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Germantown is home to the first Philadelphia-area Boys’ Club, built in 1898.
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8/18/22
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High Point Cafe, Malelani Cafe and Evo Brick Oven Pizza in Mt. Airy were burglarized Aug. 3 and police continued to search for the thieves.
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by Tom Beck
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8/11/22
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New city requirements for lead testing has landlords across Philadelphia falling behind on renewing their rental licenses, some community advocates say.
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by Tom Beck
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8/11/22
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A Mt. Airy couple and a Springfield Township woman reached out to the Local last week to report checks they said were stolen from the USPS collection box in front of the Market Square Post Office.
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by Tom Beck
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8/11/22
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East Mt. Airy Neighbors will host a community meeting at 7 p.m., Aug. 16, via Zoom, to discuss the townhouse development now being planned for the former site of Fred’s Mt. Airy Motors.
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8/11/22
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Romona Mercer never attended culinary school or enrolled in cooking classes, but today the Mt. Airy resident is head baker and CEO of her own company, Aunt Verlea's Pound Cake Experience.
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by Len Lear
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8/11/22
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The Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) confirmed to the Local last week that it has a memorandum of understanding with West Powelton Development, owned by developer Anthony …
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by Tom Beck
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8/4/22
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The indictment doesn’t mention checks being stolen from the 19118 or 19119 zip codes. The indictment does cite outdoor mailboxes in Lansdowne, Folsom, Southwest Philadelphia and Ellicott City, Md., as the four locations where checks were stolen.
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by Tom Beck
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8/4/22
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Mt. Airy Day, the annual festival celebrating the Northwest Philadelphia neighborhood, has been cancelled because of weather forecasts predicting rain and thunderstorms this weekend.
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6/10/22
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Bass’s victory came on the heels of a Friday court ruling that ordered her to allow Cain and three other committeepeople who had challenged her control over the ward to participate in ward meetings.
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by Tom Beck
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6/7/22
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Homeowners in the Northwest are grappling with the potential impact of increases as high as 30 to 40 percent - and in some cases even more.
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by Carla Robinson and Tom Beck
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5/18/22
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Recognizing that for most middle class Americans, home ownership is a primary source of wealth and stability, the congregation is focused on making sure their immediate Black neighbors are able to keep and maintain their properties.
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by Len Lear
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5/12/22
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Frazier was a member of the United States Naval Academy Drum and Bugle Corps and the Yard Patrol Squadron, where he served as Commodore and a member of the Brigade leadership.
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5/12/22
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State Sen. Art Haywood helped secure the $750,000 grant, a significant step toward the theatre group's ultimate goal of buying and restoring the entire building.
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by Carla Robinson
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5/12/22
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The Co-op has signed a lease for 328 W Chelten Avenue at the corner of Chelten Avenue and Morris Street, in the section of the neighborhood known as West Chelten. It expects to open the new store next summer.
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by Carla Robinson
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5/6/22
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What most people probably don't know is that the Derby was originally dominated by Black jockeys when it was first launched in 1875, the height of the Victorian era.
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by Carla Robinson
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5/4/22
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Yes, Mt. Airy Day is back - in June.
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by Kristin Holmes
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5/4/22
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His new position at the Mt. Airy CDC, which he started in March, has the same title as his old one: executive director. But this time around, he’ll have a different set of responsibilities.
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by Tom Beck
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5/4/22
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