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Women’s
Exchange will close for good Lack of volunteers cited in decision The Women’s Exchange in Chestnut Hill will close its doors forever on Saturday, July 22. Located in the Chestnut Hill Community Centre at 8419 Germantown Ave., the Women’s Exchange has been run by the centre’s board for at least 35 years.
Commerce Bank
applies for a building permit It’s been a while since anything has happened at 8600 Germantown Avenue. The boarded and tarp-wrapped frame of the future Chestnut Hill branch of Commerce Bank has been kept vacant by a dispute between bank officials the Chestnut Hill Community Association regarding the scale of the bank’s plans for the site.
Mt. Airy USA
and city bring new, affordable housing to Montana Street
For 30 years the half-acre lot at the northwestern end of the 200 block of West Montana Street stood vacant. Developers came and went until finally in 2002 the community development organization Mt. Airy USA purchased the land for $80,000. Through a collaborative effort with the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Housing and Community Development, 11 town homes have been built for low- to moderate-income, first-time homebuyers. Two of the units were built to accommodate owners with disabilities: one is wheelchair accessible, and the other is equipped for an individual with hearing or vision impairment. “This development is for working families,” said Mt. Airy USA’s Executive Director Farah Jimenez. “A lot of people think of affordable housing in terms of welfare recipients.”
For Mount St. Joseph Academy’s hoopsters, their basketball bout on June 19 was just a little different from your run-of-the-mill contest in the Hatboro Horsham Summer League. It was the first game for the Magic’s new coach, John Miller. The former women’s basketball coach at La Salle University and most recently the assistant coach for the Magic’s league rival, St. Basil’s Academy, Miller saw his new squad topple the Titans of Central Bucks South, 53-34.
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Local LifeWyndmoor
volunteer duo ‘no better, just luckier’
This is the 11th in an ongoing series of articles by Paula M. Riley on Chestnut Hill volunteers. “It’s no fun being poor,” says Laura McKenna of Wyndmoor. She and her husband Marc come face-to-face with poverty through their extensive volunteer work both near and far.
Cross-examining
life of Hill ‘Renaissance Man’
Every newspaper, regardless of size, receives calls from time to time from people in the community who say they would like to write for it. I had an editor at the now-defunct Philadelphia Journal in the late ‘70s who insisted editors should never waste time with such wannabes. “They’re never any good,” he insisted. “If you try to be kind to them, you’re just wasting your time and theirs. It’s best to let them down gently right away and be done with it.”
At 83 years old, Mount Airy resident John Graham has had his share of life experiences. One he can add to the list is an art show with fellow painter John Hagarty at the Manayunk Art Center at 419 Green Lane. Featured artists for the month of June, they were part of “Paintings in Color,” a show that ran through June 25.
Worldly
Mt. Airy p.r. man was ‘Beyond the Cold’ in Norway
Up for a little word association? I’m gonna name a country and you tell me the first thing that comes to mind. Japan. I had sushi. England? Good rock music. Norway. Cold—your thoughts too, huh? If you came up with something else on reading “Norway,” you’re either a far worldlier person than I, or you’re Michael Kleiner, a man so in love with the country and its people that he is now hoping to broaden perceptions with his new book, Beyond the Cold.
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