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The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education has received a $500,000 state grant to improve its visitor center through Pennsylvania’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program.
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8/27/26
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The athletics program at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy will be under new leadership for the start of the 2026-27 academic year, as popular athletic director David Wilson has decided to move on.
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by Tom Utescher
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8/27/26
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Our lives are inundated with toxic chemicals and climate-changing gases that cause illness in humans, death to animals and fish, and lead to an unsustainable and dark future.
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by Richard Metz
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8/27/26
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This week in Chestnut Hill Local history
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8/27/26
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I read that our beloved Ben Fairorth died. Like many, I was surprised that he had lived so long. But I guess it takes a lot to extinguish a life force like that one.
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8/27/26
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To submit a photo, email: editor@chestnuthilllocal.com.
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8/27/26
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When Lindo Jones, a Germantown-based poet, published his debut graphic novel “PawnShop” last year, he didn’t want the celebration to end after the release party.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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8/27/26
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Over the past two months, the number of consumers buying locally grown produce has skyrocketed with the Cyclospora outbreak affecting grocery stores around the United States.
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by Julianna Musser
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8/27/26
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Your article in the Chestnut Hill Local (“A remarkable teacher who almost made it to age 100,” Aug. 13) made us PROUD!
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8/27/26
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After a 10-year hiatus, the Philadelphia Cycling Classic returns this weekend, with the main events on Sunday — and of course, the terror of “The Wall” in Manayunk.
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8/27/26
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Saying he is concerned about rising antisemitism, state Rep. Tarik Khan is co-hosting a talk by Holocaust survivor Raymond Polak on Tuesday, Sept. 15, from 6-8 p.m. at the Fallser Club in East Falls.
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8/27/26
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Long-time Germantown resident and violinist Booker Rowe, who in 1968 became the first Black musician to play with the world-renowned Philadelphia Orchestra, died July 31. He was 85.
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by Len Lear
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8/27/26
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No doubt about it: Northwest residents are a well-caffeinated bunch! And they are passionate about their favorite spots.
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by The Local Foodie Team
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8/27/26
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This year’s fourth Philadelphia Bookstore Crawl, an annual celebration of the area’s book scene, took place on Saturday, drawing crowds of enthusiastic readers.
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8/27/26
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When I was in seventh grade back in Norwich Junior High School in Norwich, N.Y. (population 6,400-ish, approximately 4,700 of which were dairy cows), I was introduced to the Ishihara Color Test.
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by Jeff Meade
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8/27/26
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There’s no getting around it. Funerals — most funerals, anyway — can be very sad affairs. But there’s worse.
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by Jeff Meade
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8/27/26
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Food is a part of everyday life, but not many people think about it beyond a surface level. Yet, for author and teacher Julie Knutson, deeper questions surrounding food are often in the forefront of her mind.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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8/27/26
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The following is for crimes reported from Aug. 16 to Aug. 23.
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8/27/26
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In July, the federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation proposed significant changes to a law that could dramatically weaken protections for historic resources in the United States.
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8/27/26
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As a fellow educator for over 50 years, let me please express my condolences for the loss of a teacher who it is clear from your article lived a most impactful life.
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8/27/26
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