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...
Recipes for success
I have many cookbooks, but two reliable favorites are Julie Dannenbaum's Complete Creative Cooking School Cookbook combined with Menus for All Occasions (two volumes in one) and Judith Huxley's Table for Eight: Recipes...
Moving up the ranks
The setting of Neil Simon's Tony Award-winning comedy, Biloxi Blues, is a boot camp in Biloxi, Miss., during World War II. The main character, Eugene Morris Jerome, has enlisted in the Army, and...
A real bout?
State Sen. Vince Fumo is typically not one for grandiose campaign kickoffs, so his extravaganza just before Christmas created wide speculation about who would challenge the incumbent for his seat in Harrisburg. ...
School could house new senior class
After the boys move out of St. John Neumann High School, seniors might be moving in. Officials from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia confirmed they are considering using the Neumann property, 26th and...
Thanking heaven for 50 years
Stella Maris Parish has come a long way from the days of holding Mass in the old Plaza movie house on Broad and Porter streets. And now the half-century-old church and school...
Unruly students unwelcome
The School District of Philadelphia could file a federal lawsuit soon that would make it easier to remove disruptive students from classrooms. The district wants legally binding consent decrees lifted that affect...
