John Derr News Today

Six months ago, The Local made a happy announcement. Its only gotten better.

Let’s be honest: Sometimes gift-giving can be as much about obligation as it can be about generosity and genuine affection. 

I am gratified by the number of inquiries we have received into how the Chestnut Hill Local has been managing since John Derr’s departure.

Editor’s note: This letter is in response to editorials about the importance of The Local that appeared in the paper on Oct. 12.

As our readers now know, John Derr is leaving the Chestnut Hill Local after serving as its publisher for the past five years. 

It was five years ago this month that I became the publisher of the Chestnut Hill Local. For me, it’s been an eventful period.

100 Years Ago

It has been nearly a week since the devastating 6.8 earthquake shook Morocco to its core killing more than 2,900 people and leaving more than 3,000 others injured, as rescuers are continuing to...

The lights were seen before the Morocco quake were similar to the ones caught on security cameras during an earthquake in Pisco, Peru in 2007

Reports of “earthquake lights,” like the ones seen in videos captured before Friday’s 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Morocco, go back centuries to ancient Greece.