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Chestnut Hill resident Barbara Thomson, who is running for Municipal Court judge, says, “I have been preparing for this job for 35 years.”

Marsha Stender, longtime librarian and branch manager of the Lovett Library in Mt. Airy, has just stepped down from that job after 17 years of service.

Ada Bello, who lived all her adult life in Northwest Philadelphia and her last 18 years at Cathedral Village in Roxborough, died of pneumonia and Covid.

As a senior citizen, I was asked to write about an unexpected phenomenon, the apparent difference between the way old and young people view the Best Picture Oscar-winning “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”

Legend has it that the land that now houses St. Thomas Church Whitemarsh had been a Native American burial ground for the Lenni Lenape tribe.

Dan Roses offbeat, often whimsical work is on display in an exhibit at City Arts Salon, 5838 Germantown Ave. , continuing through April 22.

It was in 1972 that several West Mt. Airy residents dissatisfied with the quality and prices of food in area supermarkets, started a food-buying group in a church basement.

Richard Smith III, 27, of Chestnut Hill, and his dad, Richard Jr., 58, of Wyndmoor, hiked to a Mount Everest base camp.

The Metropolitan Ballet Company, founded by former Pennsylvania Ballet standout Lisa Collins Vidnovic, is bringing some of the region’s most talented students to the stage Saturday, April 1.

Nestled within the historic Ambler Train Station, patrons of the upscale French restaurant La Provence enjoy not just the food but also the warm smile of 20-year-old busser Yaroslava "Yasia" Chala.