Local

ABOVE PHOTO: Gov. Tom Corbett. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)   By Marc Levy and Peter Jackson Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania lawmakers sent Gov. Tom Corbett a $29.1 billion election-year spending plan shortly before Monday’s midnight deadline and after hours of intense partisan debate, but Corbett said he was not ready to sign it. “I will…

Read More

committee of seventy Part two of Groundhog Day… continues to answer the questions that will help understand the situation at Philadelphia’s embattled School District. Will any of these funding ideas get enacted?   It’s hard to predict. Once Council gets back from summer recess in September, everything they do will be with the 2015 races…

Read More

ABOVE PHOTO:  Investigators look over the debris of a fallen security door outside a Rita’s Water Ice store in the Brewerytown section of Philadelphia on Saturday, June 28, 2014. Investigators tell Philly.com that the metal security door detached and fell on a 3-year-old girl who died. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek)   Associated Press  Authorities are investigating…

Read More

ABOVE PHOTO:  Students rally against proposed reductions in state funding for schools, Wednesday, May 25, 2011, outside City Hall in Philadelphia.  The School District of Philadelphia is asking the city for tens of  million of dollars more in additional funding as it deals with a massive budget shortfall that could mean the layoff of thousands…

Read More

ABOV E PHOTO:  The soulful Raheem DeVaughn (LEFT)and Eric Roberson (RIGHT) entertained crowds at the We Feed The Homeless Philly Gala last weekend.  (Photos courtesy of Chris Murray)   Sunday’s We Feed The Homeless Philly Gala gave Philadelphians a chance to enjoy great music, great food, and the warm feeling that comes from helping others….

Read More

ABOVE PHOTO:  Shutterstock    Streets will be closed in parts of Center City in connection with the opening of the annual Wawa Welcome America! festival this Saturday. Delays can be expected and motorists are advised to use alternate routes, avoid this vicinity, if possible, allow for extra driving time and generally proceed with caution. Wawa…

Read More

ABOVE PHOTO: Yelp   Philadelphia Business Journal Cheltenham Square Mall, having been foreclosed upon, has come up for sale. The 639,000-square-foot mall at 2385 Cheltenham Ave. in Cheltenham, Pa., last sold in 2005 for $71.5 million. At the time, New York-based Thor Equities bought the center from Simon Property Group with the assumption of a…

Read More

ABOVE PHOTO:  Sen. Anthony H. Williams at the  podium speaks on the legalization of marijuana.  (Photo by Denise Clay)   The legalization of marijuana was the subject of a daylong discussion at the University of Pennsylvania Law School on Saturday. By Denise Clay The subject of marijuana has been on the minds of Pennsylvanians since…

Read More

ABOVE PHOTO:  D.A. Seth Williams Last week, District Attorney Seth Williams took the unusual step of officially announcing that an Investigating Grand Jury will be looking into allegations that several Philadelphia legislators accepted gifts and money in exchange for political favors and votes. “I have concluded that there is only one way to get to…

Read More

By Kiarra Solomon @by_kiarra Throughout Pennsylvania, hundreds of thousands of youth (18 and under) have had some sort of contact with the law per year. And although the numbers of youth delinquency are down significantly, according to the State’s Commission on Crime and Delinquency website, the numbers are still high. Interaction with the law for…

Read More