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As any print subscriber to this paper is probably painfully aware, there are big problems with the United States Postal Service.
Last year, as the country approached a general election in which an …
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by Pete Mazzaccaro
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4/8/21
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The proposed housing developments at the bottom and top of Chestnut Hill have seemingly sparked similar reactions judging from the newspaper coverage and list serve activity that I have seen.
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by Daniel Hoffman
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4/7/21
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In a 1937 book titled "Everyone's Autobiography," Gertrude Stein wrote, "there is no there there," lamenting that her childhood home had been torn down and replaced with an office building.
This …
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by John Derr
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4/1/21
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City officials have plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the positive turns the COVID-19 pandemic has taken – last week the city reported two fatalities from the disease, a far cry from …
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by Pete Mazzaccaro
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3/26/21
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Every once and a while book comes along that changes your outlook on life. This just happened to me recently when I read The Age of Wood by Roland Ennos.
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by Ned Barnard & Pauline Gray
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3/26/21
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In the last month, just as the promise of a ‘return to normal’ following a year of pandemic isolation, Chestnut Hill has found itself the latest point of focus for the city’s …
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In 1681, when William Penn took possession of Pennsylvania, 2100 native plant species could be found throughout. Europeans had only begun to have an impact on the American forest, which, until the …
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by Dennis Burton
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3/12/21
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The latest chapter of the culture wars was opened last week when the publishers of Dr. Seuss’s extensive catalog of illustrated books announced it would pull six of them from …
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Feminist activists and historians have long advocated for recognition of women’s unpaid labor. In the course of doing research for my upcoming book, “Feminist Organizing Across the Generations,” I became aware of just how much of this work has not been documented.
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by Karen Bojar
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3/11/21
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Resilience and wellness is on peoples’ minds right now, and for good reason. The COVID-19 pandemic makes it clear that those with co-morbidities are at more risk of becoming very ill if …
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by Elise Rivers, Esq., Dipl.Ac.
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3/4/21
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As pandemic closures reach their first anniversary, many of us in progressive, blue states feel good about how we “did.” Our public health and elected officials succeeded in putting …
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by Pete Mazzaccaro
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3/4/21
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As a small business owner and a mom, I know what it’s like to need to step away from work to care for loved ones. My husband and I have owned and operated the Night Kitchen Bakery and Cafe in Chestnut Hill for more than 20 years.
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by Amy Edelman
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2/26/21
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One of the things I’d like to do more in this space is give readers some behind-the-scenes takes about what happens at the Local. In talking to people, I regularly come to understand that the …
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by Pete Mazzaccaro
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2/25/21
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We all want to save the planet. But what does that really mean?
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by Dennis Burton
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2/25/21
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Last week, the Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee of the Chestnut Hill Community Association heard several hours of testimony and discussion about a proposed set of townhouses for 30 W. …
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by Pete Mazzaccaro
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2/18/21
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When Carter Woodson helped found Negro History Week in 1926, he had already accomplished quite a lot.
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by John Colgan-Davis
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2/17/21
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The year 2021 begins the United Nations’ “Decade of Ecological Restoration,” or the UN Decade. The premise is that saving the planet requires healthy ecosystems.
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by Dennis Burton
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2/12/21
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One of the first assignments I ever had as a writer for the Local many years ago was a Town Watch ride-around with the long-time head of Chestnut Hill’s watch, Dick Martin. I recall a …
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by Pete Mazzaccaro
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2/11/21
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News last week that SEPTA would be restoring service to its Chestnut Hill West line – albeit on a schedule more limited than before it was shut down for most of the past year – …
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by Pete Mazzaccaro
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2/4/21
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In Springfield Township, we are excited about moving to a clean energy future and have recently taken two important steps in this direction. First, we are proud to be the first municipality in Montgomery Country to sign on to the “Ready for 100% Clean Energy” nationwide initiative.
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by Baird Standish and Peter Wilson
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2/3/21
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