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Dr. Delvin M. Dinkins, new head of school at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
New SCH head of school aims to inspire a ‘magical vigor’
Dr. Delvin M. Dinkins was inspired to pursue a career in education by the teachers who guided him through school.  more
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Jarvis painted this likeness of the Masonic Lodge building that housed El Quetzal the week before the Aug. 16 fire destroyed the building.
Architectural Hill landmark painted just before fire
Days before fire ripped through the historic Hiram Lodge on Germantown Avenue last week, local artist Judy McCabe Jarvis had just captured the building in paint. It was a lucky accident, she said. more
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Harry Groome had a successful 30-year career in the pharmaceutical industry, rising to chairman of SmithKline Beecham Consumer Healthcare, but after a forced retirement he has authored five novels, and two powerful new novellas that were just published in June.
Local author proves there are 'second acts,' after all
The legendary American “Jazz Age” author F. Scott Fitzgerald famously wrote, “There are no second acts in American lives.” Fitzgerald did not know Harry Groome. more
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Hattie Williams, who has lived in Northwest Philadelphia for her entire life, is seen in her Mt. Airy home that is a virtual museum of dolls, framed photos and collectibles.
Mt. Airy 3-time cancer survivor still feels 'blessed'
More than four decades ago, Hattie Williams was given one of the most valuable gifts a person could receive — a house. more
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Heather Gray (far left), whose wrestling moniker was Heather McMasters, is seen with some of her wrestling buddies — Riptide, Psycho Sybil and Joanie (Chyna).
Wrestling with a big career move
Heather Gray is a sweet and soft-spoken Chestnut Hill resident who left her job in June as the Chestnut Hill Community Association's director of marketing and communications to work for Comcast. more
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Otto Reichert-Facilides began writing his book almost 80 years ago while in combat with the German army in World War II.
German author's memoir almost 80 years in the making
I have had the good fortune to interview many authors over the years, but until I met Otto Reichert-Facilides last week, I had never met one who has been working on their book for almost 80 years. more
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Courtney O’Neill started as the Chestnut Hill Business Association’s new executive director on Aug. 8.
New leader named to Chestnut Hill Business Association
After a five-month search for a new executive director, the Chestnut Hill Business Association has finally found its new leader in recently appointed executive director Courtney O’Neill. more
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Kathi Clayton was elected to serve a second term as president of the Chestnut Hill Community Association and has set three objectives for the organization.
Kathi Clayton returns for a second stint as CHCA board president
When Kathi Clayton first became president of the Chestnut Hill Community Association’s board in August 2020, Chestnut Hill looked a lot different than usual. In fact, the whole world did. more
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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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