Building a future
The students at YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School know a lot about fresh starts. The North Philly school gives former high-school dropouts, ages 18 to 21, a chance to earn a diploma...
Square grassroots
One of the neighborhoods south of Washington Avenue has a new civic association -- and by association a new name. The Passyunk Square Civic Association held its first official meeting last...
Finding her Zen
Deana Sabasino enters the room at St. Agnes Wellness Center, removes her coat and fiddles with a few audiocassettes. She finds what she wants and chats gregariously with the women arriving in workout...
Colliding tragedies
Amid the ugly rubble and charred remains of what used to be 2241 S. Fifth St., there is beauty: A makeshift memorial for the 26-year-old man and two little girls who died...
FastShip to bring thousands of jobs
Sen. Arlen Specter joined port officials and maritime executives at the old Publicker Industries Building Monday morning to announce Congress' plans to help the city build a terminal for high-speed cargo ships. ...
Healthy competition
As former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean's campaign crumbles, another physician -- this time at the local level -- is making a pitch for public office. Dr. James J. Tayoun Jr., the 39-year-old...
Expanding while contracting
The healthcare options in South Philadelphia are about to change again, leaving the community with one less emergency room but with better-focused facilities, according to officials. Executives from the companies that...
Making Broad Street more stately
The idea for the Avenue of the States began as way to welcome visitors to South Philly for the Republican National Convention in 2000. And, while the name hasn't stuck like that...
Trouble in paradise
I am in traffic in downtown Honolulu, creeping along at about 5 miles per hour -- on a Saturday! According to state Sen. Cal Kawamoto, the state capital is likely to become one...
Give this show a medal
Anyone who enjoyed Neil Simon's klutzy character Eugene Morris Jerome in Brighton Beach Memoirs can see the sequel to that funny and sensitive autobiographical sketch at the Walnut Street Theatre. Biloxi...
