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Chestnut Hill
Joined January 2011
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People looking for water recreation today often travel outside Philly. Advocates say our rivers & waterways are safer than they appear.
🎧 @Avi_WA & @KyleBagenstose talk @gridphilly's "Back to the Water" in collab with @TheCHLocal and @delawarecurrent.
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Transit depends on smart development. @TheCHLocal reports on SEPTA's adaptive reuse of ticket stations - starting in the northwest, but hopefully moving across the system. chestnuthilllocal.com/storie…
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Giant developers are buying up properties all over Philly. What would happen if training and mentorship helped contractors redevelop their own neighborhoods?
The @thephilacitizen and @TheCHLocal report.
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So excited for our partner @TheCHLocal partnering with @Report4America !
We are proud to announce that we will join @Report4America as a host newsroom in 2025! The corps member placed with us will bring critical coverage to the environmental beat. Check out our open positions: reportforamerica.org/newsroo….
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🌱 On the eve of #ElectionDay, we're spotlighting a powerful new piece by @TheCHLocal & @thephilacitizen: "Mt. Airy: A Grassroots Lesson for Democracy." Learn how one community’s commitment to inclusivity has become a model for civic action. Read more 👇 resolvephilly.org/pjc/mt-air…
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“Listen. Empower. Connect. These tenets guide my approach to education,” says Julie Knutson, CEL Teacher, who received a Fulbright Teacher Exchange award from the U.S. Department of State & the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Read @TheCHLocal chestnuthilllocal.com/storie…
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How did Nobel Laureate and Wistar Helen Dean King honoree Dr. Katalin Kariko make it to where she is today? "I just did my job," she says. "If you are dedicated to your work, then you are no different than I am." Full @TheCHLocal story: bit.ly/3ArW8mg
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Listen: @DaralyseLyons business growth officer at @TheCHLocal, discusses a Lenfest grant of $100,000 to help the paper expand readership and its reader demographic in Philadelphia and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
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“We’ll never have Alex up there on stage and that’s as sad as it gets. Nobody’s ever gonna deliver these songs like Alex, with his touch. But we all love the music and that’s what counts. Everybody takes it to heart.” - Jody Stephens, Chestnut Hill Local chestnuthilllocal.staging.co…
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Sewage is overflowing into Philly’s rivers. Is the city’s $2B+ fix working? delawarecurrents.org/2023/12…
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Five poll workers at the Chestnut Hill Friends Meetinghouse told me that a city employee "accosted" them in front of voters and caused a scene after the man was allegedly sent by the City Commissioners Office to fix an IT issue. The bizarre story is here: chestnuthilllocal.com/storie…
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...we're in the shadow of the Germantown Y. Happy Hollow sits with no swings and peeling paint. Where's the rebuild money? You refuse to take responsibility for GSSD. Follow the money, especially developer support. Noticeably doesn't respond to Bass' comments about the shooting.
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SAO closing statement: Integrity matters, leadership matters. We've heard over and over the same issues: development out of control, underfunded libraries and rec centers, gun violence. You say you have experience and that you're the candidate who can get things done as...
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Bass closing statement: "I show up in rooms I'm wanted, I show up in rooms I'm not necessarily wanted...my opponent has not shown up." Seth was not there for efforts to keep GHS open, close the stop and go near Vernon Park causing issues for residents, etc." Where have you been?