Free library displays local folk art

The Free Library in Philadelphia has been busy making digital scans of their collection of fraktur, a unique Pennsylvania-Dutch form of f ...

16 years ago

President’s house has new design

Preliminary work has already begun for a memorial structure erected on the site of the first President’s House on Independence Mall ...

16 years ago

Phila. to dock military ships

Recent signs of life for shipping are carrying optimism to Philadelphia’s port. Like most other industries, the global shipp ...

16 years ago

Facing back to school concerns

Many families and kids dread the end of summer and going back-to-school, and don’t like to think about it until Labor Day. P ...

16 years ago

Defoliation down in PA

Gypsy moth populations in the region are being crushed by a surge of deadly fungus. For the second year in a row, a fungus has com ...

16 years ago