Preservation

The historic theater in Delaware County is set to open its doors Aug. 22 for the first time in nearly 40 years.

Businesses may have to start locking alley dumpsters if the law changes as an effort to reduce litter and illegal dumping.

The project in South Jersey is expected to be completed in time for next year’s semiquincentennial celebrations.

The church associated with the Underground Railroad was sold to Cape May after it burned in 2018. It’s now the home of East Lynne Theater Company.

After five weeks of hearings with more than 90 witnesses, the MOVE Commission determined the city’s bombing was an “unconscionable” act.

The 1985 bombing claimed the lives of 11 people, including five children, and destroyed dozens of homes in the Cobbs Creek section of West Philadelphia.

The former Church of the Assumption has sat vacant for decades, and the building structure is considered unsafe by city regulators.

Mommy, the zoo’s longest resident, is the oldest-known first-time mom of her species in the world.

At a packed town hall, City Councilmember Jeffery Young proposed replacing the library with a mixed-use building. It didn’t go well.

The SS United States, a 1,000-foot vessel that shattered the trans-Atlantic speed record on its maiden voyage in 1952, arrived early Monday in Mobile, Ala.

Tugs began the work of moving the enormous ship down the Delaware River and into open water before noon Wednesday.

Three Delaware schools that played a key role in the fight against segregation have been added to the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park.

The city’s historical commission would have the final say on any modifications to the building’s Grand Court, home to the famed eagle and organ.

The district protects apartment buildings in Mount Airy and Germantown constructed during WWI and WWII.

The species has existed for millions of years, but the salamanders are threatened by poor water quality and populations have drastically declined.