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Striking Verizon workers picket

Unionized Verizon telephone company workers (Communication Workers of America - CWA) conducting an informational picket outside the Chestnut Hill Philadelphia central station, which houses thirty to forty thousand landline connections,…
Posted inBUILDINGS BUSINESS CHESTNUT HILL

“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…
Posted inCurrent Affairs ENVIRONMENT HEALTH

Canvasses for clean air

Victoria Carrillo solicits memberships and petition signatures  door-to-door in Chestnut Hill for the Clean Air Council of Philadelphia. The long established organization advocates for recyclling, bike trails, fracking restrictions and…