Philadelphia
Gay priest: Chestnut Hill College’s statement rife with errors
Father Jim St. George received a rude awakening when he opened his mail last week: A letter stated he would not be returning to teach as ...
15 years ago
Capturing resiliency on camera
Photographer Wyatt Gallery knows what devastation looks like. From the wake of the 2004 tsunami in Sri Lanka to the aftermath of last yea ...
15 years ago
Coach Magee named Basketball Hall of Fame finalist
For more than 40 years, Philadelphia University’s Men’s Basketball Coach Herb Magee has been racking up records and accolades ...
15 years ago
Northwest Fund winners announcement postponed
Monday was the deadline for The Northwest Fund (TNF) to announce the winners of its Neighborhood Change Agent Grant program. But TNF told ...
15 years ago
US Attorney kicks off gun violence education pilot in West Oak Lane
Almost 20,000 dots marked a map of Philadelphia gun violence displayed at the launch of a youth violence prevention program in West Oak L ...
15 years ago
Nutter staying out of PHA fight for now
Mayor Nutter is not joining federal housing officials in calling for the resignation of the embattled board of the Philadelphia Housing A ...
15 years ago
New eco-art installed in East Falls
Sandra Webberking’s cat-fish shaped bike rack was installed this weekend at Inn Yard Park on Ridge Avenue in East Falls. ...
15 years ago
Fresh Grocer closed with state loan still unpaid
A senior woman stood outside the closed Fresh Grocer on Chelten Ave. Saturday afternoon addressing other would be shoppers who were heade ...
15 years ago
Secretaries of Education, Labor visit Community College of Philadelphia
Leaders of community colleges met in Philadelphia with two members of the president’s cabinet to talk about their future. Ed ...
15 years ago
Obama Administration reaches out to Philly neighborhood leaders
An Obama Administration official traveled to Philadelphia to urge city officials and community leaders to get people involved in new fede ...
15 years ago
Could sports betting be applied to Nutter’s budget speech?
The It’s Our Money team has big plans to make Mayor Nutter’s address to Council, coming this Thursday, one of the biggest gam ...
15 years ago
SEPTA’s Allen Lane Station awaits spring to complete renovation
Regulars of the High Point Café at the Allen Lane train station have learned to live with the sounds of construction. There have ...
15 years ago
Chestnut Hill is patrolling its parking lots for “squatters”
Chestnut Hill’s parking lots are intended for shoppers and people doing business along the one-mile commercial corridor of Germanto ...
15 years ago
Celebrating 175 years at Laurel Hill Cemetery
Just after dusk, men and women dressed in black scurried past graves and monuments, traveling deeper into the West Laurel Hill Cemetery i ...
15 years ago
St. Martin’s greets new leader with alleluias
Updated. Jarrett Kerbel’s business is faith, but at a key point in his own career, he admits hope deserted him. ...
15 years ago