Marietta Simpson, who grew up in both Mt. Airy and Germantown and has become one of the nation's premier opera singers, has had to cancel performances during the pandemic, like virtually every other …
Last month, the Chestnut Hill Community Association elected a new president, Kathi Clayton, a retired logistics company CEO and entrepreneurship professor, who took over the organization’s …
Miss Winterle told us we were the “cream of the crop” of nursing students! The Chestnut Hill Hospital School of Nursing set high standards that carried us through the last 50 years in our …
The following crime report is for crimes reported in Chestnut Hill from Sep. 14 to Sep 20 Sept. 14 Theft from vehicle, 8800 block of Crefeld St. A man reported that his vehicle had been …
There is a refreshing new shop to explore this fall, one that fills a healthy food niche for the Hill. Smoothie lovers and those who want to experiment with acai bowls, pitaya bowls and spinach …
Each week, veteran film critic Bill Wine will look back at an important film that is worth watching, either for the first time or again. “I don’t want to survive,” says the …
Debra Wolf Goldstein, 58, grew up in Central Pennsylvania, where she spent many weekends camping and hiking the Appalachian trail and developing a lifelong love affair with nature. A graduate of …
Max Rivers, 69, Mt. Airy resident since 2003 who operates The Marriage Mediation (formerly Two Rivers mediation) and whose wife, Elise, runs Community Acupuncture of Mt. Airy (CAMA), is author of the …
One of the more puzzling examples of culture lost in translation is the British musical act that fails to make a popular dent in the states. Plenty of acts from the British Isles are received …
Years ago, after struggling to keep a couple of dozen hybrid tea and floribunda rose bushes healthy in our Germantown garden, we decided that the effort was not worth the reward. For two decades, the …
My wife, Valerie, cares for a sort of morning glory called moon flower. They bloom in the evening in late summer and early fall, three to four-inch white flowers that resemble the moon. The flowers …
Chris Booth of Mount Airy will be the interim head coach of the Germantown Friends School (GFS) Varsity Girls Tennis program this fall. He is stepping in for Coach Justin Gilmore (GFS ‘96), who …
While the look and feel of the upcoming school year remains uncertain, one thing in Mt. Airy is always certain: its pride in, and connection to, its public schools. The Mt. Airy Schools Coalition- …
For the second year in a row, a teacher at the Henry School in Mt. Airy has won a “Distinguished Teachers Award” from the educational Lindback Foundation. About one in every 300 of the …
Honored Henry School teacher: city plan is 'lose, lose.' by Len Lear (Ed. Note: This article was written before the School District of Philadelphia changed its fall plan from two days a week in the …
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