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Journalist David Hawkings, who lives in Chestnut Hill, will be speaking at the Chestnut Hill Rotary Club on Dec. 13.
Hill journalist on DC dysfunction
Veteran Capitol Hill journalist David Hawkings will speak about congressional dysfunction at an upcoming Rotary Club meeting. more
Venetian Club celebrates Italian Christmas traditions
The Venetian Social Club will host a special event on Dec. 10 as part of its yearlong centennial celebration. more
CHCA Agenda
Tuesday, Dec. 19, Development Review Committee more
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy sophomore Judah Meyer organizes unused food for delivery to the Whosoever Gospel Mission in Germantown.
Sophomore helps surplus meet scarcity
Dozens of fruit cups, pizza, pre-made sandwiches, salad bar items, baked goods and lasagna made their way to a local mission. more
The groundbreaking for the Woodmere Art Museum’s new building, the Frances M. Maguire Hall for Art and Education, brought the regional art community’s benefactors and dignitaries out in full force last week. That project is scheduled to be completed in the spring of 2025.
Woodmere breaks ground for Maguire Hall
The city has updated its short-term rental rules, effective this year.
Airbnbs stir civic issues
Changes to how the city regulates some Airbnbs have left many in Chestnut Hill wondering whether to welcome the short-term rental service. more
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The former Top of the Hill Market (foreground) sits along East Evergreen Avenue in Chestnut Hill. In the background is the former site of Mimi’s Market (left), Evergreen Cheese Chestnut Hill (center) and Manuela’s (right).
New life in store for Top of the Hill, Mimi’s
A new tenant is scheduled to be announced “sometime next year.” more
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Santa, gingerbread and a giant crane
Northwest Philadelphia’s holiday season is now in full swing – bringing a giant Christmas tree to Germantown Avenue as well as a parade featuring Santa. more
The Philadelphia Police Department’s 14th District responded to a burglary alarm at Chestnut Hill’s Fine Wine & Good Spirits store, located at 8705 Germantown Ave., after it was burglarized in the middle of the night. At approximately 1:30 a.m., an offender threw a rock through the front glass window and entered the store. He then fled the location with merchandise from the store. There has not yet been an arrest made, but the investigation is active and ongoing with Northwest Detectives.
Crime Report
The following report is for crimes reported in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy for the period from Nov. 20  to Nov. 26. more
CHCA Agenda
For the week of Nov. 27, 2023 more
Katie Worrall, a longtime volunteer for the Chestnut Hill Conservancy and former editor of the Chestnut Hill Local, recently completed a 16-year project cataloging photographs from the Local. During the project, she cataloged more than 9,000 photographs published in the paper from 1970 to 2002. Worrall started at the Local in 1978 and became its editor in 2001. She left the paper in 2004. Her Chestnut Hill Local photograph collection is available to the public for research via the online photo collection link on the Conservancy’s website, chconservancy.org.
Local's photo catalog complete
A rendering of Khosla Properties' proposed development at 20-30 Allens Lane, behind the Mt. Airy Wawa.
Development projects, both on and off, in Mt. Airy
Despite rising interest rates, development in Mt. Airy continues to chug along as investors seek to capitalize on land for dense new housing projects. more
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Boxwood, which sits at 156 W. School House Lane in Germantown, was listed on the city’s historic register in 2019.
G-town school vs. preservationists
If the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf gets its way, neighbors on the 100 block of West School House Lane could soon see it demolished. more
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Bartram’s Garden has been working hard to restore its water’s edge, and reconnect Philadelphia residents with the Schuylkill River. The city's sewer issues, however, mean that the water is unsafe for use almost half the days of the year.
Is 'Green City, Clean Waters' succeeding, or is $2.4 billion going down the drain?
It’s been 300 years since botanist John Bartram decided to build a garden on the banks of the Schuylkill River. Today, the landscape looks vastly different. more
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The Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Lower School communities come together every Thanksgiving to support the Germantown Avenue Crisis Ministry and St. Vincent’s Food Cupboard, with each grade contributing toward the fixings for a full turkey dinner – from cranberry sauce to pumpkin pie. This year, parents Tom Nickel and Juliet Schweidel took a special interest in the project – resulting in a truck bearing a full bed of 88 frozen turkeys – for a grand total of 200 turkeys. “It was all for the boys,” said Nickel. “We wanted the boys to understand doing good things and the importance of giving back to other people.”
Giving thanks by giving back
CHCA Agenda
For the week of Nov. 20, 2023 more
Crime Report
The following report is for crimes reported in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy for the period from Nov. 13 to Nov. 19. more
Springfield Twp. considers budget, open space and pickleball
The Board of Commissioners proposed a 5.1 percent increase in the 2024 budget at its Nov. 11 meeting. more
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KECO’s application materials assert that it holds regular meetings at the historic Thomas C. Potter House, located on the 5900 block of Greene Street, on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m. However, when the Local tried to attend the October meeting, the building appeared vacant. Some of the windows were boarded up, the doors were locked and there were no cars in the parking lot. A phone number for the banquet hall had been scratched off both sides of the sign in front.
A new civic group in Germantown and Mt. Airy is raising eyebrows as well as questions
A new civic group with the potential power to influence development in both Mt. Airy and Germantown has community leaders worried. more
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CH parking lot rates triple
Cheap parking has officially come to a screeching halt in Chestnut Hill – shocking many longtime regulars along the neighborhood’s busy business strip.  more
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