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Violet Oakley musuem exhibit totally impresses her
Retired artist and teacher extols Pennsylvania woman painter of American Renaissance Violet Oakley at Chestnut Hill Woodmere Museum exhibit, Philadelphia.
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Iconic photos of Wissahickon in new exhibit
Exhibition curators discuss iconic historical photographs of the Wissahickon Valley, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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“Spite” fence goes up
A tall chain-link fence recently appeared dividing the narrow walkway between two buildings on Germantown Avenue in the posh Chestnut Hill shopping district in northwest Philadelphia. And now, next to…
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Hygienist removes tartar – and invents!
Dental hygienist Kara Hershey assiduously removes tartar from your correspondent's teeth while more than holding up her end of the conversation and guardedly discloses her ideas for inventions that she…
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Historical Society opens archives
Volunteer Shirley Hanson was on hand to greet visitors at the Chestnut Hill Historical Society on their first Saturday of the month open house. The Society’s archives house some 20,000…
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Chestnut Hill celebrates with music, dancing, food and gardens
Your correspondent went to the Chestnut Hill Garden Fest in the morning when it was still drizzly and cold. But the weather didn't stop the Morris men from dancing and…
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A morning in Chestnut Hill
PASSERSBY REACT TO BOULDER WRAPPED AS CHRISTMAS PRESENT Passersby react to seeing a boulder at the corner of Ardeigh and Evergreen in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, gift wrapped in green…
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Readers are leaders: Chestnut Hill Book Festival 2011
Somewhere I saw, a long time ago, a button or bumper sticker that said "Readers are Leaders" And I think that's really true- that people who read find out details…
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Valentines Day roses – does love hurt?
[Alexandra Serfass, Robertson's Flowers greenhouse employee] In the 2004 movie, “Maria Full of Grace,” a pregnant young woman trades the harsh conditions of a flower packing operation in Colombia to…
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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.…