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The CEO of the Academy says Drexel students will be able to reap the benefits of increased access to the Academy's huge collections of specimens and the Academy's staff of Ph.Ds in the study of environmental science.
Gas prices in the area have been over four dollars for a couple of weeks and drivers clearly aren't happy about it.
Many non-essential services will be closed every other Friday to make ends meet.
A group of Archbishop Ryan High School Seniors were very candid about the circumstances they face now.
Long term plans to revitalize Market Street east could get a shot next month with an ordinance before City Council.
In a new initiative launched today to increase awareness and support of the Philadelphia Orchestra, orchestra officials are asking members of the public to "listen with your heart."
A measure calling on retailer Urban Outfitters to consider including women and minorities on the company's corporate board was defeated by shareholders during the annual meeting of the South Philadelphia-based company.
New Jersey is taking in more revenue from its various taxes. How much more depends on who you talk to. And there's already talk on what to do with that extra money.
Negotiations continue today between The Red Cross Penn-Jersey Blood Services Region and the union representing workers who collect blood for the agency. The current contract expires this weekend.
Statewide, the survey conducted for the National Low Income Housing Coalition shows someone would have to earn just under $25 an hour in a 40-hour a week job to afford that unit. And two-thirds of the million or so renters in the Garden State don't meet that benchmark.
Volunteers fanned out across the city before dawn, interviewing homeless people with the goal of getting the most vulnerable and sick off the streets and into permanent homes.
A proposal to allow bigger trucks on interstate highways is gaining legs again in Washington, DC.
The Mann Center for the Performing Arts is presenting its first "Family Arts Festival" next weekend, and it's free.
When Urban Outfitters conducts its annual meeting in Philadelphia on Tuesday, a proposal is before shareholders to diversify its corporate board.
More than 20,000 of the people who light up your life -- literally -- are in Philadelphia this week for a huge convention.
