L&I let the dogs out
With every light breeze, the odors wafting from the pile of stained and tattered belongings outside of the home at 213 Mifflin St. hit like a punch in the face.
The curbside stench was just...
Building blocks
Change was the buzzword at 16th and Federal streets on Aug. 11. Representatives from the Department of Housing and Urban Development joined Universal Companies founder Kenny Gamble at the site for the groundbreaking...
Estate of change
It didn't take long for a developer to find a new use for the site of the Trinity Christian Elementary School, which closed in June. At an Aug. 11 community meeting, hundreds...
Mick Daniel’s Saloon
For me, the word "saloon" always conjures up movie images of the Wild West. The handsome, clean-cut sheriff strolls into the local saloon, sporting a shiny star on his vest. The bad guy always...
Balancing act
During the 1960s, men and women who wanted to lose weight carried around large plastic containers filled with pills in a rainbow of colors. Prescription amphetamines were all the rage, especially among...
Take me to the Pilot
Cars are getting harder to characterize. Many of today's SUVs are really cars under their "off-road" skin, suggesting that it's the visual cues that really matter for many buyers. The Honda Pilot,...
Citizens can’t park
For once, the Phillies had residents near Veterans Stadium looking forward to October. Neighbors say the team had promised that by Oct. 1, cleanup work at the site of the former stadium would...
Sweet show of support
More than 30 years ago, the Potito family boarded a plane in Italy bound for America, guided by little more than their hopes and dreams to take on the challenges of a new...
Lifeboat for flood victims
Residents who were devastated by floods earlier this month in Philadelphia, Montgomery and Delaware counties already considered their neighborhoods disaster areas. Now the designation is official. At the state's request, the...
