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I am writing about your advice regarding the fact that I dropped out of community college in the general studies program (pre-Covid last fall) since, in my mind, I really have no idea what I wanted …
Political junkies will most likely remember the name Bob O'Donnell, a Chestnut Hill resident (near Valley Green Inn) for the past 29 years.
O'Donnell, 77, a long-time resident of Northwest Philly …
From 2008 to 2012, at least once a week on a Saturday or Sunday, Phil Clark would run from Northern Liberties to Henry Avenue in Roxborough or to Forbidden Drive in Chestnut Hill and back, about 22 to 24 miles all told.
Set in contemporary New York City, it's a provocative and stylish romantic fantasy suspense thriller with a Big Brother theme. And if its “Inception”-like ambitions aren't quite realized in terms of originality and execution, it's nonetheless intellectually stimulating, emotionally enveloping, and thoroughly engrossing.
Chestnut Hill was developed by incorporating design elements found in the Cotswolds of England. The consistent use of stone, wood and slate, intimate scale, and homes grouped around a common courtyard or near the sidewalk, creates a close-knit and walkable neighborhood. So, when architects and developers propose constructing a building that does not contain these characteristics, we get concerned that the surroundings we love will in some way become marred.
