Ironman triathlon world championship, Michele Pollio glows with accomplishment, still wearing her I.D. bracelet from the Lake Placid, N.Y. event where she qualified on July 25.

"This was something I never thought I could do," Pollio, 40, of Mt. Airy, said of her first Ironman, a triathlon competition acknowledged by many as the most grueling and unforgiving event in the world of sports.

The Ironman consists of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike and a 26.2-mile marathon run. Competitors must perform each stage in succession and have just...

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In LocalLife...

GFS grad brings spicy sounds to Kimmel Center

Mt. Airy Grammy nominee breaks into ‘Top 10’ chart

by MICHAEL J. MISHAK

Chestnut Hill area native Aaron Levinson is quietly mounting a Latin revival from a pool house in suburban Wynnewood. With a new record label — Libertad Records — and a new album — Spanish Harlem Orchestra's Across 110th Street, Levinson, 40, is sitting pretty with a fixed Cheshire grin.

Working from a small office at the Montgomery Avenue home of entertainment lawyer and Libertad co-owner John Robertson, he and his assistant fielded phone calls hours before their inaugural act played the Kimmel Center's Perelman Theater last month. They are deluged...

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