For 12 years, Allen "Zak" Zaklad, 80, has been leading free tai chi workouts several days a week for anyone who shows up at Ned Wolf Park in West Mt. Airy.
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by Len Lear
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9/1/22
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Haitian Catholic priest and accountant the Rev. Joseph Philippe recently visited the First United Methodist Church of Germantown, hoping to add support to the establishment of a public bank.
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by Constance Garcia-Barrio
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9/1/22
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I am not a jazz aficionado, but when I heard lifelong Germantown resident Monnette Sudler play the guitar in October of 2014 at one of Woodmere Art Museum's Friday Night Jazz series, I was blown away.
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by Len Lear
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9/1/22
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The following crime report is for crimes reported in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy for the two-week period from Aug. 22 to 28.
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9/1/22
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The second annual Jabali Jungle event in Germantown celebrated plant and flower shops, and urban farms owned by people of color.
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9/1/22
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As Chestnut Hill residents experience an unprecedented rise in stolen and washed checks, people who live in Germantown are also experiencing a completely different - and possibly even more serious - problem.
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by Tom Beck
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8/31/22
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Dr. RobRoy MacGregor 3d was a 1964 graduate of Harvard Medical School with the highest honors, an expert on infectious diseases, an early champion of HIV treatment and an emeritus professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine.
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by Len Lear
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8/25/22
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Longtime Mt. Airy resident Penka Slavova is starting her seventh year as director of the International Student Program at Germantown Friends School.
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by Len Lear
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8/25/22
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The following crime report is for crimes reported in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy for the period from Aug. 15-21.
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8/25/22
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Two separate shootings last week have left some neighbors in Germantown and Mt. Airy concerned about safety in their communities.
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by Tom Beck
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8/24/22
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Marilyn Hillian Rivers, 86, a West Mt. Airy resident for 64 years and beloved civic activist for decades, died Wednesday, July 6, of complications from dementia.
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by Len Lear
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8/18/22
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Chestnut Hill
410 E. Gravers Ln.
4BR 2.5BA, $775,000
609 Saint Andrews Rd.
4BR 5.5BA, $3 million
7826 Devon St.
3BR 1BA, $375,000
7601 Crittenden …
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8/18/22
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More than four decades ago, Hattie Williams was given one of the most valuable gifts a person could receive — a house.
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by Len Lear
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8/18/22
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Germantown is home to the first Philadelphia-area Boys’ Club, built in 1898.
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8/18/22
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High Point Cafe, Malelani Cafe and Evo Brick Oven Pizza in Mt. Airy were burglarized Aug. 3 and police continued to search for the thieves.
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by Tom Beck
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8/11/22
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New city requirements for lead testing has landlords across Philadelphia falling behind on renewing their rental licenses, some community advocates say.
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by Tom Beck
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8/11/22
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A Mt. Airy couple and a Springfield Township woman reached out to the Local last week to report checks they said were stolen from the USPS collection box in front of the Market Square Post Office.
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by Tom Beck
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8/11/22
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East Mt. Airy Neighbors will host a community meeting at 7 p.m., Aug. 16, via Zoom, to discuss the townhouse development now being planned for the former site of Fred’s Mt. Airy Motors.
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8/11/22
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Romona Mercer never attended culinary school or enrolled in cooking classes, but today the Mt. Airy resident is head baker and CEO of her own company, Aunt Verlea's Pound Cake Experience.
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by Len Lear
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8/11/22
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The Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) confirmed to the Local last week that it has a memorandum of understanding with West Powelton Development, owned by developer Anthony …
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by Tom Beck
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8/4/22
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