Elementary Students in Northeast Philadelphia Get Hands-On Lessons in Livestock Farming
The main lobby at Fox Chase Elementary School smelled like a farm today. And for good reason.
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The main lobby at Fox Chase Elementary School smelled like a farm today. And for good reason.
Officials in Camden County announced they will host a household hazardous waste collection this Saturday at the Cherry Hill Public Works Complex.
Councilman Kenyatta Johnson, whose district includes that section of Broad Street, says he's heard from constituents who don't like the idea, so he is withdrawing support for that location. Two other sites are still up for approval.
The bridge, which carries more than 15,000 cars a day, was shut down late last week when the shoulder started to cave in.
Taking a page out of New York City's "High Line," the Rail Park would run along the former Reading Railroad viaduct and the city branch of the old Reading lines.
The governor reassured the group of his support for the state's flourishing natural gas industry.
The 2007 smoking ban allowed for waivers under certain circumstances, under a compromise provision to secure passage. But bars have continued to ask for -- and receive -- exemptions.
Two charitable foundations are making a multimillion-dollar investment in public spaces in five of the city's most underserved communities, creating what could become a national "test kitchen" of sorts on urban renewal.
Th director of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center says that for the most part, these seals are not in trouble. But they could be dangerous if provoked.
"It is based on the theory that artists can revitalize a corridor," says Mural Arts executive director Jane Golden. "They are unlike anyone else when it to comes to building a life and spirit in a community."
Barry Seymour, with the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, says the one-day conference was designed to give helpful information to planners and developers of more than 350 communities around the region.
A City Council committee has approved what would be Philadelphia's first regulations on those large donation bins you often see in store and shopping center parking lots.
With the warm weather comes pothole season. A tire expert offers some advice.
Pennsylvania state environmental regulators say they want to get tougher on how the Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling industry stores waste, dampens noise and affects water resources, schools and playgrounds.
Dozens of local breweries and restaurants paired up at the Kimmel Center Sunday afternoon for an event helping a local non-profit.
The cleanup actually began on March 1 and continues through the end of May, and anyone can take part.
They populate shoreline marshes from Massachusetts to Texas. And they're popular as gourmet cuisine, particularly in Asia.
Jackie Wleh, with ABC Men, says they're driving 314 miles to fulfill a request for help.
Some parents spent their snow day out of the house, playing at Nest, a commercial playspace in center city Philadelphia.
"It's mainly a plowing operation, but we are salting as well," says Philadelphia streets commissioner David Perri.
"They are all nonviolent, which I really want to stress," notes county freeholder Michelle Gentek, who oversees the program.
Once the snow started coming down, people across the Delaware Valley were out shoveling, trying to keep up with it.
Once it came, the snow began piling up quickly, making for a challenging morning commute.
A report released this week by the groups Penn Environment and the Frac Tracker Alliance shows that nearly four million Pennsylvanians live within the potential evacuation zone of an oil train accident, including 700,000 at risk in Philadelphia.
Wolf called for a tax on natural gas drilling, to increase the state's contribution to public schools to 50 percent.
