Chestnut Hill Starbucks workers voted unanimously on May 30 to unionize, joining Starbucks Workers United. The vote makes the company’s Chestnut Hill location the 15th in the Philadelphia area to join ...

At the meeting, Ashby spoke with City Councilmember Cindy Bass, who attended the April meeting. She told Bass about some of the issues Alden residents experience and described a lack of responsiveness ...

Pictured at the WWII Memorial in Chestnut Hill (left to right): Myra Fields-Rouse, Donald (Luke) Rentschler, Joseph Melendez, ...

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 ...

Supporters of environmental journalism came together May 28 at the home of Judy Wicks to raise awareness and funds for the Local’s new reporter, Abby Weiss. Weiss, a Report for America corps member, ...

As environmental stewards in our Catholic parishes and members of the EcoPhilly leadership team, we were pleased that Pope Leo XIV has spoken publicly advocating for action on climate change. Pope ...

In 1924, the Sisters of St. Joseph founded a women’s college in Chestnut Hill. Renamed Chestnut Hill College in 1938, CHC has been marking its centennial since late last year, finishing with a 100th ...

Members of the Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club (FSURC), a North Philadelphia-based nonprofit organization of Black cowboys devoted to teaching horsemanship, visited C.W. Henry School on May 30. One ...

Over a decade before becoming GLEC’s board president, Taussig and a pickup basketball group of Mt. Airy dads started playing games at GLEC. Taussig said, “As winter approached, we wanted a place to go ...

After a disastrous Stotesbury Cup Regatta rain washout in mid-May, select area crews participated in the Memorial Day weekend Scholastic Rowing Association of America Regatta (SRAA). Crews must ...