Local Restaurants See Spike In Business With People Trying To Beat The Heat
Some area restaurants say they are seeing larger crowds for dinner because people don't want to fire up the oven in their home when the temperature is in the nineties.
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Some area restaurants say they are seeing larger crowds for dinner because people don't want to fire up the oven in their home when the temperature is in the nineties.
Peco spokesman Ben Armstrong says the utility broke a demand record for electricity that was sent in August of 2006.
Local dry cleaners who do their own work in-house are sweating the details in this heat wave.
"I don't care if it's the liquor business or selling my own business – before you sell a business, you get the best bottom line you can. And I'm not so sure that we in Pennsylvania have yet got the best bottom line out of our liquor system that we can," Joe Scarnati said.
Bucks County officials say it's unlikely the county will continue to participate in an energy program this summer that could have saved taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.
When we visited Peco headquarters to see how the power company is handling the strain, the atmosphere was cool and calm -- and management was hoping it would stay that way.
The Belle's operators have not released any details, but an employee reached by phone at the operator's offices in Virginia has confirmed the cessation of operations.
Depending on whom you talk to, these hearings are either a necessary sounding board for those in need, or unnecessary and potentialyl dangerous political theatre.
Bucks County officials are taking a second look at an energy program that could save taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars after several complaints from county workers at the courthouse in Doylestown.
Organizers have announced a roster of 120 participants for this year's Restaurant Week. And now, more center city dining has a green side dish to go with it.
The West Philadelphia Skills Initiative is connecting three universities and two health systems with entry-level jobs they need filled, and partners with the community to find those who can fill them.
Camden's mayor is expressing relief over a reversal by Gov. Chris Christie after he initially canceled the state's transitional aid program to distressed communities.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has, as expected, approved a 20-year license renewal for the third of three facilities operated by PSEG Nuclear in Salem County, NJ.
The heat and lack of rain are both playing a role in the struggles of this region's farmers.
My Philly Summer is a series of networking opportunities. Interns even got to rub elbows with Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter.
