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It is no secret that a visit to a supermarket, grocery store or upscale restaurant these days might result in a painful case of sticker shock thanks in part to inflation and the spike in gasoline prices.
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by Len Lear
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5/7/26
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Vendors lined Germantown Avenue on Sunday for the Chestnut Hill Home & Garden Festival, with throngs of visitors taking in the sights, sounds and smells.
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5/7/26
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Rain is more likely to disrupt tennis matches than other spring sports contests, so it was lucky that the April 29 match at Germantown Academy wrapped up about 20 minutes before a round of evening showers set in.
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by Tom Utescher
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5/7/26
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As a nationally recognized expert on patient advocacy, Betty Long has testified before Congress. So she’s familiar with the arena. Yet even with her experience, politics leaves her, to use her word, “flummoxed.”
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by Robert Calandra
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5/7/26
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In an Inter-Ac League girls’ lacrosse contest on April 9, Penn Charter breezed past the Irish of the Academy of Notre Dame, 16-6.
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by Tom Utescher
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4/30/26
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Operatic roles are so difficult physically, mentally, psychologically and on the memory that most famous opera singers have performed no more than 50 different roles.
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by Len Lear
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4/30/26
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Beth Margolis Rupp, a Jewish Chestnut Hill resident who lived amicably in Abu Dhabi, an Arab city-state in the Middle East, for 10 years, is stepping down after seven years as executive director of Folkshul.
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by Len Lear
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4/30/26
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Mount St. Joseph Academy’s softball team traveled to Gwynedd Mercy Academy on April 20 to face a Monarchs squad that had been struggling.
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by Tom Utescher
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4/30/26
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The 12th annual Glenside Arts Fest, originally planned for Saturday, April 25, has moved to its rain date of Saturday, May 2.
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4/30/26
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Artemis II, the successful crewed flyby of the moon in NASA’s Orion spacecraft in early April, captured plenty of attention around the world — and in Northwest Philadelphia.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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4/30/26
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Philadelphia’s Garden District comes alive during Chestnut Hill’s annual Home + Garden Festival on Sunday, May 3 (rain date Sunday, May 17).
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4/30/26
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BL Shirelle was incarcerated when she found her life’s calling.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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4/30/26
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The Wissahickon Day Parade, a procession of horseback riders and horse-drawn carriages, is returning this Sunday, April 26.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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4/23/26
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The 2026 Inter-Ac League season in boys’ lacrosse began earlier this month, and already a familiar pattern is starting to emerge.
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by Tom Utescher
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4/23/26
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Penn Charter performed well in both the footraces and the field events on April 15 in an Inter-Ac League girls’ tri-meet held at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy.
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by Tom Utescher
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4/23/26
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Are you one of those people who has always been able to make your friends, relatives and classmates laugh?
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by Len Lear
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4/23/26
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The Rev. Beverly Dale, a Mt. Airy resident for 27 years, is about as similar to most other ordained ministers as lightning is to a lightning bug.
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by Len Lear
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4/23/26
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If you’re inspired by the beauty of Wissahickon Valley Park, now’s the time to capture those sights and submit the images to Friends of the Wissahickon’s (FOW) 2026 Biennial Wissahickon Photo Contest.
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4/23/26
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A youth rugby team from France visited the area from April 7 to April 14 to experience American culture and bond with local players over their love for the sport.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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4/23/26
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