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I know how busy life gets and other activities are spreading out the time between the watering of your new street tree plantings, but I’m here to say, “Please don’t give up!”
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8/25/22
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In June, when I first saw fireflies (otherwise known as lightning bugs and glowworms) in my Mt. Airy backyard at night, I thought my eyes had gone bad because I saw both yellow and white lights.
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8/25/22
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The Water Tower Advisory Council’s 2022 fundraising campaign is celebrating after reaching the halfway point in its goal of raising $100,000.
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8/18/22
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Once again, we are being steamrolled and slow-walked by the City of Philadelphia Streets Department.
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8/18/22
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Last week, a reader posted an editorial about how he liked the new street lights. Everyone is entitled to their opinion; we do, after all, still live in a democracy (I think).
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8/18/22
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With heat waves reaching record temperatures across Northwest Philadelphia, we know that we’re out of time.
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8/11/22
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You work hard and pay your taxes, often unaware of how these tax dollars are spent. But here’s a doozy.
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8/11/22
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In contrast to some opinions recently expressed regarding the new streetlights in Chestnut Hill, we have been pleasantly surprised by both the level and quality of lighting.
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8/11/22
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Three observations regarding the news that a major commercial property owner is seeking to downsize its retail holdings.
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8/4/22
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The news that Georgia will be investigating its legislators has put Georgia on my mind.
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8/4/22
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Philadelphia’s new bill sponsored by at-large City Councilmember Katherine Gilmore Richardson to encourage tree canopy growth in Philadelphia is an important legislative work.
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8/4/22
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MJ Fischer’s untimely passing leaves a significant void in our community.
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8/4/22
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Not only do bright lights bother people, they harm insects.
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7/28/22
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I am a regular SEPTA rider and know changes are coming very soon to public transportation in Philadelphia.
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7/28/22
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Late last month, a young person was struck and killed by a speeding driver along Germantown Avenue near Uncle Bobbie’s, a popular neighborhood coffee and book shop.
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by Chris Hepp
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7/20/22
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“Members of the Schuylkill Center are part of a special community of nature and wildlife champions whose generous support furthers our mission."
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by Brian Rudnick
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7/20/22
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True confessions, we were a few days late paying our June estimated quarterly taxes
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by Betsy Teutsch
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7/20/22
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The story about reckless driving, and the recent AP story about traffic deaths really missed the mark.
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7/14/22
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I enjoyed reading Pat Cove’s article about the importance of preserving interiors of historic buildings to not only understand the architecture of the past, but how people lived and thought.
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7/7/22
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There is a connection between the trampling of democratic traditions during the January 6 insurrection and the violation of democratic rights that occurred in some of the June 6 Philadelphia ward leader elections.
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6/30/22
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