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Also a musician, Tuttle is seen here performing “Break Someone Else's Heart,” a Big Band sound which he recently co-wrote, with The Rev. Chris Quintet and singer Lucie Daigle, his wife.
Local lawyer, musician and author mines gold again
Richard Tuttle, a professional musician and retired lawyer who just released the CD single, “Break Someone Else's Heart,” is also an author whose dialogue is often spellbinding. more
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These hand-made pieces of jewelry will be at the show. They were created by Jennifer Kerper, a Roxborough native with a BFA in jewelry and metalsmithing from Tyler School of Art.
Water Tower Craft Show returning after 5-year hiatus
For more than 30 years, organizers hosted a holiday craft show every December at the Water Tower Recreation Center, connecting dozens of artisans from the Philadelphia area with shoppers. Now it's coming back. more
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(From left) Claire Adams, Sam Oberle, Gilad Avrahami, Lillian Moffatt, Kiera Sheehan, Carly Belko, Mark Sherlock and Diamond Franklin.
A contemporary twist for a literary classic
Stagecrafters kicked off the holiday season with a lush production of "Miss Bennet – Christmas at Pemberley." more
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Influenced by ecology and environmentalism, artist Nicole Donnelly, now exhibiting at Allens Lane Art Center, has created projects including a public art installation for Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park in South Philadelphia that sheds light on climate change.
Cancer survivor and papermaker headline exhibit at Allens Lane Art Center
Somewhere between the third and sixth grade, Mt. Airy resident Nancy Agati decided she might like to be an artist one day. more
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(From left) Craig Hosay, of the Water Tower Advisory Council Executive Committee; Rusty Lorenzon, Venetian Club president; State Rep.-elect Tarik Khan and Lori Salganicoff, executive director of the CH Conservancy, discuss their mutual interest in the Water Tower Rec Center.
Water Tower Rec Center supporters party for a cause
About 200 people turned out on Saturday night in support of the Water Tower Recreation Center for an evening of great food, drinks and lively music. more
Deanna S. Wright as Sophie
Quintessence Theatre wins prestigious Barrymore
Quintessence Theatre Group has won Theater Philadelphia’s $25,000 Philadelphia Award for Social Insight, honoring the company for its production of "Flyin' West." more
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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Tuesday Nights at the Movies
DICK TRACY MEETS GRUESOME (1947 / 65m) THE BRUTE MAN (1946 / 58m) more
Trial LED streetlights on the 100 block of W. Queen Lane in Germantown on Monday night. The brightest, on the left, is 4000K, while the one next to it is 3000K. The yellowish lights in the background are the existing high pressure sodium light fixtures, which measure about 2700K.
City rolls out testing for new LED streetlights
The city Streets Department has begun testing two choices for the new LED streetlights that will be installed across the city and is now offering residents a chance to weigh in on their color. more
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Apply now for street trees
You can have a big impact on your neighborhood. The deadline to apply for a free street tree for spring planting is Tuesday, Nov. 22  – a little more than two weeks away. more
This photograph ran in the March 13, 1997 Chestnut Hill Local, with the caption “J.S. Jenks School fourth grade teacher Linda Getter, teaching assistant Eudora Wiggins; parent volunteers Joanne Brown and Jane Kutzer; students Vinson Jones, Khattish Ahmadiya, Darius Egin, Tonya Khakis, Ebony Madison, Melissa Konowal, Kira Hanlan, Dyandra Brown and Chris Mitchell , with a banner referring to the proposed building of a Children's Park to be built on school grounds by the Chestnut Hill Community Association Park Committee.”
CONSERVANCY CHRONICLES: Children’s playground 25th anniversary
The Children's Playground at the Jenks School is turning 25 this year, which means there are local kids now playing where their parents used to.  more
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Hill library closed for repairs
On the heels of an uninvited raccoon that caused damage to the drop ceiling last November, the Chestnut Hill Library is again having maintenance issues that force it to close for an indefinite period. more
Stan Cutler (left) and James Gleeson are seen with the Friends of the Chestnut Hill Library Book Store’s point-of-sale terminal when it was new two years ago.
Hill library cheerleader is also a prolific writer
Stan Cutler, a Chestnut Hill resident for 22 years and a Germantown resident for 20 years before that, is known as a stalwart cheerleader for the local library. more
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A community turns out to help
The Chestnut Hill Conservancy and the Night Kitchen Bakery joined forces last week to raise more than $16,000. more
Germantown residents have long complained about poor service at the Germantown Post Office, located on Greene Street.
Fed inspectors audit Germantown PO
The Germantown Post Office is one of three Philadelphia post offices that are being audited. Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy post offices didn't make the list.  more
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Magarity Tennis Club picks up Water Tower’s pickleball players
Elite Tennis Group, which operates a tennis school at Chestnut Hill College, is bringing pickleball to nearby Magarity Tennis Club in Flourtown.  more
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Dr. Yasmina Wright has opened her pediatric dentistry practice on West Highland Avenue in Chestnut Hill.
Pediatric dentist opens a new Chestnut Hill practice
Dr. Yasmina Wright was in the third grade the first time she had a thought that would one day lead her to become a dentist.  more
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Between Friends co-owner Claudia Averette displays breezy silk tunic.
Young, old and everything in between
When Atiya Smith first announced her plan to open a women’s fashion boutique in Chestnut Hill, her mother, Claudia Averett, would not hear of it.  But Smith did what many daughters do, and pushed forward anyway. more
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Store manager Lindsey Kiska works to reopen the store in time for the Christmas shopping season.
Down but not out: El Quetzal reopens
Nearly three months after a catastrophic fire ripped through the historic Hiram Lodge in the heart of Chestnut Hill’s business district, destroying El Quetzal, the store is reopening. more
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In the center holding the scissors is Engine 37 Capt. Ray Saunders. On the right side is Mayor Kenney, PFD Deputy Chief Anthony Bompadre and Department of Public Property Commissioner Bridget Collins-Greenwald (clapping). On the left side is Fire Commissioner Adam K. Thiel, First Deputy Commissioner Craig Murphy, and Deputy Commissioner Anthony Hudgins.
Mayor celebrates new firehouse for Engine 37
City and fire officials gathered in Chestnut Hill last week to cut the ribbon on a $10 million renovation and expansion of the Engine 37 firehouse on Highland Avenue. more
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A halfway built house is all that sits on 9402 Meadowbrook Ave. Construction began without a valid permit.
What happens when a contractor flouts city code?
The City of Philadelphia’s Department of Licenses and Inspections is investigating Infinite Enterprises, LLC, a construction company that demolished a Chestnut Hill home last year. more
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