If you were walking down Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill recently, you just might have seen Trevor Wade Thomas and his easel.
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by Len Lear
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11/30/23
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“I wish I had 13 kids like Abby on my football team. I wish I had the heart and determination myself at that age that she has."
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by Len Lear
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11/30/23
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Why would a celebrity TV star wind up living in Northwest Philadelphia? "We love it here," Simonetta Lein says.
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by Len Lear
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11/30/23
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We tend to associate the word “archaeology” with remote locations. Rebecca Yamin digs into Philadelphia.
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by Len Lear
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11/30/23
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What makes Yolanda Ward's art so distinctive is that her Impressionistic works look exactly like oil paintings until you get inches from them.
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by Len Lear
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11/23/23
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Alana and Scott Davis gave up lucrative corporate careers to pursue one of the riskiest businesses in the country.
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by Len Lear
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11/23/23
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“I will be there at Borrelli's Chestnut Hill Gallery on Nov. 11 if I am still alive and kicking,” artist Phil Cohn said about his upcoming 100th birthday.
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by Len Lear
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11/2/23
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Many immigrants give up successful, lucrative careers in their chosen fields to pursue their “American dream.” Juby George is just such a person.
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by Len Lear
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10/26/23
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“Keeping Her Name Alive” is the name of a compelling group exhibition that opened Sept. 30 and will continue through Oct. 29 at Allens Lane Art Center.
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by Len Lear
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10/5/23
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Lee Locklear feels right at home in Mt. Airy.
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by Len Lear
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10/5/23
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Alice Lesnick, who lives in Erdenheim, took a different path. She spent most of her life as an academic and did not begin painting until age 50.
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by Len Lear
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10/3/23
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World War II veteran Benjamin Berry is beginning to feel like a celebrity, and no one is more deserving.
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by Len Lear
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9/28/23
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After watching certain TV shows, one might be excused for believing that some celebrities are rather shallow and self-centered, but Melissa Fitzgerald belies the stereotype.
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by Len Lear
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9/28/23
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During its final performance of “ La bohème” on May 7, the Opera Philadelphia company had a surprise visit from a swarm of bees.
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by Len Lear
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9/21/23
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Dr. Claire E. Robinson, named a “Top Doctor” by Philadelphia magazine, is no stranger to well-earned attention.
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by Len Lear
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9/21/23
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It has become so easy to order books online that one would think it must be impossible for a small bookstore to survive. Yet this one does.
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by Len Lear
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8/3/23
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Did you ever go into a small mom-and-pop restaurant and have a wonderful meal, yet there is almost no one there?
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by Len Lear
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7/27/23
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Pete Merzbacher insists he was so busy making his popular baked goods that he did not even realize he was part of a winning team.
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by Len Lear
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7/27/23
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Chestnut Hill's Ethan Monberg is just 12, but the rising eighth grader at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy is already a musical luminary.
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by Len Lear
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7/6/23
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Community spirit is alive and well - and few know that better than the members of Mt. Airy’s Cresheim Village Neighbors.
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by Len Lear
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6/29/23
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