The Chestnut Hill Local

12/04/2025

Prescribe Outside hosts free programs throughout Philadelphia — including nature-based crafts, hiking, and other outdoor activities — to improve physical and mental health.

Many programs came to a screeching halt during the COVID-19 lockdown. Nature PHL, a Philadelphia-based initiative that counsels patients on the health benefits of outdoor activity, was no exception.

11/26/2025

Local couple Mindy Maslin and Sidney Ozer, along with their friend Judi Bernstein-Baker, started a nonprofit called Welcoming Homes to host young immigrants with safe and caring families.

Mindy Maslin and Sidney Ozer, a Germantown couple, started the nonprofit, Welcoming Homes, an all–volunteer organization, earlier this year along with a friend, Judi Bernstein-Baker.

11/21/2025

POWER Interfaith held a series of press conferences across the city in hopes of pressuring City Council into intensifying efforts to address Philadelphia’s housing affordability crisis.

Faith leaders called for housing affordability and a repeal of the city’s business tax cuts last week during a series of press conferences in neighborhoods across the city including the Northwest.

11/13/2025

Chestnut Hill's Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields is aiding in the resettlement of an Afghan family to Philadelphia.

Chestnut Hill’s Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields is aiding in the resettlement to Philadelphia of an Afghan family whose father worked in logistics for a company that supported U.S. military forces.

11/07/2025

Power Interfaith and congregations around the city and Northwest Philadelphia will host press conferences demanding action on “the city’s growing affordability crisis.” Learn more here:

Power Interfaith and congregations around the city and Northwest Philadelphia will host press conferences demanding action on “the city’s growing affordability crisis.”

11/06/2025

Read Councilwoman Cindy Bass’ op-ed from this week’s issue of the Local:

It is deeply disappointing that anyone would attempt to turn the tragic death of 23-year-old Kada Scott into a debate about real estate.

11/03/2025

With the recent tragedy of Kada Scott’s body being found behind the abandoned Ada H.H. Lewis Middle School in Germantown, residents’ long-held concerns over vacant city-owned properties have risen to the surface.

10/29/2025

Located just blocks away from Woodmere Art Museum’s Charles Knox Smith Hall, Maguire Hall offers the institution a chance to display even more of its vast collection of artwork. Take a peek inside the renovated Victorian mansion — opening this weekend — below.

Many of Woodmere's works have gone unseen by the public, stored in vaults at Woodmere’s Charles Knox Smith Hall. Space constraints hindered the museum’s ability to display more of its collection — until now.

10/23/2025

On the opening weekend of the new Bruce Springsteen biopic, "Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere," read about the career of longtime Mt. Airy resident Wesley Stace, aka John Wesley Harding, and his ties to "The Boss."

The new Bruce Springsteen biopic, “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,” which is already getting Oscar buzz, will be opening in movie theaters around the country on Friday, Oct. 24.

10/21/2025

Police found Kada Scott’s body behind the vacant Ada H.H. Lewis Middle School in Germantown on Saturday. Now, City Councilmember Cindy Bass is calling for the building to be demolished.

10/20/2025

On Monday, community members, along with State Rep. Andre Carroll, held a candlelight vigil outside the school. Carroll was joined by State Reps Tarik Khan and Chris Rabb, City Councilmembers Nicolas O’Rourke and Kendra Brooks, and a representative of State Sen. Art Haywood’s office. Look for the full story in this week’s issue.

10/17/2025

We're always happy to see Walter...he brings a stack of CH Local papers each week for us to share with our senior clients. But this week, he sported his CHMOW purple sweatshirt and brought front page news about our 50th anniversary! Thanks, Walker! And thanks, !