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Tony DePaul, who was born in Chestnut Hill and still lives here today, has to be one of the most prolific authors in the community.
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by Len Lear
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12/4/25
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When Germantown native John Fabian Witt graduated from Germantown Friends School (GFS) in 1990, no one could have predicted that he would go on to become a Yale University professor and Pulitzer Prize finalist.
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by Len Lear
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11/26/25
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The work of lifelong Germantown resident Robin Williams-Turnage is on exhibit at Allens Lane Art Center through Dec. 6 and will leave an indelible impression on anyone who is attracted to clay pottery, particularly those who have an affinity for art with an African aesthetic.
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by Len Lear
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11/26/25
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Mindy Maslin and Sidney Ozer, a Germantown couple, started the nonprofit, Welcoming Homes, an all–volunteer organization, earlier this year along with a friend, Judi Bernstein-Baker.
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by Len Lear
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11/26/25
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A former longtime Chestnut Hill resident, Peter N. Walsh, M.D. and Ph.D, with an international reputation as a scientific investigator, mentor and physician whose pioneering research transformed the medical community’s understanding of thrombosis and hemostasis, died peacefully Sept. 25 at the age of 90 of age–related ailments.
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by Len Lear
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11/26/25
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Many parents and their children insist they are growing together in body, mind and spirit, but few, I would bet, are doing it by learning self–defense with an appealing father–daughter team who are themselves a model of family spirit.
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by Len Lear
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11/26/25
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Paula Fingerut may be decades older than the kids she serves every day, but the self—described “senior citizen” in the candy store still gets excited in the mornings when she opens Zipf’s sweet shop founded 57 years ago in Chestnut Hill.
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by Len Lear
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11/26/25
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His name may not be as well known as Steven Spielberg, but David Greenberg, an award-winning filmmaker who has lived in Chestnut Hill for 35 years (and Mt. Airy and Germantown before that), is not exactly a film neophyte.
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by Len Lear
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11/20/25
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A powerful, compelling exhibit of paintings by Wyndmoor artist Frances Gilmore, at Mt. Airy Art Garage (MAAG) through the end of November, is almost impossible to erase from one’s consciousness long after viewing them.
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by Len Lear
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11/20/25
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David Edwin Loder, of Flourtown, an advocate of humanitarian (and animal) causes, as well as a successful attorney and supporter of many local educational and cultural institutions, passed away peacefully on Oct. 23 at the age of 71.
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by Len Lear
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11/20/25
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Most people in Northwest Philadelphia will probably have turkey as their main course for dinner on Thanksgiving Day.
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by Len Lear
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11/20/25
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Dr. Eleanor Morris, a prominent architecture professor and city planner in her own right and direct descendant of Henry Howard Houston, died of age-related issues on Aug. 16 at age 89.
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by Len Lear
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11/13/25
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East Falls resident and Instagram star Simonetta Lein, known as “The Celebrity Whisperer,” lit up the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles on Sept. 14 as she joined television’s brightest stars for the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards.
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by Len Lear
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11/13/25
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Tommy the Cat might just have been the most popular feline in Northwest Philadelphia.
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by Len Lear
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11/13/25
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By the time I was 40, my wife and I had never been within screaming distance of an upscale restaurant.
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by Len Lear
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11/13/25
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Veterans Day is this week, on Nov. 11, but it is always a good time to honor those who fought and died for our country.
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by Len Lear
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11/13/25
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Although the Titanic disaster happened 113 years ago, it still lives on in a mountain of movies, books and documentaries. The fascination never seems to abate.
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by Len Lear
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11/13/25
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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.
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by Len Lear
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11/6/25
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I would not be surprised if Giulia Iaquinto qualified for the Guinness Book of World Records.
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by Len Lear
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11/6/25
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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.
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by Len Lear
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10/30/25
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