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Leah Hawkins, who grew up in Mt. Airy and attended Houston Elementary School, attributes much of her success to Chestnut Hill vocal coach Leigh Munro.
Mt. Airy CAPA grad wins Met Award
When she was 12 and growing up in Mt. Airy, Leah Hawkins began taking voice lessons from a Chestnut Hill opera singer and teacher. more
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Jackson Erdos works out every day at a gym in Hatboro while training for a world championship competition.
'Jaccident' dominates at Ninja Worlds
At 17, Jackson Erdos has already climbed to the top of his sport three times. more
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St. Harmony Cafe welcomes neighborhood children as well as adults.
Small steps, big impact: G-town’s St. Harmony Cafe
At St. Harmony Cafe, kids pick up litter. They plant and water trees, make drinks and serve their neighbors. more
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Larry Weaner, of Glenside, was honored last month by the American Horticultural Society as one of only six horticulturists in the country to be given its “Great American Gardeners Award.”
Horticulturist wins major national award
Larry Weaner is one of only six horticulturists in the country to be given a “Great American Gardeners Award.”  more
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Local “Jeopardy!” champion Mark Lashley said he was more nervous during rehearsals than on the actual show.
Mt. Airy professor will always be a ‘Jeopardy!’ champion
No matter what else the future brings, longtime Mt. Airy resident Mark C. Lashley will always be known as a "Jeopardy!" champion. more
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Charles “Chip” Amuso, of Wyndmoor, shows one of the 10 quilts, each one 13 hours in the making, he and many other young people made for residents of Keystone House, a residential hospice care home in Wyndmoor.
Local teen delivers handmade comfort
For his Eagle Scout project, Charles "Chip" Amuso is overseeing the creation of 10 handmade quilts for residents of Keystone House. more
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“Sleeping Leopard,” by Lynnette Shelley, is a 24” x 36” ink and acrylic on wood panel work of art.
Painting and passion meet on the subject of animals
Lynnette Shelley walked away from a successful career to be a full-time artist. Anyone who loves animals is thrilled that she did. more
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The memorial, parked on Kitchens Lane along the edge of the Wissahickon Park, honors Andy McNabb, a sculptor and architect who was killed on this spot in 1993.
New ‘ghost bike’ memorial honors local crash victims
A solitary white bicycle stands sentinel on Kitchens Lane in West Mt. Airy, its stark presence a somber reminder of lives lost and unsafe roads. more
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Farnsworth, seen here in 1936, told this reporter in a 1969 phone interview, “I thought I might be another Thomas Edison or Alexander Graham Bell, but I was completely unprepared as a naive farm boy for the world of big business."
Recalling Chestnut Hill's genius inventor of the TV set
There is no historical marker in front of the building at 127 E. Mermaid Lane in Chestnut Hill, but there should be. more
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“I just love Chestnut Hill,” said Judy Wicks, who recently moved from Center City to Northwest Philadelphia. “There is a real sense of community here. And then, of course, I fell in love with Wissahickon Park.”
Chestnut Hill ex-restaurateur a legend in her own time
How do you condense a life worthy of a best-selling biography into one newspaper article? That is the challenge when writing about Judy Wicks. more
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Families around the region celebrated last year’s Fourth of July with patriotic bike parades, joyous music, snazzy headwear, and a visit from ABC’s “Good Morning America,” which spent part of the holiday broadcasting from Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill..
Celebrate July Fourth with parades, fireworks and history 
You don’t have to fight the traffic and the crowds in Center City to celebrate Independence Day in the nation’s birthplace. more
Danielle Jowdy's shop, Zsa's Ice Cream, at 6616 Germantown Ave. in West Mt. Airy, was just awarded “gold” in a citywide “Philly Favorite” poll conducted by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
'Gold medal' ice cream shop gets right to the pint
“I work from 5:30 a.m. to 10.30 p.m. If someone invented a 25th hour or an eighth day in the week, I'd be working it,” said Danielle Jowdy. more
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A student participates in woodshop lessons that are part of Natural Creativity, a nonprofit learning community.
Homeschooled kids explore their own interests at Natural Creativity
This isn’t a Montessori or Waldorf school and it’s not a daycare. This is a nonprofit learning community, more
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Roxborough’s Turtle Ridge, performing Wed., June 26, at the Pastorius Park Concert Series, will play a mixture of genres in songs that insist listeners sing along.
Turtle Ridge brings folk and bluegrass to Pastorius Park
A folk group hailing from “the beautiful hills of Roxborough,” Turtle Ridge performs music steeped in a long lineage of bluegrass and Americana. more
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Dr. Spaeth, who is also an accomplished artist, musician and author, has just written a book of poetry, “Hope for Awareness,” published by Moonstone Press of Philadelphia.
World-famous Hill eye doctor, 91, authors poetry book
Long-time Chestnut Hill resident Dr. George L. Spaeth has written scores of book chapters and an astonishing 23 books.  more
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Chestnut Hill West Station c. 1880-1900, showing parallel covered walkways leading to a covered train platform and the station house showing a spire.
Northwest neighborhoods built on regional rails
For more than a century, the regional rail lines that serve our Northwest neighborhoods have been an integral part of Chestnut Hill. more
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The author’s father, Dave Stein, introduces his granddaughter, Annie Baum-Stein, to his Royal typewriter in 1977.
Beyond the byline: Lessons from my journalist father
Sorry, Dad. I know you weren't a fan of Father's Day. But my colleagues at The Local have challenged me to write about your influence on me. more
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“Continuing Slavery,” by Charles Lawson
Art For Justice unveils some uncomfortable truths
Daniel Gwynn, Muti Ajamu-Osagboro, Eddie Ramirez and Chester Hollman III spent 126 combined years behind bars for crimes they did not commit.  more
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Residents gathered in April to screen a documentary short film about a group of Mt. Airy neighbors.
Intergenerational collaboration on screen with ‘Neighbor Ladies’
On April 28, 20 years after the release of the documentary short film Neighbor Ladies, a screening was held. Its themes remain relevant. more
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If it were not for his cigarette addiction, Rod Serling might be looking forward to what would have been his 100th birthday celebration on Christmas Day of this year.
Peeking into the past: My time with TV's ‘angry young man’
I was rummaging through my basement files last week when I stumbled across the notes of one of my all-time favorite interviews. more
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