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Richard L. Mandel, a progressive educator who led The Miquon School in Whitemarsh Township and Friends Select School in Center City, died Oct. 5 of age-related ailments.
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by Len Lear
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10/22/26
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“My purple silk pantsuit was covered in blood — my husband’s blood,” Byers’ wife Laurada wrote in her recently published memoir “Laurada - My Life of Adventure, Tragedy, and Purpose.”
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by Len Lear
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10/15/26
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Thelonious Sphere Monk (1917-1982) is a name that may not be familiar to some non-jazz buffs, but there was no musician quite like him.
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by Len Lear
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10/15/26
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High Point Cafe at the Allen Lane Train Station is a popular meeting place for area residents. But from now until Nov. 1, it is also a place where you can see an exhibit by Chestnut Hill nature artist Richard Metz.
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by Len Lear
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10/15/26
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Mt. Airy resident Mario Zucca is a talented artist/illustrator who has done work for professional sports teams and corporations. He has recently been getting national media attention — but not for his artwork.
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by Len Lear
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10/14/26
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Longtime Germantown resident and native Tom Di Nardo, 89, who went to Germantown Friends School and later became one of the region’s most prolific music writers, passed away on Sept. 19.
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by Len Lear
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10/8/26
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Life coach Jennifer Schelter, one of the area’s most prominent proponents of yoga, will be undertaking a new adventure at the Philadelphia Zoo.
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by Len Lear
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10/8/26
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Not every pop song is popcorn fluff about “moon, June, spoon.”
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by Len Lear
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10/8/26
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Few of us will ever sing like contestants on “The Voice” or “American Idol,” not to mention the performers on Broadway or The Metropolitan Opera. But that doesn’t mean we cannot improve our singing.
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by Len Lear
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10/8/26
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Fifty years ago, when I woke each morning, I completed a vigorous daily regimen of exercises we had done in high school gym class: push-ups, sit-ups, leg raises, burpees and squats.
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by Len Lear
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10/8/26
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Artist Eric Serritella, whose work is on display at Gravers Lane Gallery in Chestnut Hill, had a 16-year corporate career as a successful marketing and advertising executive.
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by Len Lear
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10/1/26
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Ever dream about writing a movie script? If so, you just may want to take courses on the subject offered in October by Mt. Airy Learning Tree (MALT).
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by Len Lear
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10/1/26
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Chestnut Hill artist Claudia Rilling always wanted to be an artist, even as a child growing up in Bucks County, but she had no idea how to make that happen.
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by Len Lear
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10/1/26
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If you like hearing a pianist playing with two hands, you just might like pianists Duo Fuerza twice as much.
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by Len Lear
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10/1/26
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Mt. Airy resident Warren Cooper, who will perform at Woodmere on Friday, Oct. 2, 6 p.m., may not be an ordained minster, but he has always used his musical talents in the service of a higher purpose.
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by Len Lear
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10/1/26
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Dr. William Johnson, Jr., 95, of Philadelphia, a standout runner and retired dentist who practiced for many years in Mt. Airy, died at home Aug. 26 of congestive heart failure.
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by Len Lear
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10/1/26
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I can still remember going to Jake’s restaurant in Manayunk when it opened on Oct. 19, 1987, because that same day the stock market crashed, losing about 500 points.
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by Len Lear
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10/1/26
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Catherine Wuenschel, of Wyndmoor, is a lover of rescued dogs.
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by Len Lear
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9/24/26
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Michael Clay is a versatile musician who uses the saxophone (and other instruments) to create sculptures of musical notes that are just as versatile and artistic as clay.
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by Len Lear
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9/24/26
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Theodore “Ted” Saul Fink, of Chestnut Hill, an artist, writer and businessman who joyfully led tours of Philadelphia, a city he loved, died at home Sept. 11 of kidney disease. He was 87.
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by Len Lear
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9/24/26
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