Wednesday's Child: Tamir
Whether he's riding his bike or playing outside, six-year-old Tamir is a ball of energy.
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Whether he's riding his bike or playing outside, six-year-old Tamir is a ball of energy.
Bishop Tom Senior has signed a deal turning the St. Martin de Porres School over to an independent board of directors who will solicit donations to insure the school's continued operation.
The Pennsylvania Ballet is building a home on North Broad Street, just north of Vine Street.
The "Occupy Philadelphia" protest at City Hall was in its sixth day on Tuesday, with several hundred protesters camping out on Dilworth Plaza.
Even before Cooper Hospital's new medical school has opened or accepted its first student, it has received an $800,000 federal grant.
One of the missions this year, according to the mayor, is making further inroads into cutting Philadelphia's high school dropout rate.
It was founded by Prof. Gloria Bonilla-Santiago (right), also the founder of the LEAP Academy to which these kids will go when they start kindergarten.
The four-story, $20-million complex in the 1500 block of Cecil B. Moore Avenue was built on what had been a vacant site and an eyesore for years.
"The hooks are actually where a lot of the carcasses of the cows were hung, and they remind you of some of the things that hooks were used for over the next 200 years in our history."
Basketball coach Fran Dunphy shaved off his mustache after promising former player Dionte Christmas he would if the young man finished his degree.
October is "Philly Plays Scrabble Month," and game events are being held at various schools and recreation centers around the city.
Nearly 1,000 people packed the Arch Street United Methodist Church last night, voting to hold a protest similar to those taking place in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and elsewhere.
During the early stage of demolition of Matheson Hall, at 32nd and Market Streets, workers found a metal box, tightly sealed against the ravages of time, behind a date plate.
Playing catch in the backyard with dad might seem like a regular Saturday pastime for some nine-year-old boys. For David, it's more than that.
The spiritual leader of 100,000 Catholics in South Jersey says he has chronic kidney disease and will soon begin dialysis treatments, but has no plans to step down from his post.
It was held not in a bowling alley but in the activity room of a center city retirement community, and all of the competitors were over 70 years of age.
Organizers say seniors need to know that a scammer could be lurking on the other end of the phone, or online, or even sorting through their trash.
Community groups concerned about losing their voice in the process dominated the second City Council hearing on the plan to rewrite, top to bottom, the city's antiquated zoning laws.
The trauma center at Paoli Hospital is the first in Pennsylvania to participate in an expanding program aimed at getting vital information into the hands of first responders to auto accidents.
The site, which opened just ten months ago on Independence Mall, has been plagued with technical problems right from the beginning.
Fifteen-year-old Tymeir loves the stage, but he also wants to go to college and cosmetology school.
The whole purpose of the event, which has its beginnings in Chicago, is to raise money for families staying at the Ronald McDonald House.
Joe Eastman is a retired military man and a volunteer tutor at the Center for Literacy in Philadelphia.
The a capella group "The Arrhythmias" is made up of a dozen students in such demanding fields as medicine, pharmacy, and doctoral studies at Jefferson Medical College.
Tthe Flyin' Hawaiian got emotional at ceremonies officially opening the Shane Victorino Nicetown Boys and Girls Club.
