Crack in bridge limits Bell’s Mill Rd. traffic

by KATIE WORRALL
The Philadelphia Streets Department closed Bell’s Mill Road Bridge eastbound last Friday after a crack was found in an arch on the upstream, Roxborough-bound side of the stone bridge.
Although the bridge was closed completely for a while on Friday, tying up traffic on nearby roads, by mid-morning on Monday, jersey barriers and traffic barricades were blocking the eastbound lane. Traffic, however, was able to pass while...

by MICHAEL J. MISHAK
With less than two days to campaign, Mayor Street and his supporters promoted a title bout to Tuesday's election that looked more like "Street vs. Bush" than "Street vs. Katz."
Spawned in the wake of the federal probe revelation early last month, the Street campaign has ridden the "Republican dirty trick" spin to double-digit leads and a galvanized political...

Holiday House Tour features historically significant homes

by MADELEINE M. KEEHN
The Chestnut Hill Holiday House Tour, presented jointly by the Chestnut Hill Historical Society and the Chestnut Hill Community Association, will be held on Saturday, December 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All proceeds will benefit both of these nonprofit organizations.
There will also be a preview party at the Sugarloaf Conference Center, 9230 Germantown Ave., that includes a candlelight tour of...

Business Improvement District plan
sent to property owners

by KATIE WORRALL
Copies of the proposed Business Improvement District Plan have been distributed to owners of 207 commercially zoned properties in Chestnut Hill. The property owners will be asked to offer nominees for the Business Improvement District board.
The plan, which numbers nine pages plus a 12-page appendix, gives the Chestnut Hill Business Association’s argument as to why a BID — or Neighborhood Improvement District, as it is called under...

Hill burglar sentenced, businesses rally against crime

by MICHAEL J. MISHAK
When security alarms pierced the cool early morning air on April 30, the Chestnut Hill business community felt its stomach twist into one collective knot. Not again.
Thomas Hughes, a North Philadelphia man who had been convicted and served a three-year prison term for burglarizing a group of...

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