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Cresheim Valley Apartments last summer, while under construction for new steps, new sanitary sewers, a new key fob entry system, and more security cameras, according to SBG owner Phillip Pulley.
AG sues Cresheim Valley Apartments, claims widespread violations
A six-count suit filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia charges widespread negligence and retaliatory behaviors. more
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Cars parked in front of Christine Visco’s house on the 600 block of East Gravers Lane.
Potential truce with ‘Cannabis Queen’
Residents of the 600 block of Gravers Lane in Springfield Township may have a deal to end the parking practices of their neighbor. more
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Chestnut Hill-based choir The Crossing is one of the many cultural arts organizations to benefit from the Presser Foundation's support.
Classical music foundation trades Center City for Chestnut Hill
The Presser Foundation, which provides grants to music organizations in this region, is now one of Chestnut Hill’s newest neighbors. more
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Grand Marshal Sean McMenamin, president of the Irish Center in West Mt. Airy, is pictured leading the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Philadelphia in 2019.
Mt. Airy’s Irish Center bounces back from the brink
Life after death has always been a controversial concept, but it is hard to quarrel with the idea that the Irish Center has achieved it. more
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CHCA Agenda
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Singer Deb Callahan will perform excerpts from her new album “Backbone,” a mix of soul, funk and blues music, 7:30 p.m., July 19, at Pastorius Park.
Deb Callahan Band brings ‘Backbone’ to the blues
Deb Callahan Band’s first album was released in 2002, but the group is still churning out exciting new blues music. more
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Summer classes for adults to enjoy
Why let the kids have all the fun? This summer, Northwest Philadelphia has an array of creative opportunities for adults. more
St. Luke’s fights gunfire with buybacks
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, which serves its members and the surrounding community, has not been immune to the plague of gun violence. more
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Hundreds turned out for the GMA live broadcast on the 8100 block of Germantown Avenue early Tuesday morning.
GMA’s live broadcast celebrates Chestnut Hill
Ten million people nationwide watched GMA's July 4 segment on Chestnut Hill, featuring McNally's Tavern, Booked, NoName Art Gallery and Pastor James Buck Jr, owner of Southern Flames BBQ. more
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The city has issued a permit that would allow the demolition of this two-story home at 6915 Germantown Ave., currently used by a nonprofit agency to house disabled people. 
Demo permit signals new future Lovett Library neighbor
The permit would allow the demolition of a two-story house at 6915 Germantown Ave., now used as a home for disabled people. more
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Musician Dom Flemons, a former member of the acclaimed Carolina Chocolate Drops, will perform in a free concert at Pastorius Park on July 12 at 7:30 p.m.
American cultural arts scholar Dom Flemons will bring old-time music to Pastorius Park
Dom Flemons’ songs have been described in lots of ways: Old-timey, Piedmont blues, Black cowboy country. They’re all accurate, he says. more
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CHCA Agenda
For the week of July 3, 2023 more
CHCA News
2023 CHCA BYLAW AMENDMENTS VOTING RESULTS, AND AGENDA more
Davirah Timm-Dinkins
Four new members for Woodmere’s Board of Trustees
The Woodmere Art Museum, which is in the midst of a major expansion, has just appointed four new trustees. more
Betty Trout (left) with Helen Seitz, was crowned “Most Senior Neighbor” at Cresheim Village Neighbors' annual multi-block party last year.
The power of getting organized – and connected
Community spirit is alive and well - and few know that better than the members of Mt. Airy’s Cresheim Village Neighbors. more
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The Hot Club of Philadelphia consists of (from left to right) Joe Arnold, Zack Devine, Barry Wahrhaftig and Phyllis Chapell. They’ll be playing at the Chestnut Hill Community Association’s summer concert series at Pastorius Park, at 7:30 p.m. on July 5. The presenting sponsor is Temple Health–Chestnut Hill Hospital, and admission is free.
The Hot Club of Philadelphia will bring the legacy of Django Reinhardt to Chestnut Hill
Barry Wahrhaftig grew up playing rock and roll like everyone else. But then he rediscovered his love of gypsy jazz music. more
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Merakey Total Health is rebuilding its health center on E. Mt. Airy Ave. to provide primary health care services to people with mental health or developmental challenges.
Mt. Airy's historic health hub reborn
In 1969, the Northwest Center in Mt. Airy opened its doors to help those with mental health and developmental challenges. Now it's undergoing a renovation to help further that vision. more
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The large shade tree that grew in front of the old Santander Bank building, a week before it was cut down.
Two big canopy trees come down
If you’re a pedestrian who’s strolled by the corner of Germantown Avenue and Bethlehem Pike in the past week, you may have noticed a bit less shade than you’re used to seeing.  more
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Threadwell owner Molly Ellis and Courtney O'Neill, executive director of the Chestnut Hill Business District, are among many in the local community who are working to get ready for the neighborhood's Fourth of July celebrations, which will be featured this year on "Good Morning America."
‘Good Morning America’ to spotlight Chestnut Hill
Producers at "Good Morning America” have chosen the neighborhood for their Fourth of July broadcast this year. more
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Anshika Lal (left) and Caprice Jackson, of nonprofit workshop Tiny WPA, install the Rain Poetry exhibit at Vernon Park. Some of the haiku, written by elementary students, will be permanently visible. Others will be revealed only when they get wet.
Rain-activated poetry in Vernon Park
A series of invisible, rain-activated haiku poems, written by elementary schoolchildren in Germantown, can be seen through August. more
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