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Broadway classics take center stage at Springfield church - The Chestnut Hill Local

3 days ago | chestnuthilllocal.com | Len Lear

Fans of Broadway musicals are in for a treat on Sunday, June 8, when two talented local musicians perform selections from “My Fair Lady,” “Camelot” and other theater classics in the community concert “Broadway Adventure” at the First Presbyterian Church of Springfield in Flourtown.
Defending public health while still under 30 - The Chestnut Hill Local

3 days ago | chestnuthilllocal.com | Len Lear

Each year, Temple University selects its “30 Under 30”: 30 honorees, each under 30 years old, who are making an impact on their world. This year, one honoree was former longtime Mt. Airy resident Carine Wellington, a health policy analyst for the Department of Defense (DoD). Wellington was selected from a pool of more than 200 nominations. It’s a highly-competitive process which some might find stressful, although these days, Wellington’s line of business is rife with other tensions.
Sudden death of highly regarded Mt. Airy attorney, 65 - The Chestnut Hill Local

3 days ago | chestnuthilllocal.com | Len Lear

Larry L. Turner, a longtime Mt. Airy resident, died suddenly and unexpectedly of a cardiac event in his home on April 22 at age 65. A highly respected lawyer, he was a first-generation college graduate, fighter for the underdog and multisport athlete. Turner retired from his work as an attorney to work on a variety of passion projects.
Mt. Airy author prepares us for our 250th anniversary - The Chestnut Hill Local

3 days ago | chestnuthilllocal.com | Len Lear

In 2026, the United States will enjoy an explosion of events to honor its 250th anniversary. One of the year’s most popular books might just be “Philadelphia Celebrates Three Great Anniversaries: 1876, 1926, 1976,” by West Mt. Airy resident Edward W. Duffy. Duffy, who authored “Philadelphia: A Railroad History” in 2013, is a former U.S. Army officer and graduate of La Salle and Temple Universities, with an M.B.A. in real estate development.
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.
MALT highlights Hill’s hidden gardens - The Chestnut Hill Local

1 week ago | chestnuthilllocal.com | Nancy Stedman

If you ever wanted to peek into your neighbors’ yards, now’s your chance. On June 1, the Mt. Airy Learning Tree (MALT) will offer its Annual Hidden Gardens Tour. The self-guided tour showcases seven noteworthy local gardens, and, for the first time, offers a Native Plant Stroll of six front yards in a four-block section of West Mt. Airy.
Local author survives family tragedies, finds hope - The Chestnut Hill Local

1 week ago | chestnuthilllocal.com | Len Lear

Posted 5/29/25On the one hand, the just-released “Backstitching Life's Fabric; My Journey of Creative Healing,” by Glenside author Lillian Gaffney, is a quick, compelling read. I read the 267-page book in one recent weekend. On the other hand, it is a difficult, at times painful, book. Gaffney’s memoir is filled with suffering by Gaffney and her adult children. They reach out again and again for help but are so debilitated by addiction that a happy ending seems unlikely.
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.
Hill’s advertising ‘magician’ and polymath dies at 93 - The Chestnut Hill Local

1 week ago | chestnuthilllocal.com | Len Lear

Tom Hemphill, long-time Chestnut Hill resident, former Naval reservist, advertising agency “magician” (according to his closest co-worker) and copywriter, political junkie, television director, cartoonist, former Chestnut Hill Community Association board member, talented tennis player and swimmer and instructor for blind sculptors at Allens Lane Art Center, died peacefully of natural causes on May 8 at the age of 93.