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In response to neighborhood outcry over the harsh glare of the city’s new street lights, City Councilmember Cindy Bass is arranging for a meeting.
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by Carla Robinson
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8/3/22
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The CHCA Board of Directors unanimously voted to recommend the Woodmere Art Museum’s plans to obtain variances for St. Michael’s Hall.
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by Tom Beck
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8/3/22
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The virus is still here, I know, but after three years of abstinence from travel, we had to get out of town and away from the fuzz lining our walls.
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by Hugh Gilmore
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7/28/22
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The late comic Rodney Dangerfield used to say, “I'm getting so old that I could not blow out all of the candles on my latest birthday cake. The heat drove me back.”
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by Len Lear
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7/28/22
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Three local authors, one from Chestnut Hill and two from Mt. Airy, will discuss their books at a signing event on Thursday, July 28, 6 p.m., at Hilltop Books, 84 Bethlehem Pike.
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by Len Lear
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7/28/22
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Residents of Northwest Philadelphia and beyond attended a meeting held by the Northwest Traffic Calming Committee on Sunday afternoon.
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by Tom Beck
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7/28/22
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Representatives of Bowman Properties last week unveiled a plan that seeks to downsize, or in some cases eliminate, commercial space in Chestnut Hill in an effort to combat retail vacancies.
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by Tom Beck
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7/27/22
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Three more readers of the Local reached out to the paper last week to complain about checks they had mailed being stolen and washed.
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by Tom Beck
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7/27/22
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The following crime report is for crimes reported in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy for the period from July 18 to July 25.
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7/27/22
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Hillers were alarmed to find the mailbox out front of the Chestnut Hill Post Office unlocked and open last Tuesday morning, as pictured here.
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7/27/22
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Last week's basketball action in the College summer league set the stage for the playoff quarterfinals.
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by Tom Utescher
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7/27/22
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In a return to summer basketball league action, Germantown Academy had little trouble winning back-to-back games last Monday.
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by Tom Utescher
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7/27/22
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Three Philadelphia-area men have been arrested and charged in connection with a scheme to steal checks from the U.S. Postal Service, fraudulently alter them and deposit more than $200,000 in personal …
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by Tom Beck and Kristin Holmes
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7/26/22
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The following crime report is for crimes reported in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy for the period from July 11-17.
Chestnut Hill
July 10 Theft of auto parts. A complainant who parked his car …
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7/20/22
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More than 100 five- to 15-year-olds from Mt. Airy to Willow Grove turned up at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy last week for the school’s 5th annual youth football camp.
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7/20/22
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Springfield Township Commissioners Eddie Graham, Susanna Ratsavong, Michael Maxwell and Jonathan Cobb constituted a quorum for the July workshop and business meetings in the absence of Commissioners …
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by Betsy Wallace
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7/20/22
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An overwhelming majority of Chestnut Hill residents dislike the color and the brightness of the neighborhood’s new LED streetlights.
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by Carla Robinson
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7/20/22
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Five more readers who experienced mail theft and bank fraud contacted the Local last week - one of whom said he only discovered the fraud because he had been following our coverage of the issue.
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by Tom Beck
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7/20/22
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Lots of people enjoy Wissahickon Park and visit it often, but James Charnock is probably more enthusiastic than any other user of the park that traverses parts of Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy.
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by Len Lear
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7/14/22
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After an effort to shower the Philadelphia Streets Department with complaints, residents of the 200 block of West Highland Avenue got the glare of their new LED street lights cut in half.
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by Carla Robinson
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7/13/22
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