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The Children's Playground at the Jenks School is turning 25 this year, which means there are local kids now playing where their parents used to.
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by Alex Bartlett, Archivist, Chestnut Hill Conservancy
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11/17/22
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On the heels of an uninvited raccoon that caused damage to the drop ceiling last November, the Chestnut Hill Library is again having maintenance issues that force it to close for an indefinite period.
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11/16/22
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Civic leaders and preservationists succeeded in saving the Joseph P. Bolton Store and Residence at 4841 Germantown Ave. from near certain demolition on Thursday.
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by Tom Beck
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11/16/22
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Last month, somebody left a package on the back step of Mt. Airy United Fellowship Church that, according to pastor Rev. Joe Williams, “proves there are angels out there.”
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by Len Lear
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11/10/22
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Stan Cutler, a Chestnut Hill resident for 22 years and a Germantown resident for 20 years before that, is known as a stalwart cheerleader for the local library.
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by Len Lear
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11/10/22
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The Chestnut Hill Conservancy and the Night Kitchen Bakery joined forces last week to raise more than $16,000.
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11/10/22
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The Germantown Post Office is one of three Philadelphia post offices that are being audited. Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy post offices didn't make the list.
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by Tom Beck
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11/9/22
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Elite Tennis Group, which operates a tennis school at Chestnut Hill College, is bringing pickleball to nearby Magarity Tennis Club in Flourtown.
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by Tom Beck
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11/3/22
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Dr. Yasmina Wright was in the third grade the first time she had a thought that would one day lead her to become a dentist.
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by Stacia Friedman
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11/3/22
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When Atiya Smith first announced her plan to open a women’s fashion boutique in Chestnut Hill, her mother, Claudia Averett, would not hear of it. But Smith did what many daughters do, and pushed forward anyway.
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by Stacia Friedman
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11/3/22
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For Norma Wingate, an avid tennis player who starred on Central High School's Public League championship tennis team in 1992, the word “love” always makes her think of tennis.
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by Len Lear
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11/3/22
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Nearly three months after a catastrophic fire ripped through the historic Hiram Lodge in the heart of Chestnut Hill’s business district, destroying El Quetzal, the store is reopening.
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by Carla Robinson
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11/3/22
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City and fire officials gathered in Chestnut Hill last week to cut the ribbon on a $10 million renovation and expansion of the Engine 37 firehouse on Highland Avenue.
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by Carla Robinson
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11/2/22
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The City of Philadelphia’s Department of Licenses and Inspections is investigating Infinite Enterprises, LLC, a construction company that demolished a Chestnut Hill home last year.
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by Tom Beck
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10/27/22
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Chestnut Hill
35 E. Willow Grove Ave.
5BR 3.5BA, $300,555
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10/27/22
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Philadelphia is currently situated in fall’s sweet spot — the temperature has cooled, pumpkin spice has hit coffee shops, and leaves have started to change.
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by Elizabeth Estrada, WHYY
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10/27/22
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A correction to last week's story entitled "Springfield board president resigns, citing 'white fragility.”’
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10/27/22
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The City of Philadelphia’s Streets Department is about midway through the process of replacing the pedestrian scale street lights along Germantown Avenue with LED fixtures.
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by Carla Robinson
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10/20/22
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Eddie T. Graham resigned his position as president of the Springfield Township Board of Commissioners in a town meeting Wednesday evening, citing “white fragility” as a key reason.
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by Tom Beck
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10/20/22
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Get ready to dance to the music at “Light up the Tower!”
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10/20/22
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