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The Democratic forum between candidates for the 194th district, which took place at the Woodmere Art Museum, was well attended. Photo by Tom Beck

DeLissio touts experience, Khan brings enthusiasm to Hill forum

When the Pennsylvania Supreme Court finalized the state’s constitutionally-mandated political redistricting last month, it brought bad news for many Hillers who support Chris Rabb. The … more

by Tom Beck | 4/28/22

Chestnut Hill College, a small Catholic college on the northern tip of Chestnut Hill, has won a $1 million state grant. Photo provided by the Chestnut Hill Business District

College wins $1 million state grant for neurodiversity program

The Neurodiversity Life Skills Through Career Program, which will serve incoming students who have a neurodiversity diagnosis, will provide extra support starting the summer before their first year of college. more

by Tom Beck | 4/28/22

Bettina Hoerlin looks through some of the 500 letters she discovered in an old suitcase. Hoerlin’s parents wrote the letters to each in the 1930s when they lived in Nazi Germany before escaping to the U.S.

A cache of love letters uncovers an amazing family story

Hoerlin, who served as Health Commissioner of Philadelphia and now lives in Center City, taught public health at the University of Pennsylvania and has been a visiting lecturer at Haverford College and Oxford University. more

by Len Lear | 4/28/22

Annual spring festival back on the Avenue this weekend

After Covid forced a year of closure and a sharply curtailed event in another, Chestnut Hill’s annual Home & Garden Festival is back in full swing this year. more

by Carla Robinson | 4/28/22

Bass aide wins full scholarship funded by Bill Gates

The Multicultural Academy Charter School senior is just one of 300 award recipients across the United States. more

4/28/22

Look to the past to build Chestnut Hill’s future

"As the Chestnut Hill Conservancy looks ahead and sees unique new challenges, we need to leverage the tools we have and invent new ones if we are to face the future." more

by Shirley Hanson | 4/28/22

500 pounds of plastic earn a resting place on the Avenue

Bohemian Pink and Threadwell recycled more than 500 pounds of clear plastic over the last 30 days, earning a free Trex bench as part of the Trex Recycling Challenge. “We are starting a new … more

4/27/22

Garden Fund president Emily Daeschler and her husband Ted begin their spring gardening routines: pruning, mulching and staking. Photos by Hillel Hoffmann

Spring gardening tips from a Chestnut Hill expert

This is the second in a series of stories offering readers tips about gardening and the natural world from the staff and board members of the Chestnut Hill Garden District Fund, a nonprofit … more

by Emily Daeschler, president, Chestnut Hill Garden District Fund | 4/27/22

Jenks Fun Fest now at the Home & Garden Festival

This year, Jenks Academy for the Arts and Sciences is hosting the Home & Garden Festival's Fun Fest. more

by Emily Plowman , Friends of Jenks | 4/27/22

Long-time Mt. Airy resident Kathy Robinson, whose works are in the exhibit, has always been drawn to beeswax and the effects achieved by painting with it. Photo by Elliot Polinsky

The works of 23 local artists on exhibit in Mt. Airy

Chestnut Hill area resident and former public school teacher Frank Burd, who has written theater reviews for area newspapers and whose photos have appeared in the Local, is one of the participating artists. more

by Len Lear | 4/21/22

Kimberly James, right, helps bride pick a wedding down. Photo by Johnathan Barkat

Kimberly James says ‘I do’ to Chestnut Hill

Growing up in Roxborough, James earned a degree in Fashion Design at the Art Institute of Philadelphia. more

by Stacia Friedman | 4/21/22

Attempted robbery of mail carrier Mt. Airy

The incident comes on the heels of two arrests made by the Tredyffrin Police Department in December that were connected to mail fraud happening in Philadelphia. In those cases, the fraud involved thieves stealing checks from mailboxes. more

by Tom Beck | 4/14/22

Vincent Ly stands in the rear of his about-to-close restaurant, Yu Hsiang Garden, in the Chestnut Hill Plaza. Ly wanted to show that several huge trees are perched precariously on the edge of gigantic mounds of earth. “One of them could fall at any time and cause lots of damage,” he said. “One did fall on Christmas Eve, 2020, and crushed a dumpster.” Photo by Len Lear

After 33 years, popular Hill restaurant forced out

On March 26, local resident Stephen Chaplik wrote on the East Mt. Airy Nextdoor website, “Sad news. Just ordered food from Yu Hsiang Garden. Vince (the owner) told me that their lease is up, … more

by Len Lear | 4/14/22

Blue Lives Matter logo divides Springfield Township officials

“It is a very offensive flag to the African American community,” said Ed Graham, one of several commissioners to speak out against the logo. “There is no such thing as Blue Lives Matter. That doesn’t represent an ethnicity of people [like Black Lives Matter].” more

by Tom Beck | 4/13/22

Azariah John Faith and his family, of Harrisburg, stayed in a local apartment thanks to Hosts for Hospitals. “Thank God for Hosts for Hospitals,” said mom, Savanna. “Azariah got the absolute best care in the Children's Hospital (of Philadelphia) Cardiac Care Unit.”

Hosting families in need for 22 years

“The older one is David … I can’t remember the other one’s name.” more

by Len Lear | 4/12/22

Traveling tea room touches down in Chestnut Hill

If you are a fan of the television shows “Downton Abbey'' or “Bridgerton,” you know that an afternoon English tea is more than a hot beverage. It is a sumptuous indulgence steeped in tradition, dating back to the seventh Duchess of Bedford. more

by Stacia Friedman | 4/7/22

Hanna Gaffney, one of the stars now at Quintessence, is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, a teaching artist, dialect coach, makeup artist and sometime seamstress.

Great new renditions of Elizabethan dramas in Mt. Airy

"The Winter's Tale" is so wild it is unsurprising that few theaters are nervy enough to take it on. more

by Hugh Hunter | 4/7/22

Chef Manuel's white asparagus and crab dish looks like a painting in the finest art gallery.

La Provence: fine French fare in 'outdoorable' setting

The business began with a bang, since area residents no longer had to trudge into Center City for exquisite French cuisine, not to mention the train station's ample free parking. more

by Len Lear | 4/7/22

East Mt Airy Neighbors partners with FarmerJawn to provide 50 households with grow bags, cold weather seedlings and warm weather seeds

The spring weather was chilly on the morning of Saturday, March 26, when East Mt Airy Neighbors partnered with FarmerJawn to provide 50 households with grow bags, cold weather seedlings and warm … more

4/6/22

A big turnout for Philadelphia’s spring cleanup in Chestnut Hill

Chestnut Hill volunteers turned out in force for the city’s 2022 Philly Spring Cleanup on Saturday, meeting at the Water Tower Recreation Center on Hartwell Lane, World War II Memorial Park on … more

4/6/22

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Learning to love the ‘beautiful efficiency’ of flowers

Courtney Jewell has been selling weekly deliveries of fresh local flowers in Northwest Philadelphia since 2019, after moving to East Mt. Airy.

Piffaro explores the Austrian court and countryside

Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, will perform a concert of music from the Austrian court and countryside Saturday. March 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill.

A delicious taste of Irish at Tavern on the Hill

The bar, as dark and dense as the Irish woods, was rocking with laughter as we made our way gingerly to the charming dining room just beyond.

Allens Lane exhibit: bold, candid and uncompromising

Dara Haskins, a Germantown artist whose solo exhibit opens this week at Allens Lane Art Center, is as bold, candid and uncompromising as her colorful work.