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It has become so easy to order books online that one would think it must be impossible for a small bookstore to survive. Yet this one does.
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by Len Lear
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8/3/23
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Did you ever go into a small mom-and-pop restaurant and have a wonderful meal, yet there is almost no one there?
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by Len Lear
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7/27/23
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Pete Merzbacher insists he was so busy making his popular baked goods that he did not even realize he was part of a winning team.
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by Len Lear
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7/27/23
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Royal Rummage is coming back to Germantown Avenue for the first time since the pandemic, with 20 businesses participating.
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7/19/23
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In January 2022, Matt and Kim Vendeville stopped at the Chestnut Hill Welcome Center to talk about their dream of opening a taproom here.
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by Catherine Lee
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7/6/23
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Residents are invited to come out early on July 4, when the 8100 block of Germantown Avenue will be closed to traffic.
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by Tom Beck
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6/30/23
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Germantown's Lois Volta developed her housecleaning gig into a successful business, a product line, and now a book.
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by Len Lear
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6/22/23
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Small business owners looking for financial help and advice are invited to apply for this year’s round of Comcast RISE initiative grants, which award $5,000 to local entrepreneurs.
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6/1/23
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Walking along Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill you can easily miss it, somehow.
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by Kyle Bagenstose
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5/17/23
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The Chestnut Hill Brewing Company, which is celebrating its sixth year in business this April, has certainly delivered on its original promise.
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by Frank D. Quattrone
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5/4/23
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It’s a sure sign of spring in Chestnut Hill: the annual Home & Garden Festival, returning to Germantown Avenue Sunday, May 7.
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by Francesca Chapman
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5/3/23
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Georgia Forjohn, the new marketing and events coordinator for the Chestnut Hill Business Association, seems born to the task.
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by Frank D. Quattrone
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4/21/23
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The Bird in Hand shop is a place where area residents consign family heirlooms, start their own collections, or shop for gifts. It also is a nonprofit that supports community organizations.
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by Stacia Friedman
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3/23/23
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The bar, as dark and dense as the Irish woods, was rocking with laughter as we made our way gingerly to the charming dining room just beyond.
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by Frank D. Quattrone
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3/16/23
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Courtney Jewell has been selling weekly deliveries of fresh local flowers in Northwest Philadelphia since 2019, after moving to East Mt. Airy.
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by Len Lear
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3/16/23
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There is a fresh burst of color at Gallery on the Avenue, with a spring exhibit that includes Christopher Ward's life-sized psychedelic llama, and more.
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by Kevin Patrick
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3/9/23
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Stepping inside Elizabeth Valucci skin care is like being transported to a chic Paris apartment. That is the illusion of this beautifully-appointed spa at 7924 Germantown Ave.
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by Stacia Friedman
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2/24/23
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After a lifetime of working in technology, with travel that took him all over Asia, James Whipple Miller started an improbable new career after settling in Chestnut Hill eight years ago. He founded a publishing company.
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by Len Lear
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2/9/23
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Chestnut Hill resident Susan Jacobson, recently selected by Gov. Josh Shapiro to be a member of his transition team, may well have done more than most to help Philadelphia recover from the pandemic.
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by Len Lear
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2/9/23
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Salon owner Maryam Lavasani is hosting a life-sized sculpture of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old whose death at the hands of Iranian "morality police" has sparked worldwide protest.
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by Len Lear
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1/26/23
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