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WEBIt's the first foray into fiction for long-time Chestnut Hill resident Miles Orvell, a professor at Temple University for more than 50 years. New book of poetry pays homage to Chestnut Hill. Lois Villemaire's book, “My Eight Greats,” is replete with poems about Chestnut Hill. CHCA Agenda. All meetings are open to the public.
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WEBProlific Hill professor pens fictional ‘Climate Change’. It's the first foray into fiction for long-time Chestnut Hill resident Miles Orvell, a professor at Temple University for more than 50 years. New book of poetry pays homage to Chestnut Hill. Lois Villemaire's book, “My Eight Greats,” is replete with poems about Chestnut Hill.
In Wyndmoor, remnants of a gilded age mansion survive
WEBJul 1, 2015 · In Wyndmoor, remnants of a gilded age mansion survive. Posted Wednesday, July 1, 2015 11:47 am. A portion of Whitemarsh Hall that remains in Wyndmoor. (Photo by Kira Bellis) by Kira Bellis. Have you ever found yourself driving along Willow Grove Avenue in Wyndmoor and noticed a pair of tall, seemingly-out …
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WEBAug 28, 2024 · A 75-unit apartment building may be built next door to Germantown Town Hall, across the street from the former home of Germantown High School. more. by Aaron Moselle, WHYY | 8/29/24. Crime Report. The following report is for crimes reported in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy for the period from Aug. 12 to 25. more. 8/29/24.
Mt. Airy/Germantown - The Chestnut Hill Local
WEBJul 10, 2024 · Mt. Airy/Germantown. In Germantown, full-service restaurants and cafés are a rarity. This may account for the excitement about Das Good Café. more. At St. Harmony Cafe, kids pick up litter. They plant and water trees, …
Hill-based choir Crosses over to a Grammy Award
WEBApr 4, 2018 · The Crossing, the Chestnut Hill-based professional chamber choir founded by Donald Nally and dedicated to performing contemporary music, has had an amazing year. And we’re barely into its fourth month! The Crossing won the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance for its CD “Gavin Bryars: The Fifth Century.”.
Hill singer kept performing outdoors during pandemic
WEBJan 22, 2021 · Chestnut Hill resident Lucie Daigle, who played dozens of times at Paris Bistro and Mermaid Inn, has kept reasonably busy with live outdoor performances during the pandemic. by Len Lear. Chestnut Hill's multi-talented French-Canadian chanteuse Lucie Daigle, a virtual local legend who performed about 25 …
A spectacular Flourtown home with noted history, from colonial …
WEBNov 11, 2019 · by Pete Mazzaccaro. A hidden oasis of a home in Flourtown listed for sale two weeks ago has quite the storied past. It stretches from use as a colonial farmhouse to being the recent home of a noted attorney who served Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge and was appointed by President George W .
Discovering Chestnut Hill: Firehouse tells half the story
WEBApr 9, 2020 · Not a trace of the old police station remained after the demolition was complete, and the open lawn that grew in its stead gave no hints as to what once stood there. These two buildings were built together and worked in tandem, much like a salt and pepper shaker. Each gained meaning from the other. …
Architectural Hall of Fame winners now a part of neighborhood …
WEBNov 15, 2016 · The five places inducted last week into the Chestnut Hill Historical Society's Architectural Hall of Fame are now forever a part of the neighborhood's rich and diverse historical past. The CHHS created the Hall of Fame in 2015 to honor the places in Chestnut Hill that are both historically and architecturally significant.