Philadelphia
Recent tree clearing is part of watershed plan
Residents and regular park users may have noticed a large change on the edge of Wissahickon Park. Over the past month or so crews have cl ...
15 years ago
Petition challenge filed in Philadelphia’s Eighth District City Council race
In a new development in the Eighth City Council District race, Independent candidate Brian Rudnick, is trying to block a late-arriving ri ...
15 years ago
1930s time capsule discovered in East Falls
A plain metal (lead) box, no adornment, not even a handle. But Greg Peltzer, building operations manager at Falls Center, the form ...
15 years ago
NABJ addresses controversy, diversity at conference
As its members gather in Philadelphia for their annual conference, the National Association of Black Journalists is in the midst of contr ...
15 years ago
Pa. lawmaker signals yellow light on traffic camera expansion
Pennsylvania could find a new source of revenue in a system already working successfully in Philadelphia. Red-light cameras have b ...
15 years ago
GCC design committee fighting for more than Chelten Plaza
With major construction continuing at Chelten Plaza and a zoning board hearing on the plan still several weeks away, members of Germantow ...
15 years ago
Photo highlights from the Mt. Airy Night Market
The Mt. Airy Night Market appeared to be a big success for food vendors and area residents. There were long lines seen at most of th ...
15 years ago
Chestnut Hill professor was not teaching class before jumping to death, officials say
Chestnut Hill College officials are correcting media reports about professor Rudolf Alexandrov’s on-campus leap to his death on Wed ...
15 years ago
State lawmaker wants Ackerman gone – with no buyout
A state lawmaker from Philadelphia is planning a trip to City Hall next week to deliver a message about the head of the city’s scho ...
15 years ago
Christian music, film and workshops in Germantown all weekend
In the early 1990’s, hip hop artist Hans Soul’s life consisted of the stuff most people only hear about in rap songs and watch in mus ...
15 years ago
Chestnut Hill College professor jumps to his death
(Updated: 8/5/11 12:20 p.m. – A Chestnut Hill College spokeswoman says the Daily News report had some inaccuracies. The college ...
15 years ago
Huge turnout for the Mt. Airy Night Market
Germantown Avenue in Mt. Airy was packed shoulder-to-shoulder in some places for its first ever Night Market. At its peak aroun ...
15 years ago
Finding Nemo is tonight’s Mt. Airy outdoor movie at the library
Finding Nemo will be shown tonight at the Lovett library garden at 8:30. This will be an outdoor event. It’s part of the Mt. Airy M ...
15 years ago
Kaboom! Student rockets launch skyward at NASA camp
The excitement was building quickly inside Erika McFadden’s classroom on the third floor of Roxborough High School on Thursday afte ...
15 years ago
‘Sunset with the Son’ workshop series kicks off this weekend
Churches and ministries affiliated with the Northwest Christian Alliance (NCA) will be kicking off their August community worship series ...
15 years ago