Tommy Tucker

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GLEC launches fundraiser - The Chestnut Hill Local

4 days ago | chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker

The Germantown Life Enrichment Center (GLEC) will soon launch its fundraising campaign to build toward what the organization calls a “desperately needed” renovation. Formerly a YMCA, GLEC left the national organization in 2011, taking on a new name. The YMCA began moving away from housing programs in the 1950s, with fewer and fewer locations offering rooms as the 20th century concluded. GLEC opted to maintain that tradition, offering transitional housing and support services in Germantown.
Mermaid Lane plans draw support - The Chestnut Hill Local

4 days ago | chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker

Posted 6/4/25Local real estate developer the Goldenberg Group presented its latest plans for the 4.4-acre property at 100-102 Mermaid Lane on May 27. A receptive crowd of near neighbors and locals filled the Chestnut Hill Friends Meetinghouse’s event room to view the project and ask questions. The meeting comes almost a year after the City Council vote that created the Chestnut Hill Lower East Neighborhood Conservation Overlay (NCO), which opposed the developers original plans for the property.
Porsche abandoned on Valley Green trail - The Chestnut Hill Local

1 week ago | chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker

Posted 5/29/25Hikers in the Wissahickon’s Valley Green park noticed an unusual addition to the orange trail on May 19 – an abandoned blue Porsche. Michael Ewing saw the Porsche while walking in the park and sent the Local pictures of the car, wedged into a narrow path next to a steep drop-off. Ewing said, “It was a mind-boggling distance from the nearest path entrance. I’m genuinely amazed someone managed to make it that far.
School Book Bank’s future uncertain - The Chestnut Hill Local

1 week ago | chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker

Posted 5/28/25The Philly Book Bank has served students and teachers for over 20 years, operating out of Martin Luther King High School in Germantown. Now, officials of the nonprofit library resource feel they are being pushed out. The Book Bank’s move to MLK long preceded its current executive director Anne Keenan’s time there. She isn’t sure how the program came to be at MLK, but was told it sprouted initially from then Mayor Ed Rendell’s office.
Private schools fear possible SEPTA cuts - The Chestnut Hill Local

1 week ago | chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker

Private school students are among the many groups that would be affected by the proposed upcoming SEPTA cuts. SEPTA’s vast network of Regional Rail lines, trolleys, buses and metro lines allow students around the Delaware Valley to reach schools within the city, including here in Northwest Philadelphia. At St. Joseph's Preparatory School in North Philadelphia, roughly 30% of the students use SEPTA to get to school, according to the school’s Director of Communications, Bill Avington.
Remembering a Pier 34 victim from Germantown - The Chestnut Hill Local

2 weeks ago | chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker

Posted 5/22/25Sunday marked 25 years since Gail Ramsey lost her sister, DeAnn White, a Germantown native, in the Pier 34 collapse. The incident claimed the lives of three women, including White and her coworkers Monica Rodriguez and Jean Marie Ferraro. On May 18, 2000, the trio attended a nightclub on the pier to celebrate White’s 26th birthday. That evening, the pier collapsed, sending a large portion of the structure into the Delaware River.
Residents, officials rally for more SEPTA funding - The Chestnut Hill Local

2 weeks ago | chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker

Northwest Philadelphia residents and Save the Train Coalition members united Monday morning, taking the Chestnut Hill West line to SEPTA headquarters for a rally. At the rally, Save the Train organizers, elected officials and several other speakers advocated for the state legislature to fund SEPTA and other public-transit organizations across the state.
Wissahickon water rumors flood internet - The Chestnut Hill Local

2 weeks ago | chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker

Over the last few weeks, Reddit and Facebook posts appeared showing pictures of fluorescent green water in the Wissahickon Creek. Many commenters worried that the substance was antifreeze or something similarly toxic. It was not. As rumors spread, the fire department dispatched a hazmat team to the Wissahickon Creek on May 10, collecting samples and running tests on the water.
Tommy’s French onion soup recipe - The Chestnut Hill Local

3 weeks ago | chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker

Posted 5/15/25While Turkish delight would not make me break, if I traveled to Narnia and the White Witch presented me with French onion soup, I would betray my entire family. Last week, I walked into Kitchen Kapers on Germantown Avenue looking for those cheap oven-safe ramekins, an item missing from my kitchen. The employee tried to talk me into getting French onion soup bowls. Thinking I knew better, I continued searching for the right size ramekin.
Morris Arboretum Garden Railway unveils new train station - The Chestnut Hill Local

3 weeks ago | chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker

Now entering its 27th year, Morris Arboretum’s Garden Railway will unveil a new Chestnut Hill-inspired train station and pollinator-focused exhibition for the upcoming season. Opening in 1998 and expanding ever since, the model train track stretches over one-third of a mile, running through tunnels, across bridges, at attendees' feet, and above their heads.