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by Sue Ann Rybak Members of Chestnut Hill Hospital workers’ union, Service Employees International Union Healthcare Pennsylvania (SEIUHP) said that Chestnut Hill Hospital’s new owners Tower Health Medical Group’s recent health-care proposal would force union members to travel Reading Hospital to see a primary care physician. Tower Health Medical Group, an endeavor by Reading Hospital […]

The Chestnut Hill Conservancy is pleased to announce that it is now inviting nominations for the 2018 Architectural Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame is a distinguished list of Chestnut Hill’s most treasured significant buildings structures and landscapes, selected by public vote. These properties represent groundbreaking approaches to planning and design; or are significant […]

by Brendan Sample With the deadline for public comments on the Upper Northwest Draft Plan approaching, leaders of several Chestnut Hill organizations presented their top recommendations to approximately 30 local residents in attendance at an August 8 meeting at Chestnut Hill Hospital. Those organizations – the Chestnut Hill Community Association, Business District and Conservancy – […]

by Sarah Allessandrini Mt. Airy’s Lovett Memorial Library and the Springfield Township Library, both within a two-mile radius of the Chestnut Hill Library, reopened this year after undergoing major renovations. Will the Chestnut Hill Library get a similar upgrade any time soon? Not for at least a decade, according to the Free Library of Philadelphia. […]

by Will McQuillan Chestnut Hill Pharmacy, which served as a smallbusiness alternative to nearby corporate locations, closed its doors suddenly last week. Mark Lawson, R.Ph., opened the pharmacy at 8030 Germantown Avenue in 2010. It changed ownership five years later, when it was bought by pharmacist and former store manager Megan Gill and her husband, […]

by Pete Mazzaccaro Chestnut Hill’s 3000 BC announced on Monday that it would close its 8439 Germantown Avenue location and move its remaining business to its new Center City location. The Center City location opened in March of this year. The spa, which owner Korin Kormin opened in Chestnut Hill in 1992, has been a […]

by Sue Ann Rybak Anyone who follows the Local’s crime report regularly has likely noticed the dramatic increase in reports of car break-ins. 14th district police told us it’s a district-wide problem. Captain Frank Palumbo said there has been a 7 percent increase across the 14th District in car thefts and thefts from autos compared […]

by Will McQuillan Next summer, Chestnut Hill United Church will offer a one-week TransCamp for transgender, gender expansive, and non-binary children and youth. “All kids need a safe place where they can feel honored, celebrated, and affirmed. The world can be a tough place for [queer] children,” said Rev. Linda Noonan, Senior Pastor at Chestnut […]

by Brendan Sample While feelings of happiness and joy may not inherently go hand-in-hand with a deadly muscular disease, one Flourtown resident has been able to look on the bright side of life despite being paralyzed from the neck down. Since the age of 22, 60-year-old David Murray has been living with distal myopathy, which […]