Yazmine Acosta didn’t know it, but the paddle she held in her hand was shaped like a key to the past, and just maybe the future as well.

Gone are the days of seemingly limitless news budgets and bullpens overflowing with reporters. We’ve moved to a new era.

As Philadelphia residents spend the summer in green spaces like Wissahickon Valley Park and Fairmount Park, city and state experts are warning the public to be mindful of increasing tick activity.

The best pizza I ever ate was the large Mediterranean pie created by Anthony “Tony” Christopher Iaquinto in his family’s pizzeria, Tony’s Pizza City.

Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion in Germantown, the only Victorian-era house museum in Philadelphia, is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

In last week’s article, “Hike in water rates to take effect in September,” the Local inadvertently misquoted Robert Ballenger in two places. The Local reported that he said, “I think that the … ...

A robust range of plays is scheduled for Northwest theatergoers in a 2025-2026 season varied enough to rival the stage fare offered in Center City.

by J.M. Jones Brian Quinn isn’t the kind of guy to see himself as a hero, but preservationists and longtime residents of Springfield Township consider him just that — for rescuing, preserving and ...

Pat Hynes, a 1965 alumna of Chestnut Hill College, relaxes with some of the severely handicapped children at TuDu Hospital Peace Village, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The children have been disabled ...

Allen Harberg, 81, of Chestnut Hill, a real estate developer who pioneered the use of tax-exempt industrial bonds by nonprofit institutions, died Dec. 1 of heart failure at Chestnut Hill Hospital.

Gary Miller, 61, of Wyndmoor, a teacher and an artist in wood whose large installations can be seen at several area venues, died Oct. 5 in a two-vehicle collision near his home. For the past … ...

Lawrence Yeoman Chapman Jr., 73, an architect, died Oct. 11 of Lewy body dementia at his home in Chestnut Hill. During his career, Mr. Chapman designed and managed architectural projects large and ...