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Teresa Maebori, left, of Mt. Airy, and Barbara Wybar, of Chestnut Hill, will be leaving on Sept. 5 from Northwest Philadelphia to drive about 3,000 miles across the country to Seattle. Maebori is moving to the Far West, where her family was put in an internment camp during World War II because they were Japanese-Americans.
A retiring teacher takes an emotional journey home
Teresa Maebori’s parents had been married for two weeks when the Japanese bombed the Pearl Harbor Naval Base. more
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Chestnut Hill College alumna Lauren Crim scored 13 points for first-place Team Cyber Pink in their quarterfinal victory.
CHC grads and Team Pink defend College Summer League title
On the first of two nights of playoffs in the college summer league last week, the seedings largely predicted the results in the quarterfinals. more
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Team Purple's Anna McTamney (with ball) is guarded by Cassie Murphy of Jefferson's Team Black.
CHC summer team falters in playoffs
As the college summer league transitioned to playoff mode last week, the first of the teams with local ties ended its season. more
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CHC Red junior Avery White (with ball) is challenged by Caleigh Sperling, an incoming freshman for Jefferson Black.
CHC alums suffer first summer league loss
In the last full week of regular-season play in the women's college summer league, the league leader experienced its first loss but remained atop the standings. more
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Sophomore Emily Spratt (with ball) scored 21 points for Jefferson's Team Black in last Tuesday's victory.
Defending summer league champs still rolling; Jefferson tied for second
In the last week of the women's college summer league before the July 4th hiatus, the number of undefeated teams and the number of winless teams was whittled down to one. more
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Former CHC point guard Cassie Spratt handles the ball for the Cyber Pink alumni team as another former Griffin, Lauren Crim (foreground) passes by.
Chestnut Hill alums remain unbeaten in college summer league
In the second week of action in the women's college summer league, one of two teams remaining undefeated includes four CHC grads. more
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“Floribunda,” oil on canvas, 68” x 56,” 1991, displays Batchelor's whimsical imagination.
A career retrospective blossoms amid art school uncertainty
The delicate flower paintings of Betsy Batchelor are part of a colorful career retrospective on exhibit at the Cope House Gallery in Germantown. more
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Incoming CHC freshman Tikyra Miller makes a determined drive toward the basket.
30th season begins for college summer hoops league
The Philadelphia/Suburban Women's Summer Basketball League launched its 30th season on June 11. more
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Rasheed Booker, a Mt. Airy resident and senior at Arcadia University, proudly holds up his “Undergraduate Student of the Year Award.” He won over 70 other nominees from all over the country.
Mt. Airy Arcadia student wins national recognition
Rasheed Booker won the Association for Student Conduct Administration (ASCA)  award at its conference in Portland, Oregon, beating 70 other students from across the country. more
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The cafeteria in OMC’s new school building is a particular favorite of Michael Pavelsky, parent of an OMC eighth grader and architect with the firm that created the design of the building’s new interior.
A bright new future for OMC
Eighth graders signed a steel roof truss in the parking lot at Our Mother of Consolation Parish School on Monday. Then it was hoisted onto the top of the school. more
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“Tea in my Studio,” date unknown, by Susette Schultz Keast
Celebrating women artists and the anniversary of groundbreaking festival
The works of artists including Sarah Miriam Peale, Susette Inloes Schultz Keast and Selma Hortense Burke are on display at Woodmere. more
Catherine “Cassie” Frazer, with Bonnie, her Golden Retriever, in their home across the street from Pastorius Park. Frazer was an extraordinary painter of life-like pet portraits.
Hill teacher, acclaimed pet portraitist, dies at 77
Catherine “Cassie” Frazer, a Chestnut Hill artist and former teacher at the Henry Houston School in Mt. Airy, found a muse in the many pets that she painted. more
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Water sports are a staple of camps in the summer.
Summer brings a lifetime of camper memories
Just about every movie ever made about summer sleepaway camp includes a scene with tears. Somehow, though, things always seem to work out. more
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Two community health fairs offer screenings and support
Community groups in the region will give residents an opportunity to catch up on their health screenings this week in free events. more
Collage artist Yolanda Ward's vibrant use of paper produces work such as this piece, "If I Only Knew," which is so detailed that at first glance it appears to be painted in oils. Her current exhibition at Awbury Arboretum will be up through Dec. 19.
‘Rooted in Me’: A powerful use of collage at at Awbury
What makes Yolanda Ward's art so distinctive is that her Impressionistic works look exactly like oil paintings until you get inches from them. more
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Gralin and Sara Zia Ebrahimi Hughes unpacking and organizing books that they plan on stocking in their store, Multiverse.
The portal to the Multiverse is opening in Chestnut Hill
For Gralin and Sara Zia Ebrahimi Hughes, the Multiverse is more than a backdrop for the escapades of Marvel and DC superheroes. It’s a welcoming space for fans and creators. more
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B Inspired is planning to add more basketball programming to after-school activities this year.
Two women create buzz for after-school opportunities
Liz Harris and Amy Carolla could’ve written a check. But that seemed “a bit passive,” Harris said. more
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The Germantown Academy volleyball team captains for 2023 are seniors Angie Wang (left) and Kaitlin Pokorny.
GA volleyball returns veteran players
The Germantown Academy Patriots are looking to defend the Inter-Ac League championship they won in 2022. more
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Whitemarsh Hall, situated on 300 acres in Wyndmoor, was larger than the White House. It had 147 rooms and a staff of 70 just to maintain the grounds, 24 fireplaces and 28 bathrooms.
Wyndmoor estate in new book about notorious murder
Anyone who has been around the Chestnut Hill area for several decades surely remembers the legendary, almost mythic, Stotesbury Estate. more
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Team Red's Sara Tamoun, a rising sophomore at Chestnut Hill College, takes a jump shot from the lane.
College league moves to playoffs
The women's college summer basketball league made the transition into playoff mode last week. more
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