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Over three years ago, The Goldenberg Group purchased the property at 100-102 East Mermaid Lane.
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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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SCH student Grayson Wade on lowering the mask and discovering a personal identity.
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by Grayson Wade, SCH Academy Class of 2022
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10/28/21
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This letter is to warn residents that last week, including last Friday 3 squirrels made it to the first block of E. Highland Ave before suffering painful deaths that looked like poisoning.
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10/28/21
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October 26 is the deadline to apply for a mail-in ballot.
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10/21/21
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On November 2nd, Justice will be on the ballot in Philadelphia and all across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This election could not be more consequential, with women’s reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, and the very right to vote at all hanging in the balance
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10/21/21
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I enjoyed Alex Bartlett’s article on Chestnut Hill eateries but have to point out that he missed mentioning maybe the most long lived and popular restaurant ever seen in the area.
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10/21/21
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"Happy families are all alike," wrote Leo Tolstoy, but "every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Including his.
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by Bill Wine
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10/15/21
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McNally's Tavern, George Woodward Company, Norwood-Fontbonne Academy, at their centennial.
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10/14/21
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A low-key, fact-based espionage mystery-thriller with a secret identity as a marital drama. In both guises, it delivers as a taut, tense, timely tale.
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by Bill Wine
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10/8/21
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I am one of thousands of immunocompromised Philadelphians for whom taking public transportation, shopping for groceries or dining with friends at even an outdoor café presents serious risk.
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by Stacia Friedman
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10/7/21
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We’ve been making a few changes here at the Local in the four weeks I’ve been your editor. One of the most important of those changes started last week, when Tom Beck joined the team as our newest reporter.
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by Carla Robinson
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10/7/21
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Nearly all of the feedback provided by neighbors was negative.
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10/7/21
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The meaning of success, upward mobility, and job security all have to be redefined during a calamitous recession and that's exactly what the timely, resonant, and thought-provoking contemporary workplace drama, “The Company Men” (2010), sets out to do.
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by Bill Wine
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10/1/21
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“It being one of the principles of the Circumlocution Office never, on any account whatever, to give a straightforward answer.”
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by John Derr, Publisher
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9/30/21
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Johnny Depp playing a standup chameleon.
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by Bill Wine
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9/24/21
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On September 14th, I sent an email to the U.S. Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy. Because I couldn’t trust the USPS to deliver a letter to him.
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by John Derr, Publisher
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9/23/21
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Chestnut Hill Arts in the Fall.
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9/23/21
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Each week, veteran film critic Bill Wine will look back at an important film that is worth watching, either for the first time or again.
Hey, a superhero movie with no Spandex. Will …
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by Bill Wine
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9/18/21
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Last week, I began my new role as editor of this storied newspaper. And I consider myself fortunate indeed. I have always loved journalism, and being able to do it amid so much history and such a deep bench of fascinating people is an opportunity few could pass up.
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by Carla Robinson
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9/16/21
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