What are the odds a magazine would hold a short fiction contest receiving more than 300 submissions, and the first and second ...

Yvette Ousley used to be terrified of talking to strangers. Now, more than three decades into an award-winning journalism career, she's made a living out of it. "As a journalist, you have to have a ...

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, ...

I cannot count all the times I have driven in Erdenheim and seen the sign on Bethlehem Pike announcing the Snyder School of Singing. “There must be a story there,” I assumed. As it turns out, there is ...

On Monday, April 8, 2024, the day of the solar eclipse, I started working at the Chestnut Hill Local. It was a day of promise and potentiality. Monday is our deadline day, so our then-interim ...

Several alums from area schools found themselves in the national spotlight last Sunday, when the University of North Carolina and Northwestern University played for the NCAA Division I championship in ...

With the possible cuts scheduled to start in the summer, students will need to determine if they are affected, as more cuts are planned for September and January. Avington said, “We usually ask people ...

Defending PA Independent Schools (PAIS) softball champion Springside Chestnut Hill Academy began play in the 2025 PAIS tournament last Monday afternoon at Laurel Field. The SCH Blue Devils, the top ...

The 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 ...

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 ...

Robert and Susan Peck, whose service to the community spans decades, will be honored at the Chestnut Hill Conservancy's annual Spring Gala on Saturday, May 31. The celebration will take place at a ...