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Cresheim Valley Apartments tenants and their neighbors are cultivating a new — and greener — chapter in the Mt. Airy building’s history.
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by Abby Weiss
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5/27/26
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Doorfront to Storefront is a five-part series in collaboration with WURD Radio through funding from the Philadelphia Journalism Collaborative.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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5/21/26
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When Kimberly Iraci, owner of Kimberly James Bridal in Chestnut Hill, received an email from the Hallmark Channel last year, she thought it was a phishing scam.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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5/21/26
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About 40 people, most of them from the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Chestnut Hill, demonstrated in the rain on May 6 at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters at 8th and Cherry streets.
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5/21/26
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Students, faculty, staff, families and friends of Eleanor C. Emlen School spent last week celebrating its 100th birthday.
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5/20/26
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Join the Chestnut Hill Conservancy on Tuesday, May 19, to celebrate Chestnut Hill’s role in the American Revolution.
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by Josh Pero
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5/14/26
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Natale D’Amico immigrated to Philadelphia from Sicily in 1900 and operated a hair salon from 1900 to 1910 in the Bourse Building, across from Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell.
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by Len Lear
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5/14/26
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Eleanor C. Emlen School, originally known as the Eleanor C. Emlen School of Practice when it was established in 1926, has been serving Mt. Airy students for the past 100 years.
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by Michael Goff
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5/14/26
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As the Chestnut Hill Local this month will celebrate the start of its 68th year, we bring you the story of one of the area’s first newspapers, founded by an ambitious businessman who came to Philadelphia 300 years ago.
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by Jeff Meade
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5/7/26
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Organizers of the “Dyke Pride Dance” are hoping for a big turnout Friday, May 15, at Summit Presbyterian Church in Mt. Airy, one one of the most gay-friendly communities in the United States.
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by Len Lear
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5/7/26
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It is no secret that a visit to a supermarket, grocery store or upscale restaurant these days might result in a painful case of sticker shock thanks in part to inflation and the spike in gasoline prices.
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by Len Lear
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5/7/26
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ArchWell Health, a new primary care center for patients ages 60 and up, is now open in Germantown, with a business model designed not just for a specific age group but to address pricing, geography, and networking.
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by Chelsea Lubbe
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5/7/26
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Vendors lined Germantown Avenue on Sunday for the Chestnut Hill Home & Garden Festival, with throngs of visitors taking in the sights, sounds and smells.
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5/7/26
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As a nationally recognized expert on patient advocacy, Betty Long has testified before Congress. So she’s familiar with the arena. Yet even with her experience, politics leaves her, to use her word, “flummoxed.”
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by Robert Calandra
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5/7/26
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Operatic roles are so difficult physically, mentally, psychologically and on the memory that most famous opera singers have performed no more than 50 different roles.
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by Len Lear
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4/30/26
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The 12th annual Glenside Arts Fest, originally planned for Saturday, April 25, has moved to its rain date of Saturday, May 2.
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4/30/26
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Artemis II, the successful crewed flyby of the moon in NASA’s Orion spacecraft in early April, captured plenty of attention around the world — and in Northwest Philadelphia.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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4/30/26
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Mt. Airy Community Development Corporation and community stakeholders unveiled a replica Liberty Bell at Lutheran Seminary Plaza (7301 Germantown Ave.) in Mt. Airy recently.
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4/30/26
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BL Shirelle was incarcerated when she found her life’s calling.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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4/30/26
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