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Paula Fingerut may be decades older than the kids she serves every day, but the self—described “senior citizen” in the candy store still gets excited in the mornings when she opens Zipf’s sweet shop founded 57 years ago in Chestnut Hill.
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by Len Lear
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11/26/25
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Home Works and the Chestnut Hill Community Association hosted a free, members-only table setting workshop on Nov. 12 to ring in the holiday season.
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11/20/25
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Thanksgiving décor, says Starr Osborne, should feel as inviting as the meal itself.
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by Henry Trapnell
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11/13/25
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When my husband and I moved here from New York, I thought I’d miss the specialty markets. In Manhattan, you could find chile crisp or harissa at nearly any hour.
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by Amy Cheng
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11/13/25
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Veterans Day is this week, on Nov. 11, but it is always a good time to honor those who fought and died for our country.
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by Len Lear
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11/13/25
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Across the street from SEPTA’s Germantown regional rail station, a few blocks from East Chelten Avenue’s bustling retail corridor, sits an unassuming, 1950s-era commercial building.
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by Robert Calandra
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11/6/25
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I would not be surprised if Giulia Iaquinto qualified for the Guinness Book of World Records.
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by Len Lear
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11/6/25
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Petite Matines celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct. 31 in Chestnut Hill.
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11/5/25
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Balance Life is expanding — both in size and in services offered.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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10/30/25
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From Bali to Us is returning to the Hill, in its usual spot at 8514 Germantown Ave.
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10/30/25
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Now that Jansen has closed after a 10-year run at 7402 Germantown Ave. in Mt. Airy, I am convinced that the best fine dining restaurant in the area is La Provence in the Ambler Train Station.
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by Len Lear
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10/30/25
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In the latest updates on Germantown Avenue, a local business has moved down the Hill and another has opened its storefront.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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10/23/25
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Recognizing the Northwest’s surplus of creativity, the Roxborough Development Corporation (RDC) is offering an outlet for these artists to showcase their work through a new gallery called Art on the Ridge.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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10/23/25
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It’s an overcast Saturday morning at the Chestnut Hill Farmers’ Market, with a bit of drizzle just starting to fall as the region prepares for an oncoming nor’easter.
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by Donna Shaw
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10/16/25
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After going solar in Germantown, Weavers Way Co-op has completed another clean energy project across the street from its Mt. Airy store.
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by Abby Weiss
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10/16/25
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Felicite Moorman, co-owner of The Fallser Club, has a specific pop culture analogy to describe how it feels when you walk into her nonprofit event space and music venue in East Falls.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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10/16/25
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Julia Tirinnanzi, the creator of the Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy landing at The Fallser Club in East Falls, said she was hooked on Poe from the minute she first encountered his stories in junior high school.
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by Alaina Johns
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10/2/25
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A group of Chestnut Hill area health care professionals have joined forces to form the new Chestnut Hill Health and Wellness Network.
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by Len Lear
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10/2/25
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Despite the light drizzle outside, it was as razzle dazzle as a Hollywood red carpet event inside the private dining room of Mt. Airy’s Töska Restaurant & Brewery.
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by Susan Schaefer
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10/1/25
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Local Wyndmoor residents knock on the front door of OPUS Pickleball Club daily.
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by Ben Silver
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9/25/25
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