Philadelphia
The inspiration behind Chestnut Hill’s Musehouse
After 13 years teaching English at Cheltenham High School, Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno took an early retirement. For at least seven years sh ...
15 years ago
East Falls resident speaks out against reckless driving along one-way Calumet Bridge
It looked really nice for about a month. Foregoing a vacation, Jim and Sue Park opted to spend last summer at home. A simple ...
15 years ago
Germantown High football standout Will Parks’ future shifts from Pitt to Arizona
Will Parks, the Germantown High football standout named to the all-state team after helping lead his team to the Public League playoffs l ...
15 years ago
A fresh chapter for the Roxborough Library
Community members began a beautification project for the Roxborough branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia a few months ago—and it& ...
15 years ago
Drawing from several communities in Northwest Philadelphia, residents and police officials gathered on Thursday for the monthly PSA-1 mee ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia 76ers give kids a chance to play with the pros
Philadelphia 76ers center Spencer Hawes ran calisthenics drills alongside shooting guard Jodie Meeks at one end of the court, supervised ...
15 years ago
New City Council session, new rules
Philadelphia City Council got back to work last week. The new session comes with new rules, which came with some testy exchanges with the ...
15 years ago
Philly councilman wants quicker action on police complaints
A Philadelphia City Councilman wants the group overseeing complaints against the police to move a little faster. Councilman Curtis ...
15 years ago
Rare, centuries-old compass draws crowd to Germantown Historial Society
The opportunity to get a rare glimpse into the world of brass restoration was the draw at a Thursday afternoon event at the Germantown Hi ...
15 years ago
11 tax-preparation centers open to help low-income Philadelphians
Low-income residents have an opportunity to have their taxes done for free at 11 sites in Philadelphia. The centers are paying special at ...
15 years ago
GenPhilly aims to help seniors deal with snow removal
It’s been a pretty mild winter so far, and this week’s forecasts call for more of the same. But when the snow does fall, it ...
15 years ago
After chilling testimony, former Ogontz Avenue deacon held for trial on child-rape charges
(Warning: This story includes graphic details of alleged sexual crimes.) Three young women took to a Criminal Justice Cen ...
15 years ago
Hughes, Kitchen and Cohen protest the reinstatement of food stamp asset tests
Pennsylvania’s Department of Public Welfare estimated that 36,000 of the 1.8 million Pennsylvanians who receive food stamp assistan ...
15 years ago
Chew & Belfield Neighbors Club talks neighborhood clean-up, school expansion
Gathering at the Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library for their first meeting of the new year on Wednesday night, members of the ...
15 years ago