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2 weeks ago | 
chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker
The latest big new apartment building proposed in Germantown is a 45-unit mixed-use project right next to the 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. Philadelphia-based developer MGMT Residential plans to develop the thin strip of land at 6225-27 Germantown Ave., which runs back and behind its neighboring buildings.
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3 weeks ago | 
chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker
An elderly couple who lived in their West Mt. Airy neighborhood for more than five decades were found dead in their home on West Upsal Street on Sunday. Police responded to the 100 block of West Upsal Street on March 30 after receiving reports of screaming. Upon arrival, they encountered the couple's son who suspected they were dead inside after finding a note taped to the front door. Inside, officers found 87-year-old Francoise Schremmer seated in a wheelchair with two gunshot wounds to the head.
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3 weeks ago | 
chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker
Posted 4/1/25A SEPTA bus operator was attacked by an unidentified man on Bethlehem Pike outside Primo Hoagies at about 5 p.m. on Friday, March 28, who slammed him up against the glass window. The impact shattered the deli’s window and injured the bus driver, who was sent to the hospital with a back injury and a sore head.
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4 weeks ago | 
chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker |Maggie Dougherty
Chestnut Hill's Hideaway Music is bringing live performances back to the avenue with a new monthly concert series beginning April 4, following a successful test run last December. Philadelphia folk artist Chana Rothman will kick off the series on April 4 at the record store at 8232 Germantown Ave. across from the Chestnut Hill Hotel.
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1 month ago | 
chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker |Maggie Dougherty
Dozens of Charles W. Henry School parents joined a nationwide protest Wednesday against President Donald Trump's proposed elimination of the U.S. Department of Education. The "walk-in" protest, encouraged by the National Education Association, started at 8 a.m. just outside the school in Mt. Airy, where students, parents and elected officials gathered to speak out against the threatened cuts to federal education funding.
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1 month ago | 
chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker
Posted 3/20/25Germantown residents packed into the event room at Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library on March 11 to share their thoughts on SEPTA’s mixed-use development plan at Germantown station. The project aims to develop a 1.5-acre empty lot next to Germantown Station on Chelten Avenue into a transit-oriented, mixed-use development, bringing new housing and commercial spaces while generating much-needed revenue for the cash-strapped transit agency.
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1 month ago | 
chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker |Len Lear
Posted 3/19/25An elderly woman was discovered dead inside a partially collapsed home on the edge of a quiet cul-de-sac in West Mt. Airy on Monday afternoon, according to fire officials. Firefighters responded to the 7100 block of Mt. Airy Place around 12:30 p.m. after a neighbor noticed that a portion of the back of the house had caved in and called authorities for a wellness check.
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1 month ago | 
chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker
After several months of persistent complaints by residents, the City of Philadelphia completed a challenging cleanup of illegally dumped trash behind Valley Greene Apartments in East Falls on Monday. The operation required excavators to navigate a steep hillside where trash had been strewn down the slope, where it was clearly visible to hikers on Fairmount Park trails.
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1 month ago | 
chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker
Amma Napier, who lives on Rex Avenue in Chestnut Hill, could hear the sound of partying loud and clear on Saturday night. It was coming from a section of the Wissahickon, which is right behind her house. The next day she walked out to see what they left behind. And what she found shocked her. “I knew to bring a trash bag with me on my Sunday hike as this has happened before, but never like this,” Napier said.
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1 month ago | 
chestnuthilllocal.com | Tommy Tucker
Posted 3/12/25A trail of trash led to accountability this week when a demolition contractor agreed to help clean up illegal dumping behind Valley Greene Apartments after a persistent resident traced the mess back to him. The "trash mountain," obnoxiously visible from both Valley Greene windows and Fairmount Park trails, will soon be removed by one of the companies responsible for putting it there.
