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Last week, 134 years after the architectural treasure known as Teviot was built at 399 E. Willow Grove Ave., fencing and a backhoe suddenly appeared.
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by Lori Salganicoff
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2/1/23
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It's time for us to ban gas leaf blowers. They are hazardous to our health, significantly contribute to air pollution, and are a waste of money.
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12/15/22
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Before we know it, Advent ends – with us wondering where it went. So whatever religious tradition you follow, I would like to take this Advent season to offer a thought: Slow down.
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12/8/22
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Living overseas, I’ve been asked this incessantly every fall for over 20 years.
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11/10/22
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One of the common threads that unites our community is our beloved green spaces.
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11/10/22
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Voting is a sacred right and the parishioners at the Church of St. Martin in the Fields in Chestnut Hill believe democracy and human rights are at risk in our country.
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11/3/22
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Roxborough has always been known as a place with deep roots. And as our community grows, the heart here beats stronger.
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9/29/22
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If current members of City Council want to run for mayor, they must first give up their council seats.
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by Ellen Mattleman Kaplan
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9/23/22
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The calendar still says it’s summer, but you may have had to get out your rake to clear dried-up leaves from your lawn. Why does it look like fall already?
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by Morris Arboretum staff
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9/8/22
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In a meeting held over Zoom on Thursday, June 30, leadership from the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education (SCEE) unveiled their plan to sell off 24 acres of donated forested land.
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7/14/22
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At the age of 67, I just did something I’d never done before. I used the Heimlich Maneuver on somebody.
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by Roz Warren
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7/7/22
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Nancy Hubby and I had an ambitious dream: to nominate the community of Chestnut Hill to become a large Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.
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by Shirley Hanson
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6/23/22
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The CHCA Board made the decision to work on the organization itself, and update internal controls, documents and guidelines.
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by Kathi Clayton, board president of the Chestnut Hill Community Association and Anne McNiff, executive director
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5/4/22
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The college is ignoring the fact that their campus and the SugarLoaf property are both listed as “significant" resources in the National Register Historic District.
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Soon after Acme started selling alcohol, trash on Mermaid Lane, Ardleigh and other surrounding streets quadrupled.
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2/24/22
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Let’s celebrate the holidays this year /
With wassail, music, and abundant cheer.
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by Clark Groome
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12/23/21
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A day does not go by when I do not think about and miss Cheyenne. But when one barn door closes, another often opens. I believe that Letty was looking for her forever person at the same time I was looking for my next heart-horse.
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by Nancy Peter
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12/16/21
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6753 Germantown Avenue got a big facelift Nov. 5, with contrasting colors bringing out its inherent beauty as a Victorian style building with the many details for which that style is …
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by Elise Rivers, Esq., M.Ac., Community Acupuncture of Mt. Airy & Northwest Center for Food As Medicine
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11/25/21
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This Thanksgiving will be different for many of us. For some, it will be the first time since the pandemic started that they will be setting the table for relatives coming from afar.
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by Stacia Friedman
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11/25/21
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At 66, I am a big believer in being grateful for what I’ve got rather than dwelling on what I don’t have. For instance, the first thing I do when I wake up each day is shout out loud, “It’s a day! Hurrah! Yippee! I’ve got a day!”
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by Roz Warren
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10/28/21
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