Felling a diseased tree
Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation project coordinator Curt Helm oversaw the felling and removal of three large diseased trees at the Allens Lane Art [Read More…]
Category: Public Safety
Nirvana restuarant opens- fills house
Anita Chhantyal didn't know why the Nirvana Indian restaurant she and her husband had just relocated to Lafayette HIll from Conshohocken was filling up this [Read More…]
City implodes Queen Lane Apartments
Neighbors and former residents of the 16-story Queen Lane Apartment building in the Germantown section of Philadelphia were happy to see the structure deliberately collapsed [Read More…]
Disappeared in Ecuador – families protest
Family members chanted outside the Presidential Palace in Quito, Ecuador calling on the government and President Rafael Correa to take action in locating loved ones [Read More…]
Collapse attorney’s tire collapsed by pothole
Driving my daughter from Chestnut Hill to her job in Roxborough Saturday morning, we passed a man making his way on foot down the steep [Read More…]
“Royal” pets get to romp in Wissahickon Park
The dogs being served by Queenies Pets service (“Treating Your Pets Like Royalty”) love romping around the Wissahickon Park (offleash) and swimming in the creek, [Read More…]
Installing the new RF smart electric meter
PECO is replacing the existing electric meters in the neighborhood with new remote controlled smart meters using Radio Frequency (RF) transmission. Installer Peter Paige stopped [Read More…]
T shirts mark gun deaths
When Joanne Thompson arrived at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, she was taken by the display of hundreds of t-shirts mounted on wooden crosses, [Read More…]
Student studies roadkill
Desmond O’Donovan, a student at the Science Leadership Academy chose to study animal-car collisions for a school project on a local or global issue. Driving [Read More…]
Mounted police on patrol in Chestnut Hill
Officers Manuel Lorenzo (left) and Carmello Oquendo (right) were patrolling Chestnut Hill along Highland Avenue astride their mounts. Lorenzo was riding Ruben, a black coated [Read More…]