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Renovation is now underway at Maguire Hall, the 1850s Victorian building at 9001 Germantown Ave. that the Woodmere Art Museum purchased with the support of the Maguire Foundation. The high-profile property was not protected by historic status and is currently zoned for as many as 20 new homes. It is now being converted into a museum space, event space and education center for Woodmere.
NW Philadelphia: Unprotected and vulnerable
This special report is in recognition of Historic Preservation Month. more
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Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt discusses the pleasures of Wissahickon Valley Park with eight-year-old Maayan Kriger-Corso of Roxborough, a frequent park visitor who happened to be at the Valley Green Inn during Wednesday’s press conference. Ruffian Tittman, executive director of the Friends of the Wissahickon, is standing right behind him (front row, dressed in black).
Feds fund reconstruction of aging Wissahickon bridges
The nearly 200-year-old Valley Green and Bells Mill Road bridges in the Wissahickon Valley Park will soon undergo a much-needed reconstruction. more
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This mom, Melissa Biedlingmaier, prepared for Mother’s Day this year by stopping by Matines Cafe for breakfast on Tuesday with her baby Charlotte and husband David, who owns and runs The Shop on the Ave. barbershop in Mt. Airy. The family lives in Ambler.
Grateful for moms, and memories
More than 115 years after Anna Jarvis established the first Mother’s Day, with the help of John Wanamaker, the second Sunday of May has become a shared moment. more
Rain postpones Chestnut Hill’s Home & Garden Festival 
Originally scheduled for this weekend, the new date is May 19. more
Under new federal regulations, the Philadelphia Water Department will need to remove all its estimated 20,000 lead service lines within 10 years. Finding, excavating and replacing them may cost half a billion dollars.
EPA to Philadelphia: Get the lead out
Across the country, civil engineers and water experts are bracing for new requirements regarding the nation's remaining lead pipes. more
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While reading her Chestnut Hill Local, resident Diane Senechal noted similarities between a theft she’d spotted in last week’s crime report and a Nextdoor post she’d seen by a neighbor who’d recovered the stolen goods.
Local crime report uncovers mystery of ‘stolen’ gig bag
Chestnut Hill resident Diane Senechal was reading her Chestnut Hill Local last week and was startled by what she saw in the crime report. more
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Agencies team up for zoning protection
The Chestnut Hill community’s three institutional civic organizations are developing stronger protections for the Germantown Avenue business corridor. more
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Low-income assistance charges push rising city water bills further upward
Most city residents would experience close to a $5 monthly bump on their water bill this fall under a Philadelphia Water Department proposal. more
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Elizabeth Stewart Bradley-Shea
Wyndmoor mourning a murder
The handwritten note on plain white paper attached with binder clips to the door of Lucky Dogz Doggie Day Care reads “Closed Until Further Notice.” more
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The majestic American sycamore tree, which stands above the pond in Pastorius Park, is a favorite heritage tree and is a frequent subject of seasonal photographs. It officially will be tagged as part of FoPP’s Level 1 arboretum dedication on Arbor Day.
A milestone Arbor Day at Pastorius Park
The Friends of Pastorius Park are marking Arbor Day on Friday by gathering at the big American Sycamore to celebrate the park’s new Level 1 arboretum status.  more
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Volunteering with Friends of the Wissahickon during the organization's “Super Mega Service Day” on April 20 is an opportunity to help preserve the park.
Calling NW volunteers for Earth Day
With a theme of ”Planet vs. Plastic,” the 54th annual Earth Day offers a bounty of opportunities to celebrate nature in Northwest Philadelphia. more
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A marketing campaign for transit
The coalition of Northwest Philadelphia civic groups and organizations working to keep SEPTA’s regional train lines open wants to make them "cool" again. more
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Hiram Lodge, located at 8425 Germantown Ave., is listed for sale at $1.4 million.
Hiram Lodge is listed at $1.4 million
After two years of sitting as a burned-out hulk in the middle of one of the Chestnut Hill business corridor’s busiest blocks, Hiram Lodge has been listed for sale. more
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NFA mourns tragic loss in fatal fire
The Norwood-Fontbonne Academy community is mourning the loss of Deborah Wood and her husband, Stephen Wood Sr., who died April 4 at their home. more
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The Phillie Phanatic tossed the first pitch for opening day at Chestnut Hill Youth Sports Club’s Junior Baseball on Saturday, a morning that also featured music by DJ Jared and a Phillies tickets raffle.
Chilly weather for opening day at the Water Tower
A steady circling of winds marked a "not quite baseball weather… yet" kind of day for the first day of Chestnut Hill Youth Sports Club’s Junior Baseball. more
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At 4.8 on the Richter scale, last Friday's earthquake was centered in Hunterdon County, N.J., about 60 miles northeast of Philadelphia.
NW rocked by a rare earthquake
When buildings throughout Northwest Philadelphia started to rattle last Friday at 10:23 a.m., it took most people more than a minute to catch on.  more
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At locations around the region, residents gathered to experience the solar eclipse as a communal event, wearing glasses and looking skyward to catch a glimpse of an astronomical moment that isn't projected to happen again in the U.S. until 2044. In Mt. Airy, Margie Roth, Lois Rose, Mady Cantor, Rhonda Kutzik and Cathy Muir lined up with their homemade “Moon Pie plates” at the corner of West Mt. Airy Avenue and Bryan Street to watch the moon pass over the sun on Monday.
Moonstruck! A united public eyes the sky
Morris Arboretum & Gardens was but one of the many Philadelphia-based institutions that sponsored community gatherings for Monday's eclipse. more
The 11th season of James Turrell's Skyspace programming at the Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting has begun and will run through December.
Greeting the Light at Hill ‘Skyspace’
Judging from the comments in the Skyspace guest book, reactions to the program are unanimous – the experience is indeed wondrous.  more
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The Germantown YWCA, located in the heart of Germantown's historic district, has sat vacant for decades and remains mired in conflict over who should have the right to develop it.
Judge hears plea to put Germantown Y in new hands
Common Pleas Court Judge Ann Butchart heard testimony supporting developer  Ken Weinstein’s effort to take control. more
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The cafeteria in OMC’s new school building is a particular favorite of Michael Pavelsky, parent of an OMC eighth grader and architect with the firm that created the design of the building’s new interior.
A bright new future for OMC
Eighth graders signed a steel roof truss in the parking lot at Our Mother of Consolation Parish School on Monday. Then it was hoisted onto the top of the school. more
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