August 12, 2004 Issue                                       

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Hill family fights to save son
After three invasive surgeries, Cameron Brown, 5, continues to suffer from a brain tumor. His parents are seeking an experimental treatment in Boston.
by MICHAEL J. MISHAK

Cameron Brown strums his guitar on the front porch of his Chestnut Hill home after undergoing preparation for proton beam radiation treatment in Boston last week. (Photo by Michael J. Mishak.)

Merri Brown knew her son
Cameron had a brain tumor.

Doctors would tell her otherwise, offering explanations of common childhood ailments like stomach viruses.

But six months before the diagnosis, Merri noticed her then 4-year-old boy was not himself. She observed unexplained headaches, vomiting and memory loss. She was so fixated on the possibility it was a brain tumor that her husband, Drew, thought she should see a psychiatrist.

CHCA committees okay Bowman project
by KATIE WORRALL

Bowman Properties plans adaptive reuse of this 1890s building

Bowman Properties Ltd.’s plans for adaptive re-use of 8401-03 Germantown Ave. and mixed residential/retail use at 3-9 E. Gravers Lane received unanimous support from the Chestnut Hill Community Association’s Land Use Planning & Zoning Committee on August 5, and from the CHCA Aesthetics Committee the next morning.

It’s Black & White all over again
by Nancy Berger

Colorful Chestnut Hill is about to go black and white, at least for a few hours on Saturday evening, September 18, as the Second Annual Black & White Gala unfolds from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.