by Sue Ann Rybak The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has denied the appeal of Tonya Bah, who was ordered off the ballot for the 8th District City Council primary for failing to file a statement of financial interest with the city’s department of records. “We are disappointed by the decision of the Appellate Court not […]
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by Pete Mazzaccaro A recent post on the online neighborhood forum Nextdoor announcing the listing of the building that houses Carman’s Shoe Repair, 8111 Germantown Ave., suggested Carmen Notarianni Jr. might be selling his business or retiring. Notarianni told the Local last week that he has no plans to sell his business or retire. Carman’s […]
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by Len Lear Michele Haines, 78, a world-traveling chef who opened Spring Mill Cafe in Conshohocken 40 years ago, was walking across the street at 4th and South Streets three years ago when she was hit by a car making a right turn. Michele flew through the air, slammed against the ground and suffered severe […]
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by Sam Newhouse A handful of neighbors gathered on Sunday, April 14 to clear out trash from the small pocket park on Lincoln Drive and Wissahickon Avenue known as Saylor Grove. The tiny wetlands at the park may be little-known, but it serves an important function to the community. As a wetland, it also cleans […]
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by Sue Ann Rybak Chestnut Hill resident Kristi Talley, 72, who was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer in January 2017, described being on the water in the middle of the Schuylkill as “magical.” “You can breathe in the water and absorb in the sky,” she said. “It sinks into your soul. The water is […]
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by Sue Ann Rybak Blossom Philadelphia, formerly United Cerebral Palsy of Philadelphia, will sell its 4.4-acre Chestnut Hill property to the Goldenberg Group, a real estate developer based in Blue Bell, for $4 million. The sale is expected to take place next month. Blossom, a nonprofit that used to operate day programs for adults and […]
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by Brendan Sample At its latest meeting, the Chestnut Hill Community Association’s Land Use, Planning and Zoning committee took another step toward a final decision concerning a proposed circular driveway on 121 W. Chestnut Hill Ave. The plan is to replace the current driveway, which is used for three properties, because the homeowners, Patrick and […]
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The Chestnut Hill Local won two 2019 Keystone Press Awards given out annually by the Pennsylvania News Association. This year, the Local competed in Division VII for weekly publications with a circulation under 5,000. In the “Feature Story” category, Associate Editor Sue Ann Rybak won second place for her story, “From victim to victor: Life […]
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by Elizabeth Coady When she was a little girl, Carla Cain remembers her father telling stories about Octavius Catto, a black intellectual and equal rights activist who immigrated to Philadelphia from South Carolina and who was killed on his way to cast a vote in a city election on Oct. 10, 1871. Tensions were high […]
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by Sue Ann Rybak More than 100 people packed the former Alma Mater, 7165 Germantown Ave. in Mt. Airy, to hear candidates for City Council speak at a community meeting sponsored by the Mt. Airy-Nippon-Bryan-Cresheim Town Watch, on April 4. Front and center on the night was the status of Tonya Bah, whose candidacy to […]
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