Philadelphia
Is crime on the rise near the shuttered Queen Lane Apartments building?
Lisa Hopkins was inside her Germantown home when she heard what she suspected were gunshots. The long-time resident is not wholly ...
14 years ago
Wissahickon civic approves renovation plans for historic Northern Children’s Services building
New renovations and the ongoing rebranding of Northern Children’s Services dominated the meeting of the Wissahickon Interested Citi ...
14 years ago
NW Weekender: A dance in the creek and a party for the park
Looking for something to do in Northwest Philadelphia this weekend? Here are our top picks. Upstream Dance Per ...
14 years ago
A Germantown native’s creative spin on bowling pins
In 2007, artist Michael “Smitty” Smith was striking out. His canvas artwork just wasn’t selling at local c ...
14 years ago
Fringe Festival to stage dance performances in four Philadelphia-area homes
When strangers walk into your house, you greet them politely, and they glance around for clues as to what your life is like. But Mt. Airy ...
14 years ago
If your heart is after crafts and thrifts, head down to the Roxborough Manayunk Craft and Flea Market this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ...
14 years ago
If your heart is after crafts and thrifts, head down to the Roxborough Manayunk Craft and Flea Market this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ...
14 years ago
Emotional scene as City Council honors soldier from West Oak Lane killed in Vietnam
Joe Crescenz remembers that cold morning in Nov. 1968 with a level of vivid detail that marks it as a life-defining day. It was ar ...
14 years ago
Police search for Roxborough pizza shop robber
Philadelphia police are searching for an unidentified man caught on tape robbing a Roxborough pizza shop last Friday. On Sept. 7, ...
14 years ago
Neighbors get first look at proposed Bottom Dollar Food store
The developer planning to build a Bottom Dollar Food store at Chew Avenue and Washington Lane in Germantown gave a small group of key nei ...
14 years ago
Germantown shopkeeper shot multiple times at point-blank range
With its former occupant in surgery after suffering multiple gunshot wounds, a metal chair sat empty on a Germantown sidewalk late Wednes ...
14 years ago
Half-ball returns to the same East Falls block it was played on in the ’50s
As an Italian immigrant in East Falls in the 1950s, Emilio Straface learned many things about his new country, but nothing was as much fu ...
14 years ago
Daphnee Simprevil nearly left Roxborough High during her freshman year. The hallways inside the Ridge Avenue school were too rough and ro ...
14 years ago
New exhibit to debut at La Salle University museum next week
A new exhibition is set to debut at La Salle University’s art museum next week. Located in the lower level of Olney Ha ...
14 years ago
Enjoy walking? Do it indoors with the “Hearts and Soles” of Cheltenham Mall. The “Mall Walkers” program of ...
14 years ago