by Sue Ann Rybak The Chestnut Hill Business District announced a tax credit partnership with Elfant Wissahickon Realtors and George Woodward Company, receiving two ceremonial checks for $42,000 each as a symbol of the $85,000 tax contribution by the two local businesses on June 14. Philip Dawson, executive director of the CHBD, and 8th District […]
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by Sue Ann Rybak It’s rare that you find a day care center where sending your child there has become a family tradition, but House on Pooh Corner isn’t just any daycare. Teachers, parents and former kids think of the day care, situated in a three-story Victorian house at 311 E. Walnut Lane in Germantown, […]
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by Pete Mazzaccaro Elizabeth Moxey crossed Stenton Avenue at Evergreen on her way back to her East Highland Avenue home on the afternoon of Saturday, May 11, when a car traveling north. blew through a red light and struck her. The registered nurse was lucky. She recalls jumping out of the way of the car […]
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by George McNeely This week we celebrate the unveiling of the newest outdoor sculpture at the Woodmere Art Museum: Robinson Fredenthal’s immense stainless steel geometric “White Water” of 1978. The sculpture now serves as a dazzling abstract triumphal arch on Germantown Pike at the entrance to Chestnut Hill. This is only the most recent addition […]
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by Sue Ann Rybak “A Yappy Time” was had by all at Chestnut Hill Business District’s Sixth Annual Petapalooza, coinciding with its First Friday on June 7 at Germantown and East Highland Avenues. It was a perfect evening to treat your four-legged friend – and yourself – to a special treat. Chestnut Grill & Sidewalk […]
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by Sue Ann Rybak The Chestnut Hill Business District has received a $225,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community Development and Economic Development Multimodal Transportation Fund for its Pedestrian Lighting Project. State Sen. Art Haywood presented the check to Philip Dawson, executive director of the Chestnut Hill Business District, on June 6 at Berkshire […]
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by Carole Verona When the band Conjunto Philadelphia launches the free 2019 Pastorius Park Concert Series on Wednesday, June 12 at 7:30 pm, they will transport the audience back in time to the golden age of Cuban music. “People are going to hear rhythms and melodies that are timeless,” said Jeff Torchon, the band’s founder […]
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by Len Lear By day, Ryan Umberger, who will be 32 on June 10, is a Philadelphia police officer whose wife of three years, Lindsey, is a Chestnut Hill Community Association board member and auditor for Wells Fargo. The couple is expecting their first baby on or about July 1. By night, Umberger may also […]
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by Pete Mazzaccaro The FBI and Philadelphia Police are seeking a suspect in the armed robbery of Wells Fargo on 8527 Germantown Ave. on the afternoon of Thursday, May 30.* According to a release by the FBI, a man entered the bank at approximately 2:33 p.m., handed a demand note to a teller and brandished […]
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by Len Lear Several folks in Chestnut Hill know Chuck Bentham as a dedicated member of the board of directors of Bird-In-Hand Consignment Shop, a wonderful nonprofit organization whose proceeds, considerably more than $1 million, have been donated to local charities and the community itself since it was founded 44 years ago. But Bentham, 70, […]
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