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Chestnut Hill Academy receives $2.2 million gift
Chestnut Hill Academy has received $2.2 million dollars from former student Cyrus H. Nathan. Nathan graduated from CHA in 1930. It is the ...
15 years ago
Plan floated for shipboard casino
The people trying to rescue the SS United States — that enormous rusting hulk of a cruise liner moored in South Philadelphia — ...
15 years ago
The wrecking ball has taken its initial swings at the Spectrum. It’s a reportedly disappointing spectacle. We’re used to mass ...
15 years ago
Take in the final sights of the season in the National Historic District of Manayunk before the temperature drops and the leaves fall to ...
15 years ago
Leaf-blowers are noisy and a health hazard
In the tree-filled neighborhoods of Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill, autumn brings the gentle, rustling sound of fallen leaves but, just as co ...
15 years ago
Mt. Airy theater company boosts Sedgwick’s profile
The Sedgwick Theater in Mt. Airy is now home to the Quintessence theater company. This partnership, if it lasts, could be a major step in ...
15 years ago
Ivy Ridge Green: Landscaping, tree planting
Name of organization: Ivy Ridge Green Address: 136 Wright Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19127 ...
15 years ago
Destination Schuylkill River: Trail clean-ups
Name of organization: Destination Schuylkill River (Schuylkill Project) Type of volunteer activity: ...
15 years ago
Name of organization: Work to Ride Type of volunteer activity: Tutor ...
15 years ago
Friends of the Wissahickon: Trail maintenance
Name of organization: Friends of the Wissahickon Address: Wissahickon Valley Park (Volunte ...
15 years ago
Penn Wissahickon Hospice: Therapy dog
Name of organization: Penn Wissahickon Hospice Type of volunteer activity: office work, pa ...
15 years ago
CHOP researcher confirms anorexia is genetic
New research from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia confirms previous hypotheses that anorexia is partially caused by genetic ...
15 years ago