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Mt. Airy Day, the annual festival celebrating the Northwest Philadelphia neighborhood, has been cancelled because of weather forecasts predicting rain and thunderstorms this weekend.
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6/10/22
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City Councilmember Cindy Bass committed to contributing capital funding to move pickleball courts from the Water Tower Recreation Center during a Monday night meeting and said that her office would work to create more pickleball courts across the 8th Councilmanic District.
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by Tom Beck
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6/1/22
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The 65 children brushed the five animals in three separate half-hour sessions, and gave them carrot treats in the playground.
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by Barbara Sherf
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5/18/22
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June 15 will mark the end of the city’s piloting period for new hours, which started in March.
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by Tom Beck
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5/18/22
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Thursday’s dinner was the first event of an effort to fund components of a Master Plan developed to improve the recreation center and grounds now and in the coming years.
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by Mary Pomichter, chair of the “Light Up the Tower” committee
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5/18/22
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Homeowners in the Northwest are grappling with the potential impact of increases as high as 30 to 40 percent - and in some cases even more.
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by Carla Robinson and Tom Beck
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5/18/22
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“Why do we still need libraries now that almost every kid has a virtual Google library in their pocket?”
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by Len Lear
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5/12/22
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The Gravers Lane train station, the first building in Chestnut Hill to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places, was in grave danger when the Historical Society took it on.
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by Shirley Hanson
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5/12/22
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Running in this year’s Democratic primary are six-term incumbent Pam DeLissio, who for the past 12 years has served Roxborough and parts of Montgomery County, and Tarik Khan, a nurse who made a name for himself getting more than 500 Philadelphians vaccinated during the pandemic.
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by Tom Beck
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5/4/22
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Known for his candor and vision in the entrepreneurial space, Galloway will be the keynote speaker for a special evening celebrating innovation in education.
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5/4/22
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The CHCA Board made the decision to work on the organization itself, and update internal controls, documents and guidelines.
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by Kathi Clayton, board president of the Chestnut Hill Community Association and Anne McNiff, executive director
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5/4/22
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With a number of hurdles now behind it, Chestnut Hill College is ready to move forward with construction of its new entrance at Germantown and Hillcrest Avenues.
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by Carla Robinson
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4/28/22
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The Maguire Foundation has given $10 million to Woodmere Art Museum for St. Michael’s Hall - funding a major improvement to the institution and prompting it to rename the historic building.
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by Carla Robinson
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4/28/22
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The race for the 200th district, which contains all of Mt. Airy and West Oak Lane and a small sliver of Chestnut Hill south of Willow Grove Avenue, features the only two Democratic incumbents in Pennsylvania who were redistricted into the same district: Chris Rabb and Isabella Fitzgerald.
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by Tom Beck
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4/28/22
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When the Pennsylvania Supreme Court finalized the state’s constitutionally-mandated political redistricting last month, it brought bad news for many Hillers who support Chris Rabb. The …
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by Tom Beck
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4/28/22
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The Neurodiversity Life Skills Through Career Program, which will serve incoming students who have a neurodiversity diagnosis, will provide extra support starting the summer before their first year of college.
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by Tom Beck
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4/28/22
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After Covid forced a year of closure and a sharply curtailed event in another, Chestnut Hill’s annual Home & Garden Festival is back in full swing this year.
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by Carla Robinson
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4/28/22
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The Multicultural Academy Charter School senior is just one of 300 award recipients across the United States.
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4/28/22
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"As the Chestnut Hill Conservancy looks ahead and sees unique new challenges, we need to leverage the tools we have and invent new ones if we are to face the future."
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by Shirley Hanson
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4/28/22
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Bohemian Pink and Threadwell recycled more than 500 pounds of clear plastic over the last 30 days, earning a free Trex bench as part of the Trex Recycling Challenge.
“We are starting a new …
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4/27/22
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