Local family hopeful despite setbacks
by Jennifer Katz

When Chris Aiello transferred to Los Angeles for work more than a decade ago, he was full of hope, enthusiasm and ambition. He had been working for the multi-billion-dollar Dan Zimmerman Co., an accounting staffing firm, for two years straight out of college.

Aiello, the son of Lou Aiello, a Chestnut Hill Community Association board member and current vice president of its physical division, grew up in Chestnut Hill. He graduated from Our Mother of Consolation grade school and Bishop McDevitt high school and earned a degree in accounting from Temple University.
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The Aiello family: (from left) Krista, Chris, Giovanni and Emily. (Photo by Jennifer Katz)

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by Len Lear

Finding excellent food at ¡Cuba! at bargain prices is like finding a needle in a needle store. Ever since the economy tanked in September of 2008, many restaurants have lowered prices in an attempt to keep the wheels rolling and the fires burning, but I doubt if any restaurant has come up with a better bargain offer than ¡Cuba! at 8609 Germantown Ave.
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Nobody’s fool

We, the slightly diminished Chestnut Hill Local editorial team, have been eyeing this publishing date for a while. It’s not often that a weekly’s publishing date falls exactly on April 1, April Fools’ Day.

We considered our duty to play the practical joke: a headline announcing the Hill’s imminent annexation to Montgomery County or that the Local was acquired in a hostile takeover by the Weaver’s Way Shuttle.
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RELAY CHAMPION This Chestnut Hill Academy quartet won the distance medley relay in the Brother Jerome Benway Invitational at St. Basil Academy last Saturday. Shown in race order are (from left) juniors Mike Fuery (1200 meters) and Dan Gallagher (400 meters), senior Ryan Ansel (800 meters), and sophomore Dustin Wilson (1600 meters). Two weeks earlier, Wilson had placed fourth in the 5000 meter run at the 2010 Nike Indoor Nationals in Boston. His time (15:12.51) was two seconds off of the national record for a tenth grader, and the three runners who finished ahead of him are all seniors.
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CHA and Springside increase their presence on the river
by Tom Utescher

From a combined total of three boats racing in the Manny Flick regatta on March 21, Chestnut Hill Academy and Springside School upped the number to 10 last Sunday. Generally, the Blue Devils and Lions turned in good performances for this early stage in their season.
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IT LOOKS LIKE YOU TIED THE KNOT.
Michael Reyes: “Yes, we did. Happily so”
WELL, CONGRATULATIONS!
Lisa Gale: “Thank you.”
YOU PICKED A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
MR: “It was stunning; everything we could have imagined happened today. It was perfect.” LG: “It’s hard to plan for sunshine, but we got it. I’m so glad”.
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS NOW?
MR: “Enjoy each other”
WHERE YOU’RE HONEYMOONING IS A SECRET, RIGHT?
MR: The immediate honeymoon is Montego Bay, Jamaica then later on we’ll be going to Costa Rica, in the summertime, for an extended honeymoon.”

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