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The Chestnut Hill Conservancy is offering a virtual program on stained-glass artist Henry Holiday as the next entry in its “Discovering” series, scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 16, from 7-8:30 p.m.
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9/10/26
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Mary Ann “Mimi” Cole, a resident of Chestnut Hill, died just days after her 98th birthday on Thursday, August 27.
If you asked Mimi Cole about her greatest accomplishments, she would …
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9/9/26
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The unexpected death of someone close always comes as a profound shock. So it is for us as we learned last week of the death of colleague and longtime Chestnut Hill Local classical music critic.
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by the Local Staff
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6/4/26
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Last week’s weather forecast for the Pennsylvania Independent Schools lacrosse final four games was: boiling hot on Tuesday for the semifinals, and much cooler and rainy for Thursday’s championship game.
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by Tom Utescher
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5/28/26
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Ralph Purvis, Jr., (1934-2026) passed May 3 after a valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. To describe Ralph as an extrovert is like calling the Himalayas hills. He loved interacting with people and …
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5/26/26
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The weather in mid-May can be fickle, so participants in last weekend’s 99th annual Stotesbury Cup Regatta had to be pleased with conditions along the Kelly Drive racecourse.
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by Tom Utescher
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5/21/26
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Suzanne Krecker Dure died peacefully at Spring House Estates on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. Born in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia PA on July 31, 1933, she was the second daughter of Frederick …
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5/14/26
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It was a lousy spring day at Episcopal Academy for the 2026 Inter-Ac League track and field championships.
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by Tom Utescher
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5/14/26
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Rain is more likely to disrupt tennis matches than other spring sports contests, so it was lucky that the April 29 match at Germantown Academy wrapped up about 20 minutes before a round of evening showers set in.
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by Tom Utescher
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5/7/26
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In the Inter-Ac League softball game at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy on April 28, the outcome was essentially decided once the host Blue Devils scored four runs in the bottom of the first …
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by Tom Utescher
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5/7/26
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Clifford Charles Randolph Hood, recently of Wyndmoor, died on March 30 th , 2026. He was the former president of C.C.R. Hood & Company, Inc., an advertising and public relations firm for 40 …
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5/6/26
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In an Inter-Ac League girls’ lacrosse contest on April 9, Penn Charter breezed past the Irish of the Academy of Notre Dame, 16-6.
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by Tom Utescher
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4/30/26
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The 2026 Inter-Ac League season in boys’ lacrosse began earlier this month, and already a familiar pattern is starting to emerge.
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by Tom Utescher
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4/23/26
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Going into the Inter-Ac League girls’ lacrosse match at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy on April 2, previous results indicated that visiting Penn Charter was decidedly the favorite in this contest.
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by Tom Utescher
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4/9/26
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Philadelphia’s past and the nation’s history are deeply entwined, with every corner of the region a part of America’s 250 years and beyond.
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by Sean Marsala
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4/2/26
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Heading into last Thursday’s nonleague lacrosse match at Germantown Academy, visiting Mount St. Joseph was coming off of a 10-4 loss to Marple Newtown High School.
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by Tom Utescher
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3/26/26
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The old adage about weather in the month of March, “In like a lion, out like a lamb,” was realized in a single day last weekend along Kelly Drive.
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by Tom Utescher
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3/26/26
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During the more than four decades that I’ve been writing about classical music for the Chestnut Hill Local, I’ve had the opportunity to meet and review the work of many fine classical musicians, performing in all the various divisions of the genre.
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3/12/26
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The Jasper String Quartet will be joined by cellist Raman Ramakrishnan in recital Thursday, Feb. 26, in the Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting, at 20 E. Mermaid Lane in Chestnut Hill.
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by Michael Caruso
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2/26/26
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In their final Inter-Ac League road game on Feb. 10, the girls of Springside Chestnut Hill Academy came away with a loss but still played some of their best basketball of the season.
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by Tom Utescher
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2/19/26
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