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I’d like to express my thanks to the staff of Fresh Market, who kindly came to my assistance when I had a sudden medical issue while shopping there yesterday.
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1/22/26
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In 2018, a retaining wall collapsed in the 300 block of Glen Echo Road in Mt. Airy. The neighbors were then left with the question, “Who will fix this?”
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by Tommy Tucker
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1/21/26
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The 12th and 59th Democratic wards, both in Germantown, hosted a community forum on Jan. 13, with five candidates running for the seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans.
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by Tommy Tucker
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1/21/26
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Donald Hyman fears that peace — and his health — will be jeopardized by plans to build an AI data center the size of more than 20 football fields across the street.
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by Abby Weiss
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1/21/26
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1/21/26
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“Everybody can be great,” said the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “because greatness is determined by service.”
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by Elie Bekelman
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1/15/26
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New Era Indian Cuisine at 219 E. Willow Grove Ave. in Chestnut Hill gives new meaning to the word unpretentious.
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by Len Lear
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1/15/26
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The Fair Housing Commission (FHC) held a hearing on Jan. 7 to consider a tenant retaliation case filed by Kadi Ashby, president of the Alden Park Tenants Association, against L3C Alden Park Apartments.
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by Tommy Tucker
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1/15/26
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The Chestnut Hill Film Group is showing “A Man Escaped” on Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. at Woodmere, part of its Tuesday Nights at the Movies series.
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1/15/26
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There was a time, not long ago, when I was smarter than my appliances. But now I’m not so sure.
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by D. W. Palmer
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1/15/26
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The Muslim League of Voters of the Delaware Valley is officially endorsing state Sen. Sharif Street in his campaign for Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District.
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1/15/26
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Now running at Old Academy Players, “Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead” by Bert V. Royal is an “unauthorized continuance” of Charles Schulz’s “Peanuts.”
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by Hugh Hunter
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1/15/26
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Arleen Olshan, a Mt. Airy–based artist and activist, lived around the corner from her friend Gil Forman when she was younger.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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1/15/26
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Agatha Heritage Hughes, a former Chestnut Hill resident and onetime marketing director for Morris Arboretum, died unexpectedly from a fall outside her home in Maine on Dec. 22.
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1/15/26
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Corinne Endico Brady, of Chestnut Hill, a community activist involved with many organizations who worked tirelessly to combat injustice and promote public and school libraries, died Jan. 3.
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1/15/26
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When the holidays are over, and all the decorations are stored, rooms can often feel strangely bare, and in need of a spark that can replace that holiday magic.
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by Patricia Cove
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1/15/26
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The Springfield Township Board of Commissioners on Jan. 5 elected new leadership and township officers during its first meeting of 2026.
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by Maya Keats
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1/15/26
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St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill will host one of the most unusual events in the region’s musical season.
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by Michael Caruso
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1/15/26
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About a year and a half ago, with America’s semiquincentennial quickly approaching, Megan Monaghan began thinking about Philadelphia’s history.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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1/15/26
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As we mark the fifth anniversary of the insurrection that took place on Jan. 6, 2021, let us pause and reflect.
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by John S. Brenner, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Municipal League
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1/15/26
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