Encore Episode: "B Inspired" Features Diane O'Sullivan, Author of "Bear Fever: It's Catching, Chapter #1"

by Jane Stahl

Diane O'Sullivan caught Bear Fever! When Boyertown newcomer Diane Sullivan reached out to ask if there was a book about the Bear Fever project that she could share with her mother, a resident of Chestnut Knoll, she was disappointed to learn there wasn't one available.

But Momma Bear, a.k.a. Jane Stahl, allowed her to know that she hoped that someday, someone would step forward and take on the project. Diane offered that, newly retired, she was looking for a project and she loves the bears.

The rest, as they say, is becoming history as Diane spent 2025 collecting and organizing information to published "Bear Fever: It's Catching, Chapter #1," a booklet featuring 61 bear sculptures found in Boyertown,  to accompany Studio B's project for summer 2025 celebrating Bear Fever's 20th anniversary. 

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