Letters

A cut above

Two weekends ago we took our daughter to get her first haircut at “Cookie Cutters,” the new children’s haircut spot at 7932 Germantown Ave. I could not have imagined a more wonderful experience for our daughter … and her parents. Of course, this being the grand opening weekend, there was a certain festival-like atmosphere … the band, the balloons, the face painter. Cookie Cutters is a standout and is a welcome addition to Chestnut Hill. I wish them many years of great success. We will be back.

John Shea
Chestnut Hill
CHCA Board member

Clean up human habitat

Wildlife biologist Gary Alt states, “Deer are eating up their habitat.” There is another species that is destroying their own habitat, and also that of the deer, bear, fox, etc. It is called “humans.” Open land, farms, woodlands are disappearing and in their place we have malls, apartment buildings, housing developments, gas stations, department stores, etc. Oil drilling, logging industry, manufacturing; the almighty dollar takes precedence over the environment. The animals are just eating to stay alive, on what open land is still available. Humans should stop complaining about animals and clean up their own actions!

H. T. Harvey
Roxborough

Produce paradise

The announcement of the arrival of new fresh produce markets this past week was exciting and will be a happy addition to Chestnut Hill over the months to come. I am sure we all wish the new owners the very best.Let us not forget, however, the presence of the Top of The Hill market, which started many years ago on the Avenue as a summer market stand and now is a year-round store on east Evergreen Avenue. Bill Markloff and his family brought the freshest fruits and vegetables to Chestnut Hill and for years the market was a gathering place for many in the Hill.I now wonder why I spent so many hours and money trying to grow my own vegetables when I find Chestnut Hill a mecca for fresh produce! We are fortunate indeed.

Caroline Hausserman
Chestnut Hill

Trolley not missed

I had to laugh when I read Mr. Mishak’s article waxing nostalgic over the loss of the Route 23 trolley line. I wonder if Mr. Mishak or “activists” like Ms. [Janet] Potter ever actually depended, really depended, on the old trolley to get them to work or school consistently on time. I remember back in the mid ’70s depending on that trolley to get me to St. Joseph’s University every day and back home every night. I can say only one thing about the old trolley line — it never, ever ran on time. I often opted to take the train at Tulpehocken station, at that time a great financial sacrifice for a poor college student, instead of waiting and waiting for a trolley that was invariably stuck somewhere down the line behind a double parked truck or car. I also remember freezing my can off waiting for the rattling green dinosaurs to come down the line fully loaded with a SEPTA driver waving me off because there was no room aboard. Believe me, the hard working people who used to use these forms of public transportation out of necessity breathed a collective sigh of relief when these out-moded monstrosities were put in a museum and were replaced with more practical means of transportation.

Len Byron
Mt. Airy