Chestnut Hill business leaders credit collaboration for recent successes

News May 1, 2013 0 Comments

by Paula M. Riley It’s a basic concept. By pulling together with others, you become stronger. This is what the Chestnut Hill community has been doing for the last five years ,and the results have been amazing. Seth Shapiro, president of the Chestnut Hill Business Improvement District (BID), attributes collaboration in Chestnut Hill for the [...]
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Wissahickon Trail Classic race set for June 8

News May 1, 2013 0 Comments

The 8th annual Wissahickon Trail Classic will be held on June 8. The 10k race, which winds through the scenic paths of the Wissahickon Gorge, has become the premier trail race in the Philadelphia area with more than 500 runners regularly participating. Proceeds from the race go to the Wissahickon Restoration Volunteers (WRV), a nonprofit [...]
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Book FreeCycle and a Shoe Recycle

News May 1, 2013 0 Comments

GReen IN Chestnut Hill (aka GRinCH) is adding a Book FreeCycle and a Shoe Recycle to this year’s Eco Alley at the Garden Fest! Back by popular demand, the Book FreeCycle was a tremendous success last year. About 1,500 books were donated by residents and then taken for free on Eco Alley by anyone interested. [...]
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Homelessness discussion at OMC

News May 1, 2013 0 Comments

Our Mother of Consolation Parish (OMC) Peace and Justice Committee presents, “Helping the Homeless & Needy in Philadelphia,” as part of its learning series on Catholic social teaching and current peace and justice issues. On, Wednesday, May 1 from 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. in the OMC Chapel, 7 E. Chestnut Hill Ave., the Reverend [...]
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Interfaith movement supports immigration reform

News April 30, 2013 0 Comments

by Sue Ann Rybak Tamara Jimenez, 25, a volunteer at the New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia, an interfaith, multicultural immigrants’ rights coalition, hopes Congress will take action on immigration reform. Jimenez, who has been living in the Philadelphia for 10 years, said her mother, who is from Nicaragua brought her to the United States when [...]
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Wyndmoor girl plans fundraising carnival

News April 30, 2013 0 Comments

by Pete Mazzaccaro You would never know by talking to Morgan Hellebusch that she has a condition that will send her to the hospital five or six times a year from high blood sugar levels. The 8-year-old Germantown Academy second-grader is an active lacrosse player, dancer and piano student and, like other 8-year-old girls, is [...]
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CLOSEUP: Astronomy night at Awbury Arboretum

News April 30, 2013 0 Comments

by Brian Rudnick Awbury Arboretum on Friday night was one of many venues set up throughout the city for stargazing as part of the ten day Philadelphia Science Festival. A few dozen or so people showed up at the Arboretum in Germantown. Teenager Maya Anderson came to just hang out with her family and, as [...]
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