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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...
GFS, Charter booters settle for standoff
by TOM UTESCHER
On their shortest “road trip” of the season,
Penn Charter’s soccer players strolled a few hundred yards along
School House Lane last Friday to take on the Tigers of Germantown Friends
School.
GFS junior Mbizo Mzamane got the hosts on the board just
over three minutes into the second half, and senior Pat Farrell tied
it for the Quakers less than six minutes later. Forgoing overtime play
in the non-league bout, the squads settled for a 1-1 draw that left the
Tigers with a 1-0-2 mark in the young season, while PC’s record
was 0-2-1.
Penn Charter coach Leighton Walters has reason to hope
for better things down the road, since the Quakers only graduated two
impact players and have some talented young additions in sophomore Tim
Drabyak and freshmen Connor Gorman and Torrey Crawford. Farrell, a heavily
recruited sweeper, is a co-captain of the team, along with Steve Sullivan,
also a senior.
Germantown, in contrast, is in full rebuilding mode after
reaching...
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In LocalLife...
Ex-reporter, EMT makes
breath-defying music
From saving lives to saving Irish bagpipe music
by LEN LEAR
Long-time Chestnut Hill resident Jeff Meade knows
all about the imbalance of payments that tends to characterize
the economy of the heart.
“You have to do some things (like make bagpipe
band music and work as an emergency medical technician, in his
case) purely out of love, not money,” explained Jeff, who
started playing music as a drum major at Archbishop Wood High School
in Warminster in the late 1960s. “Whatever money you may
get as a bagpipe band member would barely pay for the beer you
have after a performance. And you have to put a lot of money out
of your own pocket before you can even perform this music.
“For example, a good kilt costs about $500,
and a tunic is another $500. Then a ‘sporran’ (looks
like a purse) costs $250, and a (bag)pipe band uniform, which ladies
in Scotland make by hand, is between $1,250 and $1,500. . . We
need bass drummers...
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