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The streets of Mt. Airy rang out with rock, blues, pop, R&B, game boy and country music Sunday in the community’s first-ever Porchfest. The festival featured musicians performing on porches throughout the neighborhood where residents observed while sitting in garden chairs, or created a kind of on-the-street standing room only. Organizers are hoping to make Porchfest an annual event.

9/22/22

Martha Madigan's work has been exhibited internationally and is in the collections of major museums including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and in private collections and institutions worldwide.

Mt. Airy teacher and photographer saw beauty everywhere

“I have received so many letters since Martha died about how she affected people's lives." more

by Len Lear | 9/22/22

Crime Report

The following crime report is for crimes reported in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy for the period from Sept. 5-19. more

9/22/22

A photo of the car stolen from the victim.

Elderly Mt. Airy woman assaulted at her home

Philadelphia Police are on a hunt for a man who sexually assaulted a 71-year-old Mt. Airy woman in her home on the 7400 block of Devon Street Thursday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. more

9/22/22

Jarrod Thomas (left) and his mom, Nicole (right) run the Mt. Airy Deli, 7200 Devon St., which was opened 27 years ago by Nicole’s dad, Coker (center) and mom, Melanie.

Three generations and the best shrimp po’boy in town

It is no secret that the pandemic has been particularly hard on restaurants and other food-related businesses. more

by Len Lear | 9/22/22

Jessica McKenzie, of Mt. Airy, a costume supervisor for the TV show “The Gilded Age,” launched a line of natural soaps during the pandemic.

Mt. Airy soap maker follows family tradition

In their heyday, the “soaps,” those once ubiquitous daytime series, offered a steady paycheck for people in the film and television industry. more

by Stacia Friedman | 9/22/22

Joey Novick, who has been the opening act for many of the nation's top comedians, will bring his stand-up act to Malelani Cafe, 6734 Germantown Ave. in Mt. Airy, on Wednesday, Sept, 28, 8 p.m.

Comedian lawyer turned city councilman to appear at local cafe

Joey Novick is a stand-up comic who tells a hilarious seven-minute story (you can see it on YouTube) about how he had a property line problem after moving from New York City to Flemington, NJ. more

by Len Lear | 9/22/22

Lassiter, seen at his day job at Weavers Way in Chestnut Hill, has a one-man art exhibit at the Lieberman Gallery in the Settlement Music School, 6128 Germantown Ave., now through Dec. 22.

New exhibit by Hill artist who survived head-on collision

Alphonso “Al” Lassiter, 72, has a perpetually smiling face that has brightened up the Chestnut Hill Weavers Way market at the cash register and around the store for the past 12 years. more

by Len Lear | 9/22/22

A rendering of the development proposed by Khosla Properties at the Sept. 6 CDR meeting. The development team is expected to make changes when the hearing is continued next month.

Two new developments add more density in Mt. Airy

There are 100 new units of housing in two separate developments coming soon to Mt. Airy, both of which are just off the commercial corridor of Germantown Avenue. more

by Tom Beck | 9/21/22

JamRock will perform Brazilian and international music.

A new Mt. Airy festival stages music on the front porch

Mt. Airy is perfect for Porchfest, and Tim Osborne knows it. more

by Kristin Holmes | 9/14/22

Mt. Airy’s Abigail Perkiss has written extensively over many years about the carefully planned racial integration of Mt. Airy after World War II, which has been labeled “a national model.”

Nuanced view of Mt. Airy's racial history

Mt. Airy's much-praised racial diversity skipped over the issue of class, says author Abby Perkiss. more

by Len Lear | 9/14/22

Musician and bandleader Dikki Du brings his Zydeco Krewe to the Commodore Barry Club.

Louisiana band brings Zydeco to Mt. Airy

The Louisiana Dance Party event starts with a beginner dance lesson at 7:30 p.m. more

9/14/22

According to her niece, Messier “wanted to be a voice for the voiceless and an advocate for those who encounter much difficulty navigating our legal system.”

Passionate Mt. Airy mental health advocate dies at 69

When Flo Messier became the supervisor of the mental health unit for the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office in 2018, she told me it was her “dream job.” more

by Len Lear | 9/8/22

Lynn Gregory’s second novel, “So Much for Walls,” was inspired by her real-life experience as a traumatized carjacking victim.

Mt. Airy carjacking victim turns trauma into new novel

There is an old saying in publishing that you should “write what you know,” and Mt. Airy author and social science researcher Lynn Gregory is an exemplar of that maxim. more

by Len Lear | 9/8/22

A building at 8100 Germantown Ave., now under construction, is being marketed to the same kind of resident who bought at One West, the condo complex several blocks north.

New condos bring new buyers to the Avenue

If Chestnut Hill’s original developers Henry Houston and George Woodward were alive today, they wouldn’t be building opulent estates with carriage houses. more

by Stacia Friedman and Carla Robinson | 9/7/22

Banksyland, an international touring exhibition that features the work of famed street artist Banksy, came to Germantown over the weekend.

'Banksyland’ organizers choose ‘most appropriate’ Germantown

When Britt Reyes and her team were looking for a space to house the Philadelphia stop on their international exhibit showcasing the work of Banksy, they had plenty of choices. more

by Tom Beck | 9/7/22

Allen “Zak” Zaklad (center), a Mt. Airy psychotherapist who taught martial arts for more than three decades, has been offering free tai chi classes several times a week at Ned Wolf Park, Ellet and McCallum Streets in West Mt. Airy.

Free tai chi classes draw seniors to Mt. Airy park

For 12 years, Allen "Zak" Zaklad, 80, has been leading free tai chi workouts several days a week for anyone who shows up at Ned Wolf Park in West Mt. Airy. more

by Len Lear | 9/1/22

Peter Winslow (left) and the Rev. Joseph Philippe discuss the merits of opening a public bank in Philadelphia.

Haitian priest wants to help spur Philadelphia's public bank

Haitian Catholic priest and accountant the Rev. Joseph Philippe recently visited the First United Methodist Church of Germantown, hoping to add support to the establishment of a public bank. more

by Constance Garcia-Barrio | 9/1/22

Monnette Sudler, 70, the “Queen of Jazz Guitar,” died of blood cancer Aug. 21 at her home in Germantown.

World-class Germantown jazz guitar 'Queen' dies at 70

I am not a jazz aficionado, but when I heard lifelong Germantown resident Monnette Sudler play the guitar in October of 2014 at one of Woodmere Art Museum's Friday Night Jazz series, I was blown away. more

by Len Lear | 9/1/22

Crime Report

The following crime report is for crimes reported in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy for the two-week period from Aug. 22 to 28. more

9/1/22

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