SEPTA bus and aerial bucket lift collide; “no major injuries”
“No major injuries” reported when part of an aerial bucket lift and a SEPTA passenger bus collide on Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill.
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Planes land in quick succession at small airport
Airplanes land in quick succession at Wings Field in what appear to be training flights.
Prolific young author of teen fantasy
Prolific young author displays her teen fantasy and other fiction at Artists of Yardley fall outdoor fair
Germantown celebrates Juneteenth freedom from slavery
At Philadelphia’s Juneteenth celebration in Germantown, Iraina Salaam performs a libation ceremony in honor of African ancestors as members and Boy Scout Troop 1719 and the Tyehimba drum group also take part in the street festival celebration
Editor crunches out weekly
Chestnut Hill Local Editor Pete Mazzaccaro finalizes weekly newspaper with staff, decides on lead stories, headlines, lays out front page
Turning Pennsylvania Blue
Neighbors gather at a coffee shop in Mount Airy, Philadelphia to write personalized postcards to voters as part of the “Turn PA Blue” effort to get Democratic Party candidates elected to the Pennsylvania state legislature in the fall 2018 midterm elections
Writers read aloud – 2013 Chestnut Hill Book Festival
Above: Olin and Shirley Gentry Philadelphia Stories Presents: Local Literary Voices was one of three events hosted by Philadelphia Stories at the Chestnut Hill Book [Read More…]
Maya at Astronomy Night
Awbury Arboretum on Friday night, April 26,2013 was one of many venues set up throughout the city for stargazing as part of the 10 day [Read More…]
Secrets of Prolific Writers
In her book, “The 7 Secrets of the Prolific, the definitive guide to overcoming procrastination, perfectionism and writers bloc,” Hillary Rettig offers many insights and [Read More…]
Why Thoreau went to the woods
On a walk around Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts we stopped at the site where Thoreau had built his cabin. I asked another tourist if [Read More…]