A purportedly stolen cell phone, a Craigslist ad and a gun added up to paralysis for a Somerton man and years in prison for a father and son from Bucks County, a city prosecutor said.
Now and then: The Ashburner Inn at Torresdale Avenue and Ashburner Street has a history spanning more than a…
Sunday Mass melodies: Four Nazareth Academy students were selected to sing as part of…
Hands-on learning: Mayor Michael Nutter toured the new Police Training Center, which features warehouse-style garages where officers…
Taylor’s Senior Expo details announced
State Rep. John Taylor (R-177th dist.) will hold his annual Senior Expo on Friday, Oct. 9, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Cohocksink Recreation Center, at Cedar and Cambria streets.
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Widener University Delaware Law School Dean Rod Smolla announced dean’s list students, who must earn a grade point average in the top 20 percent of their class and division for the semester. Dean’s list students include Lindsay Bennett, Karen Braciszewski, Elizabeth Bukis and…
A local credit union’s controversial plan to open a new branch office at a busy Frankford Avenue intersection is dead.
During the monthly meeting of the Upper Holmesburg Civic Association last Thursday at St. Dominic’s Marian…
Authorities have filed a murder charge against the boyfriend of a Temple student and Northeast High graduate who was found shot to death inside her off-campus apartment last month.
Lawn Crest Library branch manager Deb Mikus, helps bag groceries at Shop Rite in recognition of…
(From left) state Rep. Kevin Boyle, Ricky Taylor, Kristen Pomerantz, Joseph DiGrazio and Beatrice Cooper pose for a photo…
A suspected abduction attempt involving a 9-year-old Fox Chase girl and an unidentified man turned out to be a misunderstanding, Philadelphia police said last week.
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The Parkwood Civic Association has adopted a wait-and-see approach for a proposed dance studio that a local husband and wife are hoping to open in the Byberry East Industrial Park.
Gunfire claimed the lives of two men and left three others wounded in two unrelated shootings in the Lower Northeast last weekend.
The most recent gun battle occurred during the second half of the Philadelphia Eagles game on Sunday and…
Thursday, Sept. 24
EVENTS
Adult Painting Classes Resurrection Regional Catholic School, Castor and Shelmire avenues. Beginners and more experienced students will receive individualized instructions in their…
Tacony Civic to sponsor seasonal concert
The final seasonal concert sponsored by the Tacony Civic Association will take place on Thursday, Sept. 24, at 6:30 p.m. at Disston Recreation Center, 4510 Disston St.
Mayor Michael Nutter recieves a St. Huberts shirt from the Principal Dr. Joanne H. Walls, during the…
Holy Family University invites the community to watch Sunday’s Mass celebrated by Pope Francis on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Holy Family, at 9801 Frankford Ave., will be live streaming the Mass in the auditorium of its Education and…
Franklin Square, located at 6th and Race streets, will have a jumbotron broadcasting live all Pope Francis-related events on Saturday and Sunday.