Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Needs Help Finding Mussels
Volunteers are on the lookout along local streams, for a threatened species of shellfish.
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Volunteers are on the lookout along local streams, for a threatened species of shellfish.
Political and Military leaders in Camden County Saturday dedicated a portion of Harleigh Cemetery as hallowed grounds, a place where veterans will be buried.
Experts say it's going to potentially be one the most severe flea and tick summers in some time due to the mild winter.
Two years ago, Whitemarsh residents Nicholas and Athena Karabots offered more than $4 million to enlarge and update the Jeanes Memorial Library on Joshua Road.
Event organizer Monica Williams says there are resources to help teen parents deal with higher education, finance and even housing.
With the closing of a restaurant in San Fransico on Tuesday, Ralph's Italian Restaurant on South Ninth Street is now the oldest Italian restaurant in the country. Ryan Rubino is the fifth-generation owner.
Purple is the color of lupus awareness, and some area landmarks were lighted or colored purple -- including the water in the fountain of Love Park.
Powell acknowledged he has been peppered with questions this week about the 2012 presidential candidates and his endorsement of President Obama in the 2008 race.
"We didn't want it to be your typical festival food event, so you're not going to find funnel cakes and chicken fingers," says Food Trust nght market coordinator Diana Iskolsky Minkus.
Republican Daryl Metcalfe of Butler County, the sponsor of the legislation, says funding for women's health services would not be reduced, but reallocated. "Taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize abortionists and their facilities."
The cultural alliance surveyed 102 organizations and found fewer lay-offs and even some hiring, thanks to higher ticket sales, subscriptions and donations.
Supporters have announced plans to give the aging museum on the Delaware riverfront in Camden a makeover.
Dozens of Catholics gathered in Sister Cities Park for a vigil to protest the Vatican's crackdown on the women religious. The gathering in Philadelphia is just one of dozens of protests nationwide.
Women from around the Delaware Valley got their chance to meet some Phillies coaches and front office bosses as the team hosted its annual "Baseball 101" clinic for female fans.
Philadelphia City Council has taken a step toward renaming the city's Criminal Justice Center in honor of the late Juanita Kidd Stout, a Philadelphia trailblazer who was first female African-American elected as a judge in the United States.
This is National EMS Week, when emergency medical crews in Philadelphia and elsewhere are honored for their work.
Montgomery County officials have broken ground on a long-awaited road construction project designed to improve access to the Norristown area.
The PECO multicultural series continues at Penn's Landing today with the celebration of Israel's Independence Day.
Some 500 people participated in Philadelphia's first "cure search" walk. The walk is a fundraiser for children's cancer research.
Mayor Michael Nutter just appointed a new Executive Director for the Philadelphia Youth Commission, and the former coordinator for the National Peace Alliance has a story that is inspiring.
It's the perfect ending to a night of tours and nautical activities at the museum.
"This charity ride is for Neighborhood Bike Works," says Jim Wiley, a local businessman and avid cyclist. The program, he explains, shows kids how to build their own bicycle from scrap parts.
More than 12,000 people registered to attend the second Annual Philadelphia on Parade Saturday at the Mann Center in Fairmount Park.
There are several festivals going on in the city Saturday including the sixth annual Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration in Franklin Square Park.
If you take a walk along the Schuylkill River this weekend, you'll see 21 artists working outside.
