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The number of teams still engaged in the playoffs of the women’s college summer league was reduced from nine to four last week in two nights of competition at Plymouth Whitemarsh High School.
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by Tom Utescher
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7/30/26
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Last week, women’s basketball players who had participated in the college summer league in the past were particularly grateful that the league has now relocated to Plymouth Whitemarsh High School.
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by Tom Utescher
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7/9/26
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Phyllis Taylor, of Mt. Airy and Germantown for the last 55 years, a giant in the field of human rights, racial equity and social justice, died June 4 at Keystone Care Hospice in Wyndmoor of endometrial cancer.
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by Len Lear
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7/2/26
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One of the league leaders, Holy Family University’s Team Aquatic (2-0), had a bye last week, while Jefferson University’s Team Blackstar remained in the top spot as it climbed to a 3-0 record.
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by Tom Utescher
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7/2/26
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June 16 marked the start of the 2026 season for the women’s basketball summer league that was founded more than 30 years ago at Chestnut Hill’s Water Tower Recreation Center.
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by Tom Utescher
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6/25/26
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Herb (great name for a chef) Scott, whose Mt. Airy firm, Herb Scott Catering, has been one of the area’s top catering firms for 27 years, is hanging up his utensils, pots and pans and other cooking paraphernalia.
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by Len Lear
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6/25/26
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Just about every movie ever made about summer sleepaway camp includes a scene with one common element: tears.
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2/12/26
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If the Association for the Study of African American Life and History ever needed proof that its mission was as vital as ever, the stripping of the President’s House was likely the kind of rallying cry members never wanted to hear.
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by Kristin E. Holmes
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2/5/26
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The swimming team at Mount St. Joseph Academy secured its second win in the Athletic Association of Catholic Academies on Dec. 10, defeating visiting Merion Mercy Academy, 91-70.
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by Tom Utescher
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12/18/25
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It would not surprise me in the least if I were watching the yearly Academy Awards next year or the year after and I heard, “And the award for best docudrama film goes to Nadine Patterson, of Philadelphia’s Harmony Image Productions, for “Reclaiming the Light: The Life and Times of Lewis Latimer.”
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by Len Lear
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10/9/25
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For those who observed regular-season games in the women’s summer hoops league, it’s no surprise that Jefferson University’s Team Black and Holy Family University’s Team Sky Blue would eventually play one another for the league championship in August.
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by Tom Utescher
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8/6/25
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The playoff picture came into focus for the Philadelphia Suburban Women's Basketball League last week.
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by Tom Utescher
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7/31/25
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Jefferson University's Team Black climbed to a 6-0 record last week in the women's college summer basketball league.
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by Tom Utescher
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7/23/25
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In the college summer hoops league last week, the number of undefeated teams dropped from three to just one.
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by Tom Utescher
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7/16/25
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Players in the Philadelphia/Suburban Women's Basketball League endured withering heat at the league's un-airconditioned venue.
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by Tom Utescher
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7/2/25
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The Philadelphia/Suburban Women's Summer Basketball League launched its 32nd season last week.
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by Tom Utescher
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6/24/25
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What are the odds a magazine would hold a short fiction contest receiving more than 300 submissions, and the first and second place winners would be a husband and wife from Chestnut Hill?
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by Len Lear
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5/29/25
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Neighbors across northwest Philly and beyond can look forward to a whole weekend of local spring festivals this Saturday and Sunday.
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by Alaina Johns
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5/5/25
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Halfway through Kate Sprandio Ells’ freshman year at Chestnut Hill College, she realized her true passion lay in a creative field.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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5/1/25
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Mt. Airy author Lynn Gregory will appear at booked, 8511 Germantown Ave. on Saturday, April 19, 11 a.m., to discuss her third historical novel, “You've Found Her.”
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by Len Lear
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4/17/25
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