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It is hard to imagine anyone who did more to beautify Chestnut Hill than Markoe “Koey” Rivinus, who died in 2006 at the age of 91.
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by Len Lear
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5/28/26
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When Emma Hearn was acting and singing in plays at Norwood-Fontbonne Academy in Chestnut Hill and then Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, she dreamed of performing on professional stages.
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by Len Lear
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5/28/26
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In recent years, several people have asked me if I know what ever happened to Paul Roller and his restaurants. I have wondered the same thing myself.
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by Len Lear
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5/21/26
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With SNAP benefits being cut by the federal government and grocery prices rising, a nonprofit called It Takes a Village to Feed One Child is providing 250,000 meals a month in the Philadelphia area.
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by Len Lear
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5/14/26
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Many people have enjoyable hobbies such as collecting baseball cards, gardening or playing video games, but Chestnut Hill resident Anne Reisenwitz has a most aesthetically pleasing and unusual hobby.
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by Len Lear
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5/14/26
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When it comes to technology, I am more old school than Alexander Graham Bell.
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by Len Lear
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5/14/26
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Natale D’Amico immigrated to Philadelphia from Sicily in 1900 and operated a hair salon from 1900 to 1910 in the Bourse Building, across from Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell.
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by Len Lear
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5/14/26
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Organizers of the “Dyke Pride Dance” are hoping for a big turnout Friday, May 15, at Summit Presbyterian Church in Mt. Airy, one one of the most gay-friendly communities in the United States.
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by Len Lear
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5/7/26
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It is no secret that a visit to a supermarket, grocery store or upscale restaurant these days might result in a painful case of sticker shock thanks in part to inflation and the spike in gasoline prices.
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by Len Lear
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5/7/26
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Acclaimed organist Mark Laubach, who has served as organist and choirmaster at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Wilkes-Barre since 1986, will present an organ recital on Friday, May 8 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill.
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by Len Lear
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5/7/26
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Operatic roles are so difficult physically, mentally, psychologically and on the memory that most famous opera singers have performed no more than 50 different roles.
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by Len Lear
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4/30/26
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Beth Margolis Rupp, a Jewish Chestnut Hill resident who lived amicably in Abu Dhabi, an Arab city-state in the Middle East, for 10 years, is stepping down after seven years as executive director of Folkshul.
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by Len Lear
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4/30/26
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Longtime West Mt. Airy resident Sadie Elva Marie Spencer Torrence, an entrepreneur, mentor, loving mother and devout Christian, died April 10 of age-related causes.
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by Len Lear
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4/23/26
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Are you one of those people who has always been able to make your friends, relatives and classmates laugh?
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by Len Lear
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4/23/26
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The Rev. Beverly Dale, a Mt. Airy resident for 27 years, is about as similar to most other ordained ministers as lightning is to a lightning bug.
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by Len Lear
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4/23/26
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In the 1960s, folk music was all the rage in many parts of the country. But with the ascent of rock ‘n’ roll, heavy metal, soul music and eventually disco, folk music faded into the background.
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by Len Lear
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4/23/26
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Charles “Chaz” Holesworth, 48, has been a mail carrier for 20 years, the last 12 in Glenside, where he lives.
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by Len Lear
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4/16/26
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Long-time Chestnut Hill resident (30 years, and before that, eight years in Wyndmoor) Doug Wechsler, one of the most prolific nature writers in the country, might well be called the Charles Darwin of Chestnut Hill.
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by Len Lear
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4/16/26
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The only thing more delicious than the food at Suzanne’s Grateful Deli was the personality of the bubbly owner, Suzanne Henkels Leaming Bagwell
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by Len Lear
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4/9/26
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Classical music lovers are in for a treat Sunday, April 12, at 2:30 p.m., as piano virtuoso Evelina Kleczek, just 17 years old, will perform a concert of music by Frederic Chopin at the Settlement Music School.
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by Len Lear
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4/9/26
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