
Philadelphia
After fire, West Philly charter school looking for new home
Four-hundred students at a West Philadelphia public charter school have off this week, after a five-alarm fire decimated their school ove ...
14 years ago
Need for food aid and unemployment way up in Philadelphia region
As you may have guessed, many more people in the Philadelphia region need help filling the refrigerator. The new numbers from the B ...
14 years ago
Bus tours bring $271 million to Philadelphia economy
A new report shows riding the bus into Philadelphia has a major impact on the area economy. Tourism officials are seeking to expand ...
14 years ago
How did the Philly schools get into this budget mess?
On this week’s It’s Our Money podcast, we turn to former School District of Philadelphia CEO Phil Goldsmith to explain how th ...
14 years ago
New shoe store opens in Mt. Airy
Skip Tyree isn’t your average entrepreneur. When he was ready to open a business on Germantown Avenue in Mt. Airy, he didn ...
14 years ago
Philly Water Department seeks neighborhood “spokesdogs”
CoCo, a 13-pound Boston terrier from Roxborough, knows what it takes to be on a mission. As a therapy dog for the last two years, ...
14 years ago
Community Impact: Church van stolen
Community Impact” explores how crime affects quality of life in our neighborhoods. Here, the recent theft of a church van hits ...
14 years ago
Germantown Friends School honored Betty Turner for her many years of volunteer service in Germantown and, most recently, for her work as ...
14 years ago
City secures $1.3 million for Manayunk Bridge trail
Bikers riding in and out of Philadelphia along the Schuylkill River Trail will soon be able to avoid a detour at the Manayunk Bridge. ...
14 years ago
The Germantown Y hits the New Year running
After more than two years on moth balls the Germantown Y is open again with lots of fitness activities to choose from. And this mon ...
14 years ago
$20M in equipment missing from Philadelphia agencies
Auditors say the city of Philadelphia has lost or misplaced so many items — ranging from cell phones to copiers — that togeth ...
14 years ago
Classic Towns builds vision in Germantown
Kathy Paulmier is passionate about Germantown, and has always thought of herself as a neighborhood advocate. But when the Germantown Clas ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia sheriff suspends three with intent to fire
There has been a major upheaval at the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office. Most of the managers who handled Sheriff’s sales of for ...
14 years ago
Dana Redd’s first year as Camden Mayor
Mayors across the country continue to struggle with fallout from the international financial crisis. Camden Mayor Dana Redd has dea ...
14 years ago
Darby may ban parking space-saving
Officials in Darby Township are set to vote next week on banning what many consider to be a regional right: residents reserving their sno ...
14 years ago