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The 22nd Ward — led by ward leader Cindy Bass, who is also a sitting member of City Council — is a troubling example of the ward system gone wrong.
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by Michael R. Swayze, Democratic committee person in the 22nd Ward and is a Co-chair of the 22nd Ward Open Caucus.
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5/4/22
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Shamefully, the DeLessio campaign undermined the good will that should have made the event a true exchange of ideas.
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by Dan Gordon
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4/28/22
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(editor's note: this letter was written as a response to another letter written in the April 28 issue by Mt. Airy resident Dan Gordon, who support's DeLissio's challenger, Tarik Khan.)
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By Pamela A. DeLissio, State Representative, 194th Legislative District
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4/27/22
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Due to an oversight on my part, my April 14 letter regarding trash and runoff at the Rec Center inaccurately listed some of my neighbors as co-signers, for which I apologize. The letter, which I had …
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4/21/22
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Without my knowledge or permission, my name and address were signed to a letter published in the Chestnut Hill Local last week. I had never seen this letter before it appeared in the paper, nor would I ever have agreed to sign it.
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4/21/22
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I t should be noted that after spending months, and taxpayers dollars, in this personal attack on the police, Springfield Township Board of Commissioners does not have any legal right to do so.
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4/21/22
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To abruptly force Yu Hsiang to terminate its local business in the name of "efficiency" of some planned improvements by a new mall owner seems outrageous.
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4/21/22
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A friend and I were walking our dogs in the Cherokee Apartments on Wolcott Drive in Chestnut Hill when a homeless man who lives in the woods next to the apartments ran towards us brandishing a glass bottle, shouting.
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4/14/22
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Police officers perform a dangerous and often thankless job, day in and day out. My family and I appreciate their service to our community. However, the logo they're using is a divisive symbol that undermines the values that bind us.
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4/14/22
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Watertower Clean-up Day took place last Saturday, April 2. Although quite a bit of trash and debris were cleaned up nothing was done to keep it that way.
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4/14/22
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I surprised myself at how emotional I became upon learning the United States Senate had confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson's appointment to the highest court in the country.
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4/14/22
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This amenity, provided at no cost to you, can lower crime, reduce stress, reduce cooling bills, calm traffic, mitigate air pollution, help manage stormwater, increase atmospheric oxygen, improve your mental health--and is beautiful. But alas, it will not make julienne fries.
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4/14/22
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The college is ignoring the fact that their campus and the SugarLoaf property are both listed as “significant" resources in the National Register Historic District.
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For many years, I had been keeping up a regular walking routine in Wissahickon Valley Park. I no longer do so.
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3/23/22
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Peggy Hendrie was the soul of the Parking Foundation Manager in the mid 1980s.
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3/23/22
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There are some potholes that I’ve encountered regularly on Bethlehem Pike at the big intersection of Paper Mill Road and Stenton Avenue that I believe are going to disable my car sometime soon.
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3/23/22
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Despite being an American, loving this country, and English being the language I now think in, Kyiv has never stopped being a city I love and am nostalgic for. So much so that three days of our …
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by Olga Chernov-Gitin
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3/16/22
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Tom Beck’s article in the March 3 Chestnut Hill Local, ‘Regional Rail not recovering from COVID,’ includes the telling observation by Wayne Junction developer Ken Weinstein that to …
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3/10/22
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We are in the last weeks of our Annual Appeal. I am reaching out to you on behalf of the board of the Chestnut Hill Community Association to ask for your financial support.
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3/9/22
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The world and our community are sadder today for the passing of Mrs. Jessie Birtha, who died recently at age 102.
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3/2/22
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