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The development team for the old Mt. Pleasant Garage has won its argument with the city's Department of Licenses & Inspections.
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by Tom Beck
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3/30/23
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The development team that is now redeveloping the former Mt. Pleasant Garage went before the city’s zoning board last week to fight an October stop-work order.
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by Tom Beck
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3/23/23
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Cindy Bass, first elected to represent city council’s 8th District in 2012, is facing her first serious challenger in this year’s Democratic primary. She said she’s not worried.
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by Tom Beck and Carla Robinson
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3/22/23
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Erika Almiron, a Germantown resident who first ran for City Council at-large in 2019, intends to build a bigger coalition of voters who resemble “the whole city.”
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by Tom Beck
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3/22/23
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Anderson-Oberman reported gathering 3,812 signatures – more than five times the minimum of 750 required to run for office in a councilmanic district.
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by Tom Beck
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3/16/23
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The city's Zoning Board of Adjustment denied a variance that would allow the owner of the historic Vanna Venturi House to build an accessory dwelling unit on the property.
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by Tom Beck
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3/16/23
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After years of decline, Northwest Philadelphia’s Germantown neighborhood has in recent years become attractive to developers.
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by Tom Beck
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3/16/23
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William Penn Charter School was forced to close school and keep students home for the day on Feb. 21 due to a threat of violence.
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by Tom Beck
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3/9/23
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Less than five months after resigning as president of the Springfield Township Board of Commissioners, Eddie Graham resigned from the board altogether on Monday afternoon as an act of protest.
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by Tom Beck
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3/8/23
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A third Northwest Philadelphia resident will be running for one of Philadelphia City Council’s seven at-large seats. Christopher Gladstone Booth, of Mt. Airy, has officially announced his candidacy.
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by Tom Beck
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3/8/23
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Conflict over Springfield Township police officers' use of the Blue Lives Matter flag in their union’s logo is playing out in a pending court case, frustrating residents who want to talk.
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by Tom Beck
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3/2/23
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The property owner of the Keewaydin estate, located at 540 W. Moreland Avenue, has appealed a Court of Common Pleas ruling that prevented the property from being subdivided.
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by Tom Beck
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3/2/23
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Woodmere Art Museum has been awarded a $750,000 grant for the Frances M. Maguire Hall for Art and Education redevelopment project in Chestnut Hill.
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by Tom Beck
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3/1/23
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Andrew Wolf, the Springside Chestnut Hill Academy teacher who was arrested in October 2021 on charges related to child pornography, was sentenced to nearly 39 years in federal prison on Thursday.
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by Tom Beck and Carla Robinson
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2/24/23
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The 8th Councilmanic District’s three-term incumbent Councilmember Cindy Bass announced her re-election campaign at Dare to Imagine Church on Saturday to a mostly packed audience of supporters.
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by Tom Beck
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2/24/23
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The Wells Fargo bank, located at 8527 Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill, is scheduled to close on Feb. 22 according to both a sign on the door and a statement from the bank.
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by Tom Beck
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2/24/23
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The laundry list of repairs is expected to be complete by the first week of March for reopening.
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by Tom Beck
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2/24/23
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Seth Anderson-Oberman, a challenger to incumbent 8th District Councilperson Cindy Bass, formally announced his campaign in Mt. Airy.
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by Tom Beck
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2/19/23
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The developer behind a potential redevelopment of the historic Germantown Town Hall building unveiled his plans for a mixture of housing and commercial space.
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by Tom Beck
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2/19/23
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Employees of TruMark Credit Union, located at the corner of Germantown and Highland avenues in Chestnut Hill, found a racist and threatening letter under the door on Jan. 23.
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by Tom Beck
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2/9/23
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