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The Stagecrafters Theater opened its new season with a timely production of Bekah Brunstetter’s 2017 drama “The Cake.”
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by Hugh Hunter
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9/18/25
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Beth Henley’s “Crimes of the Heart,” currently onstage at Old Academy Players, presents the strangest birthday party you will ever attend.
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by Hugh Hunter
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9/18/25
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After starting the season with a pair of one-goal games, defending Inter-Ac League champion Springside Chestnut Hill Academy began the second week of September with a less-intense outing as they hosted the girls of Lawrenceville School.
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by Tom Utescher
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9/18/25
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9/17/25
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Advocates and Philadelphia City Council members are urging the Philadelphia Parks and Recreation Department (PPR) to phase out its use of toxic herbicides on city-owned land — nearly five years after the practice was outlawed.
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by Abby Weiss
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9/17/25
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Chestnut Hill residents were surprised Wednesday morning, Sept. 10, to find Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant permanently closed.
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by Tommy Tucker
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9/17/25
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In last Tuesday’s nonleague boys’ soccer game at Germantown Academy, the host Patriots and visiting Tigers of Germantown Friends School proved to be evenly matched.
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by Tom Utescher
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9/17/25
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9/16/25
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9/15/25
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After their Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in March, the agency, President Donald Trump and his administration to reclaim it. Now, the federal government has reinstated the grant.
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by Tommy Tucker
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9/11/25
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Gov. Josh Shapiro approved a plan Monday giving SEPTA permission to access up to $394 million in capital assistance funds, staving off transportation cuts for two years.
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by Tommy Tucker
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9/11/25
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There’s a passage from the Book of Revelation that applies to Our Mother of Consolation School’s (OMC) recent tribulations: “Behold, I make all things new.”
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by Jeff Meade
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9/11/25
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Helen Elizabeth Haynes, 74, an acclaimed painter and textile artist, former college art teacher, chief cultural officer during the administration of Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, and cultural affairs director at Montgomery County Community College, died of cardiac arrest March 26 at Jefferson Einstein Hospital.
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by Len Lear
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9/11/25
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On Sept. 5, a pair of shoplifting and robbery incidents affected Chestnut Hill business owners, who say both were committed by the same suspect.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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9/11/25
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Fifty years ago, Chestnut Hill’s historic importance was recognized on a national level.
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by Abby Weiss
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9/11/25
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Rebecca Kamen’s copy of “The Sense of Wonder,” a book published in 1965 by the famous environmentalist Rachel Carson, is unlike any other edition.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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9/11/25
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On Monday, partial service returned to the Chestnut Hill East (CHE) Regional Rail line after it closed for the summer.
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by Tommy Tucker
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9/11/25
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Mark your calendars and save the date: Mt. Airy Porchfest is back! The second Saturday in September has become almost as significant to Mt. Airy residents as the first day of the school year.
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by Buffy Gorrilla
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9/11/25
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Philadelphia’s older adults have until Sept. 30 to apply for the Senior Citizen Real Estate Tax Freeze.
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by Wendy Rosenfield
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9/11/25
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Chloe is not happy to find herself in this situation.
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9/11/25
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