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News
A peaceful Saturday morning in Chestnut Hill was shattered
when, at 9:11 a.m., on Dec. 31, an unknown black male walked into Sovereign
Bank, 8623 Germantown Ave., and walked up to one of the teller windows.
The male wore a tan jacket with a hood, and Timberland boots. It was reported
by Officer Hall of the 14th Police District that he had a medium complexion
with facial hair.
THE WAIT MAY HAVE BEEN OVER. Five months after the first
of two severe storm systems forced the closure of Cresheim Valley Drive,
U.S. Congressman Chaka Fattah called on Mayor John Street to open the
citys coffers for the immediate repair of the major artery, promising
federal reimbursement.
With increasing frequency, we read and hear of the federal
investigations into city government and it seems that malfeasance and
manipulation by authority figures, along with misuse of public funds are
not far under the surface. But until very recently no one, even those
delegated with the responsibility, choose to look. However, the second-largest
taxpayer funded bureaucracy in the Delaware Valley continually operates
with virtual blank-check autonomy, and seems answerable to no one for
its day-to-day operations and management practices.
Volunteers, projects sought for
11th annual Martin Luther King Day of Service
Fifty thousand volunteers and hundreds of projects are being
sought for the 11th annual Martin Luther King Day of Service, to be held
on the Jan. 16 King federal holiday.
Transplant
will cost thousands but is worth much more
by CAROLE BOYNTON
David Curtis, 34, cousin of Chestnut Hill Community Association
member Linda Cortese Curtis, is in need of a double lung-heart transplant.
The Curtis family is hosting a fundraiser on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m.
at the Venetian Club, 8030 Germantown Ave., to raise funds for David and
the National Transplant Assistance Fund.
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