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The City Streets Department is now scheduled to begin replacing the sidewalk light fixtures like this one outside the old cheese shop with replicas that use LEDs next week. The new lights will be brighter and cooler in color than the current ones.

Bass calls for 'urgency' regarding Chestnut Hill's new streetlights.

Questions still remain about the new streetlights that went on residential streets early this summer more

by Carla Robinson | 9/14/22

Honduran men putting in a trench line for piping to get the water from the source to the village.

Local church brings water systems to Honduran villagers

For most of us, it's easy to take a flush toilet for granted. more

by Len Lear | 9/14/22

Police officers blocked off the northbound section of Germantown Avenue where two construction workers were hit Thursday morning.

Two CHC campus construction workers hit by drunk driver

One of the victims had to be transported by helicopter to Einstein Hospital. more

by Tom Beck | 9/14/22

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

Flourtown native Tyler Kepner is seen giving a talk to the Norristown Rotary Club about his dream job covering Major League baseball for the New York Times.

Dream comes true for New York Times baseball writer

Millions of boys in this country undoubtedly dream of one day being a Major League baseball player. more

by Len Lear | 9/1/22

Erika Johnson, of Black + Planted, celebrates the success of her second Jabali Jungle plant pop-up event held this year at Wyck Historic House, Garden and Farm in Germantown.

A pop-up shop cultivates a commitment to plant

The second annual Jabali Jungle event in Germantown celebrated plant and flower shops, and urban farms owned by people of color. more

9/1/22

This porch-front building at 7928 Germantown Avenue, owned by Bowman Properties, is one of a number of buildings for which the company wants to convert some retail space over to residential use.

CHCA defers vote on some Bowman variances

Citing a need for more discussion, the Chestnut Hill Community Association board voted unanimously on Thursday to postpone a final vote on whether to recommend four of nine variance requests. more

by Tom Beck | 8/31/22

Germantown neighbors say the lack of competent service from their local post office hurts their neighborhood’s local economy, and lands particularly hard on small business owners.

Some post offices are worse than others

As Chestnut Hill residents experience an unprecedented rise in stolen and washed checks, people who live in Germantown are also experiencing a completely different - and possibly even more serious - problem. more

by Tom Beck | 8/31/22

After this beautiful photo was captured by Chestnut Hill mail carrier Jen Hasson, the Local checked in with the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education in Roxborough to find out more. more

8/25/22

Dr. MacGregor's family said he was “kind, fatherly, a doctor’s doctor. He lived his convictions.”

Medical pioneer, 50-year Mt. Airy resident, dies at 84

Dr. RobRoy MacGregor 3d was a 1964 graduate of Harvard Medical School with the highest honors, an expert on infectious diseases, an early champion of HIV treatment and an emeritus professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. more

by Len Lear | 8/25/22

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