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I had the same vaccination experience as Hugh Gilmore [see Enemies of Reading, Feb. 11] with one unimportant difference.
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2/17/21
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It all began early in the morning of Tuesday, February 9, when I received a message on My Tower Health Portal that I needed to schedule an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccination.
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2/17/21
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When Carter Woodson helped found Negro History Week in 1926, he had already accomplished quite a lot.
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by John Colgan-Davis
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2/17/21
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A romantic-triangle drama in which Joaquin Phoenix stars as a troubled thirtysomething, heartbroken from a recent breakup, with bipolar disorder and suicidal tendencies, who suddenly finds himself juggling two new romances.
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2/12/21
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The year 2021 begins the United Nations’ “Decade of Ecological Restoration,” or the UN Decade. The premise is that saving the planet requires healthy ecosystems.
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by Dennis Burton
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2/12/21
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One of the first assignments I ever had as a writer for the Local many years ago was a Town Watch ride-around with the long-time head of Chestnut Hill’s watch, Dick Martin. I recall a …
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by Pete Mazzaccaro
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2/11/21
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In response to the spate of car break-ins and recent armed robberies and carjackings, a group of Chestnut Hill and Mount Airy neighbors is proposing banding together to re-form local Town Watch in …
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by Jeff Meade and Lynn Sellhat
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2/10/21
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In response to a Letter to the Editor printed in a recent edition [“Striving for a living wage,” Jan. 21], I would like to present your readers with facts regarding Weavers Way’s wages and compensation.
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2/10/21
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It's a "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" essay with sprocket holes. And real insight.
It's a "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" essay …
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by Bill Wine
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2/5/21
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News last week that SEPTA would be restoring service to its Chestnut Hill West line – albeit on a schedule more limited than before it was shut down for most of the past year – …
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by Pete Mazzaccaro
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2/4/21
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In Springfield Township, we are excited about moving to a clean energy future and have recently taken two important steps in this direction. First, we are proud to be the first municipality in Montgomery Country to sign on to the “Ready for 100% Clean Energy” nationwide initiative.
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by Baird Standish and Peter Wilson
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2/3/21
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Looking back on 2020, I see a year that was profoundly different than what any of us expected but also one in which our impact in Chestnut Hill was more important than ever.
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by Philip Dawson
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1/29/21
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“Phoebe in Wonderland” (2008) boasts three splendid performances by a trio of gifted actresses. And one of them is — that is, was — a 10-year-old.
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by Bill Wine
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1/28/21
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When it comes to social media, I’m not a prolific producer, but I have to admit that I can be a pretty profligate consumer.
Twitter is my medium of choice. I follow a lot of news …
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by Pete Mazzaccaro
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1/28/21
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I would like to comment on the recent negative comment by a reader about the addition to the Engine 37 firehouse that is not yet complete.
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1/27/21
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If you had attended Tuesdays with Toomey group’s online rally on Tuesday [Jan. 12] you might have thought twice about quoting the Senator’s comments, critical of the President, without also quoting his wishiest of washiest statements on impeachment.
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1/27/21
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Each week, veteran film critic Bill Wine will look back at an important film that is worth watching, either for the first time or again.
Ah, seven-minute Saturday Night Live TV sketches adapted …
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by Bill Wine
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1/22/21
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It's time to recognize the ordinary in Chestnut Hill. Yes, this community is an architectural museum of extraordinary houses, a green landscape of trees and gardens, a community devoted to the arts; but it's also a place that is rich in the history of the everyday, of work, industry, school, and of things we barely notice.
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by Miles Orvell
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1/22/21
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As a young family, we were lucky to have chosen Chestnut Hill to begin our lives together. It also had a wonderful playground at the center of town that became our destination more times than I can count and continues to be now that our children attend Jenks Academy.
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by Daniel Baselice
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1/21/21
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The talk of Northwest Philadelphia for the past week have been two car jackings. The first took place on the 8000 block of Winston Road. The second one took place less than a week later on East …
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by Pete Mazzaccaro
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1/21/21
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