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Riding a cherry-picker to work high amid the treetops on Friday was part of an all-volunteer effort to tend Pastorius Park trees.
Arbor Day brings needed trim to Pastorius Park’s oldest trees
Not everyone appreciates the roar of chainsaws outside their window first thing in the morning, but it was music to the ears of Pastorius Park neighbor Kava Franklin. more
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Flowers to return to the Avenue — lampposts included
Flower lovers, rejoice. Germantown Avenue is about to burst into bloom again, and it won’t just be at street level. more
Families enjoy the fun last year at the Chestnut Hill Home & Garden Festival's Kid's Zone, hosted by the Jenks Academy for the Arts and Sciences.
Festival fun for families at the Jenks school playground
The “Kid’s Zone” at the Jenks Academy for the Arts and Sciences, a perennially favorite part of Chestnut Hill’s Home & Garden Festival, is back again this year. more
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"Homewood," 9002 Crefeld St.
Cast your vote for Chestnut Hill Conservancy’s Hall of Fame
What’s your favorite treasured place in Chestnut Hill? It's time to vote for new sites to join the Chestnut Hill Architectural Hall of Fame. more
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Pat Boyle and Maxwell Cohen of Backyard Eats set up raised beds for a backyard garden at a home in the Chestnut Hill area.
Hill company helps residents to grow their own food
In the spring of 2016, a lawn sign popped up in the front yard of a home at Gravers Lane and Ardleigh Street. The sign advertised Backyard Eats. more
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How 'sense of place' can help keep Hill's historic character
The answer most people give today when they are asked why they love Chestnut Hill is that they love its historic village character. more
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The brewpub hosts a popular trivia night when guests can eat, drink and test their knowledge.
Vegan-friendly gastropub brings personality and garden seating
The Chestnut Hill Brewing Company, which is celebrating its sixth year in business this April, has certainly delivered on its original promise. more
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Festival-goers stroll along Germantown Avenue during last year's Chestnut Hill Home & Garden Festival.
'Bigger than ever' Home & Garden Festival back with new artists, vendors, and more of the Avenue
It’s a sure sign of spring in Chestnut Hill: the annual Home & Garden Festival, returning to Germantown Avenue Sunday, May 7.  more
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Highland Station Native Gardens Group members seated on Tyler's Wall, a new feature at the Gardens on Graver's Lane constructed by neighbor Tyler Schoen. Standing from left to right are Betsy Torg, Fabrizio Franco, Jason LaRocco, Norman Silver and Christopher Sohnly. Seated from left to right are Tilly Larocco, Emily Hawkins, Pamela Hans, Tracy Gardener, Beth Wright, Mackenzie LaRocco, Elliot Rood and Anne von Scheven.
New train gardens go native
Deep into the pandemic, Beth Wright surveyed SEPTA’s Highland Station and saw silent tracks and an empty parking lot. She saw something else, too. more
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The 27 students on Springside Chestnut Hill Academy's robotics team traveled to FIRST Robotics World Championship in Houston, TX, this past week for the season's culminating event, one of only 10 percent of high school teams that qualified to compete at "Champs." Students met event founder Dean Kamen, who stopped at the team's pit to talk to students and to hear about Team 1218's robot, affectionately called "Stinger." Pictured left to right are Leo Cohen, Logan Landau, Danny O'Connor (a team captain), Dean Kamen (founder of FIRST Robotics), Emma Ludwikowski and Paige Murray.
SCH robotics team at 'Champs' event
Barbara Thomson has been active in the Chestnut Hill Community Association and at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church, where she is currently serving as rector’s warden, a post akin to chair of the church’s 16-member board.
Hill public service lawyer running again for court judgeship
Chestnut Hill resident Barbara Thomson, who is running for Municipal Court judge, says, “I have been preparing for this job for 35 years.” more
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Georgia Forjohn, the new marketing and events coordinator for the Chestnut Hill Business Association, will help promote local businesses and events.
An events coordinator born to celebrate the Hill
Georgia Forjohn, the new marketing and events coordinator for the Chestnut Hill Business Association, seems born to the task. more
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Chestnut Hill business corridor
Our Town: Celebrating Chestnut Hill’s commercial corridor
The Chestnut Hill Conservancy is celebrating the success of that experiment with an April 13 lecture and accompanying walking tour on April 23. more
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Shoppers at last year’s Clover Market browse for one-of-a-kind items at the semi-annual event scheduled for Sunday, April 16.
Clover Market returns to Chestnut Hill April 16
Pottery artist Stephanie Premich used to sell her wares at 40 events a year. COVID put an end to that, and now she focuses on premier regional events such as Clover Market. more
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General Manager Madeline Hart serves a Shamrock Supper.
A delicious taste of Irish at Tavern on the Hill
The bar, as dark and dense as the Irish woods, was rocking with laughter as we made our way gingerly to the charming dining room just beyond. more
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The carved wooden trusses that gave the third floor of Hiram Lodge its distinctive character have been removed and destroyed.
A series of developments for historic buildings in Chestnut Hill
A series of recent news developments suggest that one of Chestnut Hill’s historic buildings may be saved from the wrecking ball while another may yet face one. And the fire-gutted Hiram Lodge faces challenges of its own. more
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BEFORE: The ceiling in the back room of the Chestnut Hill Library as it was being fixed.
Chestnut Hill Library gets a “surprise mini-renovation”
The laundry list of repairs is expected to be complete by the first week of March for reopening. more
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CHCA agenda
 Thurs. March 2, 2023: Land Use, Zoning, and Planning Committee Meeting more
A judge ruled that "relevant evidence" was excluded from a hearing on an effort to develop 540 W. Moreland Ave.
Court sides with neighbors on Moreland Avenue development
A Court of Common Pleas judge reversed the city’s decision to allow a property owner to subdivide a property on the estate of Keewaydin, located at 540 W. Moreland Ave. more
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James Miller is seen in his Chestnut Hill home with two of the books his new company, Chestnut Hill Press, has published in recent months.
At 78, publishing books after a lifetime of travel
After a lifetime of working in technology, with travel that took him all over Asia, James Whipple Miller started an improbable new career after settling in Chestnut Hill eight years ago.  He founded a publishing company. more
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