Representatives of Bowman Properties last week unveiled a plan that seeks to downsize, or in some cases eliminate, commercial space in Chestnut Hill in an effort to combat retail vacancies.
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by Tom Beck
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7/27/22
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Last week's basketball action in the College summer league set the stage for the playoff quarterfinals.
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by Tom Utescher
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7/27/22
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In a return to summer basketball league action, Germantown Academy had little trouble winning back-to-back games last Monday.
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by Tom Utescher
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7/27/22
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Chestnut Hill is rolling out the red carpet for the return of Royal Rummage, a spectacular sidewalk sale, Thursday, July 28 through Saturday, July 30.
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by Stacia Friedman
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7/21/22
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Visiting friends at their vacation homes is a summer ritual that comes with its own etiquette.
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by Stacia Friedman
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7/21/22
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Chestnut Hill College's Team Red raised its own profile and impacted the overall standings last week.
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by Tom Utescher
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7/20/22
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My Weight Loss and Lifestyle Support Group will meet monthly, the 3rd Wednesday of every month.
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by Carlie Kamnik
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7/20/22
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More than 100 five- to 15-year-olds from Mt. Airy to Willow Grove turned up at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy last week for the school’s 5th annual youth football camp.
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7/20/22
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Lots of people enjoy Wissahickon Park and visit it often, but James Charnock is probably more enthusiastic than any other user of the park that traverses parts of Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy.
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by Len Lear
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7/14/22
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Fortunately, it’s not too late to find the perfect summer dress on the Hill.
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by Stacia Friedman
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7/14/22
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"NBC Nightly News" reports on Good Samaritan barber in Germantown.
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by Len Lear
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7/7/22
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The last week of college summer league play before the July 4 break brought one major shake-up on Thursday, when the USciences alumni squad, Team Heather Maroon, suffered its first loss.
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by Tom Utescher
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7/6/22
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After meeting a degree of resistance from Bensalem High School in the first of its summer league basketball games last week, Germantown Academy took control of its second contest very quickly.
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by Tom Utescher
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7/6/22
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The Fallser Club at 3721 Midvale Ave. in East Falls will be screening the film "Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom” on Thursday, July 7, at 7 p.m.
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7/6/22
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Depending on whether you read your Local online or in print, you may or may not be aware that we recently launched a new, more robust events calendar on chestnuthilllocal.com.
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6/30/22
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Chestnut Hill resident Noah Raven, whose last name already suggests a proclivity to help preserve wildlife, has started an initiative to save monarch butterflies.
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by Len Lear
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6/30/22
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You could say that the mission of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Whitemarsh, one of the oldest in the nation at 324 years old, is saving a lot more than souls.
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by Len Lear
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6/30/22
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Area graduates brimmed with optimism and gratitude to parents and teachers, though they addressed issues such as COVID, social unrest and war.
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6/30/22
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Chestnut Hill doesn't quite have its own version of Jewelers’ Row, but once you reach the hub of the Northwest Philadelphia shopping district, there’s a jeweler for every block.
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by Stacia Friedman
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6/30/22
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