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features
15 Real Estate: Beautiful Abodes
New housing developments in our north,
east, south and west communities.
24 How to Choose the Right Lawyer
Questions that will help you determine if
he or she is the right choice for you.
30 Second Annual CASE Awards
IN Community Magazines’ Community
Awards for Service Excellence (CASE) honors
unsung volunteers in Ross Township.
32 Heart & Soul
An award-winning poet and author, Hana
Haatainen‑Caye leads Writers at Work, a writers’
workshop at Northland Public Library.
34 Eco-Empowered
North Area Environmental Council is dedicated to
protecting and preserving local environment.
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on the cover
Make a splash this summer with a Bellevue Pool membership.
Details on page 58.
departments
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From the Publisher
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IN Person: Sandy Brown’s
Many Legacies
12
IN Good Taste: John Dober,
Executive Chef, Off The Hook
IN the Loop: What’s News
in Ross Township
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IN Events
North Hills School District News
Ross Township News
IN the Know
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Business Spotlights
Industry Insights
13 Swift Audiology
5 Plumbing : Matt Mertz Plumbing, Inc.
62 Young Investors : Muhlenkamp & Company, Inc.
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gifts of the people who live and work here. Our goal is to provide readers with the most informative and professional regional publication in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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