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Bruce Cooper, chef/owner of Jake’s & Cooper’s Wine Bar, is pulling the plug on Oct. 19 after 39 years in business.

Pulling the curtain down on a top Manayunk restaurant

I can still remember going to Jake’s restaurant in Manayunk when it opened on Oct. 19, 1987, because that same day the stock market crashed, losing about 500 points.
Chestnut Hill artist Claudia Rilling’s work is currently on display through Oct. 17 at the Gross McCleaf Gallery, 123 Leverington Ave. in Manayunk.

Hill award-winning artist’s dreams come true

Chestnut Hill artist Claudia Rilling always wanted to be an artist, even as a child growing up in Bucks County, but she had no idea how to make that happen.
David J. Greenberg, who has written more than 60 film scripts for features, documentaries and short films over the last four decades, is teaching two screenwriting courses for Mt. Airy Learning Tree.

Hill award winner teaching how to write a film script

Ever dream about writing a movie script? If so, you just may want to take courses on the subject offered in October by Mt. Airy Learning Tree (MALT).
Penn Charter senior Olivia Vail delivers a forehand shot during the first singles match.

Penn Charter powers past Mount St. Joseph in tennis tilt

As they looked to head into the PIAA District 1 tennis tournament, Mount St. Joseph Academy tennis players prepared by facing some tough competition on Sept. 23.
Eric Serritella’s influences include the historic Yixing teapots of the 1600s, Japanese wabi-sabi philosophy, Asian calligraphy and paintings, Tiffany glass windows and birch trees, which he calls the angels of the forest.

Gravers Lane artist gave up successful corporate career

Artist Eric Serritella, whose work is on display at Gravers Lane Gallery in Chestnut Hill, had a 16-year corporate career as a successful marketing and advertising executive.

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Longtime Jefferson coach Tom Shirley inducted into Pa. Sports Hall of Fame

Coach Tom Shirley addresses Jefferson University players in the huddle during a timeout.

Tom Shirley doesn’t spend much time contemplating the gray areas of life.

GA and Mount field hockey cross sticks in lead-up to Labor Day

Erik Enters, the new GA field hockey head coach, talks to his team at halftime.

Two area field hockey teams were put on display on Sept. 1 as Mount St. Joseph Academy took the short trip to Germantown Academy for an early season stick session.

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Teaching marathon earns award

History took center stage on Sunday when Atlas World Records presented two World Record awards to teachers Gwendolyn W. Ebron (left) and Anita Lewis (right) at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church in Cedarbrook. The records are for the longest history lesson and for the first continuous lesson on African, African American and African Diaspora history. The two educators completed an extraordinary 31-hour teaching marathon at the church in February.

Bass’ food giveaway expands to new office

City Councilmember Cindy Bass has expanded her food giveaways to her new Germantown office, which opened earlier this year.

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Chestnut Hill
This year is the ninth annual Night of Lights, starting Friday evening in Chestnut Hill.

Night of Lights returns with exhibits, music, activities

The Chestnut Hill Conservancy has announced a full schedule of activities for its ninth annual Night of Lights streetscape exhibition, running from Friday, Oct. 2, to Monday, Oct. 5.
Chestnut Hill United Church on Germantown Avenue will host a seminar on wills, powers of attorneys, healthcare and other estate planning matters on Oct. 25.

Estate planning workshop set at CH United Church

What’s going to happen to your estate — your house, your bank accounts, your investments — when you’re no longer here? Do you want it to go to your spouse or your children or other relatives?
Tara Maguire (cutting the ribbon) is joined by (L to R) friend of the family Charles Lassiter, sister Franny Glomb, father Jim Maguire, sister Megan Maguire, and CHBD retail advocate Ann Nevel.

New Maguire gallery is ‘love letter to artists’

Tara Maguire had never seriously created art until 2017, when she went to an art class at Woodmere with her mother, philanthropist and artist Frances (Frannie) Maguire.
Thousands of people attend Chestnut Hill’s Fall for the Arts Festival every year, with hundreds of artists displaying their works.

Hill set to welcome annual fall festival, hundreds of artists

UPDATE: The festival has been postponed until Oct. 11. Chestnut Hill’s Fall for the Arts Festival, one of the neighborhood’s largest annual events, returns to Germantown Avenue this Sunday with a batch of fresh faces.

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Curbside parking rates are $2.40/hr, with a maximum of two hours, cash or credit. The lots are $2.40/hr with a maximum six hours. Both MeterUp! and ParkMobile apps work, and times can be extended via the app.  For a map of the six lots or more on hours and rates, see chestnuthillpa.com/parking/

The Chestnut Hill Parking Foundation is offering free parking in its six public lots all day and night every Wednesday from November 10th through Christmas.

Mt. Airy

Friends of Mt. Airy Playground awarded $100,000 grant

Funding from the Community and Economic Assistance Program was recently awarded to the Friends of Mt. Airy Playground to support activities and improvements to the recreation center at 7001 Germantown Ave.
Lynnette Shelley, an artist/singer from Mt. Airy, surrounded by some of her paintings.

Mt. Airy artist/singer focuses on beauty of wildlife

As a passionate animal lover, I have always had an attraction to works of art depicting nature and animals. Fortunately for me, in my job at the Local I have been introduced to many talented local …
Mt. Airy resident Patrick Hauck, with the help of community members, has grown a 6,000-square-foot pollinator garden at Houston Elementary School.

Mt. Airy school gets some love with bountiful garden

At this Philadelphia school, elementary students learn among butterflies and bees.
“Along a magical walk near Ned Wolf Park here in West Mt. Airy.”

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A rendering of the new look coming to the Sedgwick.

For the Sedgwick, new season to introduce new look

The Sedgwick Theater, home to Quintessence Theatre in Mt. Airy, is developing a new and improved theater experience as it embarks on a series of renovations.

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Zoning
The new Giant grocery store is the anchor tenant in a revitalizing Andorra Shopping Center on Henry Avenue and Cathedral Road.
The former Acme supermarket building at the Andorra Shopping Center sat empty after closing in spring 2024. Now, it has been replaced by a 50,000-square-foot Giant, which opened on June 19.
Penn’s Walk, a 21-unit building, is coming to East Willow Grove Avenue in Wyndmoor.
Construction has begun on Penn’s Walk, a new condominium building, located at 1011 E. Willow Grove Ave. in Wyndmoor.
Developer Scott Seibert shared an earlier rendering of the proposed building at 360 W. Mt. Pleasant Ave.
Work has begun on a new building in West Mt. Airy, set to feature 29 condos, 29 underground parking spaces, a small food hall, and commercial space.

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Springfield Township

New Wyndmoor mural celebrates ‘timeless’ Wissahickon

Wyndmoor residents Scott and Alana Davis opened Locals Coffee Roastery & Cafe at 909 E. Willow Grove Ave. in Wyndmoor in 2019, but they have since moved to 800 E. Willow Grove Ave., which has an additional 300 square feet.
If you have walked or driven lately past Locals Coffee Roastery & Cafe at 800 E. Willow Grove Ave. in Wyndmoor, you undoubtedly have seen the spectacular new mural outside on the building.

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Solar panels are installed on the rooftops of the township’s police, administration and public works facilities. They will supply power to those buildings as well as the Free Library of Springfield Township.

They’re hoping it’s always sunny in Springfield Twp.

“Let the Sunshine In” was a popular song from the hit musical “Hair” way back in 1969. But don’t be surprised if you hear that catchy tune being reprised by Springfield Township’s Board of Commissioners.
Technologist Kelly McCarty demonstrates a 3D mammography machine at Jefferson-Solis Breast Imaging Center in Flourtown.

New 3D mammography center in Flourtown blends convenience, care

This might be the future of breast imaging. It’s not just 3D mammography, or digital breast tomosynthesis – it’s how and where the technology is being offered.

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Filmmaker and writer Gina Angelone has won Emmy awards, international festival prizes, and major foundation grants.
In modern culture, there are plenty of life hacks. Whether it be looking younger, losing weight, or learning quicker with AI, many people look for shortcuts. Gina Angelone is not one of these people.
Lois Cox oversees her garden, which was honored by Springfield Township with its “Beautiful Springfield Award.”
Lois Cox, of Oreland, received a letter from Springfield Township officials informing her that she has been chosen to receive their “Beautiful Springfield Award.”
Wyndmoor’s Belle Sandella is an end-of-life doula — sometimes called a death doula — and life advocate, providing emotional, non-medical and even spiritual support to those who are dying or facing life-altering illness.
In 2020, Belle Sandella’s 47-year-old cousin was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer. He was given three months to live.
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The Chestnut Hill Community Association (CHCA) announced that it has seated two new members to its board of directors: Christina Reichert and Amy R. Montour.

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