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Emilie “Kayo” Rivinus Brégy, a former Chestnut Hill resident, must be the oldest active portrait painter in the U.S. She celebrated her 102nd birthday in August 2022.
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by Len Lear
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1/12/23
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It is not unusual for journalists to discuss the importance of a free press and lament the verbal attacks against it, but for one of the Chestnut Hill Local's newest board members, this principle is not academic.
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by Len Lear
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1/12/23
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Eli Goldblatt, a professor of English at Villanova University from 1990 to 1996 and at Temple University from 1996 to 2019, has some very strong opinions about higher education in the U.S.
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by Len Lear
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1/12/23
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Rich Weisenbach recently wrote a memoir. Naturally, I was curious as to why a minister would write his first book at age 81. So I gave him a call.
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by Len Lear
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1/12/23
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Donald Rackin, 89, a professor of Victorian literature who taught at Temple University for 33 years, died at home on Nov. 23, the day before Thanksgiving.
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by Len Lear
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1/5/23
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It would be impossible to interview all of the more than 6,000 patients of Greenhouse Internists, but there is little doubt that virtually all are devastated that the practice has closed.
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by Len Lear
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1/4/23
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Chestnut Hill author Alfred O'Neill Jr.'s second novel in a trilogy, “Even Climate Change Can’t Stop Love and Murder,” is based on a true story.
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by Len Lear
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12/23/22
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“Boundaries,” a short story by Chestnut Hill writer Ilene Raymond Rush published in “Frankly Feminist,” takes place in Chestnut Hill.
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by Len Lear
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12/23/22
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For centuries, mosaic art has adorned the floors and walls of the rich and famous. Now Chestnut Hill has its own eye-catching installation.
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by Len Lear
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12/23/22
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“Friends” was a very popular TV show that celebrated the friendship among a group of 20-somethings, but those friends were amateurs compared to the members of Chavurah Bet.
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by Len Lear
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12/22/22
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You might say that for 18 years area yoga buffs could bank on Elise Rivers, but she announced last week that Community Acupuncture of Mt. Airy will close on Dec. 31.
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by Len Lear
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12/22/22
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If there is such a thing as a typical business owner in Chestnut Hill, George Hobe, owner of an art and antiques shop at 8407 Germantown Ave., is not it.
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by Len Lear and Debra Malinics
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12/22/22
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Associate Professor Emeritus Richard N. Stewart died in his Mt. Airy home of 33 years on Nov. 13 after a long illness. He was 78.
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by Len Lear
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12/8/22
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Fink's newest effort is “Descent into Darkness, A Fight Against Terror,” in which an angry father sets out to get revenge against the person responsible for duping his daughter into making a pornographic film.
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by Len Lear
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12/8/22
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In the Philadelphia theater community, lifelong Germantown resident Joilet Harris-Lawton was regarded as a superstar.
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by Len Lear
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12/1/22
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For William Konstant, 70, a Flourtown resident for the last 36 years, the top item on his bucket list was climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, East Africa.
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by Len Lear
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12/1/22
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Richard Tuttle, a professional musician and retired lawyer who just released the CD single, “Break Someone Else's Heart,” is also an author whose dialogue is often spellbinding.
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by Len Lear
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12/1/22
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For more than 30 years, organizers hosted a holiday craft show every December at the Water Tower Recreation Center, connecting dozens of artisans from the Philadelphia area with shoppers. Now it's coming back.
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by Len Lear
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12/1/22
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Paul Mercurio, who now lives across the road from Chestnut Hill College, was a typical working class kid growing up in West Oak Lane. Now he's a published author.
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by Len Lear
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11/24/22
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“Len, please write an obituary about me. I trust you to say the right things. I just want my book to be legendary!”
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by Len Lear
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11/17/22
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