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Montgomery County’s former chief information officer has made several accusations against his former employer. In a lawsuit, Anthony Olivieri says he was fired earlier this year because he requested accommodations for his mental health, but also went on to say that officials had engaged in instances of “fraud, waste, [and] wrongdoing” since 2017, including by the county’s CFO.

The community is mourning the loss of two former residents, each that led distinguished careers in the medical field. Last month, world-renowned scientist and Lower Merion native Mark Hallett died of glioblastoma. A Harriton High alum, Hallett was a pioneering expert in movement, brain physiology, and human motor control. And writer, pioneering medical journal editor, award-winning historian, and Bryn Mawr resident Kathleen A. Case died in mid-November from heart failure. She spent 24 years as a top editor for the Annals of Internal Medicine and as vice president for publishing at the American College of Physicians.

In 1989, a Bala Cynwyd woman and Flyers fan earned her way into a club she never sought out. During a playoff game at the Spectrum, Nancy Fineberg was hit in the chin with an errant puck, but she refused to leave until after the game. Soon after, she received a package welcoming her to the “Loyal Order of the Unducked Puck.” The Inquirer’s Matt Breen recently revisited the club’s roots, which date back to the 1970s and were an effort by the team to turn a negative into a positive.

Artist and Gladwyne native Jake Weinstein’s first solo exhibit is on display at Works on Paper Gallery in Center City. “Clankers,” which runs through the end of the month, showcases Weinstein’s longtime interest in robots, designed on paper and in sculpture. Weinstein’s passion for robots was driven in part by his and his father’s love of sci-fi, and his dad’s pioneering work in robotic surgery.

Philadelphia Jewish Exponent recently interviewed Rabbi Matthew Abelson, a Lower Merion resident who joined Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy in Bryn Mawr at the start of the school year as a Jewish studies teacher. The New York transplant, who is a member of Sha’arei Orah Congregation in Bala Cynwyd, shared what inspired him to get into the field.

Today is the end of the first trimester for all elementary schools. There are winter chorus and orchestra concerts tonight and throughout next week, and tomorrow night is the talent show at Penn Wynne Elementary. See the district’s full calendar here.

Sourdough bread bakery Wild Yeast Bakehouse is expanding to a brick-and-mortar in Wayne this spring. Started in 2021, the business has outgrown owner John Goncher’s Rosemont home now that he’s baking more than 600 loaves a week.

Lower Merion customers are helping drive Chinatown eatery EMei’s expansion. When owner and township resident Dan Tsao analyzed sales data from his flagship restaurant — known for its Sichuan specialties — he saw many coming from Lower Merion, so he decided to open a spot in Ardmore. He’s targeting a summer debut at the former John Henry’s Pub on Cricket Avenue. Sales data also helped Tsao choose South Philadelphia for further expansion, where he will have a phased opening at the former Marra’s Restaurant & Pizzeria on East Passyunk Avenue.

Eagerly anticipating the arrival of PopUp Bagels in Ardmore? Ahead of the bagel shop’s debut in Suburban Square early next year, the social media-famous brand is hosting a one-day pop-up at Di Bruno Bros. in Rittenhouse Square this Sunday.

Marra’s, Philadelphia’s oldest pizzeria, has closed after 98 years on East Passyunk Avenue

Internal documents shed light on Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s decision to end Philadelphia’s racial diversity goals in contracting

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