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Travel back in time to October 1777 and experience the Battle of Germantown at the Revolutionary Germantown Festival on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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10/1/26
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What’s going to happen to your estate — your house, your bank accounts, your investments — when you’re no longer here? Do you want it to go to your spouse or your children or other relatives?
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10/1/26
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The Chestnut Hill Conservancy has announced a full schedule of activities for its ninth annual Night of Lights streetscape exhibition, running from Friday, Oct. 2, to Monday, Oct. 5.
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10/1/26
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The Friends of the Chestnut Hill Library kicked off their “Meet the Musicians” series on Sept. 15 with a free performance from local saxophone legend Jack St. Clair and his accompanying quintet.
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by Chris Hetrick
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9/24/26
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UPDATE: The festival has been postponed until Oct. 11.
Chestnut Hill’s Fall for the Arts Festival, one of the neighborhood’s largest annual events, returns to Germantown Avenue this Sunday with a batch of fresh faces.
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by Chloe Ann Pabon
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9/24/26
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For 175 years, St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, 109 E. Price St. in Germantown, has been a spiritual anchor, a place where worship, justice and community meet.
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by Sue Ann Rybak
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9/24/26
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City officials and Germantown residents on Saturday will cut the ribbon on the newly renovated playground at Happy Hollow Recreation Center.
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9/24/26
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Tara Maguire had never seriously created art until 2017, when she went to an art class at Woodmere with her mother, philanthropist and artist Frances (Frannie) Maguire.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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9/24/26
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The Germantown Life Enrichment Center (GLEC) has received a $750,000 state grant for critical building renovations, which state Sen. Art Haywood (D-4th District) presented to the organization on Sept. 17.
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by Tommy Tucker
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9/23/26
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After the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, many theaters weren’t able to recover. The Stagecrafters Theater, located in Chestnut Hill, has stayed afloat, but it is fighting to regain all of its audience.
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by Julianna Musser
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9/17/26
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Kids’ apparel company Mosey is teaming up with Chestnut Hill boutique Little Wares to host a kids’ clothing swap at Pastorius Park on Sept. 20.
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9/17/26
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The Chestnut Hill Community Association (CHCA) announced that it has seated two new members to its board of directors: Christina Reichert and Amy R. Montour.
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9/10/26
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When the Chestnut Hill Community Association’s Fall Frolic returns on Thursday, Oct. 8, at Chestnut Hill College, it will feature one of the neighborhood’s music legends in the making.
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by Will Standish
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9/10/26
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As a passionate animal lover, I have always had an attraction to works of art depicting nature and animals. Fortunately for me, in my job at the Local I have been introduced to many talented local …
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by Len Lear
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9/10/26
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Funding from the Community and Economic Assistance Program was recently awarded to the Friends of Mt. Airy Playground to support activities and improvements to the recreation center at 7001 Germantown Ave.
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9/10/26
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The developer for the long-vacant Germantown Town Hall will hold a community meeting on Sept. 30 to share updates on the building’s restoration.
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by Tommy Tucker
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9/9/26
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Chestnut Hill College welcomed its largest incoming class in more than seven years this week, continuing a period of enrollment growth as it begins the 2026–27 academic year.
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9/3/26
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Friends of the Wissahickon (FOW) has announced that construction on Harvey Street in Germantown is anticipated to begin this week.
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9/3/26
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When Lindo Jones, a Germantown-based poet, published his debut graphic novel “PawnShop” last year, he didn’t want the celebration to end after the release party.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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8/27/26
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“Let the Sunshine In” was a popular song from the hit musical “Hair” way back in 1969. But don’t be surprised if you hear that catchy tune being reprised by Springfield Township’s Board of Commissioners.
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by Robert Calandra
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8/20/26
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