Food market’s fate hinges on deli case
By Jennifer Katz

Last week Jennifer Zoga reached a new low in her effort to operate a quality grocery store in Chestnut Hill. Zoga, owner of the Good Food Market, received her second visit from a city inspector in a month.

The first visitor was from the Department of Licenses and Inspections, sent out to investigate a claim that the Good Food Market's deli case was in violation of the C1 zoning code in place for the property at 12-18 W. Willow Grove Ave.

"Someone complained that I should not have the deli case," said Zoga of what she was told by the L &I inspector about the nature of the complaint. "The person was extremely knowledgeable of the code."
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The deli case at the Good Food Market has become a zoning issue. (Photo by Pete Mazzaccaro)

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Fund drive close to finish line

In a few weeks, The Chestnut Hill Community Fund Drive will come to a close. For the second year in a row, it looks like the drive will meet its goal of raising $100,000.

Each year the community fund drive puts out a broad appeal to the members of the community to raise money for a number of worthy causes — from funding for Meals on Wheels to upkeep for pocket parks and train station gardens.
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CHC sticksters win first match at home field
by Tom Utescher

When Chestnut Hill College president Carol Jean Vale, SSJ, was presented with a men’s lacrosse helmet and then strode out to midfield to drop a ball for a ceremonial face-off, you knew there was something special about last Thursday’s home game.
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Nancy Peter (left) of Mt. Airy, Special Awards Chairperson of the G.W. Carver Science Fair, at the fair with her mother, Marian Darmstadter.   “This is the 31st anniversary of the Carver Science fair,” Peter said. “It is one of the oldest, urban, citywide science fairs in the country, and each year 250 kids in 4th, 5th and 6th grade and more than 600 kids in 7th through 12th grade compete in the citywide science fair.
Darmstadter and her colleague, Marilyn Young, who used to teach at Jenks, give out a special award that honors team projects at the fair.
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