Philadelphia
Northwest community and officials honor Philadelphia peacekeepers
Homemade potato salad, burgers, hot dogs, corn-on-the-cob and apple cobbler were all on the menu for a cookout entitled “Peacekeepe ...
13 years ago
Pennsylvania’s official arboretum celebrates its 125th Anniversary this weekend
The Commonwealth’s official arboretum turns 125 this year. To mark the anniversary of the purchase of the Compton Mansion and ...
13 years ago
West Oak Lane residents watch as their block becomes a movie set
It’s not every day that you see a film crew setting up shop on your West Oak Lane block. While James and Virginia Bell were ...
13 years ago
Short sales up 29 percent in Philadelphia
A new trend could be good news to both real estate buyers and sellers in Philadelphia. An analysis by Philadelphia Controller Alan ...
13 years ago
Group calls for transparency in new Philadelphia school superintendent contract
A government watchdog group is calling for some transparency when it comes to the hiring Philadelphia’s next schools superintendent ...
13 years ago
Germantown Settlement’s remains help establish a charter school in Camden
The remnants of the failed Germantown Settlement Charter School will help give a new charter school in Camden, NJ a head start when it op ...
13 years ago
Local residents show off their talent at Mt. Airy Community Church open mic night
The Mt. Airy Community Church hosted its open mic this past weekend at the Moving Art ...
13 years ago
OARC launches renovation of four ‘eyesore and nuisance’ properties in Germantown
John Ungar, the chief operating officer of the Ogontz Avenue Revitalization Corp. (OARC) stood at the site of a new revitalization projec ...
13 years ago
Germantown man shot as gunmen open fire on Zeralda St.
A 19-year-old man remained at Albert Einstein Medical Center hours after being shot when two unknown gunmen opened fire on the 200 block ...
13 years ago
Boyd fined for not filing campaign finance reports in 198th state-rep race
A former state representative candidate out of Northwest Philadelphia is now facing maximum fines at both the city and state level for fa ...
13 years ago
Brain-injury survivor to debut documentary on his ride to recovery this Saturday
There was a time, not so long ago, when they didn’t know whether Doug Markgraf would survive, let alone pedal a bicycle ever again. ...
13 years ago
Mt. Airy installs colorful rain barrels on Germantown Avenue
Splashy colors. If you’ve been looking closely, you may have noticed a recent, eye-popping change on Germantown Avenue. The Mt. A ...
13 years ago
Slow start to legal proceedings against Mt. Airy dentist accused of selling painkillers
East Mount Airy residents will have to wait a bit longer to find out if a neighborhood dentist will stand trial in connection to allegati ...
13 years ago