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Mercer (right) with her baked goods at a pop-up event at the Brown's ShopRite supermarket in Roxborough with her niece, Ryshawna Fisher. Mercer’s husband, Lyman, is on the left.
Mt. Airy baker's career is on the rise
Romona Mercer never attended culinary school or enrolled in cooking classes, but today the Mt. Airy resident is head baker and CEO of her own company, Aunt Verlea's Pound Cake Experience. more
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Sexton (right) is seen with her friends — Joanne Howald (seated), Marge’s sister Patricia Conroy (top, left) and Linda Pirkle (middle). The group was celebrating Howald's birthday at a Center City restaurant.
Son’s death inspires mom to share her grief and rap
Marge Sexton couldn’t imagine how she would survive after her 47-year-old son Ron committed suicide in 2015. more
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The Rev. Scott Robinson, a long-time Chestnut Hill resident, will have a book reading and signing for “The Way In” on Sunday, Aug. 7, 3 p.m., at Booked, 8511 Germantown Ave.
Hill minister's new book about living with Parkinson's
“The Way In; What a Hospice Chaplain Learned Living with Parkinson's, in Poetry and Prose”  is a courageous, brutally candid revelation of Robinson’s own periodic rages. more
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Josephine stands in her garden in Erdenheim with, from left, her son, Stephen; his wife, Lisa, and Josephine's daughter, Jo-Ellen Portolese.
100-year-old Hill area resident: 'Enjoy the good times'
The late comic Rodney Dangerfield used to say, “I'm getting so old that I could not blow out all of the candles on my latest birthday cake. The heat drove me back.” more
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John Kromer of Mt. Airy, one of three Northwest Philadelphia authors featured during an event at Hilltop Books in Chestnut Hill, will talk about his book “Philadelphia Battlefields.”
Three local authors bring their politics to Hill bookstore
Three local authors, one from Chestnut Hill and two from Mt. Airy, will discuss their books at a signing event on Thursday, July 28, 6 p.m., at Hilltop Books, 84 Bethlehem Pike. more
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Keisha Hutchins Hirlinger grew up in Mt. Airy and returned to the neighborhood six years ago because “it's a wonderful place to live.”
Mt. Airy pair brings great music to Water Works
Mt. Airy residents Doug Hirlinger and his wife, Keisha Hutchins Hirlinger are both musicians, but have not played together much - until now. more
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Sarah J. Gafgen portrays Broadway legend Ethel Merman in Ambler's Act II Playhouse's production of “Together Off-Broadway: Merman and Martin,” running through Aug. 7. Gafgen co-wrote the show with co-star Meredith Beck.
Actor friends celebrate Broadway legends
Act II Playhouse’s latest production is a tribute to Ethel Merman and Mary Martin,  the equivalent of royalty on the Great White Way. more
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Chestnut Hill Hospital dietitian Carlie Kamnik will be leading a healthy weight loss and lifestyle support group in the hospital’s main conference room on the third Wednesday of every month. The group, which begins meeting in the fall, is free and open to the public.
New Weight Loss and Lifestyle Support Group
My Weight Loss and Lifestyle Support Group will meet monthly, the 3rd Wednesday of every month. more
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Friends of the Wissahickon trail ambassador James Charnock, 81, works the outreach table at Valley Green Inn, recruiting new members for FOW earlier this year.
Trail ambassador, 81, obsessed with Wissahickon Park
Lots of people enjoy Wissahickon Park and visit it often, but James Charnock is probably more enthusiastic than any other user of the park that traverses parts of Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy. more
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'DIVERSITY' AUTHOR AT HILL LIBRARY: The public is invited to a talk by Mt. Airy author P. W. Hand about “Diversity in Modern Literature from Mid-20th Century to Present” at the Chestnut Hill Library, 8711 Germantown Ave., on Wednesday, July 20, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. To attend in person, email handc@freelibrary.org or stop by the library. To attend on Zoom, register in advance at freelibrary-org.zoom.us/meeting/register.
Josh Santiago, who has given more than 9,000 free haircuts to homeless people since 2015, was recently profiled by “NBC Nightly News” national correspondent Kate Snow as he was providing his free service on Chelten Avenue in Germantown.
Good Samaritan barber makes national news
"NBC Nightly News" reports on Good Samaritan barber in Germantown. more
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Francis Raven and Carolyn Kousky, of Chestnut Hill, recently took their sons Noah (second from left) and Nate to visit a pyramid in Oaxaca, Mexico.
A website to save monarch butterflies: one child’s solution
Chestnut Hill resident Noah Raven, whose last name already suggests a proclivity to help preserve wildlife, has started an initiative to save monarch butterflies. more
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Kathryn Hellerstein
Mt. Airy author can walk her way into your heart
You might not think that a book about walking would be a page-turner, but a new book proves that any subject can be fascinating if it is told in a compelling way. more
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Juan Castellanos, former Chestnut Hill resident and Springside/Chestnut Hill Academy graduate, will perform for the Metropolitan Ballet Company's 25th anniversary gala event June 4 on the Abington Friends School campus. Photo by Rick Belden
SCH grad, professional ballet dancer, returns to perform 
Castellanos, who currently dances with the Charlotte Ballet’s second company (sort of like Triple-A in baseball), has been promoted and will be a full-time paid professional in the North Carolina troupe’s primary company next season.  more
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Philly Goat Project Founder and Director Karen Krivit and Clementine the goat bond with Arden Monaghan, 3, of Lafayette Hill during a visit at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill Preschool Program last week.
Philly Goat Project visits Hill preschoolers
The 65 children brushed the five animals in three separate half-hour sessions, and gave them carrot treats in the playground. more
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Light Up the Tower Fundraising Committee: Lucie Daigle, Mary Pomichter, Barbara Diaz, Marianna Santry, Fran Marcolina, Christina Hindman (not shown) Keith Kunz, President of Water Tower Advisory Council & Bob Kelly of Good Day Philadelphia
Community Rallies to Support the Water Tower Recreation Center
Thursday’s dinner was the first event of an effort to fund components of a Master Plan developed to improve the recreation center and grounds now and in the coming years. more
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George Blood LP in Fort Washington is a leading provider of archival audio and moving image services; digitizing audio, video, film, and migrating data. 
Time’s running out for preserving audiovisual materials
Almost a quarter into the 21st century, a new problem has entered our lives. People of all ages now find themselves with more personal audiovisual material than ever before - and with so many of … more
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Mt. Airy resident Claire Hand is the new adult/teen librarian at the Chestnut Hill Library. Photo by Brian Rudnick
Finally, Chestnut Hill gets a new librarian
“Why do we still need libraries now that almost every kid has a virtual Google library in their pocket?”  more
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Ben Frasier III, new graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy.
Mt. Airy native graduates from the U.S. Naval Academy
Frazier was a member of the United States Naval Academy Drum and Bugle Corps and the Yard Patrol Squadron, where he served as Commodore and a member of the Brigade leadership.  more
Lawyer Kathryn Kolbert, of Chestnut Hill, successfully argued to protect abortion rights before the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1992 landmark case Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
Local lawyer at the center of abortion rights battle
“This is what we have been predicting,” said Kolbert, who is the lawyer who successfully argued to protect that right before the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1992 landmark case Planned Parenthood v. Casey. more
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