Only One Philadelphia Restaurant Makes Final James Beard Award List
Konstantinos Pitsillides, who was again up for best chef/Mid-Atlantic, was not selected as a finalist. "My aim is not James Beard, it's just my customers."
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Konstantinos Pitsillides, who was again up for best chef/Mid-Atlantic, was not selected as a finalist. "My aim is not James Beard, it's just my customers."
Saturday is international cash mob day and the Philadelphia area is doing its part.
They start accepting guests there next month, although the formal grand opening for the 6½-million-square-foot property is slated for Memorial Day weekend.
Principal Elaine McDowell led students at the Holy Trinity School in celebrating the 60th anniversary of their school, glad that it won't be their last.
At issue at the Philadelphia City Council hearing was the governor's plan to consolidate social service funding into "block grants" while shrinking the level of funding by about 20 percent.
The students got a cease-and-desist letter from Louis Vuitton, the luggage company, for using a likeness of its trademark on posters. But Penn defended the students' use of the modified trademark.
For the tens of thousands who visit the Jersey Shore each summer for vacation, they welcome the respite from the pressure of work, but there are thousands more who head to the beach to find a job.
The higher education committees of the New Jersey assembly and state senate got an earful on the highly charged proposal to have Rowan take over Rutgers University's Camden campus.
"These assets are critical and need to be treated as such by the government," says Charles Drevna, head of the American Fuel and Petroleum Manufacturers Association.
The donation was made to the Rowan Foundation by Comcast Corporation senior vice president Lawrence Salva and his wife, Rita.
Developer Eric Blumenfeld is reported to be looking at the Divine Lorraine Hotel, on North Broad Street, as a shared-campus site for four Philadelphia high schools.
The statues of Kate Smith, Julius Erving, and Gary Dornhoefer that were once outside the Spectrum are back in South Philadelphia.
Organizers of the annual Philadelphia Antiques Show are finalizing plans for this year's show, which will have a new home at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Delaware County has authorized a $100,000 study to look into potential new uses for the shut-down Sunoco oil refinery in Marcus Hook.
Students at one Bucks County high school are learning first-hand what it's like to operate a bank. There's a branch in the hallways of their school.
