Chestnut Hill
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Local Jacobethan Estate Needs a Buyer to ‘Bring It to the 21st Century’
A century-old “Jacobethan” Chestnut Hill estate is on the market. Listing at $1.5 million, the realtors are looking for a buyer who can modernize parts of the property at 8700 Seminole Street. This 9,000-square-foot home, built in 1909 in the style of King James VI and Queen Elizabeth I (hence the portmanteau Jacobethan), was once…
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Interior Designer Buys Chestnut Hill Home: ‘In About Five Seconds, I Knew This House Was for Me’
Interior designer Hannah Dee was only halfheartedly scanning real estate listings for a new home when a friend in the business suggested a property he figured would speak to her artistic DNA. He was correct, as Terri Akman reported in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Chestnut Hill address that charmed her is the product of German…
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Weavers Way Food Co-Op — Already in Ambler, Chestnut Hill, and Mount Airy — Sprouts Up in Germantown
Weavers Way, one of the nation’s oldest food co-ops, is expanding yet again, thanks to a $1 million state grant. At present, the outreach operates stores in Chestnut Hill, Mount Airy, and Ambler. Jake Blumgart fortified his The Philadelphia Inquirer readers with the story of its expansion. Funding from the Pa. Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program…
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Fitch Drops Tower Health Credit Rating; Hospital Leaders’ Blood Pressures Rise in Response
Fitch Ratings has knocked three levels off the Tower Health credit rating, landing it in a “CCC+” financial position. Harold Brubaker covered the downgrade in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The revised credit rating now characterizes Tower Health, owner of Montgomery County’s Chestnut Hill Hospital and Pottstown Hospital, as representing a real possibility of default. The Chestnut…
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Public Installation at Morris Arboretum Indicates that Summer 2022 Is Not Quite at the End of Its Rope
Morris Arboretum isn’t quite ready to bid farewell to Summer 2022 or the season’s general sense of playfulness. Its leadership is therefore presenting an opportunity for the public to enjoy a simple summertime pleasure, an outdoor swing. Vittoria Woodill breezed by to file the story for CBS Philadelphia. Across the arboretum’s 92 acres, ten swings…
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Despite Progress Made in Fiscal 2022, Pottstown Hospital Owner Continues Bleeding Red
Montgomery County and its nearby communities proved to be a tough environment to ailing Tower Health, as evidenced by its fiscal 2022 results. John George diagnosed the healthcare provider’s ongoing issues in the Philadelphia Business Journal. Tower Health worked diligently to remedy several corporate problems in a fiscally responsible manner by: And on one level,…
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When STEM for Girls Wasn’t Even a Twig, This Female Chestnut Hill Grad Taught an Early Computer to Think
Just as Hidden Figures illustrated the role of women in the space race, a new book — Proving Ground — is highlighting post-WWII mathematic heroines. Among these female STEM heroes was Fran Bilas, a Chestnut Hill College grad. Priscilla Montgomery Jensen totted up her accomplishments in a The Wall Street Journal book review Bilas was…
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Three Suitors Join Forces to Acquire Chestnut Hill Hospital
After Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic withdrew its interest in buying Chestnut Hill Hospital in January, three new suitors joined forces to buy the hospital from the financially ailing Tower Health, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The hospital is being acquired by a newly formed entity comprising Temple University Health System, Redeemer Health in…
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Pottstown Hospital Owner Tower Health Ends Discussion with Trinity Over Potential Sale of Local Hospital
Tower Health, the owner of Pottstown Hospital, has ended its talks with Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic on the possible sale of Chestnut Hill Hospital, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The 148-bed Philadelphia hospital along with a group of over a dozen urgent care centers will remain with the financially ailing health system. Tower…
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Chestnut Hill College Students Gain Business Expertise From Vanguard’s Former CEO
Chestnut Hill College offers for its Business Students, both traditional (SUS) and nontraditional (Accelerated Adult Degree Program) the ability to participate in the Business Lecture Series. Recently, Bill McNabb, former CEO, Vanguard, spoke to a packed room of business students and discussed financial literacy and the ABCs of investing. “He discussed leadership skills and the…
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Chestnut Hill College Celebrates 35 New Doctors in Clinical Psychology in Official Hooding Ceremony
On Sunday, October 3rd, Chestnut Hill College formally celebrated the hooding of 35 students who had received their Doctors in Clinical Psychology in the years 2020 and 2021, with half of them attending the in-person ceremony. Two of the graduates; Paula Cortes-Daryanani and Janeé Stevenson even traveled a long distance from Hawaii and Texas respectively…
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Chestnut Hill College Celebrates Special Golden Griffins Ceremony
At Chestnut Hill College, their alumni are the heartbeat of our institution. Every year, it is the great pleasure of the College to celebrate and honor a very special group of alumni, their Golden Griffins. Golden Griffins are alumni who have graduated from the College 50 years ago or more, and each year, a new class is…
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Chestnut Hill College Receives PSMLA Award For Excellence in World Languages
In celebration of a fervent commitment to the study of world languages, Chestnut Hill Chestnut is proud to be the recipient of the 2021 Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association (PSMLA) Merit Award. Given annually, the PSMLA Merit Award recognizes the dedication of individuals and institutions who have provided exceptional service in promoting and supporting the…
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Chestnut Hill College Kicks Off Humanities & Wellness Week with Series of Seminars
“Wellness week was originally designed to highlight our new Health Humanities minor, which is a course of study where students learn how humanities-based skills such as listening, understanding narrative, developing cross-cultural awareness and sensitivity, and developing and managing empathy can enhance and improve clinical practices and interactions,” says Suzanne Del Gizzo, Ph.D., Chair of the…
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Chestnut Hill College’s Harry Potter Academic Conference Celebrates 10 Years of Scholarship
Chestnut Hill College’s Annual Harry Potter Academic Conference will mark its tenth anniversary this year, taking place on Friday, October 15th and Saturday, October 16th. The two-day festival will feature a series of LIVE discussions* with academic scholars on the topic of Harry Potter and the Wizarding World that will be screened in-person on the…
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Pottstown Hospital Owner Tower Health Closing Jennersville Hospital, Selling Chestnut Hill Hospital Along With More Than Dozen Urgent Centers
In a bid to dig itself out from massive losses, Tower Health has decided to close Jennersville Hospital in West Grove and sell Chestnut Hill Hospital along with more than a dozen urgent care centers, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The price for Chestnut Hill and the urgent care centers has yet to…
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First-year Chestnut Hill College Student and Entrepreneur Launches Business While in High School
As Safiyyah Witherspoon ’25, spends the summer preparing to be a freshman at Chestnut Hill College, she is also celebrating her first year as a small business owner. Witherspoon launched her line, Feegenics, a vegan, cruelty-free cosmetic line, in June 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and right as she completed her junior…
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Chestnut Hill Hospital Nurse Pays It Forward By Participating in Steelers Run and Walk After It Provided Her with Scholarship
Three decades ago, Katie Senay-Davis, a Chestnut Hill Hospital nurse, won a scholarship through the Steelers Run and Walk that helped her graduate from the University of Pennsylvania, writes Teresa Varley for the Steelers. This year, Senay-Davis has returned to Pittsburgh to participate in the race in person with her family as a way of…
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