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Coming soon to Chestnut Hill College is a new bachelor’s degree in aviation science, where students can choose between two tracks: aviation business management or professional pilot.
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by Julianna Musser
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10/15/26
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This week in Chestnut Hill Local history
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“My purple silk pantsuit was covered in blood — my husband’s blood,” Byers’ wife Laurada wrote in her recently published memoir “Laurada - My Life of Adventure, Tragedy, and Purpose.”
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by Len Lear
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10/15/26
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What’s next after high school? For Philadelphia seniors still figuring it out, October brings a citywide push to help them find an answer.
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When it was released in 1955, “The Night of the Hunter,” which will play at Woodmere’s Smith Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 20, was rejected by critics and audiences alike.
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by Will Standish
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10/15/26
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There are currently a number of proposals in Harrisburg to address the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s June decision finding that "skill game" devices are slot machines subject to the state’s laws regulating gambling.
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by Matthew Macken
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10/15/26
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Thelonious Sphere Monk (1917-1982) is a name that may not be familiar to some non-jazz buffs, but there was no musician quite like him.
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by Len Lear
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10/15/26
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The following is for crimes reported from Oct. 4 to Oct. 11.
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10/15/26
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Being a traditionalist, a historian and a preservationist, my life and work has been shaped by historic architecture and all that it contributes to how we experience our surroundings.
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by Patricia Cove
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10/15/26
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Despite high confidence in fire preparedness, a survey commissioned by the American Red Cross found that 54% of Philadelphia residents do not have a home fire escape plan and only 6% have practiced one.
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10/15/26
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Manayunk Development Corporation is debuting a Manayunk Fall Fest and Mac N’ Cheese Crawl on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. along Main Street.
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Good food, good music and a good time were enjoyed by the participants at last Thursday’s Chestnut Hill Community Association Fall Frolic.
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Len Lear hit it out of the ballpark with the Jamie Polson story. Polson, a local musician, wrote a vulnerable song about suicide called “I’m Glad You’re Here.”
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Emi Wong Shing, a senior at Germantown Friends School, has been named the 2026-2027 Philadelphia Youth Poet Laureate, and she is making it look easy.
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by Gregory C. Jackson
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10/15/26
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Salt & Light Academy for Boys, a microschool in Mt. Airy, has won $500,000 as a finalist for the Yass Prize. The award was announced on Oct. 6 in Philadelphia.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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10/15/26
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High Point Cafe at the Allen Lane Train Station is a popular meeting place for area residents. But from now until Nov. 1, it is also a place where you can see an exhibit by Chestnut Hill nature artist Richard Metz.
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by Len Lear
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10/15/26
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The inaugural Philadelphia Outward Bound School (POBS) jamboree fundraiser at the Discovery Center on Oct. 1 drew 143 guests and raised more than $190,000 for Philadelphia students.The dress code was …
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by Chris Richter
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10/15/26
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![“My father-in-law was visiting from New Zealand last week, and he couldn’t resist sitting for this photo ... May ‘Confirming Predictions’ [the late J. Seward Johnson’s sculpture on Germantown Avenue below Bethlehem Pike] have a long life in Chestnut Hill!”](https://alpha.creativecirclecdn.com/chestnuthilllocal/medium/20261013-141052-265-2038-image0.jpeg)
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The West Mt. Airy Historic House Tour is returning for its third year on Oct. 18 from 12-4 p.m.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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10/15/26
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The Springfield Township Historical Society is hosting a “History in Motion” fundraiser and vendor marketplace on Thursday, Nov. 5.
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