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Electric Companies Prepare For Summer Usage Spike

Because the summer season brings the highest demand for power in the region, area electric companies already are planning for big spikes in usage.

2013/05/20

Historical Marker Placed at Original Founding Site of Academy of Natural Sciences

Six young and successful men got together in 1812 in a cake shop near 3rd and Market Streets to launch their endeavor.

2013/05/15

Journalism Professor Troubled By Justice Department Seizure Of Reporter Phone Records

Revelations that the Justice Department secretly got the phone records of reporters from the Associated Press in an attempt to track government leakers and whistleblowers has sent shockwaves across the world of journalism.

2013/05/15

Police Continue Investigation Into Ice Cream Shop Murder

Police say they’ve recovered footage from cameras along the 200 block of South Street where 36-year-old Tom Watson, also known as DJ Fenicx, was shot and killed as he was moving his equipment to his apartment.

2013/05/13

(One gallery of the PAFA student exhibition. Credit: Mark Abrams)

Pa. Academy of Fine Arts’ Student Showcase Shows Array of Media, Styles

“This is a place where you can find extraordinarily hip and avant-garde and brand-new art being made right next to some amazingly traditional painters and sculptors,” says the school’s dean.

2013/05/09

Main Line Health Hoping To Improve Diagnostic Rate For Celiac Disease

Dr. Keith Laskin, medical director for Main Line Health’s Celiac Center at Paoli Hospital, was among the main presenters during the event.

2013/05/08

(Bishop Joseph McFadden, in file photo.)

Joseph McFadden, Bishop of Harrisburg, Dead Suddenly in Philadelphia at 65

McFadden served as president of Cardinal O’Hara High School, and was extensively involved in the archdiocese Office of Catholic Education.

2013/05/02

(A shoe containing electronics. Photo provided by Franklin Institute)

New Franklin Institute Exhibit Peeks At Secret World of Spying

“Spy: The Exhibit, The Secret World of Espionage” opens Saturday.

2013/05/01

Former Delaware County Congressman Bob Edgar Dies At 69

Former Delaware County Congressman Bob Edgar, who had been serving as president of the Washington D.C.-based good government group Common Cause died Tuesday morning in his home in the Watergate area.

2013/04/23

(Philadelphia police investigate the scene where fruit vendor Don Ly was killed outside his home. Credit: Chopper 3)

Motive Unclear In Fatal Stabbing of Fruit Vendor In South Philadelphia

Police are going over video that detectives recovered in the neighborhood.

2013/04/18

Students waiting for the start of afternoon dress rehearsal of Opera Philadelphia's "The Magic Flute" in the Academy of Music. (Credit Mark Abrams)

Area Students Experience An Afternoon Of Opera

They came from city schools, Philly suburban schools and even South Jersey to see the dress rehearsal of Opera Philadelphia’s production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” at the Academy of Music.

2013/04/18

Philadelphia-Area Nun Says New Pope Isn’t As Reform-Minded As She’d Hoped

Sister Maureen Paul Turlish is active in the Philadelphia chapter of Voices of the Faithful, a national organization which represents nuns in the US.

2013/04/16

(Philadelphia Police Department commissioner Charles Ramsey announces the missing M-16. Credit: Mark Abrams)

One of Philadelphia Police Department’s M-16 Assault Rifles Is Missing

Police commissioner Charles Ramsey held a press conference to announce that during an audit conducted last week the department learned that one of the 1,356 M-16 rifles given to the PPD by the federal government in 2009 is unaccounted for.

2013/04/15

(File photo. Credit: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society)

Be Temperate About Starting Your Garden Now, Horticulture Expert Advises

Sally McCabe, project manager for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s “Garden Tenders” program, says gardeners can begin putting in their cool season crops now.

2013/04/11

UArts Students Put Spotlight On School’s Annual Fundraiser With Pop-Up Performance

The dancers’ performance and the sounds of the bucket-drum ensemble, known as “Rumble,” were part of an arts awareness program being promoted by the University of the Arts.

2013/04/10