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This week in Chestnut Hill Local history
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9/10/26
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Peter Yeomans, Ph.D, M.Ed, a longtime Germantown resident and clinical psychologist for the Veterans Administration (VA), died unexpectedly at work of cardiac arrhythmia on Aug. 28 at age 58.
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by Len Lear
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9/10/26
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End-of-life doulas — death doulas, as they’re sometimes called — provide a wide range of services.
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by Jeff Meade
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9/10/26
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On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, my neighbor burst into my kitchen and shouted, “Turn on the television!” I did, and we watched in shock as the horror unfolded on the screen before us.
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9/10/26
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9/10/26
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The Chestnut Hill Community Association (CHCA) announced that it has seated two new members to its board of directors: Christina Reichert and Amy R. Montour.
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9/10/26
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Now that summer is winding down, you might be feeling a bit melancholy about not being able to enjoy all of the wonderful seafood you had at the shore this summer. Well, fear not!
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by the Local Foodie Team
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9/10/26
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Effie Kammer, a writer and actor, can’t remember when exactly she came across the poem “Goblin Market” (1862) by Christina Rossetti. However, she does remember the impact the poem had on her.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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9/10/26
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Two area field hockey teams were put on display on Sept. 1 as Mount St. Joseph Academy took the short trip to Germantown Academy for an early season stick session.
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by Tom Utescher
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9/10/26
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When the Chestnut Hill Community Association’s Fall Frolic returns on Thursday, Oct. 8, at Chestnut Hill College, it will feature one of the neighborhood’s music legends in the making.
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by Will Standish
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9/10/26
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Each year, hundreds of cyclists take part in the Scenic Schuylkill Century Recreational Bicycle Rides.
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9/10/26
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I went to see “The Dog Stars” at the Flourtown Movie Tavern. We settled on Ridley Scott’s “The Dog Stars,” a post-apocalyptic drama based on Peter Heller’s 2012 novel.
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by Sam Beckett
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9/10/26
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Soccer fans from Germantown Academy and Mount St. Joseph braved hot, sticky conditions on Sept. 1 to see their teams in action and get a preview of the upcoming season.
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by Tom Utescher
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9/10/26
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The Philadelphia Department of Public Health last Friday announced that it has identified the first human cases of West Nile virus in Philadelphia this year, with a confirmed count of four cases.
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9/10/26
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Philadelphia’s William Penn Foundation announced that it has awarded 90 grants totaling $25.8 million.
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9/10/26
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American voters across the political spectrum are divided on whether the rise of Democratic Socialists within the Democratic Party is a sign of positive change or creeping extremism, new polling shows.
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by Thérèse Boudreaux | The Center Square
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9/10/26
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As a passionate animal lover, I have always had an attraction to works of art depicting nature and animals. Fortunately for me, in my job at the Local I have been introduced to many talented local …
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by Len Lear
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9/10/26
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“This is Philadelphia. Whom you know may be more important than what you know."
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by Len Lear
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9/10/26
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A new company is hosting a race to raise funds for the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education later this month. And it’s not the running kind.
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by Abby Weiss
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9/10/26
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Funding from the Community and Economic Assistance Program was recently awarded to the Friends of Mt. Airy Playground to support activities and improvements to the recreation center at 7001 Germantown Ave.
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9/10/26
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