City abandons plans for park treetop course

News May 21, 2013 0 Comments

by Lou Mancinelli Representatives from the city’s Parks and Recreation Department have tabled an informal proposal for a treetop-adventure, ropes-course park to be developed within a five acre section of the 1,800 acre Wissahickon Park near Henry and Wigard avenues in Roxborough, according to a department spokesperson. The park that would have created a two- [...]
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Chestnut Hill Historical Society celebrates 20th century architecture

News May 21, 2013 0 Comments

Film: My Architect: A Son’s Journey Thursday, May 30, 2013, 7:00 – 10 p.m. Award-winning writer-director Nathaniel Kahn will present My Architect: A Son’s Journey, his Oscar-nominated film about Louis Kahn. The film weaves together the biography of the elder Kahn, a tour of his major buildings, and his son’s search for his largely absent [...]
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VIDEO: New York Times bestselling author delivers 86th commencement address at Chestnut Hill College

News May 16, 2013 0 Comments

by Lisa Mixon Mary Louise Quinlan, M.B.A., New York Times bestselling author of “The God Box: Sharing My Mother’s Gift of Faith, Love, and Letting Go” (Greenleaf Books, 2012) delivered the 86th Commencement address on Saturday, May 11th at an outdoor ceremony on the College’s campus. Quinlan, who has built a national reputation as an [...]
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Phi Beta Kappa honors for Wyndmoor student

News May 16, 2013 0 Comments

Charlie Frank, of Wyndmoor, who is majoring in biochemistry at Colby College in Maine, was one of 48 Colby students to be inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. Membership in the society is one of the highest academic honors an undergraduate student can achieve. Frank graduated cum laude from Chestnut Hill Academy in 2009. “Studying biochemistry [...]
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Longtime Chestnut Hill resident seeks a seat on Municipal Court

News May 16, 2013 1 Comment

by Pete Mazzaccaro Shoshana Bricklin, of Chestnut Hill, is running for Municipal Court. The former Democratic Committeewoman and longtime City Council employee is running against 10 other candidates for a seat on the city’s Municipal Court. Bricklin has lived in Chestnut Hill for 17 years. When she first moved here, Bricklin also served on the [...]
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Chestnut Hill resident hopes next judicial term is an elected one

News May 16, 2013 0 Comments

by Barbara Olson Ken Powell, a longtime Hill resident, attorney and judge, is running for a position on the Common Pleas Court in the primary election, which will be held May 21. Powell, 64, ran for judge four years ago and was not elected. He was, however, appointed by then-Governor Ed Rendell to Municipal Court [...]
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CHHS presents ‘My Architect’ with director Nathaniel Kahn

News May 16, 2013 0 Comments

Award-winning writer-director Nathaniel Kahn returns to Chestnut Hill later this month for a question-and-answer session following the screening of “My Architect,” his Oscar-nominated homage to his father, visionary architect Louis Kahn. It will be shown as part of the Chestnut Hill Historical Society’s celebration of 20th century architecture in Chestnut Hill, sponsored by Elfant Wissahickon [...]
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