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Beginning Tuesday or Wednesday evening at sunset, Muslims around the world began the tradition of watching for the new moon to determine when the Ramadan fast would begin.
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by Imam Idris Abdul-Zahir
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3/23/23
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While March 20 marks the beginning of spring, many garden and green space lovers have been planning larger projects.
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By Laura Lucas, chair of Chestnut Hill Green Space Initiatives
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3/23/23
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On Saturday, March 4, the Springside Chestnut Hill Varsity Lacrosse Team worked on a cleanup and landscaping project to benefit the Water Tower Recreation Center.
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3/16/23
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Since 1871, there has been a library building in Chestnut Hill at 8711 Germantown Avenue. Now, we need you to do your part.
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by Lynne Brown, Friends of the Chestnut Hill Library
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3/16/23
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Wilson Eyre was one of Philadelphia’s best known and most respected architects. The house at 339 East Willow Grove Ave. should be saved.
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by George McNeely
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2/1/23
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“What is Hanukkah?” These are the words that open the discussion on Hanukkah in the Talmud, the central text of Rabbinic Judaism.
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12/15/22
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What gives us that sense of being truly at home? It's different for each of us.
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by Val Nehez
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9/14/22
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Every so often I come across a feature or see a documentary with the topic about the importance of an original, intact, historic building interior.
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by Patricia M. Cove
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6/30/22
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Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, closed out its 20th anniversary season with a concert that is now available online through July 19.
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by Michael Caruso
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6/30/22
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The economic boom following World War II led to an even larger consumer culture and increased the desire for even more stuff, especially clothing, shoes and accessories.
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by Patricia Cove
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5/4/22
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Discovered in the Chauvet Cave in France, the mural was first seen around 30,000 BC. It has remained popular as a form of both public and private art ever since.
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by Patricia Cove
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4/21/22
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When the progenitor of the clan for which Rex Avenue is named arrived in the Germantown settlement, the now eponymous lane still resembled the wooded path Lenni-Lenape elders walked in single-file to Council Rock, their sacred meeting place overlooking the Wissahickon valley.
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by John O'Donnell
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4/21/22
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The tradition of reflecting on Christ’s sayings on the cross goes back 335 years. A century later, Haydn was commissioned to provide music for a Good Friday service in Cadiz, Spain.
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by Michael Caruso
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4/13/22
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The three major works of the musical roster were the “Magnificat” and “Nunc dimittis” from the “Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense” (Service for Magdalen College, Oxford University) by Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988) and the anthem at the Offertory “Turn Thou to Thy God” by Leo Sowerby (1895-1968).
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by Michael Caruso
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4/8/22
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But no matter the age, or the season, or the social atmosphere, I have always felt that rules are important.
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by Patricia Cove
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4/7/22
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For the past three years in the pages of the Chestnut Hill Local, I have been so fortunate to be able to write about what I love most: food.
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by April Lisante
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3/31/22
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We resolve to eat less food and to exercise, and we resolve to make better meal choices. We resolve to cook with healthier ingredients, and we resolve to make grocery lists that we stick to.
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by April Lisante
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1/20/22
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Our local restaurants do a great job of creating unique comfort food menus that embrace the tastes of the season.
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by April Lisante
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1/4/22
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Though I strive each year to read 100 books, I fail more often than succeed. This year I managed 60. I don't know why.
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by Hugh Gilmore
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12/30/21
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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.
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by Barbara Winkelman
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12/29/21
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