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One of the victims had to be transported by helicopter to Einstein Hospital.
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by Tom Beck
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9/14/22
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Schuylkill Environmental Center calls off controversial plan to develop Boy Scout parcel.
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by Tom Beck and Carla Robinson
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9/14/22
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Crime Report
The following crime report is for crimes reported in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy for the period from Aug. 29-Sept. 5. Last week’s report will appear in next week’s …
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9/14/22
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Plans for adaptive reuse of the Germantown YWCA have stalled, nine months after the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority said it would seek a new developer.
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by Carla Robinson
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9/13/22
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The calendar still says it’s summer, but you may have had to get out your rake to clear dried-up leaves from your lawn. Why does it look like fall already?
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by Morris Arboretum staff
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9/8/22
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The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education announced two months ago that we were exploring the potential sale of 24 acres of land.
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9/8/22
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Thank you for your article dated September 1 regarding local efforts to encourage the creation of a public bank for the City of Philadelphia.
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9/8/22
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I read with great interest the article on using our public dollars for public good – in Haiti and Philadelphia.
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9/8/22
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The Local is recruiting board members.
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9/8/22
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“The opposite of getting is giving, and therein lies a secret to fulfillment."
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by Len Lear
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9/8/22
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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.”
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by Len Lear
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9/8/22
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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.
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by Len Lear
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9/8/22
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The Philadelphia Ceili Group’s 48th Annual Irish Traditional Music and Dance Festival this September 8, 9 & 10th is once again fostering and promoting traditional Irish arts and culture in …
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9/8/22
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It's their year. Members of Springside Chestnut Hill Academy's Class of 2023 first began to appear on the varsity roster as eighth graders. Now they are seniors.
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by Tom Utescher
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9/7/22
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While Mount St. Joseph Academy graduated five players at various positions from its 2021 volleyball team, the Magic performed well in an August 29 scrimmage.
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by Tom Utescher
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9/7/22
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If Chestnut Hill’s original developers Henry Houston and George Woodward were alive today, they wouldn’t be building opulent estates with carriage houses.
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by Stacia Friedman and Carla Robinson
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9/7/22
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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.
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by Tom Beck
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9/7/22
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The season started so badly for the Chestnut Hill Thunder that the rules of baseball helped ease the embarrassment.
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by Kristin Holmes
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9/7/22
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Half of all mail check theft in the entire state of Pennsylvania are stolen somewhere in Philadelphia – a city which accounts for just 12 percent of the total population.
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by Tom Beck
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9/3/22
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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.
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by Len Lear
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9/1/22
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