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chestnuthilllocal.com | Len Lear
I still clearly recall my first day in the lunchroom at Central High School in February of 1954. (Central had two graduating classes back then, one in January and one in June, so a new class started in February.) At the long table next to ours, one of the students eating lunch was an African American student in a wheelchair. Naturally, I was curious because he was the only student out of many hundreds in the dining room who was in a wheelchair.
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chestnuthilllocal.com | Len Lear
Spring education guidePosted 4/17/25It was in a hidden corner of a Lansdale antique store that 14-year-old Ali Norcini stumbled upon a cardboard box covered in what appeared to be decades of dust. Inside were 117 handwritten letters and postcards, their yellowed pages filled with elegant cursive—a script the Springside Chestnut Hill Academy eighth-grader couldn't fully decipher.
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chestnuthilllocal.com | Len Lear
Mt. Airy author Lynn Gregory, who will appear at booked, 8511 Germantown Ave. on Saturday, April 19, 11 a.m., to discuss her third historical novel, “You've Found Her,” does not write non-fiction, but like most novelists, she does incorporate knowledge gained from her own life experiences into her literary work.
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chestnuthilllocal.com | Len Lear
Not too many local musicians have memories of playing with two legendary American innovators and composers, but Ron Lipscomb, who died on Jan.14 of age-related ailments at age 81, performed with musicians whose work is still being heard all over the world. “Playing under Duke Ellington was like a dream,” Lipscomb, who lived on Bryan Street in Mt. Airy for several years and on Morris Street in Germantown for several years before that, told the Local in 2020.
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chestnuthilllocal.com | Len Lear
Posted 4/16/25Daniel Ford was a modest, humble resident of Wyndmoor whose name never appeared in a headline during his 41 years of life, but because of his selfless decision, he saved the lives of several people with serious medical issues. According to Ford's widow, Jennifer (nee Curran), “Dan was the funniest and most caring person, but above all, he was the best father, husband, son, brother, nephew, cousin and friend.
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