Navy SEAL reservist encountered on sledding slope
"Tracker" Dan is a reservist with the United States Navy SEALS and has served on active duty in Iraq where he had a months-long assignment guarding former Iraqi Prime Minister…
Posted inCurrent Affairs HOLIDAY HOUSING
AAA’s Evelyn Houck rescues stranded Christmas Eve drivers
Evelyn Houck, a blond haired, blue eyed, AAA flatbed truck driver and mechanic whose home base is in Southwest Philadelphia made a call late Christmas Eve afternoon to a customer…
Posted inEducation ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS
Jason Chuong leads Jenks Bucket Drumming Ensemble
"So please give a hand for the Jenks Bucket Drumming ensemble!...During the school year I start the kids with learning technique, with learning how to read music, music literacy…
Posted inCurrent Affairs TRANSPORTATION
Heavy traffic at “Snorkel” mail box
MANY PEOPLE DEPOSIT MAIL AT THE CHESTNUT HILL DRIVE-BY MAILBOX ON GRAVERS LANE DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS Despite the surge in email and corresponding drop in postal mail, "snail mail" is…
Posted inBUILDINGS CHESTNUT HILL HOUSING
House hunting on the Hill
Prudential, Fox and Roach realtor Pam Thistle shows houses to prospective buyers Dabravka and Moritz Ritter who are attracted to the Hill's Avenue, shops, trains and not "too suburban" feel.…
Posted inTRANSPORTATION WORK
American flags and a boombox on his bike to work
Fifty-three year old Gregory Johnson of the Philmont section of Philadelphia has been riding and outfitting his bicycles ever since he was nine. I spotted him braving heavy traffic in…
Tractor Trailer O’ Trees Arrive on Hill
The unit block of East Evergreen was bustling one afternoon earlier this week. Andy Peszka of the Top of the Hill Market managed workers unloading a tractor trailer load of…
Posted inINTERNATIONAL Travel WORK
Vintage motorcycles ship to England
WHAT’S THE STORY WITH ALL THE MOTORCYCLES? They’re all heading to England.There’s a big craze there right now with these older Japanese motorcycles forrestoring. So we traveled around North Jerseyand…
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Wearing blue booties: 2010 Chestnut Hill holiday tour
On Saturday morning, scores of people were walking around Chestnut Hill carrying their blue booties on their way to tour five houses decorated festively for the holiday season. The annual…