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"Up to this point, we have had structure. We have had teachers who corrected us. Coaches who demanded effort. Brothers who held us accountable."
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6/18/26
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"Here, the job title of teacher is far beyond teaching. Throughout each essay, through each math assessment, through each project, I’m challenged and supported."
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6/18/26
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Psychiatrist Dr. Franklin Maleson, who has lived in Chestnut Hill for 31 years, is rather modest considering his pioneering achievements as a U.S. Army doctor treating drug-addicted Vietnam War veterans.
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by Len Lear
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6/18/26
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"The Mount has not only taught us to be writers of essays and research papers, but writers of life. We write every day, not just in the words we jot down, but in the actions we take."
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6/18/26
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"If I could give you one piece of advice to take home tonight, I would encourage you to see the good in all things."
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6/18/26
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"Saul is a unique school, and every person who comes here has had their own unique experience. It’s not just anywhere can you do precalculus in one class, and help birth a sheep in the next."
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6/18/26
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"After four years, I have realized that the most influential people in this class, the ones who changed me the most, are those who were entirely themselves."
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6/18/26
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Coming up with a name can be one of the most challenging parts of forming a musical act. Every once in a while, though, a group strikes gold.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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6/18/26
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Mt. Airy resident David Dimmack never met Mahatma Gandhi, one of the world’s most influential spiritual leaders of the 20th century, but Dimmack, 76, came close in a way.
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by Len Lear
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6/18/26
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Karen “Magic Fingaz” Smith, a Mt. Airy resident for the past 33 years, is a peripatetic bundle of energy, multitalented joy and just plain fun.
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by Len Lear
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6/11/26
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Thomas “Tommy” Walsh was memorialized on Saturday with the dedication of a bench in his honor in the 8400 block of Germantown Avenue.
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6/11/26
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I always find it interesting to meet someone who transferred from one career into something they never anticipated and never studied in college, possibly because I myself wound up in journalism by accident.
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by Len Lear
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6/11/26
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After falling in love with photography at age 30, artist Allan Ali has partnered with NoName Gallery, at 8127 Germantown Ave., to showcase his project “Alone, But Not By Myself.”
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by Julianna Musser
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6/11/26
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The Theater of Witness is unlike any theater you will ever visit.
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by Len Lear
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6/4/26
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Acclaimed Chestnut Hill artist Ginger Arthur, 71, will be showing her recent work, all painted within the last year, in her studio at 8042 Germantown Ave. on Friday, June 5, from 5 to 8 p.m.
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by Len Lear
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6/4/26
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If you ever have a conversation with Richard Leonard, an eighth grade teacher at Our Mother of Consolation Parish School (OMC), odds are you will learn more than your typical facts and figures.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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6/4/26
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Local artist Michael Penn has had a camera in his hands since before he could even ride a bicycle.
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by Julianna Musser
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6/4/26
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After more than 50 years handcrafting violins in his cramped Winston Road workshop, Harold Golden has one more violin to go before he stops making his prize-winning classical copies for good.
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by Jeff Meade
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6/4/26
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Over the course of her 25-year career, Stephanie Butler has fought tirelessly to help low- and moderate-income Mt. Airy residents purchase their first homes.
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by Michael Goff
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5/28/26
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Many people, hopefully most, are very proud of their parents. But Alice Farber was getting bored in her retirement, so she decided to spend her time doing something very unusual but very rewarding.
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by Len Lear
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5/28/26
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