Philadelphia
Eagles quarterback Michael Vick and United States Attorney Zane David Memeger visited the students at Martin Luther King High this aftern ...
15 years ago
Vick urges students to make better choices than he did
Students at Philadelphia’s Martin Luther King High School heard from an unlikely duo about the consequences of breaking the law. ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia Council tries to cut DROP’s price tag
Philadelphia City Council is trying to cut the cost of the retirement incentive program known as DROP. For four years, pension pay ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia scaling back mandatory sick days bill
Connecticut looks like it will be the first state to require employers to offer paid sick days. Those pushing similar legislation in Phil ...
15 years ago
The “Donut Man” reaches out to the city’s homeless with pastries, caring
It’s 4 a.m. on a Sunday morning in Germantown, the grass between the sidewalk and the street is still wet from the morning dew, hou ...
15 years ago
The aim at the new St. James – provide top-notch schooling at low tuition
Big changes are in store for the historic St. James the Less site on W. Clearfield Street in the “Lower Falls,” or Allegheny ...
15 years ago
Coyle’s keeps the business in the family
Walk into Coyle’s Cafe in Roxborough on just about any night and one is almost certain to find one of the nine Coyle siblings there ...
15 years ago
PhilaU student designs shelter for Haiti’s homeless
This transitional home known as “the Haiti House” by Philadelphia University students, was designed by five year architectura ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia City Council says Nutter doesn’t have votes to end DROP
Legislation to reform the Deferred Retirement Option Program, better known as DROP is expected to be introduced Thursday in Philadelphia ...
15 years ago
Telling vets’ stories through song
Music therapy dates back to ancient times. In our country, the process of healing through music took off after World War I, when it was u ...
15 years ago
A campaign against illegal dog fighting is being waged by 5th graders
The public’s awareness of animal abuse got a big boost in 2009 when Michael Vick joined the Philadelphia Eagles and began speaking ...
15 years ago
‘Every little bit counts’ at Roxborough Relay for Life
Relay for Life, a national fundraiser that raises money for cancer research, held one of its 24-hour events last weekend on the running t ...
15 years ago
‘Sober school’ to open inside Roxborough synagogue
Roxborough will soon be home to the region’s first high school entirely devoted to students recovering from drug and alcohol abuse. ...
15 years ago
Stiffer sentence sought for Fumo
A federal appeals court in Philadelphia will hear arguments Wednesday afternoon on the sentence of imprisoned former state Sen. Vincent F ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia schools ask City Council to help patch hole in budget
The Philadelphia School District faces a $600 million funding shortfall. That’s about 20 percent of the budget. So school leaders a ...
15 years ago