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In September, seven new members were elected to the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Chestnut Hill Library for two-year terms. This move expands the board from its current 10 to 17 members. The Friends are a voluntary, nonprofit organization with the mission of promoting the needs of the Library’s patrons and expanding […]

Chestnut Hill Tree Tenders, in connection with Mt. Airy and Germantown Tree Tenders, is soliciting applications for Free Street Trees to be planted in Chestnut Hill, Mt. Airy and Germantown in the Spring of 2019. Homeowners can submit an application at phsonline.org or you can pick up a form at the Chestnut Hill Community Association […]

by Elizabeth Coady The Wyndmoor Hills Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, overtaken by a court-appointed management company in May after its former owner was unable to meet its payroll, is stabilizing and will likely be placed up for sale in the next few months, according to the temporary manager. The Wyndmoor Hills health Care campus, […]

by Sue Ann Rybak When I knocked on the back door of First United Methodist Church of Germantown (FUMCOG), 6001 Germantown Ave. in Germantown, Clive Thompson, 59, an immigrant from Jamaica came with a phone in his hand. He cautiously glanced outside the window of the door before letting me in. Since August 28, Clive […]

by Maddie Clark Starting in Montgomeryville, not only does the Wissahickon Creek provide the habitat for over 130 species of birds, 15 species of mammals and 574 species of native plants, it provides drinking water for an upwards of 350,000 Philadelphia residents, according to the Lower Gwynedd Township. So, besides its beauty and recreational popularity, […]

by Maddie Clark If a bird flies into a window and no one is around to see or hear it, did it actually fly into the window? Yes, and it likely didn’t get back up. “If it’s not something we address quickly and effectively, we’ll have tremendous problems in the future,” said Keith Russell, the […]

by Anne McNiff, CHCA Executive Director The Chestnut Hill Community Association’s annual Movies Under the Stars saw a rainy August. It was so much rain that two of the movie dates had to be postponed. We are very excited to be rescheduling one of the movies as part of the Chestnut Hill Business Association’s Witches […]