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CONTENT
winter 2016
14 Special Section: Healthy Living
A guide to staying healthy internally and externally.
23 Season of Giving
Looking to give back or volunteer as an individual or a family
this holiday season? Here are just some of the organizations
in your area that could use an extra hand to help those in
need.
28 Special Section: Senior Living
Finding the right adult day care center for your family’s
needs.
departments
4 From the Publisher
6 IN the Loop: What’s News in Ross Township
8 IN Good Taste: Matthew Porco, Executive Chef
and Managing Partner, Emporio: A Meatball
Joint
10 IN Person: Teacher Brian Sullivan
12 IN Events: Super Car Cruise
32 School District News
40 Township News
56 IN Focus: Ross Township at a Glance
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on the cover
IN Community is a publication dedicated to
representing, encouraging and promoting
the Ross Township area and its comprising
municipalities by focusing on the talents
and 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.
All students in grades 6, 7 and 8 in North
Hills School District received iPads this year
through Project Connect, a part of the district’s
wide-ranging and multi-year Innovations in
Education Plan. Here, West View Elementary
School sixth-grade teacher Shannon Diven and
sixth-grader Julian Myers read an excerpt from
Jackie Robinson’s autobiography. Students are
exploring what it is like to step out of a comfort
zone and how doing so leads ordinary people to
do extraordinary things. See story on page 38.
Photo by Primetime Shots.
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Industry Insights
7 Family Law: Cook & Associates
9 Plumbing: Matt Mertz Plumbing, Inc.
11 Exceptional Level of Learning: Montessori Centre Academy
16 Your Hearing: Swift Audiology
Business Spotlights
18 Good Looks Eyewear
20 Sugar Spa & Beauty Bar
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