May 8, 2008 Issue                                       

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Local News

Behind the scenes at the Garden Festival
by FRAN O’DONNELL, Main Street Manager, Chestnut Hill Business Association

After a gray morning, it turned out to be a beautiful day for the annual Home and Garden Festival on Germantown Avenue.  The street was filled with people from across the area who gathered for a day of food and fun in Chestnut Hill. Photos (Clockwise from top, left): Tim Cunningham of Caffette showed off his cooking skills as he prepared lunch for many people on the Avenue. Dixie the dog visited with Scott and Natasha  Slezak, 2, of Philadelphia. Juggler, Mike LeRoy of Mt. Airy, entertained the crowd with this live performance on the street. Brad Jackson, 3, of Merion Park showed his soccer skills at the B-101 table with the help of Mike Kelly. (Photos by Jimmy J. Pack Jr.)

Little did I know what was in store for me as the day of my first garden festival as the Chestnut Hill Business Association’s main street manager began. Sure, you can make  plans, but mother nature has a mind of her own.  Let me take you through a garden festival weekend. 

LUPZ approves plans for Treehouse Play Café
by Kristin Pazulski

Plans for the demolition and reconstruction of the building at 8524 Germantown Ave., which will house the proposed Treehouse Play Café, were approved with some provisions on May 1 by the Chestnut Hill Community Association’s Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee.

Campbell’s tavern to get new owners
by Jennifer Katz

Campbell’s Place, a longtime Hill watering hole, is about to change management. After more than four decades as owner, Mary Campbell has agreed to sell the business and the building that houses it to one of her oldest and best customers, former Chestnut Hill resident Vanessa Noonan Mullen and her husband Rob.

Quita Horan leaves Pastorius Park post
by Jennifer Katz

After 20 years at the helm of the successful Friends of Pastorius Park, Quita Woodward Horan is stepping down to make room for a new generation of park enthusiasts.

Driver pleads guilty in Lincoln Drive crash
by KRISTIN PAZULSKI

The driver of this SUV that crashed into a house on Lincoln Drive last May pled guilty on April 29 to driving under the influence and other charges. (Photo provided by Kitty Dior)

The driver of an SUV who, under the influence, drove into the porch of a house on Lincoln Drive last May, pleaded guilty on April 29 to three charges related to the incident.