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Chestnut Hill Hospital is providing a free virtual webinar on seasonal allergies. Join Nishi Elangbam, MD, Chestnut Hill Family Practice, on Thursday, April 29, at noon. Registration is required.

Warmer weather means flower buds and blooming trees, and if you are one of the millions of people who have seasonal allergies, it also means bothersome symptoms. more

by Catherine M. Brzozowski | 4/16/21

Members of the Mt. Airy Trash Team (from left) Jennifer Keene, Peggy Thomson, Natalie Sloane, Brody Rosenfeld and Dawn James.

Mt. Airy couple forms ‘team’ to tackle trash

When Natalie Sloane and her partner Brody Rosenfeld moved to their new home last year, they began picking up trash that they found on the street and formed the Mt. Airy Trash Team to tackle the problem of litter in their neighborhood. more

by Samuel Frost | 4/15/21

St. Michael’s Hall (marked by a red pin) can be seen here amid its canopy of trees, occupying a four-acre block in Chestnut Hill. Woodmere Art Museum, located close by to the left in this image, hopes to purchase St. Michael’s Hall for expansion. (Image: Google Earth)

FOW director makes the environmental case for Woodmere’s St. Michael’s Hall plan

A conversation with Ruffian Tittmann, the Executive Director of the Friends of the Wissahickon, and Bill Valerio, the Patricia Van Burgh Allison Director of Woodmere. more

by William Valerio and Ruffian Tittman | 4/14/21

A range of issues convinced Tamika Washington to run for Common Pleas

After practicing law for 17 years, she’s entered the May 18 primary as a candidate for Judge on the Court of Common Pleas. more

by Walt Maguire | 4/7/21

Former Morris Arboretum director Paul Meyer, Night Kitchen Bakery owner Amy Edelman and Chestnut Hill Business District director Philip Dawson at Mermaid Park at Mermaid lane and Germantown Avenue. (Photo by Heather Gray)

Celebrating Earth Month this April with tree planting, gardening lectures and more

While Earth Day is celebrated on April 22, the Greenspace Initiatives Committee is joining the chorus of those asking for an entire month of actions devoted to expanding and appreciating our greenspaces. more

By Laura Lucas, Chair of Greenspace Initiatives Committee | 4/1/21

An old photo of St. Michael’s Hall (photo courtesy of the Chestnut Hill Conservancy)

Saint Michael’s Hall: A house with three stories

Last week, an article in the Local announced that the large house at 9001 Germantown Ave., now known as Saint Michael’s Hall, is being offered for sale by the Convent of the Sisters of Saint … more

by George McNeely | 4/1/21 | 1 comment

Octavius Catto, Philadelphia's foremost civil rights leader in the 19th century, was murdered in broad daylight on Election Day, Oct. 10, 1871. His murderer was never prosecuted.

Virtual talk by Emmy-winning Mt. Airy film producer

Emmy-winning film producer and Mt. Airy resident for 26 years, Amy Cohen, will give an illustrated Zoom talk, hosted by Germantown's Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, on Saturday, April 10, 1 p.m., about Octavius Catto, Philadelphia's foremost civil rights leader in the 19th century. more

by Len Lear | 3/31/21

Yvonne Ferguson-Hardin, a West Mt. Airy resident who owns and operates Fergie's Instructional Training in Germantown, has had to re-invent her once-thriving business after it was decimated by the pandemic.

Mt. Airy fitness trainer found way to adjust to pandemic reality

How does a once-thriving Mt. Airy fitness training business that had contracts with several area nursing homes and senior citizen centers in addition to numerous at-home personal training clients manage to survive when the pandemic eliminated almost all of its business? more

by Len Lear | 3/26/21

Maureen Doron, whose brother Chris Conallen teaches at Emlen School, donated $6,000 to the school through her shop’s annual Skirts for School fundraiser.

Skirt Boutique donates $6,000 to Emlen Elementary School

When Skirt Boutique owner Maureen Doron had an opportunity to donate funds to Emlen Elementary through her ‘Skirt for School’ fundraiser, it was a chance she couldn’t pass up. more

by David Hunt | 3/25/21

A Folkshul food donation container at Weavers Way Coop.

Honoring cherished traditions during a pandemic

Across our community and the globe, many different challenges have emerged during the past year of the COVID-19 pandemic. more

by Beth Margolis Rupp, Director of Folkshul | 3/25/21

Volunteers Amy Oravec and Coraline Breslin don gloves as they prepare to rake some leaves.

Volunteers celebrate spring through community service

On the first day of spring, a crew of volunteers worked at the Water Tower to help prepare the park for warmer days ahead. more

3/25/21

Spring youth baseball season returns to the Hill

Chestnut Hill Youth Sports Club Opening Day is tentatively scheduled for April 17. The registration deadline is Sunday, March 28. more

by Walt Maguire | 3/24/21

Maddie Megargee and Anna Kane next to the new mural at Hilltop Book. (photo by Hannah Lebowitz-Lockard)

Local women paint mural in Hilltop’s children’s book room

What benefits does a book provide that an e-book does not? Why, for example, have the Friends provided a room full of children’s books for sale at Hilltop Books, their new store at 84 Bethlehem Pike? more

by Stan Cutler | 3/18/21

This is All the Way Live's famous chickpea burger on nori seaweed sheets. Diners have a choice of young coconut bread or spelt pita bread. It comes with a complimentary salad if ordered in-house.

Vegan cafe owner was investigated for children’s diet

Imagine getting in trouble for feeding your children healthy foods? That could only happen in an upside-down Alice in Wonderland world; right? more

by Len Lear | 3/17/21

Neighbors sharing stories and Breaking Bread

Breaking Bread, Building Bridges is a new initiative from East Mount Airy Neighbors (EMAN) and West Mount Airy Neighbors (WMAN) to return a sense of community in a time when neighbors cannot … more

by Walt Maguire | 3/12/21

West Mt. Airy attorney and civic activist Debra Wolf Goldstein is seen with some of the dozens of pints of homemade soups from this year's “Souperbowl” that were given to a local non-profit that feeds countless homebound and disabled individuals in the Greater Philadelphia area.

Mt. Airy's 'Souperbowl' helping feed area's needy

West Mt. Airy attorney, songwriter and civic activist Debra Wolf Goldstein and her husband, Jay, former president of Valley Green Bank, have a unique way of fighting the winter doldrums. more

by Len Lear | 3/11/21

Professor Vincent L. Wimbush, author of numerous books on the Bible, will give an online lecture at 4 p.m., Saturday, March 13. Registration is required for the lecture link. You may register at StMartinEC.org/helen-white-lecture/

Online lecture on Bible, race, from St. Martin's Church

Chestnut Hill's Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields' annual Helen White Memorial Lecture this year will feature Professor Vincent L. Wimbush, author of “African Americans and the Bible: Sacred Texts and Social Textures.” more

by Natalee Hill | 3/10/21

On a trip to France: (From left) Historian Jacques Fijalkow (not a hidden child), and hidden children Bernard Lobel, Ruth Kapp Hartz and Evelyne Lobel.

Holocaust survivor shares incredible escape story with Folkshul families

Holocaust survivor Ruth Kapp Hartz recently spoke to members of the last generation to hear her story at Jewish Children’s Folkshul in Chestnut Hill. Her message? Kindness saves lives, and we need that kindness now. more

by Patrick and Audrey Cobbs | 3/5/21

George Drakopoulos, owner of Malelani Café, 6734 Germantown Ave., is delighted to be one of the recipients of the Mt. Airy Covid-19 Business Relief Fund. (Photo by Len Lear)

Mt. Airy CDC awards $27K in Covid business relief

Mt. Airy CDC (Community Development Corp.) last week announced the awarding of $27,000 in grants to 24 local businesses through the Go Mt. Airy Covid-19 Business Relief Fund. This fourth round of funding, the largest of the four rounds, brings the total raised since the fund launched last March to over $80,000. more

by Bradley Maule | 3/4/21

Friends of the Library Board members (from left): Lyn Buchheit, Laura Lucas and Laurene Topping at the new Hilltop Books.

Library Friends’ Hilltop Books opens by appointment

Hilltop Books is a project of the Friends of the Chestnut Hill Library. more

by Stan Cutler | 3/3/21

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