
Philadelphia
Making parking tickets more expensive to fund Philadelphia parks
A Philadelphia City Councilman wants to raise the price of parking tickets to fund the city’s department of parks and recreation. & ...
13 years ago
Mt. Airy Hidden Garden tour 2012 photos
This year’s Hidden Gardens Tour featured nine gardens in Germantown, Mt. Airy, and Chestnut Hill. The self-guided ...
13 years ago
Is Chestnut Hill a hot place for the arts?
If there’s one thing worth knowing about Chestnut Hill, Steve Berg says it’s that the area is a “hotbed of artists teem ...
13 years ago
Toad Detour round II: saving Roxborough’s newborn toadlets
One day, when this NewsWorks reporter was in the third grade, the boys, in a well-coordinated mass attack, put earthworms in the desk of ...
13 years ago
Top 5 things to watch in NW Philly
Here’s a look at what’s to come on NewsWorks this week: A trio of brothers at Germantown Friends School wants the gove ...
13 years ago
Joe Baglia performs at Walk a Crooked Mile Books
You have to give Greg Williams credit for doing his best to create a fun event at his ...
13 years ago
Top 6 stories of the week in NW Philly
Here’s what you may have missed on NewsWorks this week: 1. ...
13 years ago
Mt. Airy Day 2012 memories captured by Christina Blackburn
The Mt. Airy Day festival plays an important role for residents in this Northwest neighborhood. It symbolizes the on-going effort to brid ...
13 years ago
Settlement Music School receives $25,000 Philadelphia Cultural Fund Grant
Mayor Michael Nutter and the Philadelphia Cultural Fund announced on Thursday that the Settlement Music School had been awarded a $25,000 ...
13 years ago
Barnes Foundation cuts ribbon on new galleries in Philadelphia
The Barnes Foundation’s new home in Philadelphia is officially open. The gates were opened to a trumpet fanfare as se ...
13 years ago
Sustainability lecture focuses on planning, assigning roles and documenting efforts
It was a question people always ask, and a question Katherine Gajewski, Director of Sustainability for the City of Philadelphia, strongly ...
13 years ago
British Food Network TV crew films Philly food truck
A Mt. Airy food truck vendor came under the spotlight yesterday after the British Food Network dropped by to tape a segment for its progr ...
13 years ago
Police release video of Germantown Ave. mattress-store burglary
On Friday, Philadelphia Police released video footage of a May 3 early-morning burglary at Ray’s Appliance and Mattress Store in Ge ...
13 years ago
Material Culture cafe proposal among three plans being considered by East Falls zoning committee
The zoning committee of the East Falls Community Council is considering whether to support a trio of variance applications. At its ...
13 years ago
Germantown roundtable-event speaker: ‘Artists are change-makers’
At Thursday night’s Germantown Artists Roundtable gathering at the First Presbyterian Church on Chelten Avenue, New Kensington Comm ...
13 years ago