LUPZ discusses parking lot lights, endorses home addition variance

News June 19, 2013 0 Comments

by Wesley Ratko The Chestnut Hill Community Association’s Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee supported a variance for a home on McCallum Street and discussed what committee members felt was an out-of-date lighting system for parking lots owned by the Chestnut Hill Parking foundation at its June 18 meeting Parking foundation representative and CHCA Board [...]
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Lovett selected for Phila. Free Library pilot program

News June 19, 2013 0 Comments

by Sue Ann Rybak Lovett Memorial Library in Mt. Airy has been selected as one of four libraries that will participate in the first phase of the Free Library of Philadelphia’s 21st Century Libraries Initiative, a pilot program whose goal is to create innovative hubs of learning and expand the libraries presence in the community. [...]
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John Byrne Band next for Pastorius Concerts

News June 19, 2013 0 Comments

by Joe Tressa The Pastorius Park Concert Series will continue on Wednesday, June 26, with the Celtic folk music group, The John Byrne Band. The group will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. in the park. The John Byrne Band’s style can be described as a mix of American folk and Celtic music. While growing [...]
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Woodmere’s summer art classes are ‘soul medicine’

News June 19, 2013 0 Comments

by William R. Valerio For those of us who work in museums, our moments of deepest satisfaction come when we see how experiences with art make a concrete difference in people’s lives. For this reason, summer is a special time at Woodmere. Education programs and art classes are robust and filled, and they can break [...]
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Noted spirituality researcher to conduct talk, study at St. Paul’s

News June 19, 2013 0 Comments

Dr. David J. Hufford, a senior fellow at the Samueli Institute exploring wellness and whole-person healing through science, will share his latest work and research findings on spiritual experiences and their relationship to health at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 23, in the Dixon House library at St. Paul’s Church, 22 E. Chestnut Hill Ave. The [...]
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Slideshow: Kilian Hardware Co. marks 100th anniversary

News June 18, 2013 1 Comment

by Sue Ann Rybak People were literally dancing in the street on West Highland Avenue on Friday night, June 14, as residents gathered to celebrate Kilian Hardware Company’s 100th anniversary with food, music and other festivities. W. Stewart Graham, chief-of-staff for City Councilman David Oh, presented Russell Goudy Sr. and his son Russell Goudy Jr., [...]
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Herbiary owners: We’re still open

News June 13, 2013 0 Comments

by Pete Mazzaccaro The owners of Herbiary, an herbal supplement business that was recently involved in a dispute about the use of a nearby residential property on Mermaid Lane for classes, wanted to let the community know that just because they no longer teach courses on the property, they are not closed. “A few people [...]
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