City Council Approves New Rules For Billboards in City of Philadelphia
The end result could be fewer billboards overall, but more of them would be digital electronic displays.
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The end result could be fewer billboards overall, but more of them would be digital electronic displays.
They're the first voices you hear when you dial 911.
Perhaps you've posed under the Love sculpture for a photo, or taken a stroll along Kelly Drive with your significant other, but would you ever refer to Philly as a "romantic" city?
Coming up this month: two food-related fundraisers for worthy causes, and the reopening of the "Independence Beer Garden," at 6th and Market.
A plan is coming together to breath new life into the Gallery shopping mall.
For nine days, beginning April 24, budding scientists of all ages will have the chance to discover the science happening across the region at The Franklin Institute's fifth annual Philadelphia Science Festival.
It was part of a nationwide mobilization of low-wage workers who want to see the national minimum wage raised to $15 an hour.
"Generosity is contagious, and it's the most enjoyable way to live," says Brad Leach, head pastor of City Life Church, which provided a free lunch for officers of the Third Police District.
Peco employees were inside the Philabundance warehouse in South Philadelphia today, helping to box food to be distributed to low-income seniors in need.
Delores Clark (right), 86, has lived there most of her life and says her house needed a lot of work. It was repaired by an army of volunteers.
Executives and businesspeople gathered today in a conference room at Campbell's Soup Co. to talk about the steps necessary for revitalizing Camden.
Philadelphia police commissioner Charles Ramsey says national incidents of police violence has made recruiting minorities for the Philadelphia police force much tougher.
The police department says the exercise will start about 5pm in the area of 6th and Market Streets, and will run till about 9pm.
19-year-old Shaleenee loves to cook. She even attends culinary school.
Rock star and philanthropist Jon Bon Jovi and local charities are opening an anti-hunger center in a section of the New Jersey shore devastated by Superstorm Sandy.
African-American men aren't the only ones being profiled and singled out for enhanced attention by police, noted organizer Ryann Aaron.
Hunger advocacy groups are fighting back against a Republican proposal in Washington to cut $125 billion from the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as "SNAP."
Each Lindback award comes with a $20,000 stipend to be spent on the school.
Between sightseeing events today, the students gathered at the Israeli consulate in Philadelphia to discuss US-Israel relations with consular officials.
A Philadelphia-based coffee chain is putting one of its stores in the hands of Drexel University students, allowing them to get experience and college credit while working.
The tests are the primary way the state evaluates school performance. Some parents say it prevents teachers from doing their jobs effectively.
And now, parties on both sides are talking about the case publically for the first time.
Philadelphia police lieutenant John Walker says officials want to figure out the quality of care previously provided to the young man and what agencies have been involved in overseeing his case.
Justin Barnabei passed away last April, after his second bout with acute lymphoblastic leukemia became too much to bear.
It seems it will take a lot more than a collapsed roof to stop one New Jersey church from holding services.
