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Dr. Rebecca Maury, 53, an internal medicine specialist and Chestnut Hill resident, became the first medical doctor in the Northwest to approve patients for the medical use of cannabis (marijuana) in February 2018, right after it was legalized in Pennsylvania.
From illicit to legal: the Northwest’s cannabis pioneer
Dr. Rebecca Maury, 53, an internal medicine specialist, was the first medical doctor in the Northwest to approve patients for the use of cannabis from her Germantown Ave.  office. more
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Sharmain Matlock-Turner, CEO of the Urban Affairs Coalition
Gala to honor modern-day heroes of 'The German Township’
Once collectively known as the German Township, the three neighborhoods of Chestnut Hill, Mount Airy and Germantown are steeped in centuries of a rich history. more
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Author and publisher Sherrie Elle spent four years in Thailand, teaching English to children there and returning to Philadelphia six months ago.
New Germantown publisher, turning pain into art
Germantown resident Sherrie Elle, an author and founder of a book publishing company, is a woman who comes with an unusual story of her own.  more
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After a few false starts in his career, Chestnut Hill resident Walter Bell became an international force in jazz.
Local musician, ‘ambassador for jazz’
Walter Bell, an international force in jazz, gave up the flute for 20 years because his music career wasn’t paying the bills. more
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Longtime Mt. Airy resident Howard A. Myrick has a decades-long history of military service and teaching communications in college, including a 27-year stint at Temple University.
Race, authoritarianism, examined in 'Protect & Defend'
Howard Myrick knows what it is like to overcome odds and to battle racist attitudes and practices. more
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Georgia Forjohn, the new marketing and events coordinator for the Chestnut Hill Business Association, will help promote local businesses and events.
An events coordinator born to celebrate the Hill
Georgia Forjohn, the new marketing and events coordinator for the Chestnut Hill Business Association, seems born to the task. more
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Marsha Stender, librarian and manager of Mt. Airy's Lovett branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia until her retirement early this month, welcomes Kevin Douglass Greene, great-great-grandson of the abolitionist, author and social reformer Frederick Douglass, who spoke at Lovett on Feb. 15.
Retiring librarian: 'Libraries are about people, not books'
Marsha Stender, longtime librarian and branch manager of the Lovett Library in Mt. Airy, has just stepped down from that job after 17 years of service. more
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Yaroslava “Yasia” Chala, who busses tables at La Provence in the Ambler Train Station and now studies remotely at a university in Ukraine, fled her home country a year ago.
From Ukraine, a journey of hope and resilience
Nestled within the historic Ambler Train Station, patrons of the upscale French restaurant La Provence enjoy not just the food but also the warm smile of 20-year-old busser Yaroslava "Yasia" Chala. more
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East Mt. Airy resident Julia Lehman, who thinks she may be the only photographer in the Philadelphia area who specializes in underwater shoots, has found that the medium “clears your mind and forces you to trust your body.”
Going beneath the surface for inspiration and connection
Although her photography spans the breadth of human experience, Julia Lehman has found her truest inspiration underwater. more
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Courtney Jewell, owner of “Jewells in Bloom” in Mt. Airy, will be teaching a new Mt. Airy Learning Tree class on “From Seedling to Transplant: The Soil Blocking Method” on Sunday, March 26.
Learning to love the ‘beautiful efficiency’ of flowers
Courtney Jewell has been selling weekly deliveries of fresh local flowers in Northwest Philadelphia since 2019, after moving to East Mt. Airy. more
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Ellie Weinstein, a Mt. Airy native who graduated from Springside Chestnut Hill Academy and the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in mechanical engineering, has created what may be the nation's only 3-D printer that makes edible chocolate.
SCH alumna's sweet invention is a 3-D chocolate printer
This is a story I could not wait to sink my teeth into. more
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In his Mt. Airy basement, Kelly plays the drums and alto saxophone and is learning to play keyboard and guitar.
Doo-wop cop performed rock ‘n’ roll, and soul too
His neighbors probably do not know it, but Stephen C. Kelly, 79, who has lived in Mt. Airy for 50 years, was once a recording and performing star.  more
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James Miller is seen in his Chestnut Hill home with two of the books his new company, Chestnut Hill Press, has published in recent months.
At 78, publishing books after a lifetime of travel
After a lifetime of working in technology, with travel that took him all over Asia, James Whipple Miller started an improbable new career after settling in Chestnut Hill eight years ago.  He founded a publishing company. more
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Hill physician celebrated with hospital unit named in her honor
The palliative care unit at Chestnut Hill Hospital will soon have a new name: the Susan Bray Palliative Care unit. more
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Susan Jacobson, the immediate past chairperson of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, founded a communications firm that now has 40 employees and dozens of high-profile corporate clients.
Hill business exec a major force in pandemic recovery
Chestnut Hill resident Susan Jacobson, recently selected by Gov. Josh Shapiro to be a member of his transition team, may well have done more than most to help Philadelphia recover from the pandemic. more
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Angelo Cataldi in a familiar spot - behind the microphone in 94 WIP’s studios in 2400 Market.
Angelo Cataldi, football, and the art of negativity
The soon-to-retire WIP personality and Chestnut Hill resident just assumes things will always go wrong: “I'm by nature negative and nervous.” But he's picking the Eagles. more
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The Rev. Robert L. Polk, of Roxborough, who served as the youth minister at the renowned Riverside Church in Manhattan, chats with the Rev. Deborah Northern, the congregation’s minister of parish care.
Powerful autobiography by nonagenarian pioneer
At 94 years old, the Rev. Robert L. Polk – who recently published his third book – has always been a pioneer. more
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Joanne Dhody, a third-generation Chestnut Hill resident, is stepping down after 27 years as a volunteer with Friends of the Chestnut Hill Library.
After 27 years, a loyal volunteer steps down
Joanne Dhody, a third-generation resident of Chestnut Hill and a beloved volunteer who never met a worthy cause she would not help, is stepping down as a library volunteer after 27 years. more
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Maryam Lavasani, owner of Salon Maryam, has been "heartbroken" by recent events in her native country, Iran. Photo by Carla Robinson
Local salon owner gets political
Salon owner Maryam Lavasani is hosting a life-sized sculpture of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old whose death at the hands of Iranian "morality police" has sparked worldwide protest. more
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Harrington (right) is given the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award in October by Eric Sieracki, of the Federal Aviation Administration, in front of the Leonardo Da Vinci model of a helicopter at Northeast Philadelphia Airport.
Local business executive honored for ‘Wright' flight
Bob Harrington may well be the proudest of his most recent achievement – winning the the Federal Aviation Administration’s Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award. more
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