June 19, 2008 Issue                                       

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Local News

Local singer/songwriter to perform at Pastorius
by Kristin Pazulski

Lizanne Knott, a lifelong musician and Philadelphia area native, will be gracing the stage at the Pastorius Park concert on Wednesday, June 25. Knott, who grew up in Horsham and Ambler, has been playing the guitar since she was 10 years old and has been touring the area’s stages for years as a singer/songwriter.

“I’ve been playing for forever and a day,” she said in a phone interview last week.

Knott is an “XPN Welcomes” musician who has played at many of the area’s recognized venues, including World Café Live, the Kimmel Center, Tin Angel and more. This will be her first performance at Pastorius, which she said she is excited about because it brings her two favorite performing conditions together.

“I absolutely love performing outside, and I like the smaller audience because it’s more intimate,” she said of the Pastorius’ venue, which she has learned about through her friends Melody Gardot and Phil Roy, who have performed in the concert series. “I love being able to see people’s faces, which you can do outside.”

Same man suspected in three Chestnut Hill bank robberies
by KRISTIN PAZULSKI

On June 11, a man in a yellow shirt and hat robbed the Wachovia bank branch at 8527 Germantown Ave., at Evergreen Avenue.

Police believe the man is the same person who robbed five other Philadelphia bank branches, including two on the Hill in March.  

He is suspected of robbing Freedom Credit Union in the Northeast on Feb. 9, Citizens Bank in Chestnut Hill on March 10, Citibank in Chestnut Hill on March 17, St. Edmonds Credit Union in Roxborough on June 6 and M&T Bank in Center City on June 9.

As in the March robberies, the man passed a demand note to the teller, claiming that he had a gun. An undisclosed amount of money was handed to the robber.

In one of the March robberies, the robber was dressed in female Muslim garb and sunglasses that hid his face.

Execs address questions raised by board election
by PETE MAZZACCARO

The executive committee of the Chestnut Hill Community Association debated questions arising from the recent CHCA board election at its June 12 meeting but did not take specific action on the controversy.

Teens Inc to host rafting trip, teen empowerment seminar

Teenagers, Inc. is hosting a whitewater rafting day trip on Friday, June 27. The bus will journey to Jim Thorpe, and teens will form six-person teams to paddle their rafts on the river. Guides in kayaks will lead the way down some class I and II rapids and around and over rocks.