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Friends of the Children's Park is looking for dedicated community members with significant fundraising experience to join the capital campaign committee.
Jenks Playground closes the old year, opens the new year
The Children’s Park of Chestnut Hill is finishing 2021 with capital improvements, but they’re far below what they need to keep the playground operational in the long run.  more
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Covid made the Germantown photographer Amber Johnston turn toward outdoor venues for her wedding and portrait photography business.
Local photographer adapts her business for a pandemic world
Before the pandemic, photographer Amber Johnston was doing a lot of wedding and portrait photography, specializing in capturing intimate moments in the lives of diverse couples and families. more
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Director Hassan Al Rawas, who was born in Beirut, Lebanon and raised in Kuwait, “always felt at home in the theater.”
From Kuwait to Mt. Airy, now directing 'Little Women'
An actor, writer and director, Hassan Al Rawas finds the time to spread his many talents between the U.S and Kuwait. more
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Local marriage mediator Max Rivers hopes to bring Braver Angels, a national grassroots organization that seeks to promote healthy political discourse, to the Philadelphia area.
Grassroots efforts to rise above ugly partisan divide
Local mediator Max Rivers seeks to share Braver Angels, a national organization that aims to douse the fire in political discourse and help people understand those that hold opposing viewpoints instead of just screaming at them. more
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Carmen, 14-year old, is a sato, which is Puerto Rican slang for a mixed-breed stray dog. She was found on the southeastern shore of Puerto Rico, where dogs are often abandoned and left to die.
Rescuing stray dogs from all the way in Puerto Rico 
Carmen, a 14-year old therapy dog, is a sato, which is Puerto Rican slang for a mixed-breed stray dog. She was found on “Dead Dog Beach” on the southeastern shore of Puerto Rico. more
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Amy Edelman and John Mallard, owners of Night Kitchen Bakery
Local shops close out the old year, and look to the new one
Local businesses deserve a big thanks for keeping our community cohesive and economically viable during the pandemic. We urge our readers to continue to shop and dine locally throughout 2022. more
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Kevin Toniazzo-Naughton is one of the stars of “Really Good Tidings,” now playing at Act II Playhouse in Ambler through Dec. 30.
Even at age 5, he knew he had to be an entertainer
“Really Good Tidings” includes Tony Braithwaite, Act II's Artistic Director who also directs the show; Renee McFillin and Kevin Toniazzo-Naughton. more
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“Are They Open?" an oil painting by Sandy Day.
Local opera singer was once a migrant worker
Sandy Day is a triple threat. She’s a talented artist ; an acclaimed opera singer; and also a music instructor at Maplewood Music Studio. But the hardest thing she ever had to do had nothing to do with art or music. more
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With schools closing for holiday break on Friday, an ice hockey contest in Chestnut Hill drew a lot of student supporters that afternoon. A sizeable home crowd for Springside Chestnut Hill Academy strolled over to the Wissahickon Skating Club, and fans also turned out for visiting Germantown Academy. The score was only 1-0 in GA's favor at the end of the first period, but the Patriots picked up momentum and had all five of their goals on the board before a late marker by senior Brooks Norpel of the Blue Devils locked in the final score at 5-1. GA received a hat trick from freshman Shane Tronoski and two goals from sophomore Colin Rink. SCH senior Lucas Poltorak had a busier day in goal than Germantown junior Dominic Saputelli, as the visitors piled up a 74-24 advantage in total shots. The final score actually was a fairly respectable outcome for Springside Chestnut Hill. In their only previous game, the Blue Devils had suffered a 12-2 defeat at the hands of Academy of the New Church, a team which lost to GA, 5-4. The Patriots had begun play in the Independence Hockey League (which includes most Inter-Ac League teams) with a 5-2 win over Haverford School. In two separate stints as GA's coach, faculty member Matt Rominger has been with the program for seven seasons. He was also an assistant coach for GA's highly successful boys' soccer team this fall. SCH has a new head coach in Julian Madden, who played hockey for Connecticut College from 2002 to 2006. Last Friday GA controlled the puck during the opening minutes, its possession interrupted briefly when SCH junior Hunter Rexford made a rush up the right wing and got of a shot that went wide to the left. The Patriots hampered themselves with a roughing penalty, and the Blue Devils followed suit with a hold in the middle of the period. Neither team scored on its power play, though. Germantown senior Jake Dierks came close to getting the visitors on the board with under three-and-a-half minutes left in the first period, hitting a pipe. SCH's Norpel left the ice on an elbowing penalty with 2:55 on the clock, and this time GA capitalized, with Tronoski scoring unassisted with 2:23 remaining. Although the Patriots got off more than two dozen shots in the opening period, the tally was just 1-0 at the end. That score held up more than seven minutes into the second round, then with 8:51 remaining the Patriots got the eventual game-winning goal from Rink, who was assisted by juniors Declan Connaughton and Walker Schwartz. This was the beginning of a very productive three-minute stretch for the Patriots. The count rose to 3-0 at 6:26, when Tronoski netted his second goal with an assist from junior Drew Schwartz, and a fourth goal was added just 27 seconds later by Rink, on a shot set up by Walker Schwartz. It was 4-0 for the start of the final period. SCH was bound to get worn down a bit, with just nine skaters on its side of the scoresheet and twice that number available for the Patriots. Due to ice-time constraints, the third period was shortened to 10 minutes. Just over a minute in, Tronoski completed his personal hat trick to round out the scoring for the visitors. Drew Schwartz and junior Rocco Ippoldo assisted on the play. Springside Chestnut Hill would avoid a shutout, though. With 4:38 remaining, Norpel scored from in front of the goal, the puck reaching him by way of Rexford and junior Phil Huang.
With win at Wissahickon over SCH, GA hockey stays unbeaten in league
With schools closing for holiday break on Friday, an ice hockey contest in Chestnut Hill drew a lot of student supporters that afternoon. A sizeable home crowd for Springside Chestnut Hill Academy … more
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The Chestnut Hill Conservancy.
VALUE AND VULNERABILITY: The Chestnut Hill Conservancy Looks Back at 2021
The Chestnut Hill Conservancy believes that growth and  development must add value to, rather than extract value from, any community. This defines our work as a progressive and collaborative community advocate; we use  preservation, conservation, and history as tools to strengthen and defend the community.  more
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Some Thursday night vandalism complicated parking in Chestnut Hill when someone poured glue into the credit card slots on six random parking kiosks. Chestnut Hill Parking Foundation workers quickly picked the dried glue off kiosks and the adjacent parking attendant huts in the Green and Orange lots. The PPA took a little longer to reach the four street kiosks affected on the 8300 and 8400 blocks of Germantown Ave.,, but the problem was largely resolved by noon. Customers could still pay for parking via cash, ParkMobile, or just walk to the next operable kiosk in the same zone. The CHBD filed a police report on behalf of the CHPF for damage and defacement of property.
Parking kiosks pranked
Shoppers arrived in Chestnut Hill Friday morning, December 17, to find the parking had gotten a little complicated. Someone had poured glue into the credit card slots on six random parking kiosks. more
Abbie Romanul, who grew up in Chestnut Hill and Wyndmoor, and her husband, Devin, started Raising the Bar after Abbie overcame a serious struggle with alcohol. Their children are Jack, 8; Ellie, 6, and Charlie, 5.
Hill native starts business to help problem drinkers
Abbey and her husband Devin Romanul started Raising the Bar, a company that delivers non-alcoholic craft cocktails. It was in September of 2020, a year that was possibly the most stressful most people have ever experienced more
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Paul Farber, who was born and raised in Mt. Airy and still lives there, is the co-founder of Monument Lab, which was just awarded a $4 million, three-year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Monuments under the microscope as times change
When Dr. Paul M. Farber was growing up in Mt. Airy, he was surrounded by history. He started with that in his talk on public art for the Chestnut Hill Conservancy last week. more
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The new Clethra moat hedge at Pastorius Park Friends of Pastorius Park have made significant improvement this year.
Letter: An ambitious plan to restore the plantings and vistas of Pastorius Park
n 2021 the Friends of Pastorius Park embarked upon an ambitious plan to restore the plantings and vistas of Pastorius Park. We did so with the goal of not only preserving Frederick Peck’s original Olmsted-inspired Pastorius design, but also to expand the diversity and resilience of the park’s trees and shrubs for the future. more
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy freshman and Chestnut Hill native Jackson Erdos took home the Championship of American Ninja Warrior Jr., in the 13-14 age group.
Jackson Erdos wins “American Ninja Warrior Junior” Season 3 Championship
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy freshman and Chestnut Hill native Jackson Erdos took home top prize in the Championship round of American Ninja Warrior Jr., in the 13-14 age group. more
A Sharpie vandal will send CHILLie back to artist Rebecca Thornburgh for a touchup.
CHILLie the Bear Bench off for a good scrub
CHIILie, the popular bear bench outside Jenks playground, has had a hard time lately. Someone used a black magic marker. more
The CHCA is working with Summit Street Neighbors and the Chestnut Hill Baptist Church to “determine what the community's next steps will be” in the aftermath of the appeal’s defeat.
ZBA shoots down challenge to Sunoco station development
The city’s Zoning Board of Adjustment unanimously denied the Chestnut Hill Community Association’s appeal of a building permit issued to developers seeking to build a 33-unit apartment complex at 10 W. Bethlehem Pike, clearing the way for a proposal heavily opposed by residents. more
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A favorite caroling tradition is back
Caroling at the Creche, a favorite Hill tradition, is back this year with a whole new twist. more
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Meetup groups come to the Water Tower Recreation Center’s pickleball courts every day, usually arriving at 8 a.m. to play pickleball.
Pickleball, a popular new sport, brings a whole new kind of noise
The incessant popping sound of the perforated plastic ball being struck back and forth by geriatrics with wooden paddles is enough to drive anybody who lives in proximity of a pickleball court crazy. more
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A rendering of the proposed changes by Chestnut Hill College for a new entrance into the SugarLoaf campus at Germantown and Hillcrest Avenues.
A new campus entrance coming to Chestnut Hill College
The entrance, at the intersection of Germantown and Hillcrest Avenues, is for the Commonwealth Chateau at SugarLoaf. The construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2022. more
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