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Meet TJ Spirito and Peter Humphreys. Both have attended Springside Chestnut Hill Academy since sixth grade and are now seniors. Together as part of the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, they have built a business.
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by Allison Hackman
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2/11/21
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Antoine and Samantha Joseph are investing everything they have and crowdsourcing help to renovate the Philadelphia Sunday Sun building into a black cultural space, as new residents flock to Mt. Airy.
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by Patrick Cobbs
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2/11/21
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The CHCA Land Use Planning & Zoning Committee will conduct a public meeting via Zoom.com to review a variance appeal for an 8-townhouse development at the current location of O’Reilly Inc.
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2/10/21
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After serving 30 years as the president of Chestnut Hill College, Sister Carol Jean Vale, SSJ, Ph.D., will retire in June of 2022.
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by Kate Dolan
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2/10/21
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Because of last week’s snowstorm, we were unable to get the Part One reports from the police department on which we base our weekly crime report. The following crime report is for …
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2/9/21
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A Zoom meeting for school children, meant to celebrate Black inventors, was hacked by an unknown person who subjected students and their families to a racist and sexual attack.
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by Walt Maguire
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2/8/21
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Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley laid out the status of Philadelphia’s vaccination program as the city recovers from late January’s debacle with Philly Fighting COVID.
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by Kate Dolan
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2/8/21
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The Philadelphia chapter of the American Association of Architects gave this year’s top Thomas Walter award to a West Oak Lane resident, Tiffany Millner, who mentors high school students.
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by Diane M. Fiske
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2/4/21
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In the “bluest” neighborhood of Pennsylvania, Mt. Airy, a group of cultural creatives collaborated on a project in the new year known as the “Blue Wall” mural, an art installation composed of donated community Biden-Harris campaign signs.
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by Elspeth Lodge
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2/4/21
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A three-year strategic plan was expected to end in 2020, but COVID restrictions resulted in an extension into 2021.
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by Walt Maguire
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2/3/21
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The Chestnut Hill West regional rail line will return March 7 with restricted service from 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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by Walt Maguire
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2/3/21
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Police warned residents to exercise caution as a pattern of robberies extended to include more than a dozen armed holdups this month in East Mt. Airy, Wadsworth, Chestnut Hill and the suburban …
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by Pete Mazzaccaro
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2/2/21
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Philadelphia has administered 131,185 total doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of Thursday night.
Of those doses, 98,593 were first doses, and 32,592 were second doses, according to data from the …
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by Kate Dolan
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1/29/21
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Today, Chestnut Hill has only one inn -- our fine Chestnut Hill Hotel, built in 1894 and renovated a number of times since. That building replaced an older inn built back in 1772.
In …
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by George McNeely
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1/29/21
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Two Erdenheim natives who grew up as typical middle class pals but became mega-successful in business and earned doctorate degrees have launched a TV reality show, “Wolf PAC of Philadelphia.”
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by Len Lear
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1/29/21
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The Black Doctors COVID Consortium (BDCC), a volunteer organization formed in April 2020 to assist with COVID-19 testing, is gearing up to add vaccine distribution.
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by Walt Maguire
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1/28/21
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The house museum, Cliveden, hosted Mt. Airy author and activist Kimberly Kamara, Thursday Jan. 21, for a discussion that asked whether the site’s signature event should change in the context of urban gun violence.
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by Patrick Cobbs
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1/28/21
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The following crime report is for crimes reported in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy from Jan 18 through Jan. 24
Chestnut Hill
Jan 19 Vehicle stolen from 7600 block of Crittenden St. A red Ford …
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1/27/21
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Philadelphia residents who are in Phase 1B of the city’s vaccination distribution plan are now eligible to receive the vaccine.
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by Kate Dolan
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1/27/21
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Stalled negotiations to develop the blighted lot at 6717 Chew Avenue, next to Pleasant Playground in East Mt. Airy, appear ready to re-start following a community meeting Jan. 18 where elected …
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by Patrick Cobbs
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1/27/21
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