Balance to Willow Grove Ave. plan sparks parking discussion

News February 3, 2012 2 Comments

By Wesley Ratko A scheduled discussion about the proposed relocation of a fitness studio started a larger debate about parking and auto traffic on the Hill at the Chestnut Hill Community Association’s Land Use Planning and Zoning committee meeting Thursday night. Balance Chestnut Hill is looking for relocate from their current location at 5 East [...]
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Find the overhyped Super Bowl boring? Join the club

Local Life February 3, 2012 0 Comments

by Jim Harris Are you ready for some football? I’m not. I find the Super Bowl slightly less interesting than a Monster Truck rally. And being a non-football fan on Super Bowl Sunday is like being Jewish on Christmas. Or even worse, like being a turkey on Thanksgiving. I’m afraid that if I don’t keep [...]
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Local classical singer to perform at Hill church Sunday

Local Life February 3, 2012 0 Comments

Former Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill resident Rachel Levine tried to give singing away, but her love of singing eventually returned like a boomerang. After half a decade of studying and performing classical songs in New York City and graduate school, she was burned out and thought she was done with the craft altogether. As [...]
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Hill group developing a future for those with autism

Local Life February 3, 2012 1 Comment

by Lou Mancinelli The first crisis for a family with a child with autism is the diagnosis. The second is when the child becomes an adult and is no longer guaranteed by law access to the help he/she needs. That’s when opportunities for the young adult just about all disappear. Often, without the money or [...]
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Hill Reiki practitioner motivated by her own illness

Local Life February 2, 2012 1 Comment

If the idea of alternative healing, or the healing power of energy, seems farfetched to you, you may want to stop reading here. The same holds true if “holistic healer as conduit” plays your keys the wrong way. This is about Reiki, a form of alternative healing also known as a laying on of hands. [...]
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Police looking for man who robbed National Penn Bank Monday

News February 1, 2012 0 Comments

by Pete Mazzaccaro Police are looking for a man who robbed National Penn Bank, 9 W. Evergreen Ave., just before noon on Monday. The description from the police department reads as follows: “An unknown male entered the National Penn Bank located at 9 West Evergreen Avenue and presented the teller with a threatening demand note. [...]
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Solution to zoning board dispute: An aye for an aye

Local Life January 31, 2012 1 Comment

by Mike Todd As I approached the podium, I could feel the TV camera following me, broadcasting every movement to the cable boxes of television sets across the county. Fortunately, this was a public access channel covering a zoning board meeting, and we were up against American Idol, so my bald spot probably only graced [...]
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