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Jelani Wheeler was sitting at a crossroads – literally and figuratively. He is facing a difficult decision in the upcoming primary election for City Council’s 8th District.
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by Kyle Bagenstose
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4/7/23
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The April 26 8th council district community forum where incumbent Cindy Bass faces the first significant challenger in over a decade in Seth Anderson-Oberman promises be a true community event.
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by Jo Winter
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4/6/23
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Police are investigating incidents of neo-Nazi stickers placed along telephone poles up and down Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill.
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by Tom Beck
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4/5/23
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Students at Our Mother of Consolation School will return to in-person classes Thursday, April 13, resuming their school year at Chestnut Hill College after a devastating fire destroyed their school.
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by Paul Mercurio
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4/5/23
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The ward’s elected leader, Jeff Duncan, called Anderson-Oberman, who overwhelmingly won the vote among 9th ward committeepeople by a 20 to four margin, an “impressive candidate.”
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by Tom Beck
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4/4/23
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There will be something new at the center of the centuries-old service of Tenebrae, to be offered at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on Good Friday.
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by Francesca Chapman
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3/30/23
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Gather up your electronics and bring them to Chestnut Hill College on Saturday, April 1, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Environment Committee of Weavers Way Coop will be collecting anything with …
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3/30/23
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The development team for the old Mt. Pleasant Garage has won its argument with the city's Department of Licenses & Inspections.
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by Tom Beck
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3/30/23
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Nestled within the historic Ambler Train Station, patrons of the upscale French restaurant La Provence enjoy not just the food but also the warm smile of 20-year-old busser Yaroslava "Yasia" Chala.
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by Len Lear
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3/30/23
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For week of March 27, 2023
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3/30/23
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As of Thursday, March 29, the city’s website was posting the following update: “Philadelphia’s water is safe to drink."
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3/29/23
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For the fifth Sunday in Lent, Father John Fisher, of Our Mother of Consolation parish, delivered his homily from an unusual location – the gym of Norwood-Fontbonne Academy.
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by Francesca Chapman
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3/29/23
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Developer Stuart Udis adjusted his proposed development plans for the former Fred's Mt. Airy Motors site to address community concerns and provide affordable housing.
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Tom Beck
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3/24/23
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Last week’s edition of the Local contained an article that misidentified Karen Bojar as a Chestnut Hill resident. She lives in Mt. Airy.
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3/23/23
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The Springfield Township Board of Commissioners and Police Chief Robert Pitkow came together at a March business meeting to officially commend almost half of the force.
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by Betsy Wallace
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3/23/23
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The development team that is now redeveloping the former Mt. Pleasant Garage went before the city’s zoning board last week to fight an October stop-work order.
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by Tom Beck
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3/23/23
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The following report is for crimes reported in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy for the period from March 13 - 20.
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3/23/23
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Cindy Bass, first elected to represent city council’s 8th District in 2012, is facing her first serious challenger in this year’s Democratic primary. She said she’s not worried.
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by Tom Beck and Carla Robinson
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3/22/23
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Erika Almiron, a Germantown resident who first ran for City Council at-large in 2019, intends to build a bigger coalition of voters who resemble “the whole city.”
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by Tom Beck
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3/22/23
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A three-alarm inferno destroyed the historic OMC parish school on Tuesday.
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Carla Robinson
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3/21/23
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