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Developer Stuart Udis adjusted his proposed development plans for the former Fred's Mt. Airy Motors site to address community concerns and provide affordable housing.
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Tom Beck
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3/24/23
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Last week’s edition of the Local contained an article that misidentified Karen Bojar as a Chestnut Hill resident. She lives in Mt. Airy.
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3/23/23
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The Springfield Township Board of Commissioners and Police Chief Robert Pitkow came together at a March business meeting to officially commend almost half of the force.
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by Betsy Wallace
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3/23/23
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The development team that is now redeveloping the former Mt. Pleasant Garage went before the city’s zoning board last week to fight an October stop-work order.
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by Tom Beck
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3/23/23
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The following report is for crimes reported in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy for the period from March 13 - 20.
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3/23/23
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Cindy Bass, first elected to represent city council’s 8th District in 2012, is facing her first serious challenger in this year’s Democratic primary. She said she’s not worried.
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by Tom Beck and Carla Robinson
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3/22/23
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Erika Almiron, a Germantown resident who first ran for City Council at-large in 2019, intends to build a bigger coalition of voters who resemble “the whole city.”
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by Tom Beck
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3/22/23
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A three-alarm inferno destroyed the historic OMC parish school on Tuesday.
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Carla Robinson
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3/21/23
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Anderson-Oberman reported gathering 3,812 signatures – more than five times the minimum of 750 required to run for office in a councilmanic district.
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by Tom Beck
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3/16/23
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The city's Zoning Board of Adjustment denied a variance that would allow the owner of the historic Vanna Venturi House to build an accessory dwelling unit on the property.
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by Tom Beck
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3/16/23
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The Rt. Rev. Frank Tracy Griswold, III, of Chestnut Hill, the 25th presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church who came under fire after supporting the ordination of women and gay Christians, died on March 5.
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by Len Lear
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3/16/23
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Thurs. March 23, 2023, CHCA Board of Directors meeting
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3/16/23
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The following report is for crimes reported in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy for the period from March 6 - 13.
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3/16/23
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All across Philadelphia, community fridges exist to help provide food to neighbors in need.
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by Elizabeth Estrada, WHYY
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3/16/23
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After years of decline, Northwest Philadelphia’s Germantown neighborhood has in recent years become attractive to developers.
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by Tom Beck
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3/16/23
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Trailers full of students and their industrial-size robots will stream into Chestnut Hill this weekend for the FIRST regional robotics tournament hosted by Springside Chestnut Hill Academy.
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3/16/23
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After a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, hundreds of community members packed Springside Chestnut Hill Academy’s Vare Field House to celebrate the return of Hoops Madness.
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3/16/23
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William Penn Charter School was forced to close school and keep students home for the day on Feb. 21 due to a threat of violence.
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by Tom Beck
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3/9/23
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The following report is for crimes reported in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy for the period from Feb. 27 - March 5.
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3/9/23
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