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Jenks School is celebrating Reading Promise Week with an opening reception for the school’s new Community Collaboration Center and School Library. more

10/12/22

Author Janet Mason, a Mt. Airy resident for four decades, holds a copy of her just-released novel, “Loving Artemis, An Endearing Tale of Revolution, Love and Marriage.”

New novel of lesbian love by acclaimed Mt. Airy author

Mt. Airy author Janet Mason has done it again. more

by Len Lear | 10/6/22

Germantown-based developer Ken Weinstein chats with attendees at a ceremony honoring him for being named the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia’s first ever recipient of the Mary Werner DeNadai Award.

Preservation Alliance honors Ken Weinstein

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. more

by Tom Beck | 9/29/22

Suspect in Mt. Airy assault arrested in North Carolina

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. more

9/29/22

Crime Report

The following crime report is for crimes reported in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy for the period from Sept. 19-25. more

9/29/22

The Aug. 16 fire at Hiram Lodge destroyed the entire third floor, including an ornate and original meeting hall.

Hiram Lodge fire ruled accidental

Questions remain about whether ongoing construction at the site had been conducted with required city permits. more

by Tom Beck | 9/28/22

George Drakopoulos, owner of Malelani Cafe on Germantown Avenue, says businesses like his need to work together in order to keep burglaries at bay.

More break-ins rattle Mt. Airy business owners

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. more

by Tom Beck | 9/28/22

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

The Chestnut Hill Rotary Club members met for their monthly happy hour at Rotarian Voltaire Blaine's shoe boutique, Style by Blaine, at 8433 Germantown Ave. Along with global service projects, the Rotary supports local public schools, local businesses, and organizes neighborhood cleanups. Come join our next monthly happy hour at the Market at the Fairway's Chestnut Hill Brewery on Oct. 20 at 4:30 p.m., or drop in on our weekly Wednesday meeting at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill at 7:30 a.m. We bet you might know some of us!

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

Dwyer, in red T-shirt, with youngsters in Guatemala, where most of the country's residents live on less than $2 a day.

Hiller left world of finance for service in Guatemala

When Brendan Dwyer was four years old, his mom, Marianne, became the director of Teenagers, Inc., a nonprofit that aims to connect teens to the world through community service. more

by Len Lear | 9/22/22

Jose Benitez, CEO of Prevention Point Philadelphia, will speak to the Chestnut Hill Rotary Club about opioid addiction and related issues on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill.

Needle exchange advocate to speak to Hill Rotary Club

According to city statistics, Philadelphia hit 1,250 opioid overdose deaths last year – a situation that Jose Benitez, CEO of Prevention Point Philadelphia (PPP), knows all too well. 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

Haws Lane photo showing the open space acreage that will be condemned.

Haws Lane: Half for townhouses, half for open space

It’s not every day that a municipality condemns land to preserve open space. But the Springfield Township Board of Commissioners did just that on Sept. 14. more

by Betsy Wallace | 9/21/22

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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.