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Mindy Maslin and Sidney Ozer, a Germantown couple, started the nonprofit, Welcoming Homes, an all–volunteer organization, earlier this year along with a friend, Judi Bernstein-Baker.
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by Len Lear
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11/26/25
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Mount St. Joseph Academy launched its basketball season last Saturday morning with a trip to Newtown Square, where they scrimmaged with a team from the Inter-Ac League, Episcopal Academy (EA).
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by Tom Utescher
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11/26/25
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Many parents and their children insist they are growing together in body, mind and spirit, but few, I would bet, are doing it by learning self–defense with an appealing father–daughter team who are themselves a model of family spirit.
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by Len Lear
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11/26/25
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Several local organizations and people worked to make sure that everyone who needed them got tasty Thanksgiving dinners.
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11/26/25
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In the wake of three Philadelphia restaurants being given Michelin stars, Councilmember Rue Landau has introduced a bill that would modernize and simplify the process by which restaurants operate sidewalk cafés.
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11/26/25
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Persimmons are a variety of fruit that comes into season in the fall. These orange fruits are sweet and can be used in several ways.
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by Kieran McCourt, Weavers Way Shuttle contributor
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11/26/25
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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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His name may not be as well known as Steven Spielberg, but David Greenberg, an award-winning filmmaker who has lived in Chestnut Hill for 35 years (and Mt. Airy and Germantown before that), is not exactly a film neophyte.
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by Len Lear
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11/20/25
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Founded over coffee more than 30 years ago at the Valley Green Inn, Philadelphia Outward Bound School continues to challenge students and inspire the city through programs like the recent “Building Adventure.”
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by Chris Richter
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11/20/25
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While walking in the historic Pelham neighborhood, I was bowled over by this gorgeous American Maple.
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11/20/25
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Northwest Philadelphia will sparkle this season with an abundance of holiday activities in Chestnut Hill, Mt. Airy, Germantown, Roxborough, and Manayunk.
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11/20/25
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Ben Harvey was busy when Marvel reached out to him to create covers for the “One World Under Doom” comic books a little over a year ago.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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11/20/25
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A powerful, compelling exhibit of paintings by Wyndmoor artist Frances Gilmore, at Mt. Airy Art Garage (MAAG) through the end of November, is almost impossible to erase from one’s consciousness long after viewing them.
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by Len Lear
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11/20/25
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The public is invited to an evening discussion and film screening on Friday, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m. at From Bali to Us, 8514 Germantown Ave., Chestnut Hill, with members of the local Indonesian immigrant community.
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11/20/25
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Fifteen Germantown Friends School Upper School students have been named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists.
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11/20/25
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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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The Rev. Dr. Mary Barber is about to finish up her first year as rector at the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Chestnut Hill.
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by Tommy Tucker
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11/13/25
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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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To celebrate the Power Forward Foundation’s success, the organization is hosting its annual fundraising dinner at 5 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 16, at the Sixth Man Center in East Falls.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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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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