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John Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s Democratic Senate candidate, met with press and supporters in front of Rep. Dwight Evans’ campaign office Monday morning. Photo by Tom Beck
Fetterman hits West Oak Lane before election day
John Fetterman’s 2022 Senate campaign spent the morning of election day eve outside of Rep. Dwight Evans’ West Oak Lane field office, chatting and taking pictures with supporters for … more
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Karen Warren Coleman will take office as the new head of school for the William Penn Charter School next summer.
William Penn Charter names a new head of school
William Penn Charter School has just named Karen Warren Coleman its new head of school, making her the first woman to lead the Quaker institution since it was founded. more
Eliza Callard, a lifelong resident of Northwest Philadelphia, switched from being a writer to a successful watercolorist after the death of her mother.
Living with death close by: One artist’s perspective
Two days after Eliza Callard was born, she was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis and was placed in an incubator for three weeks.  more
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Paul Lyons, a professional comedian who teaches stand-up comedy for Mt. Airy Learning Tree, has been performing stand-up comedy on cruise ships to Alaska, Hawaii, Cozumel and Europe for 22 years.
Think you're funny? Take this class and prove it
Were you the class clown? The life of the party?  Check out the upcoming Mt. Airy Learning Tree classes, “A Gentle, Fun Guide to Doing Stand-Up Comedy.” more
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Josh L. Hitchens will be staging his one-man “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” on Friday, Oct. 28, and twice on Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion in Germantown.
Ghost story writer to stage 'Jekyll and Hyde'
Actor and playwright Josh L. Hitchens, the Theater Artistic Director at Allens Lane Art Center and author of “Haunted History of Philadelphia,” has always loved the macabre. more
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Liz Schlatter, who went from a career in science to a career behind the bar, is teaching upcoming classes in cocktail creation for Mt. Airy Learning Tree.
Learn classic mixology from a former microbiologist
What on earth is a microbiologist like you doing in a place like this? more
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Author Janet Mason, a Mt. Airy resident for four decades, holds a copy of her just-released novel, “Loving Artemis, An Endearing Tale of Revolution, Love and Marriage.”
New novel of lesbian love by acclaimed Mt. Airy author
Mt. Airy author Janet Mason has done it again. more
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Karina demonstrates her project, “Conscious Consumers,” geared toward reducing packaging waste, using an algorithm she created to help consumers understand the impact of non-recyclable, excessive or non-compostable product packaging.
SCH junior’s packaging algorithm wins prestigious EPA award
Today there is no shortage of opinions about young people presumably wasting their time while glued to their phones. But one cannot help but be impressed by Karina Chan-van der Helm. more
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Nelson Diaz, of Chestnut Hill, tells the story of his ascent from poverty to high positions in government and corporate boardrooms in his autobiography, “Not From Here, Not from There" (Temple University Press).
From poverty to realizing the American Dream
Chestnut Hill resident Nelson Diaz has chronicled his life in the autobiography “Not from Here, Not from There." more
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Dwyer, in red T-shirt, with youngsters in Guatemala, where most of the country's residents live on less than $2 a day.
Hiller left world of finance for service in Guatemala
When Brendan Dwyer was four years old, his mom, Marianne, became the director of Teenagers, Inc., a nonprofit that aims to connect teens to the world through community service. more
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Jose Benitez, CEO of Prevention Point Philadelphia, will speak to the Chestnut Hill Rotary Club about opioid addiction and related issues on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill.
Needle exchange advocate to speak to Hill Rotary Club
According to city statistics, Philadelphia hit 1,250 opioid overdose deaths last year – a situation that Jose Benitez, CEO of Prevention Point Philadelphia (PPP), knows all too well. more
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Lassiter, seen at his day job at Weavers Way in Chestnut Hill, has a one-man art exhibit at the Lieberman Gallery in the Settlement Music School, 6128 Germantown Ave., now through Dec. 22.
New exhibit by Hill artist who survived head-on collision
Alphonso “Al” Lassiter, 72, has a perpetually smiling face that has brightened up the Chestnut Hill Weavers Way market at the cash register and around the store for the past 12 years. more
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"Indigo Irises" by Linda Chicchi
Local painter with an amazing first solo show
Linda Chicchi has already sold a dozen of the 32 paintings at her solo show at Center on the Hill, the activity center for seniors located in the Presbyterian Church on Germantown Avenue. more
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Honduran men putting in a trench line for piping to get the water from the source to the village.
Local church brings water systems to Honduran villagers
For most of us, it's easy to take a flush toilet for granted. more
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JamRock will perform Brazilian and international music.
A new Mt. Airy festival stages music on the front porch 
Mt. Airy is perfect for Porchfest, and Tim Osborne knows it. more
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Mt. Airy’s Abigail Perkiss has written extensively over many years about the carefully planned racial integration of Mt. Airy after World War II, which has been labeled “a national model.”
Nuanced view of Mt. Airy's  racial history
Mt. Airy's much-praised racial diversity skipped over the issue of class, says author Abby Perkiss. more
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Nancy Miller, the former vice president of taxes for United Technologies, is now a volunteer who has run bric-a-brac, hardware and art at “The Barn” for five years.
Lafayette Hill former corporate exec now giving back
“The opposite of getting is giving, and therein lies a secret to fulfillment." more
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Lynn Gregory’s second novel, “So Much for Walls,” was inspired by her real-life experience as a traumatized carjacking victim.
Mt. Airy carjacking victim turns trauma into new novel
There is an old saying in publishing that you should “write what you know,” and Mt. Airy author and social science researcher Lynn Gregory is an exemplar of that maxim.  more
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Allen “Zak” Zaklad (center), a Mt. Airy psychotherapist who taught martial arts for more than three decades, has been offering free tai chi classes several times a week at Ned Wolf Park, Ellet and McCallum Streets in West Mt. Airy.
Free tai chi classes draw seniors to Mt. Airy park
For 12 years, Allen "Zak" Zaklad, 80, has been leading free tai chi workouts several days a week for anyone who shows up at Ned Wolf Park in West Mt. Airy. more
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Mt. Airy resident Penka Slavova is starting her seventh year as director of the International Student Program at Germantown Friends School.
From Bulgaria to Mt. Airy, helping international teens succeed
Longtime Mt. Airy resident Penka Slavova is starting her seventh year as director of the International Student Program at Germantown Friends School. more
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