Denial of GFM variances backed by key Democrats
by Joel Hoffmann

Flip through the two-inch thick binder of evidence that persuaded the Zoning Board of Adjustment to deny takeout variances for the Good Food Market, and you’ll see that some prominent Democrats backed near neighbors of the property, validating their concerns about parking, traffic and safety.

Read the minutes from the Chestnut Hill Community Association’s public meetings on the subject and you’ll find those same Democrats – State Rep. Cherelle Parker, Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller and At-Large Councilman William Greenlee, Greenlee aide Julie O’Connell and former Councilman and District Attorney candidate Dan McElhatton – conspicuously absent from the debate.
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Tricks and treats Rainy weather couldn’t stop local children from trick-or-treating on Germantown Avenue on Saturday afternoon  Aidan Halverson (dinosaur) picks up some candy from O’Doodles, Visit http://chestnut.dotphoto.com/CPListAlbums.asp  to see all photos, or to get prints and digital downloads.

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He makes dead people in cemeteries ‘come to life’
by Jean-Bernard Hyppolite and Len Lear

In the 1999 movie, “The Sixth Sense,” a monster hit which was made in Philadelphia by Main Line director M. Night Shyamalan, actor Joel Osment played a boy who “sees dead people.” Well, you might say (taking some poetic license) that Eugene P. Hough, a resident of Evergreen Avenue in Chestnut Hill from 1988 to 2000 who now lives in Bryn Mawr, helps dead people come to life.
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Don’t mess with the people

There’s revolution in the air. But it doesn’t involve a citizen militia. Instead, people here in Chestnut Hill and around the region are organizing to fend off development in several different forms. Some have formed organizations with high-rent names. Others are tackling local legislation. All have the same purpose: to reclaim power for the people.
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Halloween 2009: To see more pictures click here.
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Mount hockey wins District 1 opener
by Tom Utescher

After receiving a bye in the opening round of the PIAA Class AAA field hockey playoffs last Monday, fifth-seeded Mount St. Joseph Academy won its first outing in the district tournament on Wednesday afternoon, turning back visiting number 12 Downingtown East High School, 1-0, on a first-half goal by senior Nicole Schuster.

Since this was the last round of the single-elimination phase of the tournament, the Downingtown East Cougars put away their sticks for the season with a final record of 14-5, while the Magic moved on with their record now at 14-5.
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Main Street Fair Funds The funds raised in September’s Main Street Fair at Chestnut Hill Hospital were divided last week for two worthy causes. The $20,648 raised was split into two checks of $10,324.  One was given to the Elissa Messori Jacobsen Scholarship Fund, a Green Tree Community Health fund that assists Chestnut Hill Hospital nurses pay for continuing education. The other went to the CHCA Green Space Initiative to assist the community in maintaining green pocket parks and other green public spaces such as Septa’s Chestnut Hill East station on Bethlehem Pike. The Green Space Initiative was just launched after an anonymous donor offered to match up to $37,500 of funds raised for green space maintenance. The $10,324 check is the first part of that effort.That fund now has $20,648. Fund raising efforts for the Green Space Initiative have just begun as the committee members look to raise the rest of the $37,500. At the hospital to recognize the success of the Main Street Fair were (from left): Marie Lachat, Marita Krivda Jane Piotrowski, Brooks Turkel, Dr. John Scanlon, Dr. Divo Messori, Susan Hansen and Stan Moat.

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