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Visitors to the Mt. Airy Village Fair will be treated to food, music and activities for the kids.
Mt. Airy Village Fair to celebrate neighborhood ties
The 15th annual Mt. Airy Village Fair, a volunteer, community-led event, is set to return this year on Sunday, Sept. 22. more
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Expect a danceable musical performance with Brazilian flavor by the Dendê Macêdo and his percussion ensemble, Friday, Aug. 9, when an exhibit by Mt. Airy artist Vivian Lehrer Stadlin will be “activated” with music and a meditative walk on the grounds of the Francis Cope House Gallery in Germantown.
Brazilian rhythms and unique tree art exhibit Friday
I have seen a great many exhibits in art galleries and museums around the world over many decades, but the exhibit, “Rhythm is Nature; It is Our Nature,” is truly unique. more
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Bredenbeck’s Bakery will provide the free ice cream and non-dairy alternatives on Aug. 21 for the 18th Annual Friends of the Wissahickon Ice Cream Social.
FOW to host frozen free for all
August, with its searing summer heat, may be the perfect time for Friends of the Wissahickon’s 18th Annual Ice Cream Social. more
Weavers Way has launched an innovative funding program to go solar with its new Germantown store – something General Manager Jon Roesser hopes to replicate in the future.
A sunny new outlook appears for Weavers Way
With a big flat roof on its new supermarket in Germantown, the Weavers Way grocery co-op is going solar. more
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Danielle Jowdy's shop, Zsa's Ice Cream, at 6616 Germantown Ave. in West Mt. Airy, was just awarded “gold” in a citywide “Philly Favorite” poll conducted by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
'Gold medal' ice cream shop gets right to the pint
“I work from 5:30 a.m. to 10.30 p.m. If someone invented a 25th hour or an eighth day in the week, I'd be working it,” said Danielle Jowdy. more
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Chestnut Hill West Station c. 1880-1900, showing parallel covered walkways leading to a covered train platform and the station house showing a spire.
Northwest neighborhoods built on regional rails
For more than a century, the regional rail lines that serve our Northwest neighborhoods have been an integral part of Chestnut Hill. more
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A photo of Gloria Brown, taken at Center in the Park's Juneteenth Celebration on June 16, 2023.
NW Philadelphia celebrates ‘second Independence Day’
Throughout Northwest Philadelphia, people of all ages and demographics will come together to celebrate Juneteenth this weekend. more
State, federal, and city officials who stood to cut the actual ribbon joked about who had raised the biggest sum. Most of the credit went to U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans for helping create Pennsylvania's Fresh Food Financing Initiative in 2004. Photo by Ann Marie Doley
New Germantown Weavers Way brings smiles to the aisles
Germantown's newest grocery store, a 6,000-square-foot Weavers Way Co-op, is off to a booming start. more
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Germantown Weavers Way to celebrate opening
Weavers Way Co-op will hold a May 17 ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new Germantown store. more
Lise Funderburg, a long-time Penn professor and Mt. Airy resident, is the author of the acclaimed book, “Black,White, Other,” a groundbreaking oral history of 46 adult children of interracial marriages.
Prolific Mt. Airy author chronicled mixed-race kids' lives
Lise Funderburg, of Mt. Airy, boasts an impressive and extensive resume, full of journalism credits as well as teaching the intricacies of writing. more
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Crime Report
March 28. Shoplifting. Complainant reported an unknown offender entered Weavers Way Co-op with a large backpack, filled it up and left without paying. more
“Although I technically wrote the book in one year,” Cohen told us, “it was the culmination of the learning, teaching and writing about Black history since 2005, the year that African American History became a graduation requirement at Philadelphia public schools.”
Mt. Airy author explores Black history in Philadelphia
When Philadelphia first mandated a year of African American history, teacher Amy Jane Cohen faced "a steep learning curve." more
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Celebrating fall with family fun at Awbury Arboretum
Awbury Arboretum’s annual Fall Festival on Sunday promises to be a great day of live music, delicious food and fun things to do.  more
The streets are always filled with people at the Mt. Airy Village Fair, returning Oct. 1 to Carpenter Lane and Greene Street.
Mt. Airy Village Fair returns Oct. 1 with arts, food and music
On hiatus since 2019, the neighborhood festival returns Oct. 1 with a bustling streetscape of food, music, vendors and interactive activities. more
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Big Blue Marble Bookstore opened in 2005 at 551 Carpenter Lane in West Mt. Airy and is still going strong.
Mt. Airy bookstore survives against impossible odds
It has become so easy to order books online that one would think it must be impossible for a small bookstore to survive. Yet this one does. more
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A mural at the W.B. Saul High School
NW Philadelphia gets a boost from USDA aid for city farms
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited Roxborough’s W.B. Saul High School to announce the investments. Another recipient: Weavers' Way. more
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Dave Harrod, president of the Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild, inspects one of his hives.
Mind your own beeswax - it’s a Philly tradition
On a cool, cloudy morning, dozens of bees instantly swirled up from the open hive, surrounding beekeeper Dave Harrod. more
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Home Farm Club gardeners gather at Wyck's collaboratively run kitchen garden.
Community gardens grow health as well as vegetables
We all know that buying organic produce is good for your health. But growing it is even better. more
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Klaw will be discussing her new novel, “Every Other Weekend,” on Thursday, June 15, 7 p.m., at booked, 8511 Germantown Ave.
Mt. Airy's sharp Klaw digs into divorce at booked
Mt. Airy lawyer and author Margaret Klaw  will discuss her new novel on June 15 at booked, 8511 Germantown Ave. more
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Cruz' two children, Yvie and Kate (left to right), help her with her dog training business. “My children and I started off walking Barley,” Cruz said.
Unique Mt. Airy summer camp unleashed on local kids
As a child, I would have loved to go to a unique summer day camp like Dog Savvy Kids. more
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