Features
Meet Leen! Brought to ACCT Philly animal rescue in October, police found her tied to a fence and abandoned. She is currently available for adoption at Doggie Style Pets in Chestnut Hill.
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City Council approves 10-cent paper bag fee

Philadelphia City Council has passed legislation that would require all retailers to charge customers 10 cents each for a paper bag. The bill, which passed by a vote of 10-5 on Oct. 30, now heads to …

For Veterans Day: ‘Eleventh day, month, hour’

I stopped to read a familiar poem displayed in large type on a poster in a shop window on Germantown Avenue.

Great food for 63 years and a 98-year-old pizza maker

I would not be surprised if Giulia Iaquinto qualified for the Guinness Book of World Records.

New Cope House exhibit highlights the art of collecting

The progression from an art appreciator to an art collector might seem unattainable to some. However, William Skeet Jiggetts is here to report that’s not the case.

A Northwest health care center that does it all

Across the street from SEPTA’s Germantown regional rail station, a few blocks from East Chelten Avenue’s bustling retail corridor, sits an unassuming, 1950s-era commercial building.
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Community Feature

Power Interfaith and congregations around the city and Northwest Philadelphia will host press conferences demanding action on “the city’s growing affordability crisis.”

Obituaries
Rabbi Arthur Waskow, 92, beloved social activist, author
Longtime Mt. Airy resident Rabbi Arthur Waskow, who died Oct. 20 at the age of 92, may be the most memorable person I have ever met.
Barbara Winkelman, 64, author, Citizen Canine columnist
Chestnut Hill resident Barbara Gaines Winkelman, an author of 15 children’s books and writing teacher for 10 years who wrote the Citizen Canine column for the Local in 2021, died Aug. 7 at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center of a traumatic brain injury suffered in a freak accident.
Antoinette Marie DuBiel, 89, Hill business owner, music lover
Fifteen years ago when my wife and I had season tickets to the Academy of Music, we looked forward to seeing and chatting with Antoinette Marie DuBiel, an assistant head usher who was as much a part of the experience as the Philadelphia Orchestra’s violins and oboes.
Rev. C. Richard Cox, 91, civil rights activist, organizer
The Rev. C. Richard Cox, 91, who lived for a half-century in Mt. Airy and Wyndmoor, and spent his life fighting for civil rights, racial equity and victims of injustice, died of complications from Parkinson’s disease at Foulkeways in Gwynedd on July 25.
Helen Elizabeth Haynes, artist, arts executive, 74
Helen Elizabeth Haynes, 74, an acclaimed painter and textile artist, former college art teacher, chief cultural officer during the administration of Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, and cultural affairs director at Montgomery County Community College, died of cardiac arrest March 26 at Jefferson Einstein Hospital.
Business
From Bali to Us is returning to the Hill, in its usual spot at 8514 Germantown Ave.
Balance Life is expanding — both in size and in services offered.
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Crime

Crime Report

The following is for crimes reported from Oct. 26 to Nov. 2.

Crime Report

The following is for crimes reported from Oct. 19 to Oct. 26.

Homes and Gardens

The villages of Northwest Philadelphia: Yesterday and today

From the array of shops in Chestnut Hill, through Mt. Airy’s tree-lined streets, to historic sites in Germantown, Northwest Philadelphia is known for its unique character.
Comforts of home

Discovering nature’s pantry: Go forth and forage this summer

Our region, with its abundant parks, woodlands and reliable rainfall, makes foraging for food a breeze. It isn’t a free-for-all, though.
Comforts of home

Cracking the code: The fight for backyard chickens in Philadelphia

A quiet revolution is clucking its way into neighborhoods, challenging city ordinances and highlighting the surprising benefits of urban chicken keeping.

Aging in place: Prepare your home ahead of time

Don’t be caught off guard. It's important to consider the steps to success.

Tour offers rare look inside Louis Kahn-designed Esherick House

Art and architecture lovers now have a rare opportunity to explore the Margaret Esherick House, a midcentury modern gem designed by famed architect Louis Kahn.

Sports

SCH girls finish second in soccer in the Inter-Ac League

It appeared beforehand that defending league champion Springside Chestnut Hill Academy would not find traditional rival Episcopal Academy as daunting an opponent as in the recent past.

Mount field hockey finishes second in District One tournament

Mount St. Joseph Academy scored seven goals in each of its first three games in the PIAA District 1 field hockey playoffs.

With both teams forced to make line-up changes, SCH tennis edges GA, 4-3

The tennis teams from Springside Chestnut Hill Academy and Germantown Academy were both missing players from their regular lineups when they met at SCH last Thursday.

The women’s soccer team at Chestnut Hill College has been on a roll, and the Griffins rose to a record of 6-1 in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference with their 3-0 victory over Holy Family University on Oct. 21.

The Penn Charter boys’ soccer team maintained its first-place standing in the Inter-Ac League on Oct. 21, going on the road to record its second 3-0 victory of the season over SCH.
The Mount St. Joseph Academy cross country team finished second last week at the Athletic Association of Catholic Academies championships.
Taking the top four places and having their fifth scorer come in eighth, the Penn Charter Quakers overwhelmed the competition, winning the 2025 title with 18 points
After going on the road to finish out the league schedule with a 3-2 victory at Villa Maria, Mount St. Joseph Academy’s volleyball team returned home for a non-league match with Strath Haven High School last Wednesday.
Schools

Springside Chestnut Hill Academy (SCH) recently announced six seniors — Alec Gupte, Aaron Jia, Eloise Levin, Judah Meyer, Lewa White, and Lauren Wilson — were recognized for their high scores on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) by the National Merit Scholarship Program.

When Bridget Bonner, the newly installed president of Norwood-Fontbonne Academy (NFA), first visited the school’s campus in Chestnut Hill, she kept receiving signs — or, as Bonner calls them, “God winks.”

There’s a passage from the Book of Revelation that applies to Our Mother of Consolation School’s (OMC) recent tribulations: “Behold, I make all things new.”

Opinion & letters
Editorials
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Letters to the editor
    • World-class Maguire

      Just wanted to say that Bill Valerio and his team at Woodmere Art Museum have done a spectacular job with Maguire Hall.

    • Leave the leaves

      If you want to protect birds and other animals, you have to protect their source of food, namely, bugs.

    • Say no to electric scooters

      If the Legislature does not ban electric scooters from Pennsylvania’s roads many children will be maimed and killed.

    • Say yes to trash bill

      Councilmember Jamie Gauthier has introduced the Stop Trashing Our Air Act. This bill will end the incineration of Philly’s trash in Chester.

    • A thank you for No Kings

      As a member of the community served by the Chestnut Hill Local, it was heartwarming to witness 700-plus local citizens participate in the …

About Chestnut Hill
Susan Smith’s journey of change spans interests
If there’s one thing Susan Smith has learned over the course of her career, it’s to not be afraid of change.
Chestnut Hill Hospital offering new cardiology services
Since forming a consortium to buy Chestnut Hill Hospital in early 2023, Temple University Health System has been expanding its footprint in the area.
New political thriller by Hill’s organized-crime novelist
One does not normally expect to see the words “mob” or “organized crime” in the same sentence as “Chestnut Hill,” but Alfred O’Neill is an anomaly.
Hillers developing mini-forest at Casey’s Ice Pond Park
Volunteers are planting the start of what they hope will be Chestnut Hill’s first mini-forest.
The best film noir you’ve never seen comes to Woodmere
Good is your enlightened home. Evil is your dark jungle. Only one door separates them; if you cross it, two hands will imprison you in anguish and pain. Never open that door!
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