The Chestnut Hill Local

NW Philly residents want ‘permanent’ solution to littering, parties at Wissahickon

They started around three summers ago. There were the bustling summer parties on the cul de sac at Kitchens Lane, which serves as an entrance to the 2,000-acre Wissahickon Valley Park.

State Rep. Napoleon Nelson (D-154th dist.), Montgomery County’s chief sustainability officer Devi Ramkissoon and representatives from local environmental advisory councils spoke at the Growing Greener Together Town Hall on Oct. 1.

Montco towns press forward on environmental plans

Montgomery County is developing an ambitious new plan to advance its environmental goals.

Yvonne Haskins devoted her life to community advocacy, fighting relentlessly for many causes.

Yvonne Haskins, community activist, dies at 88

Yvonne Haskins, a force of nature and beloved activist who was dedicated to community advocacy in Mt. Airy, Germantown, and throughout Philadelphia, died Sept. 29 of metastatic breast cancer.

Reader Reviews: Craft brew and cocktails

A beer flight is a fine way to try a variety of beverages.

Our readers came through with an array of local recommendations for your drinking pleasure.

Episode 2 summary: Land

Quaker ideals of religious freedom attract waves of immigrants from Ireland and Germany to Pennsylvania, but they cannot settle on land that has not been formally acquired through treaty from the Lenape.

Have a serious medical problem? Call a secretary?

Fifty years ago, when I woke each morning, I completed a vigorous daily regimen of exercises we had done in high school gym class: push-ups, sit-ups, leg raises, burpees and squats.

Work on your singing, speech with MALT course expert

Few of us will ever sing like contestants on “The Voice” or “American Idol,” not to mention the performers on Broadway or The Metropolitan Opera. But that doesn’t mean we cannot improve our singing.

Something is stirring on the Hill. On Saturday, Oct. 17, the “Ghost Walk of Chestnut Hill” returns, sending five lantern-led tours out from the Chestnut Hill Library at 5, 5:30, 6, 6:30 and 7 p.m.