About 700 subscribers to the Devon Theater in Northeast Philadelphia, which has canceled its inaugural season, citing a cut in anticipated state funding, have a new alternative for their unused tickets: a theater 27 miles away.
The Philadelphia Education Fund last night presented its annual Eddy Awards to people and organizations that have helped improve education for youths in the Philadelphia region.
John "Jordan" Lewis, the baby-faced North Philadelphia man whose string of six armed robberies ended with the Halloween 2007 slaying of Police Officer Chuck Cassidy, was found guilty of first-degree murder yesterday by a Philadelphia jury.
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RUMSON, N.J. - When they convene here six months from now for the first Dad Vail Regatta outside Philadelphia in more than half a century, thousands of collegiate rowers on the Navesink River will race past the Salt Creek Grille and take in a view of the splendid Oceanic Bridge and riverfront homes.
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will hold an open house Nov. 30 to update Northeast Philadelphia residents on a project to improve the I-95 interchange at Cottman Avenue.
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Ten arts organizations and programs in Chester and Montgomery Counties will receive $143,485 in state funding, State Sen. Andy Dinniman (D., Chester) announced yesterday.
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SEPTA took another step toward restoring rail service to Wawa in Delaware County with approval yesterday of nine property easements necessary for the construction.
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A Germantown man who pleaded guilty in July to raping a woman who could not hear or speak was sentenced yesterday to eight to 16 years in prison by a Philadelphia judge.
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Three men have been indicted on charges of hacking into Comcast's e-mail and voice-mail service for its Internet customers during two days last year, federal prosecutors announced yesterday.
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A 25-year-old man was in critical condition after being shot twice in the head in the city's Olney section last night, police said.
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"I apologize, Mrs. Cassidy." With the widow of Philadelphia Police Officer Chuck Cassidy on the witness stand, his admitted killer yesterday stunned the crowded courtroom with a teary, impromptu apology that stopped the trial for five minutes until order was restored.
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It was an offer the Dad Vail Regatta could not refuse, and one that the cash-strapped City of Philadelphia could not hope to match: $250,000 in guaranteed donations, and sharply lowered operating costs to boot.
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Detectives are investigating a pattern of four rapes that have occurred since October on women walking alone at night in the area of Kensington Avenue.
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