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2 days ago | 
chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker
In less than a week, voters in Northwest Philadelphia will cast ballots for judicial candidates in the May 20 primary election. Although these are typically low-turnout elections, races involving the courts have seen increased attention since the 2024 presidential contest.
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1 week ago | 
chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker
Ahead of an upcoming renovation, the Chestnut Hill Conservancy worked with owners of the Germantown Trust Company Building, PTBK, LLC, to preserve certain elements of the building's interior. Opening in 1928, the Germantown Trust Company Building sits at 8527 Germantown Ave. PTBK, LLC purchased the building in December 2023 and it will soon undergo a renovation to reopen as Chase Bank, an important addition, since TD Bank plans to close its location on the Avenue June 5.
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1 week ago | 
chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker
Posted 5/7/25Last week, the Local reported on the arrival of a mysterious letter preceding Democratic-endorsed judicial candidates dropping out of a public forum hosted by the voter advocacy organizations Mt. Airy Democrats and Vote the Ridge. Since then, more questions have arisen over the letter’s origin. The forum, held on April 4 and 7, was intended to allow local voters a chance to hear from judicial candidates.
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1 week ago | 
chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker
Sergio Hyland, an organizer for the Working Families Party, has been charged with murder, relating to a death that occurred in July 2024. Police arrested 43-year-old Hyland at his home in the 900 block of Woodlawn Street in East Germantown on April 17. On July 11, 2024, officers responded to a call in North Philadelphia, where a 30-year-old woman identified as Jasimane Ransom was found in the street near a curb. She had a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene.
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2 weeks ago | 
chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker
Local advocacy groups Mt. Airy Democrats and Vote the Ridge say all but one Democratic-endorsed judicial candidate withdrew from their online public forum days before the event. The groups cited a mysterious letter as the cause. The forum, held on April 4, and 7, was intended to allow local voters a chance to hear from judicial candidates. The groups say it is “especially hard” for voters to keep track of judicial candidates and narrow down who they want to vote for.
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2 weeks ago | 
chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker
Spring is here, and along with pollen comes the pollinators; Pennsylvania is home to 437 native bee species, and diverse plants in your garden can help their populations thrive. Dave Harrod, head of the Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild’s board, told the Local native bee populations include specialist and generalist pollinators. Specialist pollinators evolved to pollinate one or a limited number of plants. Generalist pollinators, like the nonnative honey bee, can pollinate a wider variety of plants.
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2 weeks ago | 
chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker
State Representative Tarik Khan and Congressman Dwight Evans held a community forum on April 23, giving attendees the chance to ask questions about Washington politics and policies. Local residents filled all 150 seats in the main room of the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education in Roxborough. with more standing along the walls. State Senator Sharif Street, who previously represented parts of Northwest Philadelphia, also joined the discussion.
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3 weeks ago | 
chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker
The 59th Democratic Ward held a Civic Design Review (CDR) meeting on Germantown’s latest mixed-use development on April 8, with attendees commenting on the project's size and the developer’s other projects. The proposed apartment building is a 45-unit mixed-use project next to a shuttered Rite Aid on the 6200 block of Germantown Avenue — a stretch of the corridor that is rapidly changing after many years of sitting desolate and blighted, with some buildings boarded up.
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3 weeks ago | 
chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker
Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2025 12:00 am Common Pleas Court Judge Ann Butchart on April 4 denied reconsideration for local developer Ken Weinstein’s petition to gain a conservatorship over the Germantown YWCA building. Butchart’s initial denial came on Nov.
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3 weeks ago | 
chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker
Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2025 12:00 am Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals (PASNAP) members held a press conference outside Temple Health - Chestnut Hill Hospital on April 16, informing the public of their staffing and wage concerns and reminding hospital officials that they “are strike ready.” Nurses and technicians from Chestnut Hill Hospital on March 19 voted to grant their union bargaining committee the power to strike, if deemed necessary. The press...
