By Diane Fiske The architectural office of Runyan & Associates Architects, run by Stan Runyan and his associate, Jean McCoubrey, closed at the end of 2019 so the two architectural designers could retire. Runyan, who closed the office at 8511 Germantown Ave. after working in Chestnut Hill for 30 years, said he intends to pursue […]
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By Sam Newhouse Attic Brewing Company in Germantown opened with some impromptu dinner theater. The brewery celebrated the 100th anniversary of prohibition at their new taproom in the Wayne Junction area on Jan.16, inviting neighbors, craft-beer lovers, and the 300-odd investors who crowd-funded Attic into reality via Instagram. At the end of the night’s festivities, […]
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By Karen Bojar When I boarded the Chestnut Hill East train on January 18 to attend the annual Women‘s March I noted there were plenty of empty seats, unlike the 2017 and 2018 marches, when the train was standing room only. The 2017 march, an outpouring of protest against the 2016 election of Donald Trump, […]
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by Sue Ann Rybak Old man winter must be getting pretty frail because he hasn’t mustered up enough energy this winter to give us enough snow to break out the sled. Not to worry though. Chestnut Hill’s winter festival, Chestnut Hill on Ice, on January 31 and February 1 transforms Philadelphia’s Garden District into a […]
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by Len Lear NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker, 43, who graduated from Germantown Friends School in 1994, became co-anchor of the Weekend Today show last weekend. The news came shortly after co-anchor Sheinelle Jones’ announcement that she will be stepping away from the show to spend more time with her family. Jones co-anchored […]
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by Pete Mazzaccaro A proposal by Galman Group to raze a single-family house at 318 E. Durham St. and replace it with a new, eight-unit apartment building and leasing office was rejected by the zoning committee of East Mt. Airy Neighbors on Tuesday, January 7. Galman Group has owned the home in question since 2010 […]
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By Kate Dolan The most recent plan for the development of 208-210 Rex Ave. and the renovation of its historically significant house was met with opposition by community members who argued the plan puts the neighborhood’s character at risk. “Too much, too massive, too tall,” said Rex Avenue Neighbors Association President Jeff Gelles at the […]
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By Pete Mazzaccaro The Chestnut Hill McDonald’s restaurant at 7800 Germantown Ave. closed for good on Jan. 1. The franchise operators having declined to renew their lease with the landlord, the Romano family, which operated a garage and gas station on the property many years ago. Doug Green, a principal with MSC Retail, which is […]
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By Barbara Sherf At its monthly workshop meeting on Monday, Jan. 6, Springfield Township’s newly named Board of Commissioners Chairman Baird Standish proudly presented a plaque given to the board Sunday night by the Chestnut Hill Conservancy. The Board congratulated Jeffrey T. Harbison for serving for the past four years (and eight years total) as […]
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by Barbara Sherf Last year, Anne Marie Townsend (not her real last name) decided to do a DNA test just for fun, and it opened up a chapter of family secrets she never anticipated. After talking with a co-worker who had done a DNA test through Ancestry.com, Townsend was intrigued. So she decided to confirm […]
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