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By Kate Dolan What is happening at the Wissahickon Park, near Devil’s Pool? On Saturday, August 1, about 30 young people took turns doing flips and dives off the rock towering more than 15 feet above Devils Pool, a small basin where the Cresheim Creek meets the Wissahickon Creek. On its rocky shore, more than […]

by Len Lear According to the June 22-29 issue of Time magazine, “In the U.S., black Americans are dying from Covid-19 at twice the rate of their white counterparts. In some states, the disparity is even sharper.” With the pandemic laying bare systemic inequalities and racial discrimination, some people are seizing the moment to push […]

by Sue Ann Rybak Lori knows what it’s like to have a child who is struggling with addiction or substance abuse disorder Addiction is a chronic medical disease that results in psychological and physical inability to stop consuming a chemical, drug, activity, or substance, despite harmful consequences on a person’s physical, emotional and social well-being. […]

Editor’s Note: The printed version of this story in the 7/30 issue of the Local was edited for space. This is a longer version with extended and extra interviews. by Barbara Sheehan It may take a village to raise a child, but what does it take to keep the village itself healthy? In Chestnut Hill, […]

by Len Lear “I do have to have a dose of animals every so often. Doing this kind of work makes me very happy!’ insists Moya (a Gaelic name) Kinnealey, a Mt. Airy resident for 40 years and wild animal rescue volunteer for the last 13 years. Moya, whose face lights up when she talks […]

by Sue Ann Rybak Benson Churgai, 24, is the first openly transgender Philadelphia Police Officer. He graduated with the academy’s 391st class earlier this year alongside 41 other officers who completed nine months of training and testing. His connection to Chestnut Hill is a scholarship he earned to Chestnut Hill College where he said he […]