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Weavers Way community grants available
Once again the Environment Committee of Weavers Way is offering small grants to community groups. This year, preference will be given to those that attempt to counteract climate change. more
CHCA agenda
Land Use, Planning, and Zoning Committee Meeting more
Police fight back on Blue Lives Matter ban
The Springfield Township Police Benevolent Association and the Pennsylvania Fraternal Order of Police filed a legal challenge to Springfield Township’s ban on employees wearing Blue Lives Matter flags on duty. more
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USPS audit: Germantown Post Office in disarray
An USPS-conducted audit of the Germantown Post Office found widespread operational problems ranging from missing keys to scanning issues. more
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The house at 399 E. Willow Grove Ave. (above), designed by noted Philadelphia architect Wilson Eyre Jr., is now scheduled for demolition. The following photos show details of the Queen Anne period building.
Bulldozers aim for historic treasure
A bulldozer showed up in the yard of a historic Chestnut Hill residence last week, alarming preservationists as well as neighbors. more
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Eagles fans gather to watch the NFC Championship game at McMenamin’s Tavern in Mt. Airy.
Football puts the Northwest’s “Philly thing” on full display
It’s a Philly thing. Those four words are all around town these days. Printed on T-shirts, sweatshirts, flags and banners, the phrase coincides with the Eagles' run to Super Bowl LVII. more
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The white nationalist propaganda that was distributed to neighbors in Springfield and Cheltenham Townships .
White nationalist propaganda raises hackles
When Marilyn Kraut returned home from walking her dog Thursday afternoon she noticed an unfamiliar sight on her front steps – two flyers promoting white supremacy. more
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Mt. Airy iceman brings art to the Hill
He first picked up a chainsaw, his artistic weapon of choice, while studying the culinary arts at New York’s Parsons School of Design. more
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Correction
Due to an editing error, the Jan. 19 “Our Town” article incorrectly identified the restoration company that repaired the Catholic Total Abstinence Union Fountain. more
Father Steve Kelly, one of the protestors featured in the documentary, seen here as he is put under arrest at the Trident Sub base.
Documentary: Protesting is an act of faith
“The Nuns, the Priests, and the Bombs” is scheduled to be shown Saturday, Jan. 28, at 1:30 pm in Saint Joseph’s Hall, followed by a discussion. more
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CHCA Agenda
Meetings for Feb. 2 and Feb. 9 more
Maryam Lavasani, owner of Salon Maryam, has been "heartbroken" by recent events in her native country, Iran. Photo by Carla Robinson
Local salon owner gets political
Salon owner Maryam Lavasani is hosting a life-sized sculpture of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old whose death at the hands of Iranian "morality police" has sparked worldwide protest. more
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World-famous ice sculptor Peter Slavin, who has won ice sculpting competitions all around the world and is putting his chainsaw to work for Chestnut Hill’s annual winter celebration this weekend, started his career as a chef. He is seen here posing in front of a past version of his most popular draw, the bonfire encased in a pillar of ice. Slavin and his team will bring the two-day festival to its flaming conclusion at 5 p.m. on Saturday in the Blue Lot, behind Wells Fargo (Germantown and Evergreen Avenues).
Chestnut Hill on Ice brings winter’s magic back to Germantown Avenue
Anyone nostalgic for those bone-chilling winters of yesteryear just might get a taste of the good old days at this year’s annual Chestnut Hill on Ice. more
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A partially built house is all that sits on 9402 Meadowbrook Ave. Construction began without a valid permit.
Meadowbrook Ave. developer gets fined and suspended
Infinite Enterprises, the construction company behind the development of 9402 Meadowbrook Avenue, was hit with $9,000 in fines and a three-month suspension after it “intentionally violated" city code. more
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Crime Report
The following report is for crimes reported in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy for the period from Jan. 16 - Jan. 22.  more
Multiple residents of Chestnut Hill Village have reached out to the Local about the apartment complex’s inability to properly secure the complex to non-residents. They report that a homeless man, who neighbors believe is potentially violent, repeatedly finds his way inside the buildings.
Security lapses frighten tenants at Chestnut Hill Village
Residents of the Village at Chestnut Hill, an apartment complex on the 7700 block of Crittenden Street next to the Market Square shopping center, are clamoring for management to increase security. more
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Crime Report
Chestnut Hill Jan. 10 Motor Vehicle Theft. more
Jasmine Thompson (left) and her assistant, Bakari Clark, who are “using trees to remedy the effects of environmental racism,” supply free trees to low-income zip codes throughout the city.
Her mission: more trees, healthier crops in neighborhoods
For many, the absence of leafy tree canopies may not rise to the top of a list of urban concerns, but Jasmine Thompson believes in the need for green. more
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The statue of Henry Houston, developer of the west side of Chestnut Hill, was placed in Germantown in 1900 near his earlier real estate projects and now lost pleasure gardens along Lincoln Drive.
NW Philadelphia’s historic statues have a story
To celebrate “The Statue,” a new WHYY podcast series by Mt. Airy neighbor Paul Farber and Monument Lab, Our Town searched out the statues in the Northwest.  more
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CHCA agenda
Chestnut Hill Community Association Board of Directors Meeting more
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