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Retired Mt. Airy OB-GYN Claire Robinson is currently showing her first photography exhibit, “Looking Without Seeing,” at Third Street Gallery, 610 S. 3rd St. in Society Hill. The show runs through Oct. 1.

Mt. Airy doc takes up fine photography

Dr. Claire E. Robinson, named a “Top Doctor” by Philadelphia magazine, is no stranger to well-earned attention. more

by Len Lear | 9/21/23

Laura Lucas is back as CHCA board president

After a three year hiatus from the Chestnut Hill Community Association’s presidency, Laura Lucas has reclaimed her former spot. more

by Tom Beck | 8/3/23

Northwest Philly residents win national media award

Three Northwest Philadelphia residents won national recognition with Hometown Media Awards for their work with PhillyCAM. more

8/3/23

Meet Tanisha Richardson, the 14th District’s new captain

With her appointment to lead the Philadelphia Police Department’s 14th District, Capt. Tanisha Richardson is, in a way, coming home. more

by Tom Beck | 7/27/23

Simon Rogers is the founder of an agency called A Little Better Company (ALBC), which recently launched a project that will provide $150,000 in marketing and other services to some local for-profit and/or non-profit organizations.

A Little Better Company accelerates small-biz success

Did you ever go into a small mom-and-pop restaurant and have a wonderful meal, yet there is almost no one there? more

by Len Lear | 7/27/23

Pete Merzbacher moved his bakery from an Olney rowhouse to a 4,800-square-foot brick warehouse at 4530 Germantown Ave.

Knead great bread? G'town baker is GMA award winner

Pete Merzbacher insists he was so busy making his popular baked goods that he did not even realize he was part of a winning team. more

by Len Lear | 7/27/23

Awbury Arboretum welcomes new project manager

"Prescribe Outside," an initiative connecting children with nature, named Grace Parker to the role. more

7/13/23

Hundreds turned out for the GMA live broadcast on the 8100 block of Germantown Avenue early Tuesday morning.

GMA’s live broadcast celebrates Chestnut Hill

Ten million people nationwide watched GMA's July 4 segment on Chestnut Hill, featuring McNally's Tavern, Booked, NoName Art Gallery and Pastor James Buck Jr, owner of Southern Flames BBQ. more

by Pryce Jamison | 7/6/23

Ethan Monberg, 12, will be performing the leading role of Amahl in the opera, “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” at the 100th anniversary celebration of Cooper River Park in Camden County on Thursday, July 13, 8 p.m.

Young opera singer is already reaching for the stars

Chestnut Hill's Ethan Monberg is just 12, but the rising eighth grader at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy is already a musical luminary. more

by Len Lear | 7/6/23

Betty Trout (left) with Helen Seitz, was crowned “Most Senior Neighbor” at Cresheim Village Neighbors' annual multi-block party last year.

The power of getting organized – and connected

Community spirit is alive and well - and few know that better than the members of Mt. Airy’s Cresheim Village Neighbors. more

by Len Lear | 6/29/23

Gutwirth, in front of one of her stunning works of art.

Hill artist alive because father escaped from Nazis

Sarah Gutwirth, an acclaimed Chestnut Hill artist, has an interesting story about how she wound up in her job. more

by Len Lear | 6/21/23

This map shows the location of the new grove now growing in Pastorius Park.

Conservancy honors landscape architect Robert Fleming

The Chestnut Hill Conservancy paid tribute to Fleming with a gift he truly would value: A grove of bur oaks in Pastorius Park. more

6/15/23

Dr. Rebecca Maury, 53, an internal medicine specialist and Chestnut Hill resident, became the first medical doctor in the Northwest to approve patients for the medical use of cannabis (marijuana) in February 2018, right after it was legalized in Pennsylvania.

From illicit to legal: the Northwest’s cannabis pioneer

Dr. Rebecca Maury, 53, an internal medicine specialist, was the first medical doctor in the Northwest to approve patients for the use of cannabis from her Germantown Ave. office. more

by Len Lear | 6/1/23

Sharmain Matlock-Turner, CEO of the Urban Affairs Coalition

Gala to honor modern-day heroes of 'The German Township’

Once collectively known as the German Township, the three neighborhoods of Chestnut Hill, Mount Airy and Germantown are steeped in centuries of a rich history. more

by Regina Marie | 5/18/23

Author and publisher Sherrie Elle spent four years in Thailand, teaching English to children there and returning to Philadelphia six months ago.

New Germantown publisher, turning pain into art

Germantown resident Sherrie Elle, an author and founder of a book publishing company, is a woman who comes with an unusual story of her own. more

by Len Lear | 5/18/23

After a few false starts in his career, Chestnut Hill resident Walter Bell became an international force in jazz.

Local musician, ‘ambassador for jazz’

Walter Bell, an international force in jazz, gave up the flute for 20 years because his music career wasn’t paying the bills. more

by Len Lear | 5/11/23

Longtime Mt. Airy resident Howard A. Myrick has a decades-long history of military service and teaching communications in college, including a 27-year stint at Temple University.

Race, authoritarianism, examined in 'Protect & Defend'

Howard Myrick knows what it is like to overcome odds and to battle racist attitudes and practices. more

by Len Lear | 5/4/23

Georgia Forjohn, the new marketing and events coordinator for the Chestnut Hill Business Association, will help promote local businesses and events.

An events coordinator born to celebrate the Hill

Georgia Forjohn, the new marketing and events coordinator for the Chestnut Hill Business Association, seems born to the task. more

by Frank D. Quattrone | 4/21/23

Marsha Stender, librarian and manager of Mt. Airy's Lovett branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia until her retirement early this month, welcomes Kevin Douglass Greene, great-great-grandson of the abolitionist, author and social reformer Frederick Douglass, who spoke at Lovett on Feb. 15.

Retiring librarian: 'Libraries are about people, not books'

Marsha Stender, longtime librarian and branch manager of the Lovett Library in Mt. Airy, has just stepped down from that job after 17 years of service. more

by Len Lear | 4/20/23

Yaroslava “Yasia” Chala, who buses tables at La Provence in the Ambler Train Station and now studies remotely at a university in Ukraine, fled her home country a year ago.

From Ukraine, a journey of hope and resilience

Nestled within the historic Ambler Train Station, patrons of the upscale French restaurant La Provence enjoy not just the food but also the warm smile of 20-year-old busser Yaroslava "Yasia" Chala. more

by Len Lear | 3/30/23

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