Mobile, Solar-Powered Cameras May Answer A Long-Running Philadelphia Problem: Illegal Trash Dumping
The camera program came up at a city council committee hearing Friday convened on the vexing issue of illegal trash dumping.
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The camera program came up at a city council committee hearing Friday convened on the vexing issue of illegal trash dumping.
On Saturday, Harrah's Chester will officially become Harrah's Philadelphia. And with the new name comes a new focus on more than just games.
HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan (podium) told a Philadelphia audience, this week, that the challenges of public housing are part of a larger, fundamental debate over what kind of country the U.S. wants to be.
"We have 140 craftsmen," says show organizer Nick Mohler. Paul Yacoe (photo) carves wooden boxes in a wide variety of shapes.
Last week, an arbitrator issued her recommendations. This week, the school board rejected it 9-0 but the teachers accepted -- with reservations.
The Morris Arboretum is holding its annual plant sale, through Saturday, just in time for the summer gardening season -- and Mother's Day.
Chrisoula Tsiouris will demonstrate pita-making at her daughter's restaurant on Tuesday; starting Fridays, an outdoor market at Headhouse Square; and a new eatery for fast, healthy food.
"The Revolutionary War buried thousands here, and every time we do an installment, an excavation, or a root grinding, we have to have an archeologist on site, by law," says the park's facility manager.
Ed Bendzlowicz may soon be looking up at a 25 foot cell phone tower when he steps outside his house.
"We will send them an electronic ticket by email or over their smartphone that they can print themselves, or present from their smartphone to their conductor," Amtrak's Matt Hardison explains.
City controller Alan Butkovitz says a review of ambulance billings by the city for 2011 shows it only collected $34 million of the $82.5 million it billed -- about 42 percent.
It's called "I Like The Pike," and it's a multi-pronged program designed to showcase the properties along Bethlehem Pike between Norristown Road and Dager Road that are available for redevelopment.
A bill that would allow for a 70-mph speed limit on some sections of the Pennsylvania Turnpike has cleared its first legislative hurdle.
School District of Philadelphia officials say that without an additional $94 million from the mayor's "Actual Value Initiative" property tax overhaul, schools may not have enough personnel to open in the fall.
This is a significant moment for the APA, as the ten-year process of revising its essential diagnostic guide, known as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ("DSM"), is coming to a close.
