MJ Fischer’s untimely passing leaves a significant void in our community.
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8/4/22
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Not only do bright lights bother people, they harm insects.
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7/28/22
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The Local is recruiting board members. If you have an interest in local journalism, experience in law, finance, marketing, development, strategy or media, and would like to learn more about possibly …
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7/28/22
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I am a regular SEPTA rider and know changes are coming very soon to public transportation in Philadelphia.
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7/28/22
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Late last month, a young person was struck and killed by a speeding driver along Germantown Avenue near Uncle Bobbie’s, a popular neighborhood coffee and book shop.
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by Chris Hepp
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7/20/22
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“Members of the Schuylkill Center are part of a special community of nature and wildlife champions whose generous support furthers our mission."
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by Brian Rudnick
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7/20/22
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True confessions, we were a few days late paying our June estimated quarterly taxes
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by Betsy Teutsch
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7/20/22
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The story about reckless driving, and the recent AP story about traffic deaths really missed the mark.
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7/14/22
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In a meeting held over Zoom on Thursday, June 30, leadership from the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education (SCEE) unveiled their plan to sell off 24 acres of donated forested land.
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7/14/22
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I enjoyed reading Pat Cove’s article about the importance of preserving interiors of historic buildings to not only understand the architecture of the past, but how people lived and thought.
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7/7/22
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At the age of 67, I just did something I’d never done before. I used the Heimlich Maneuver on somebody.
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by Roz Warren
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7/7/22
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Depending on whether you read your Local online or in print, you may or may not be aware that we recently launched a new, more robust events calendar on chestnuthilllocal.com.
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6/30/22
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There is a connection between the trampling of democratic traditions during the January 6 insurrection and the violation of democratic rights that occurred in some of the June 6 Philadelphia ward leader elections.
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6/30/22
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The conservative members of the Supreme Court have done what they suggested they would never do during their confirmation hearings: they reversed the Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
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6/30/22
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Every so often I come across a feature or see a documentary with the topic about the importance of an original, intact, historic building interior.
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by Patricia M. Cove
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6/30/22
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Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, closed out its 20th anniversary season with a concert that is now available online through July 19.
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by Michael Caruso
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6/30/22
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Nancy Hubby and I had an ambitious dream: to nominate the community of Chestnut Hill to become a large Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.
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by Shirley Hanson
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6/23/22
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In the past few months, the Local has published multiple articles and letters from readers about theft from mailboxes and post offices. I offer two suggestions.
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6/23/22
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Part of the problem between the SEPTA board and the riders is that the members of the board do not always listen carefully to riders' concerns and safety.
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6/16/22
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Hats off (or rather, bike helmets off) to John Meigs for his recent letter promoting bicycling by means of his gentle corrective to a May 26 article on the Mt. Airy Learning Tree’s recent Hidden Garden Tour.
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6/16/22
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