When District Council 33 (DC33) union members went on strike, all Philadelphia Free Libraries also shut their doors.

Grateful to Len Lear for his fine tribute to the life and work of Charles Blockson, Philadelphia’s eminent scholar, historian and collector who died recently. Few have contributed as much to our ...

In the college summer hoops league last week, the number of undefeated teams dropped from three to just one ...

Verizon is proposing a 175-foot monopole cellphone tower on the SugarLoaf Campus of Chestnut Hill College.

In the college summer hoops league last week, the number of undefeated teams dropped from three to just one, as defending league champion Team Cyber Pink (largely college alumni) and Team Purple both ...

A man and his adult son sat in the seats to our right. The man said this was their first game, could I please explain it? They had never seen baseball in their native Mongolia.

Aside from being visual feasts, three new Germantown Avenue murals stand as neighborhood biographies and towering testaments to creativity.

Legend has it that Kelpius lived and meditated in a cave built into the hillside of the ravine. But, as with most legends, there is a sizable gray area in the story. The cave is said to have been an ...

by Elizabeth Coady Tucked in the rear first floor of 7811 Germantown Ave. is Dr. Rebecca Maury's newly founded medical marijuana practice, Herbal Wellness Rx. Maury, a Chestnut Hill resident who is ...

In 1995, Jan Wilson was in a horrific car accident that left her suffering with chronic back pain. Then owner of the popular Cafette BYOB restaurant in Chestnut Hill, Wilson tried many of the usual ...

Longtime Mt. Airy resident and former Local film Critic J. Cooper Robb died of laryngeal cancer on June 22. He died at his home in Newton, Pennsylvania. with his husband, Karl Carter, by his side.

by Jodi Benjamin Several weeks ago, Audrey Walsh, 41, donated $10 and received three raffle tickets from one of her students, who were fundraising for the American Cancer Society. Walsh is a teacher ...