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Beginning Tuesday or Wednesday evening at sunset, Muslims around the world began the tradition of watching for the new moon to determine when the Ramadan fast would begin.
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by Imam Idris Abdul-Zahir
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3/23/23
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While March 20 marks the beginning of spring, many garden and green space lovers have been planning larger projects.
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By Laura Lucas, chair of Chestnut Hill Green Space Initiatives
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3/23/23
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It is not only entertaining, but sometimes downright harrowing what complications can develop from the interface of people in Chestnut Hill, all eager to beautify, or retain the beauty of, their properties.
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3/23/23
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It was sad to read in the Local last week that Springfield Commissioner Eddie Graham submitted a letter of resignation to the Springfield Board of Commissioners.
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3/23/23
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We are in the final days of our Annual Appeal. To those folks who have not yet contributed, there is still time, and we would greatly appreciate your support.
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3/23/23
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On Saturday, March 4, the Springside Chestnut Hill Varsity Lacrosse Team worked on a cleanup and landscaping project to benefit the Water Tower Recreation Center.
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3/16/23
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Since 1871, there has been a library building in Chestnut Hill at 8711 Germantown Avenue. Now, we need you to do your part.
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by Lynne Brown, Friends of the Chestnut Hill Library
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3/16/23
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Every faith tradition calls on its members to protect those at the edges. This includes our work to lessen pollution.
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3/16/23
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A few weeks ago my husband, Walt, suffered a fall in our kitchen and hurt his back. At Chestnut Hill Hospital, he was met immediately and taken to an emergency room. No waiting.
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3/16/23
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Lost in the back and forth about who should have the right of way, people with strollers or drivers, is the question of why people push strollers in the street in the first place?
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3/16/23
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During the Chestnut Hill Community Annual Appeal, the Chestnut Hill Tree Tenders would like to thank the Chestnut Hill Community Association and Green Space Initiative for their support.
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3/9/23
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Stephen, you stated in your letter that nobody seems to be getting the message about the pothole problem. I got it!
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3/9/23
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It is no wonder that women continue to push their baby carriages foolishly and irresponsibly in traffic when a person like Anne Dicker defends them.
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3/9/23
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It may seem to many of you that the Chestnut Hill Community Association’s Annual Appeal has raised several million dollars. Not exactly, says the publisher.
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by John Derr, Publisher, The Chestnut Hill Local
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3/8/23
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In 1989, a call in the middle of the night shattered the peace of Dr. John Scanlon's life: Fire had destroyed his medical practice. The Chestnut Hill community was there to support him.
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3/2/23
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During the Chestnut Hill Community Annual Appeal, the Chestnut Hill Business Association and Business Improvement District would like to thank the Chestnut Hill Community Association and Greenspace Initiatives.
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3/2/23
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At this time four years ago, my husband and I were standing amongst a group of excited and nervous parents at the Philadelphia International Airport as we prepared to send our 10-year-old son to Mexico.
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3/2/23
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It is no wonder that Philadelphia's pedestrian fatality rate is skyrocketing when car drivers display the sense of reckless entitlement described in a letter to the Local last week by Sam Gugino.
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3/2/23
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I have written before to The Local on the subject of potholes in the Chestnut Hill area, but nobody seems to be getting the message.
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3/2/23
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Representation is essential in adequately recording history, especially today. The Black community of Philadelphia has a rich history, and Chestnut Hill is a part of that.
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by Tatiana Paden
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2/24/23
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