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 …
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by Tom Beck
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11/7/22
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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.
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10/27/22
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Two days after Eliza Callard was born, she was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis and was placed in an incubator for three weeks.
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by Len Lear
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10/27/22
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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.”
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by Len Lear
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10/27/22
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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.
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by Len Lear
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10/27/22
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What on earth is a microbiologist like you doing in a place like this?
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by Len Lear
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10/6/22
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Mt. Airy author Janet Mason has done it again.
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by Len Lear
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10/6/22
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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.
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by Len Lear
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9/29/22
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Chestnut Hill resident Nelson Diaz has chronicled his life in the autobiography “Not from Here, Not from There."
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by Len Lear
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9/29/22
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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.
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by Len Lear
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9/22/22
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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.
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by Len Lear
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9/22/22
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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.
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by Len Lear
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9/22/22
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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.
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by Stacia Friedman
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9/22/22
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For most of us, it's easy to take a flush toilet for granted.
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by Len Lear
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9/14/22
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Mt. Airy is perfect for Porchfest, and Tim Osborne knows it.
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by Kristin Holmes
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9/14/22
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Mt. Airy's much-praised racial diversity skipped over the issue of class, says author Abby Perkiss.
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by Len Lear
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9/14/22
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“The opposite of getting is giving, and therein lies a secret to fulfillment."
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by Len Lear
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9/8/22
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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.
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by Len Lear
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9/8/22
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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.
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by Len Lear
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9/1/22
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Longtime Mt. Airy resident Penka Slavova is starting her seventh year as director of the International Student Program at Germantown Friends School.
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by Len Lear
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8/25/22
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