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Health

Health and Wellness: Supporting Women Who Choose Non-Traditional Birth

January 23, 2019 Michaela Althouse and Morgan Slutzky 0

The best payment Rafaela Rocha ever received was a garden. When a man was unable to pay the 27-year-old in complete for craniosacral work she performed on his paraplegic mother, he offered to build her […]

Housing

Mt. Airy: Zoning Issue Puts Spotlight On Development In Community

December 4, 2018 Michaela Althouse and Morgan Slutzky 0

Cresheim Road resident Ginny Barnwell had no idea she needed to be concerned after a local construction company bought two homes a few doors from her in February. Barnwell, who’s lived on the 7000 block […]

Business

Mt. Airy: Mary Sweeten Builds Community With Co-op Newsletter

October 26, 2018 Michaela Althouse 0

Arriving at her third empty newspaper box of the day, editor-in-chief turned delivery-woman Mary Sweeten (above) pulls bundles of her newsletter from the back of her husband’s Volkswagen. She loads the box with copies of […]

Housing

Zoning: Mt. Airy Residents Hold Rally To Halt Apartment Construction

October 24, 2018 Michaela Althouse and Morgan Slutzky 1

Residents of the 7000 block of Cresheim Road held a rally Saturday morning, Oct. 13, to protest the proposed construction of an apartment building on their block. Speakers, including representatives from West Mt. Airy Neighbors […]

Mount Airy

Mount Airy: Construction, Transportation Headaches To Persist During Planned Bridge Overhaul

October 10, 2018 Michaela Althouse and Morgan Slutzky 0

Five months into a $12.1 million repaving project on Lincoln Drive, Mount Airy residents prepare for the rebuild of the Allens Lane Bridge, set to begin in April. Between the two projects, residents can expect […]

Mount Airy

Mount Airy: Residents Bring Concerns About Child Care Centers Directly to Councilwoman Cindy Bass

October 8, 2018 Michaela Althouse 2

Mt. Airy resident Robin Miller confronted City Councilwoman Cindy Bass in a meeting on Sept. 26 on her controversial bill to cut down on building new child care centers in the area. “I think if […]

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