The Chestnut Hill Local

Mt. Airy artist takes the parallel parking crown

Mt. Airy resident Mario Zucca is a talented artist/illustrator who has done work for professional sports teams and corporations. He has recently been getting national media attention — but not for his artwork.

Friends of the Wissahickon installed No Littering signs at Devil’s Pool.

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.

West Mt. Airy Historic House Tour returns for 3rd year

Each of the six homes featured in the tour is different than those from last year’s event.

The West Mt. Airy Historic House Tour is returning for its third year on Oct. 18 from 12-4 p.m.

Postcard of the Week

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Environmental art as well as coffee at High Point

High Point Cafe at the Allen Lane Train Station is a popular meeting place for area residents. But from now until Nov. 1, it is also a place where you can see an exhibit by Chestnut Hill nature artist Richard Metz.

Young poet, 17, etches her name into arts scene

Emi Wong Shing, a senior at Germantown Friends School, has been named the 2026-2027 Philadelphia Youth Poet Laureate, and she is making it look easy.

Mt. Airy musician plays Thelonious Monk at Woodmere

Thelonious Sphere Monk (1917-1982) is a name that may not be familiar to some non-jazz buffs, but there was no musician quite like him.

New memoir reflects on life after husband’s murder

“My purple silk pantsuit was covered in blood — my husband’s blood,” Byers’ wife Laurada wrote in her recently published memoir “Laurada - My Life of Adventure, Tragedy, and Purpose.”