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Local author/journalist Dan Rottenberg, collaborator on the memoir of Chestnut Hill’s W. Thacher Longstreth, and writer of numerous magazine articles about Chestnut Hill, has a compelling new memoir, “The Education of a Journalist: My 70 Years on the Frontiers of Free Speech.”
New journalism memoir: an epiphany for any writer
Every single one of the 360 pages was a treasure and epiphany for me.  more
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Lauryn Morgan Thomas had to stop acting when the pandemic began, but she overcame the unemployment by starting her own virtual voice studio to teach students around the world.
Actor and singer plays a variety of roles on local stage
Directed by Mary Carpenter, the show features an ensemble cast of four who take on multiple roles in a series of vignettes throughout the show, including Lauryn Morgan Thomas, 26, who is making her Act II debut.  more
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Writer James Smart, who died April 15 at age 92, was a Mt. Airy resident for 36 years. He wrote articles, columns (starting with the Philadelphia Bulletin) and books about Philadelphia history.
Prolific Mt. Airy journalist and author dies at 91
The 36-year Mt. Airy resident, who wrote countless fascinating and entertaining articles for many area publications, including the Chestnut Hill Local, died April 15 at the age of 91. more
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Monika Schermer, owner of Bohemian Pink at 8440 Germantown Ave. and a breast cancer survivor, was a huge hit playing the violin for “The Little Mermaid,” performed by students at Springfield Township High School.
'Pink' owner: a cancer survivor who makes beautiful music
Schermer said she was incredibly nervous about performing after so many years of not having picked up her instrument. more
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David Thornburgh, chair of Ballot PA and senior advisor to the Committee of Seventy, stands next to his 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia, which he had wrapped with a Ballot PA theme. The van has 213,000 miles on it.
David Thornburgh spearheads new effort to open PA primaries
Thornburgh recounted an experience he had five years ago when voting in a primary election at the Chestnut Hill Library, where he saw a mother with two young children ask two poll workers how she, as a registered independent, can vote in the primary election. more
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Chestnut Hill resident Maureen O'Connell, who teaches courses in Christian ethics at La Salle University, is the author of three books. The latest, just released, is “Undoing the Knots: Five Generations of American Catholic Anti-Blackness.”
Hill author on church history of “Anti-Blackness'
“Our Catholic identity was part of our family life,” she said during a recent Zoom interview. “My faith was always part of my identity.” more
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Mt. Airy cinematographer Abe Holtz shot footage for about 400 interviews with Holocaust survivors for the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History project, started by director Steven Spielberg.
Mt. Airy cinematographer on Holocaust Remembrance Day
In early 1996, Holtz began working with the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History project, which director Steven Spielberg started after the movie Schindler's List to document the experiences of Holocaust survivors. more
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Bettina Hoerlin looks through some of the 500 letters she discovered in an old suitcase. Hoerlin’s parents wrote the letters to each in the 1930s when they lived in Nazi Germany before escaping to the U.S.
A cache of love letters uncovers an amazing family story
Hoerlin, who served as Health Commissioner of Philadelphia and now lives in Center City, taught public health at the University of Pennsylvania and has been a visiting lecturer at Haverford College and Oxford University. more
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Parents of the Northwest: Neva Givnish
Northwest Philadelphia produces and supports any number of individuals who live this way: artists, free thinkers, people on the margins who do not follow a set template in their life choices. You probably know a few. Neva Givnish, mother, artist, morel forager, yogi, ex-pat and francophone is one such person.  more
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Eric Corson, of Germantown, ran the nonprofit Prisoner Visitation and Support, and wrote the new book, “Reaching Beyond Prison Walls: Stories of Volunteer Visitors and the Prisoners They See.” His wife, Jean, was a Montessori teacher for 35 years. 
Compelling new book on visits to strangers in prison  
Not many people would be willing to visit inmates in prison who are complete strangers, and who may have committed horrific crimes, such as murder and rape. more
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Rachel stands on the 2003 Ford E350 Shuttle Bus she will drive across the country to visit all 63 national parks.
Hill actress plans to visit all 63 national parks
During her many travels (France, Italy, Greece, Scotland, and Canada), she studied at Rhodes University in South Africa for one year, which she devoted entirely to classes in drama. more
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Architect David Traub's new book, “Philadelphia: City of Homes,” features countless photos of houses from every section of the city. “My favorite neighborhoods,” he said, “are Chestnut Hill, which is incredible, and Mt. Airy.”
New book highlights unique Philadelphia homes
With this pedigree, Traub, now 80, could have taken a high-profile job in architecture in New York, London or virtually anywhere else in the Western world, but he chose to stay in Philadelphia.  more
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Police Captain Austin Fraser took leadership of the 14th District in mid-December. Photo by Tom Beck
New 14th district captain: Good policing requires local support
Captain Austin Fraser spoke with the Local about his 26-year history with the Philadelphia Police Department, what it's like to be a police officer in a time when trust in police is decreasing and how the city’s homicide problem is affecting its ability to combat crime.  more
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Vanessa Lowe, of Mt. Airy, has been a leader in the now-successful effort to lobby City Council to pass legislation creating a public bank that would provide capital for minority-owned businesses.
Mt. Airy financial whiz is a cheerleader for city's new banking bill
A huge thank you to everyone who contacted their council members asking for their support and especially to Councilmember Derek Green for championing the bill through the process.” more
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Coaches Greg and Whitney Grant, with their daughter ZZ.
Parents of the Northwest: Greg and Whitney Grant
The couple holds classes at several locations in Northwest Philadelphia, including Summit Presbyterian Church in Mt. Airy. Classes are primarily outdoors. more
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Michael Coleman, of Mt. Airy oversees meal production for Caring for Friends, a nonprofit food bank and volunteer organization that delivers free weekly meals to over 28,000 clients.
Still a Boy Scout at heart, now feeding those in need
The kitchen manager for Caring for Friends, a 48-year-old nonprofit food bank and volunteer organization based in Northeast Philadelphia is dedicated to helping care for people who are hungry. more
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Webster was in the Army for eight years as a guard overseeing prisoner detainees and as a fitness trainer.
Ex-military guard trains women to be fit
When Webster graduated one year later from Kennedy-Kenrick High School in Norristown, she joined the Army and wound up as a military guard stationed at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, overseeing prisoner detainees from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. more
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Germantown resident Christa Barfield waters the crops she has planted in of her Farmerjawn Community Greenhouses in Elkins Park.
'FarmerJawn' is tilling the soil for new Mt. Airy center
Christa Barfield had no more desire to be a farmer when she was growing up than she did to be a coal miner.  more
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Why local news matters to one of Chestnut Hill's most prominent developers
Richard Snowden, one of Chestnut Hill’s most prominent developers and a Local board member, is stepping down from his role at the newspaper. It’s not because he no longer wants the job. … more
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Roman Strakovsky, who was born in Kyiv, Ukraine and is now raising a family in Mt. Airy, fears for his family and friends.
Family ties and cultural connections common between Ukraine and Russia
Born in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv, Roman Strakovsky has family and friends now trapped there. He also speaks fluent Russian, is married to a Russian woman from St. Petersburg, and they are teaching their children to speak both languages.  more
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