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The city's Basic Systems Repair program offers low-income residents free repairs for household maintenance emergencies that include problems with plumbing and roofing.
City program for home repair helps NW residents
Out of the 2,362 residents who received home repairs from the city's Basic Systems Repair Program in fiscal 2022-23, Germantown had 100 recipients and Mt. Airy had 26. more
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Germantown’s Market Square
Germantown’s central square gets historic protection
The Germantown Urban Village Historic District was unanimously designated by the Philadelphia Historical Commission on Friday. more
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Gravers Station, at the corner of Gravers Lane and Anderson Street, was designed by Frank Furness, Philadelphia's most important architect of the industrial age.
SEPTA seeks tenants for five train stations
Seeking to turn five boarded-up stations in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy into businesses, SEPTA plans to issue a request for proposals this week. more
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Cindy Bass, leader of the 22nd Democratic ward and 8th District City Councilmember. Last month, 11 committee people were removed from her ward for supporting Working Families Party candidates in November's election.
Power struggle in city Democratic Party playing out in Northwest Philadelphia
Support non-Democrats at your own peril, the Philadelphia Democratic Party warned its members. Now it has made good on that promise. more
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Crime Report
The following is for crimes reported in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy for the period from Jan. 29 to Feb. 5. more
CHCA Agenda
Monday, Feb. 19 - Combined Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee and Development Review Committee Meeting more
Vincene "Vinnie" Morris in action during the 1986 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament.
Building a more complete local archive
The Chestnut Hill Conservancy continues to build archival material and is asking residents for help. more
What’s happening at Center on the Hill
This season, the Center on the Hill is buzzing with an array of activities designed to keep seniors active, informed and connected.  more
Actor David Morse, of Chestnut Hill, paces the performance space at the Fringe Arts Building before his 2014 performance of “White Rabbit, Red Rabbit.”
Celebrity performance for Quintessence fundraiser
On Valentine's Day, Chestnut Hill’s David Morse and his wife will co-star in a benefit performance to help upgrade the Sedgwick Theater. more
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SEPTA ticket agent Barbara Lewis, who worked for the transportation agency for 32 years, was laid off from her job at the Chestnut Hill East train station at Bethlehem Pike and Chestnut Hill Avenue.
Losing a familiar face at CH East
SEPTA is shuttering ticket windows and as a result, 15 agents have lost their jobs. One is Barbara Lewis, from the Chestnut Hill East station. more
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Northwest Philadelphia residents gather at Richard Allen Lane station, along SEPTA’s Chestnut Hill West line, in an attempt to save the line amid the transit agency’s potential budget cuts.
Grassroots organizers mobilize for CH West
This time, the threat that the Chestnut Hill West Regional Rail line could be closed due to funding cuts and low ridership is not a fire drill. more
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More than 200 congregants attended a service Monday to “seal the holy door” at the Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in East Germantown, a tradition that marks the beginning of Catholic preparation for the holy year to come in 2025.The shrine was elevated to basilica status in late 2022 after a years-long application process that culminated in a decree issued by Pope Francis. As a minor basilica, the shrine and the chapel that houses it have special responsibilities and privileges, and denotes a special bond of communion with the pope.
Catholics ‘seal the door’ at Germantown Basilica
In the year since the Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal was elevated to basilica status, thousands have come to pray there. more
Olympia Holding’s proposed five-story building would rise behind the brick Germantown Historical Society, which sits on the edge of the neighborhood’s 18th-century market square.
Another five-story proposal for ‘historic’ Germantown
Developer Olympia Holdings has a new proposal for the church parking lot next to the former site of Nolen Building Materials. more
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Keir Bradford-Grey, who managed more than 500 staff members and a $50 million budget at the Philadelphia Defender Association, is now running to become Pennsylvania’s first Black attorney general.
Local lawyer is one of five candidates for state AG
Keir Bradford-Grey would be the first Black official to serve in the post. more
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Crime Report
The following report is for crimes reported in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy for the period from Jan. 22 to 28. more
CHCA Agenda
All meetings are open to the public. more
More than 300 people, including State Rep. Chris Rabb and City Councilwoman Cindy Bass, gathered at SEPTA’s Allen Lane Station for a ‘Save the Train’ rally on Saturday morning.
Gov. Shapiro moves to save Chestnut Hill West
A group that hopes to preserve service on the Chestnut Hill West rail line got a boost when the governor proposed a funding increase. more
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West Mt. Airy Neighbors executive director Josephine Winter helps plant Save the Train lawn signs on the grounds of the Chestnut Hill West line's Richard Allen Lane station. A rally is scheduled for Sunday at 10 a.m. at the station. Photo courtesy of West Mt. Airy Neighbors
Transit activists are taking to the tracks to save Chestnut Hill West
The group plans to take the 10:50 a.m. train to Chestnut Hill West, then take the 23 bus, which runs along Germantown Avenue, back to Mt. Airy.  more
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Brad Bank (left), a member of the Chestnut Hill Landmarks Committee, spoke out against amending easements for Greylock, an early 20th-century mansion, at the Chestnut Hill Conservancy’s annual meeting Thursday night. David Dannenberg, another member of the Landmarks Committee, stands to Bank’s left.
Controversy continues for historic hilltop mansion
If Thursday's meeting is any indication, controversy about the potential development of Greylock mansion seems unlikely to end soon. more
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Chestnut Hill West riders arrive at Center City’s Suburban Station just before 9 a.m. on Monday.
SEPTA woes bring new worry for Chestnut Hill West
Many residents of Northwest Philadelphia fear the worst as pandemic funding runs dry and SEPTA sees a $240 million shortfall.  more
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