When Atiya Smith first announced her plan to open a women’s fashion boutique in Chestnut Hill, her mother, Claudia Averett, would not hear of it. But Smith did what many daughters do, and pushed forward anyway.
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by Stacia Friedman
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11/3/22
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Nearly three months after a catastrophic fire ripped through the historic Hiram Lodge in the heart of Chestnut Hill’s business district, destroying El Quetzal, the store is reopening.
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by Carla Robinson
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11/3/22
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Brian Reisman never thought his business would last 20 years when he opened Hideaway Music Store.
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by Len Lear
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10/27/22
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George Drakopoulos’s Malelani Cafe, located at the corner of Germantown Avenue and Pelham Road, was broken into last Sunday for the second time in about a month.
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by Tom Beck
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9/28/22
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It is no secret that the pandemic has been particularly hard on restaurants and other food-related businesses.
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by Len Lear
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9/22/22
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In their heyday, the “soaps,” those once ubiquitous daytime series, offered a steady paycheck for people in the film and television industry.
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by Stacia Friedman
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9/22/22
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Chestnut Hill furniture showrooms are as diverse as homeowners’ lifestyles.
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by Stacia Friedman
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9/22/22
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Clover Market returns to Chestnut Hill this Sunday, September 11th.
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9/8/22
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Haitian Catholic priest and accountant the Rev. Joseph Philippe recently visited the First United Methodist Church of Germantown, hoping to add support to the establishment of a public bank.
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by Constance Garcia-Barrio
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9/1/22
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The second annual Jabali Jungle event in Germantown celebrated plant and flower shops, and urban farms owned by people of color.
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9/1/22
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A week after an early morning fire broke out in the heart of Chestnut Hill’s business district, destroying the historic Hiram Lodge, a representative for the owner said the group plans to rebuild.
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by Carla Robinson
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8/24/22
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We first learned about Arthur Cavaliere 10 years ago after the Roxborough native and 1998 Central High School graduate opened In Riva restaurant at 4116 Ridge Ave. with business partner Mark Sherman.
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by Len Lear
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8/18/22
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After a five-month search for a new executive director, the Chestnut Hill Business Association has finally found its new leader in recently appointed executive director Courtney O’Neill.
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by Tom Beck
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8/17/22
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Chestnut Hill developer Richard Snowden can convert some of his retail spaces over to residential use.
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by Tom Beck
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8/11/22
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High Point Cafe, Malelani Cafe and Evo Brick Oven Pizza in Mt. Airy were burglarized Aug. 3 and police continued to search for the thieves.
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by Tom Beck
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8/11/22
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New city requirements for lead testing has landlords across Philadelphia falling behind on renewing their rental licenses, some community advocates say.
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by Tom Beck
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8/11/22
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Romona Mercer never attended culinary school or enrolled in cooking classes, but today the Mt. Airy resident is head baker and CEO of her own company, Aunt Verlea's Pound Cake Experience.
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by Len Lear
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8/11/22
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A pandemic-inspired surge in entrepreneurship bubbling on Germantown Avenue has led to the opening of, not one, but two quilting shops on Mt. Airy’s main commercial strip.
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by Stacia Friedman
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8/4/22
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In a summer marked by the return of pre-pandemic festivities, the Go Mt. Airy Supper Sessions are set to transform the community’s busy commercial strip.
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by Kristin Holmes
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8/4/22
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Most of us would consider owning and operating a restaurant that is open seven days a week for lunch and dinner an exhausting full-time job.
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by Len Lear
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7/28/22
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