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Leah Hawkins, who grew up in Mt. Airy and attended Houston Elementary School, attributes much of her success to Chestnut Hill vocal coach Leigh Munro.
Mt. Airy CAPA grad wins Met Award
When she was 12 and growing up in Mt. Airy, Leah Hawkins began taking voice lessons from a Chestnut Hill opera singer and teacher. more
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Jackson Erdos works out every day at a gym in Hatboro while training for a world championship competition.
'Jaccident' dominates at Ninja Worlds
At 17, Jackson Erdos has already climbed to the top of his sport three times. more
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Members of the Philly SoulSations, who will be playing at the Venetian Club on July 28, are, from left, Omar Welch, Hayden Bank, Barry Greenspan, Ken Ridgeway and Noble Watson.
Multigenerational ‘Motownesque’ musicians at Venetian Club
I am going to go way out on a limb and declare that there could not possibly be another performing band in the U.S. like Philly SoulSations. more
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Nnennia Chikaodili Esther Mazagwu, of Chestnut Hill, demonstrates the “Rest in Repose” creation, a zero-gravity rocker that distributes body weight evenly and reduces pressure on the spine, simulating the sensation of weightlessness.
Chestnut Hill designer wins recognition in global competition
Inventive creativity comes naturally to Nnennia Chikaodili Esther Mazagwu. more
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Larry Weaner, of Glenside, was honored last month by the American Horticultural Society as one of only six horticulturists in the country to be given its “Great American Gardeners Award.”
Horticulturist wins major national award
Larry Weaner is one of only six horticulturists in the country to be given a “Great American Gardeners Award.”  more
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Local “Jeopardy!” champion Mark Lashley said he was more nervous during rehearsals than on the actual show.
Mt. Airy professor will always be a ‘Jeopardy!’ champion
No matter what else the future brings, longtime Mt. Airy resident Mark C. Lashley will always be known as a "Jeopardy!" champion. more
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Charles “Chip” Amuso, of Wyndmoor, shows one of the 10 quilts, each one 13 hours in the making, he and many other young people made for residents of Keystone House, a residential hospice care home in Wyndmoor.
Local teen delivers handmade comfort
For his Eagle Scout project, Charles "Chip" Amuso is overseeing the creation of 10 handmade quilts for residents of Keystone House. more
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“Sleeping Leopard,” by Lynnette Shelley, is a 24” x 36” ink and acrylic on wood panel work of art.
Painting and passion meet on the subject of animals
Lynnette Shelley walked away from a successful career to be a full-time artist. Anyone who loves animals is thrilled that she did. more
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Martha Sharkey (right), founder of local nonprofit, Today is a Good Day, which provides personal and financial support for families with babies in Neonatal Intensive Care Units, receives a $100,000 donation from the Kelsey-Naylor Family Foundation. It was secured for TIAGD by Wyndmoor residents Mandy (left) and Chuck Marion.
Wyndmoor nonprofit raises $100,000 for NICU babies
"We want to serve more NICU families during their difficult days," said Martha Sharkey. more
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Kristin Leader Ramirez with her 4-year-old Marco, outside her recently opened Little Wares store at 8117 Germantown Ave. The shop, she said, is also a welcoming gathering space where parents and children can just come to connect.
Little Wares, a new place for parents to connect
At a time when Ramirez needed comfort, she received them in the place she had intended to be not only a business, but also a refuge for parents. more
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The memorial, parked on Kitchens Lane along the edge of the Wissahickon Park, honors Andy McNabb, a sculptor and architect who was killed on this spot in 1993.
New ‘ghost bike’ memorial honors local crash victims
A solitary white bicycle stands sentinel on Kitchens Lane in West Mt. Airy, its stark presence a somber reminder of lives lost and unsafe roads. more
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Farnsworth, seen here in 1936, told this reporter in a 1969 phone interview, “I thought I might be another Thomas Edison or Alexander Graham Bell, but I was completely unprepared as a naive farm boy for the world of big business."
Recalling Chestnut Hill's genius inventor of the TV set
There is no historical marker in front of the building at 127 E. Mermaid Lane in Chestnut Hill, but there should be. more
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“I just love Chestnut Hill,” said Judy Wicks, who recently moved from Center City to Northwest Philadelphia. “There is a real sense of community here. And then, of course, I fell in love with Wissahickon Park.”
Chestnut Hill ex-restaurateur a legend in her own time
How do you condense a life worthy of a best-selling biography into one newspaper article? That is the challenge when writing about Judy Wicks. more
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Odean Pope, playing in front of the John Coltrane House at 1511 North 33rd St., a National Historic Landmark, in 2018. Saxophonist and jazz pioneer John Coltrane was Pope's friend and gave him his first musical job in 1955.
Jazz giant Odean Pope to headline Germantown event
His chops have been thrilling audiences for 70 years, "blowing changes" with chord tones and harmonic rhythms. more
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Megan Rath gives a “thumbs up” at the summit of Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain, which she climbed in May of this year.
Summit training at the Cricket Club
Megan Rath is preparing for another grueling training session. more
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After decades in Wyndmoor, Dr. Schnall and his wife, Dolly, moved to the Sunrise Assisted Living complex in Abington (where this photo was taken) until Dolly died in 2020 at age 96.
Beloved OB-GYN, who 'delivered thousands,' dies at 99
Dr. Nathan Schnall, 99, a longtime Wyndmoor resident, died June 2. more
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Desiree Pressley, who was certified to teach yoga in 2023 at the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in Massachusetts, teaches gentle yoga, chair yoga and Kripalu yoga at her new Chestnut Hill studio.
New Hill instructor uses yoga for healing
When potential customers walk into Jennifer's Leaf Health & Wellness Studio, they naturally assume the ultra-fit owner and certified yoga instructor is named Jennifer. more
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Nick Corso uses gas, electric and wood-fired kilns. He is particularly inspired by the work of potters of past generations.
Nick Corso, local pottery master, is totally 'kiln' it
Next to the word “craftsman” in the dictionary should be a photo of Nick Corso. more
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Francesca Cantarini (fourth from left) is an award-winning social studies teacher for the sixth, seventh and eighth grades at the Charles W. Henry School in West Mt. Airy.
Henry School teacher honored as one of the city's best
The Lindback Foundation issued their selections for the best teachers of 2024, which included 60 teachers, several from the Northwest. more
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Although she is a grief counselor, Naila Francis is relentlessly cheerful, with a constant smile on her face.
Helping ease the grief caused by death of a loved one
The death of a loved one can be overwhelming. That is where Naila Francis, a certified death coach and grief midwife, comes in. more
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