February 2, 2006 Issue                                               

©2005 The Chestnut Hill Local

News

Intersection reconstruction debated by CHCA, issue may not be settled despite vote of support
by KRISTIN PAZULSKI
Staff Writer

The CHCA’S vote, 14-8, to support the reconstruction of Winston Road and Germantown Avenue’s intersection was the result of a divided discussion at last Thursday’s meeting. This drawing is a sketch of what Winston Road will look like as 90-degree intersection with Germantown Avenue.

The Chestnut Hill Community Association voted at last Thursday’s meeting to support the Development and Review Committee’s recommendation to turn the intersection of Winston Road and Germantown Avenue into a 90-degree intersection and add a traffic light. The motion passed 14-8, with 11 abstentions and 16 absences; a roll call vote had been called.

Six months after his brain surgery to help alleviate symptoms of his Parkinson’s disease, Mike Dean stands outside of Caruso’s Market on Germantown Avenue with fellow employee Ritagail Green.

Parkinson’s disease and brain surgery couldn’t stop Mike
by KRISTIN PAZULSKI
Staff Writer

Mike Dean had only one week to prepare for the brain surgery he would undergo to relieve him of the tremors that came with his Parkinson’s disease that had been diagnosed 14 years earlier.

“After three years of preparation, brooding over this (the decision to undergo the surgery), then suddenly it was a week away,” said 58-year-old Dean, who has lived in Chestnut Hill for more than 30 years. He received the call last May, about three years after Dr. Matthew Stern of the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center at the University of Pennsylvania, approached him with the offer to become part of a national study in deep brain stimulation (DBS).

Plans for CHH growth announced
by KRISTIN PAZULSKI
Staff Writer

Assistant CEO Lisa Mallon showed community members preliminary plans for the hospital expansion.

Last Thursday, Chestnut Hill Hospital revealed their plans for an expansion and renovation project to include not only physical improvements, but also in technology and personnel.

The hospital’s assistant CEO, Lisa Mallon, said that at least $43 million would be put into the expansion.

Rodney Reider, Chestnut Hill Hospital’s CEO, added that even greater sums would be put towards an increase in physicians, nurse and doctor education and additional technological advances to “build on what is already there.”

Three Mt. Airy teens showing their LOVE for previous skating “mecca”
by KRISTIN PAZULSKI
Staff Writer

Mt. Airy students Axel Tuveson (pictured here), Paul Sanders and Emmett Drueding interviewed everyone from lunch-goers to Philadelphia city planner Ed Bacon for their film “Skaters in LOVE,” scheduled for its first screening on Feb. 1.

Almost four years after skateboarding was banned in Philadelphia’s JFK Plaza, or popularly known as LOVE Park, skaters and supportive organizations are still trying to bring back their skating mecca.

A standing monument to Black History in Germantown
by KRISTIN PAZULSKI
Staff Writer

Important moments in African American history will be celebrated this month as Black History Month begins Feb. 1. From Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” to Rosa Park’s admirable persistence to stay in her seat, the brave actions of these heroes are remembered and honored each February.