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The CHCA's Movies Under the Stars series returns with four films in August. By coincidence, the first film in the series will also be featured that same night at Mt. Airy CDC’s Moonlight Movie.
In 2024, several of Philadelphia’s most successful real estate groups focused on the sizzling Northwest Philadelphia market and were rewarded for their hard work, ranking in the top five firms in the ...
Almost every day Vernon Wilkins makes 144 large carrot cupcakes from scratch in his small Mt. Airy kitchen, then takes the 18 bus to Broad and Olney, the subway to City Hall and then the El to West ...
[caption id="attachment_2145" align="alignright" width="288" caption="J. Patrick Moran, Vice President for Advocacy at the Germantown Historical Society, standing on ...
The Harry Potter Festival will once again take over Chestnut Hill as the destination, located just outside of Center City in the Northwest section of Philadelphia, mystically morphs into Hogsmeade for ...
Despite being learning-disabled, Ira Stahl (seen here with his staff) has built a successful business over more than four decades. by Len Lear Ira Stahl, 65, has done quite well for someone who is ...
Wistar family members look at medical books from Caspar Wistar's collection. by Brendan Sample When Caspar Wistar first emigrated from his home country of Germany to settle in Philadelphia in 1717, ...
by Jodi Benjamin Several weeks ago, Audrey Walsh, 41, donated $10 and received three raffle tickets from one of her students, who were fundraising for the American Cancer Society. Walsh is a teacher ...
A collection of rugs and pillows at Chestnut Hill’s Woven Legends. (Photo by Sue Ann Rybak) [/caption] by Leslie Feldman The rise in factory-made textiles has many missing the beauty that only can be ...
Milton A. “Mickey” Feldman, 84, of Chestnut Hill, a corporate lawyer who held a wide variety of leadership positions in the Philadelphia area, died May 11 of respiratory failure at Abington … ...
This week marks the 90th anniversary of Norwood-Fontbonne Academy, a Chestnut Hill institution. Over those past 90 years, Norwood-Fontbonne Academy has grown from a small school for boys into a ...
by J.M. Jones Brian Quinn isn’t the kind of guy to see himself as a hero, but preservationists and longtime residents of Springfield Township consider him just that — for rescuing, preserving and ...