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When the pandemic first hit in early 2020, The Frosted Fox Cake Shop followed the city’s mandate and closed its doors – but by June, they were back in business.
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by Stacia Friedman
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11/24/22
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Somewhere between the third and sixth grade, Mt. Airy resident Nancy Agati decided she might like to be an artist one day.
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by Rita Charleston
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11/24/22
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Quintessence Theatre Group has won Theater Philadelphia’s $25,000 Philadelphia Award for Social Insight, honoring the company for its production of "Flyin' West."
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by Hugh Hunter
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11/24/22
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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.
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by Carla Robinson
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11/23/22
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Civic leaders and preservationists succeeded in saving the Joseph P. Bolton Store and Residence at 4841 Germantown Ave. from near certain demolition on Thursday.
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by Tom Beck
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11/16/22
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Last month, somebody left a package on the back step of Mt. Airy United Fellowship Church that, according to pastor Rev. Joe Williams, “proves there are angels out there.”
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by Len Lear
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11/10/22
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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.
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by Len Lear
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11/10/22
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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.
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by Tom Beck
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11/9/22
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For Norma Wingate, an avid tennis player who starred on Central High School's Public League championship tennis team in 1992, the word “love” always makes her think of tennis.
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by Len Lear
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11/3/22
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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.
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by Tom Beck
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10/27/22
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Chestnut Hill
35 E. Willow Grove Ave.
5BR 3.5BA, $300,555
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10/27/22
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Philadelphia is currently situated in fall’s sweet spot — the temperature has cooled, pumpkin spice has hit coffee shops, and leaves have started to change.
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by Elizabeth Estrada, WHYY
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10/27/22
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The Weavers Way food co-op is on target with plans to open a fourth store in Germantown.
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by Carla Robinson
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10/13/22
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The International Society for Krishna Consciousness hosted its first annual health fair in Mt. Airy Saturday as part of an initiative to connect with the community.
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by Kiara Santos
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10/13/22
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The Mt. Pleasant Garage, located on Lincoln Drive near the intersection of Mt. Pleasant Avenue in Mt. Airy, was illegally demolished at some point in late September.
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by Tom Beck
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10/12/22
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Mt. Airy author Janet Mason has done it again.
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by Len Lear
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10/6/22
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The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia honored Mt. Airy and Germantown developer Ken Weinstein Thursday night, presenting him with the Alliance’s inaugural Mary Werner DeNadai Award.
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by Tom Beck
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9/29/22
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A man believed to be associated with the rape of a 71-year-old woman in Mt. Airy on Sept. 15 was taken into custody in North Carolina on Monday morning.
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9/29/22
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The following crime report is for crimes reported in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy for the period from Sept. 19-25.
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9/29/22
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George Drakopoulos’s Malelani Cafe, located at the corner of Germantown Avenue and Pelham Road, was broken into last Sunday for the second time in about a month.
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by Tom Beck
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9/28/22
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