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by Mary Pomichter Now that spring is upon us, a newly formed group of neighbors and Chestnut Hill residents are launching a Friends of the Upper Water Tower Park committee. The goal of this group is to work specifically on improving the upper park area around our historic Chestnut Hill Water Tower and the adjacent […]

by Brendan Sample After community outrage over dozens of tires being illegally dumped on 102 E. Mermaid Ln., the board of the Chestnut Hill Community Association announced at its meeting on Thursday, March 28, that the tires had been cleared from the premises. Blossom Philadelphia, owner of the property, was able to clear the tires […]

by Pete Mazzaccaro Challenges to the ballot filings of the two candidates who sought to challenge 8th District Councilperson Cindy Bass in the May Democratic Primary have led to one candidate withdrawing from the race and the other fighting for her right to stay on. Patrick Jones, a former staffer with Cindy Bass’ office, officially […]

Friends of the Wissahickon recently hosted Jerome Shabazz, executive director of the Overbrook Environmental Education Center, at the first of four presentations in its Valley Talks series. Speaking on “Social Architecture for Resilient and Sustainable Communities,” Shabazz discussed the center’s strategies to promote healthier, more resilient communities in Philadelphia’s vulnerable neighborhoods using sustainable practices. Valley […]

by Maddie Clark While many of the country’s state and federal officials were being inaugurated into office after this year’s midterm election, James J. Eisenhower, a distant relative of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, was also being sworn in as a judge on Pennsylvania’s Court of Judicial Discipline. Eisenhower, a Chestnut Hill resident, was appointed […]

by Barbara Sherf The Rev. E. Clifford Cutler, who has served for 13 years as rector of Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill, will be honored April 7 at a Center for Contemporary Mysticism dinner. Cutler, who is generally full of laughter and smiles, said he believes it’s been his sense of humor that […]

by Elizabeth Coady Devil’s Pool, the Wissahickon watering hole that Lenape Indians believed held “an interface between good and evil,’’ continues to alternatively disturb and delight nearby residents as the Friends of Wissahickon and city officials brace for a deluge of 2019 visitors to the increasingly popular hideaway. About 40 people turned out Monday night […]

by Maddie Clark Kimberly James Bridal shop, at 15 W. Highland Ave., is scheduled to open its doors for the very first time on Friday, March 29. Branded as “a bridal experience all about you,” Kimberly James Bridal will be Chestnut Hill’s very first bridal shop of this kind. While Chestnut Hill has a lot […]