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40 years ago, Weavers Way was little more than a group of Carpenter Lane neighbors coming together to buy bruised apples. But last month, ...

A New Jersey Senate committee has advanced legislation that would require the Environmental Protection commissioner to develop a priority ...

The municipality of Norristown in Montgomery County has a three-strikes policy for renters — three calls to police for a disturbanc ...

“The Lost Hour,” an original play created for the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA) asks what ...

Philadelphia all-comedy theater company 1812 Productions has spent two years researching what makes women funny. Now “ ...

In news that will surprise no one, Tom Knox has filed a Political Committee Registration Statement to run for mayor of Philadelphia. ...

Penn State says the number of applications for undergraduate enrollment is down about 9 percent this year. There were nearly 54,00 ...

Philadelphia’s fictional-boxer statue will cease being the city’s sole monument to pugilism next spring. On Wednesday ...

The 2013 Penn Relays kicked-off Thursday morning inside Franklin Field in West Philadelphia. The three-day track-and-field event f ...

Philadelphia City Council has passed a bill aimed at ensuring equal treatment and expanding health coverage for lesbian, gay, bisexual an ...

Authorities say the fire department had to be called in to rescue a 16-year-old boy who got stuck on a roof while running from police jus ...

We are gardening neighbors, dog walking neighbors, neighbors who wave hello from one another’s lawns. No one would have mistaken us ...

Can having trees and shrubs near your home facilitate crime by allowing criminals to lurk nearby or make a quick getaway?  So ...

The insane and mindless sequestration cuts all hurt. Some just hurt a lot more than others. ...

If you look back far enough, humans evolved from fish. Anyone doubting this aspect of our ancestry must contend with a growing wealth of ...