by Sue Ann Rybak Tower Health and Chestnut Hill Hospital and members of the SEIU Healthcare union, they had completed negotiations on a contract arrangement that will last three years. A majority of the workers at the hospital are members of SEIU. “We appreciate the hard work and dedication of the Tower Health and SEIU […]
Read More >State Rep. Chris Rabb announced that he will host a Holiday Open House on Wednesday, Dec. 19 from noon to 3 p.m. at his district office located at 7216 Germantown Ave. “I’m always excited for the chance to hear from my constituents and to celebrate the holidays together,” Rabb said. “But it’s also important to […]
Read More >Chestnut Hill is known for dressing up for the holidays. Merchants decorate their store fronts and Chestnut Hill business District lights up the Avenue’s street trees to make a trip to the neighborhood one to remember. Beginning this week, the Chestnut Hill Local, in partnership with the Chestnut Hill Business District, is asking our readers […]
Read More >Saint Paul’s Church, 22 E. Chestnut Hill Ave., Philadelphia, will offer “Rosemary for Remembrance: A Service When Christmas is a Difficult Time” on Sunday, Dec. 9 at 4 p.m. Music will be provided by Carolyn Surrick (viola da gamba) and Ginger Hildebrand (guitar and fiddle). They will offer a prelude and postlude, plus beautiful old, […]
Read More >by Sue Ann Rybak More than 35 residents packed a recent Mt. Airy-Nippon-Bryan-Cresheim Town Watch meeting to get an update on PennDOT’s plans to replace Allens Lane Bridge over SEPTA’s Chestnut Hill West Line. Michael Holva, project manager for PennDOT, Michael Cuddy, principal at TranSystems; Lee Wolfe, senior project manager at TranSystems; and David Dlugosz, […]
Read More >by Elizabeth Coady This is a story about a residential break-in, and the making of a police report, and how the space between those two distinct events can become gray. On the morning of Oct. 14, Jonathan Conant noticed the glass door to his side porch was shattered, projecting shards across the room. A telephone […]
Read More >by Sue Ann Rybak The FBI and Philadelphia Police Department of Violent Crimes Task Force are asking the public to help them identify and find a man accused of robbing the TD Bank branch, 8600 Germantown Ave. in Chestnut Hill on Saturday, Dec. 1. At approximately 9:40 a.m. on Saturday, a man entered the bank, […]
Read More >Thanks to Today is a Good Day and Top of the Hill Market & Cafe’, 184 E. Evergreen Ave. in Chestnut Hill, families with premature or sick babies at five area hospitals, including Abington Hospital, Einstein Health (Montgomery and Philadelphia locations), Crozer-Chester Medical Center, and Delaware County Memorial Hospital, had one less thing to worry […]
Read More >by Brendan Sample After the Whitemarsh Township Board of Supervisors voted to approve construction of a townhouse complex on the grounds of Abolition Hall, the Friends of Abolition Hall have filed an official appeal against the board’s decision. The appeal will now go before the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas. From March to October, […]
Read More >by Brendan Sample As of Monday, Nov. 26, SEPTA began work on restoring part of the stone masonry retaining wall running alongside the Chestnut Hill East Regional Rail Line. Work on the project is expected to last through Summer 2019. According to a statement from SEPTA, this particular project became necessary when the company realized […]
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