Delaware CountySwarthmore Public Library closes the chapter on overdue book feesThough counterintuitive, case studies have shown that library fees can actually discourage people from returning books on time, library officials said. Denali Sagner After a historic win, Joi Washington settles into life as Media’s mayorDenali Sagner A couple bought a house on a quiet street. Then they found a swastika in the basement.Dugan Arnett Signs of a frozen housing market in Philadelphia and Delaware CountyMichaelle Bond House of the week: A historic five-bedroom house in Media for $785,000Paul Jablow, For The Inquirer AdvertisementVillanova football player accused of rape texted victim hours after alleged assaultD’Hani Cobbs, 20, is charged with assaulting a woman who is also a student at the university.Jesse Bunch Swarthmore, Nether Providence take next step in merging fire departmentsA report highlighted a “critical” lack of volunteer firefighters and financial limitations that threaten the ability to provide an effective fire and medical response.Torin Sweeney How Philly helicopter makers cope with uncertainty at today’s Pentagon "Destabilizing and difficult" changes in payments keep the manufacturers on edge, while managers scramble to prevent worker layoffs.Joseph N. DiStefano Helen Cherry, prolific illustrator and artist, has died at 101 “She was always an artist,” said her daughter, also an illustrator and writer. “Art was her hobby, her passion, her work. She said it was something that she can’t not do.”Gary Miles Skulls, songs, and solitude: Who is Jonathan Gerlach? What we know — and what we don’tGerlach, of Ephrata, is accused of stealing dozens of human remains from Mount Moriah Cemetery in Philadelphia and Yeadon Borough. Jillian Kramer How much snow, and when will it begin snowing in the Philadelphia region?More than a foot is possible across much of Pa., N.J. as fierce storm sweeps eastern U.S.Stephen Stirling Philly bill to ban waste incineration gets put on hold after failing to gain Council support Councilmember Jamie Gauthier made a last-minute decision to pull the measure which would prevent the city from shipping its trash to be burned at a plant in Chester. Frank Kummer and Sean Collins Walsh Get to know Swarthmore’s new mayor | Inquirer Greater MediaPlus, a rare and used bookstore is now open.Lisa Dukart Meet Conlen Booth, Swarthmore’s fire chief who just stepped into the mayor’s officeBooth, who brings more than two decades of experience in emergency services management, considers himself a “behind-the-scenes” guy who typically shies away from the limelight. Denali Sagner The new owner of Crozer-Chester Medical Center wants to restore hospital and emergency servicesChariot Equities completed its $10 million purchase of the hospital Wednesday and is aiming have an agreement with a health system to restore services within six months.Harold Brubaker and Sarah Gantz Developer’s land swap proposal stirs furor in Limerick, but Delco would gain its first state game land A crowd packed an hourslong meeting Tuesday night to oppose the swap between the state and Limerick Town Center LLC.Frank Kummer Riddle Hospital receives $4M in state funding to expand healthcare access in Delaware CountyRiddle Hospital and Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital have seen an influx of patients after Crozer Health closed last year. Sarah Gantz Philadelphia-area nursing homes have amassed $5.3 million in fines since 2023 for safety violationsIn the wake of the Bucks County nursing home explosion, which had been fined for safety violations, other nursing homes in the region are facing scrutiny.Lizzie Mulvey and Harold Brubaker A former nun and her husband give $5 million to Neumann University for its nursing programNeumann University has named its nursing college The Jacquelyn Wilson Fegley ’71 College of Nursing in recognition of the donation from Jackie and Bill Fegley. Susan Snyder A charter seeking to open on Valley Forge Military Academy’s campus has withdrawn its applicationThe proposed Valley Forge Public Service Academy cited Radnor Township's move to take some of the military academy's land by eminent domain. The group said it may resubmit a plan at a later date.Maddie Hanna See more storiesAdvertisement
Swarthmore Public Library closes the chapter on overdue book feesThough counterintuitive, case studies have shown that library fees can actually discourage people from returning books on time, library officials said. Denali Sagner
Swarthmore Public Library closes the chapter on overdue book feesThough counterintuitive, case studies have shown that library fees can actually discourage people from returning books on time, library officials said. Denali Sagner
Villanova football player accused of rape texted victim hours after alleged assaultD’Hani Cobbs, 20, is charged with assaulting a woman who is also a student at the university.Jesse Bunch
Villanova football player accused of rape texted victim hours after alleged assaultD’Hani Cobbs, 20, is charged with assaulting a woman who is also a student at the university.Jesse Bunch
Swarthmore, Nether Providence take next step in merging fire departmentsA report highlighted a “critical” lack of volunteer firefighters and financial limitations that threaten the ability to provide an effective fire and medical response.Torin Sweeney
Swarthmore, Nether Providence take next step in merging fire departmentsA report highlighted a “critical” lack of volunteer firefighters and financial limitations that threaten the ability to provide an effective fire and medical response.Torin Sweeney
How Philly helicopter makers cope with uncertainty at today’s Pentagon "Destabilizing and difficult" changes in payments keep the manufacturers on edge, while managers scramble to prevent worker layoffs.Joseph N. DiStefano
How Philly helicopter makers cope with uncertainty at today’s Pentagon "Destabilizing and difficult" changes in payments keep the manufacturers on edge, while managers scramble to prevent worker layoffs.Joseph N. DiStefano
Helen Cherry, prolific illustrator and artist, has died at 101 “She was always an artist,” said her daughter, also an illustrator and writer. “Art was her hobby, her passion, her work. She said it was something that she can’t not do.”Gary Miles
Helen Cherry, prolific illustrator and artist, has died at 101 “She was always an artist,” said her daughter, also an illustrator and writer. “Art was her hobby, her passion, her work. She said it was something that she can’t not do.”Gary Miles
Skulls, songs, and solitude: Who is Jonathan Gerlach? What we know — and what we don’tGerlach, of Ephrata, is accused of stealing dozens of human remains from Mount Moriah Cemetery in Philadelphia and Yeadon Borough. Jillian Kramer
Skulls, songs, and solitude: Who is Jonathan Gerlach? What we know — and what we don’tGerlach, of Ephrata, is accused of stealing dozens of human remains from Mount Moriah Cemetery in Philadelphia and Yeadon Borough. Jillian Kramer
How much snow, and when will it begin snowing in the Philadelphia region?More than a foot is possible across much of Pa., N.J. as fierce storm sweeps eastern U.S.Stephen Stirling
How much snow, and when will it begin snowing in the Philadelphia region?More than a foot is possible across much of Pa., N.J. as fierce storm sweeps eastern U.S.Stephen Stirling
Philly bill to ban waste incineration gets put on hold after failing to gain Council support Councilmember Jamie Gauthier made a last-minute decision to pull the measure which would prevent the city from shipping its trash to be burned at a plant in Chester. Frank Kummer and Sean Collins Walsh
Philly bill to ban waste incineration gets put on hold after failing to gain Council support Councilmember Jamie Gauthier made a last-minute decision to pull the measure which would prevent the city from shipping its trash to be burned at a plant in Chester. Frank Kummer and Sean Collins Walsh
Get to know Swarthmore’s new mayor | Inquirer Greater MediaPlus, a rare and used bookstore is now open.Lisa Dukart
Get to know Swarthmore’s new mayor | Inquirer Greater MediaPlus, a rare and used bookstore is now open.Lisa Dukart
Meet Conlen Booth, Swarthmore’s fire chief who just stepped into the mayor’s officeBooth, who brings more than two decades of experience in emergency services management, considers himself a “behind-the-scenes” guy who typically shies away from the limelight. Denali Sagner
Meet Conlen Booth, Swarthmore’s fire chief who just stepped into the mayor’s officeBooth, who brings more than two decades of experience in emergency services management, considers himself a “behind-the-scenes” guy who typically shies away from the limelight. Denali Sagner
The new owner of Crozer-Chester Medical Center wants to restore hospital and emergency servicesChariot Equities completed its $10 million purchase of the hospital Wednesday and is aiming have an agreement with a health system to restore services within six months.Harold Brubaker and Sarah Gantz
The new owner of Crozer-Chester Medical Center wants to restore hospital and emergency servicesChariot Equities completed its $10 million purchase of the hospital Wednesday and is aiming have an agreement with a health system to restore services within six months.Harold Brubaker and Sarah Gantz
Developer’s land swap proposal stirs furor in Limerick, but Delco would gain its first state game land A crowd packed an hourslong meeting Tuesday night to oppose the swap between the state and Limerick Town Center LLC.Frank Kummer
Developer’s land swap proposal stirs furor in Limerick, but Delco would gain its first state game land A crowd packed an hourslong meeting Tuesday night to oppose the swap between the state and Limerick Town Center LLC.Frank Kummer
Riddle Hospital receives $4M in state funding to expand healthcare access in Delaware CountyRiddle Hospital and Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital have seen an influx of patients after Crozer Health closed last year. Sarah Gantz
Riddle Hospital receives $4M in state funding to expand healthcare access in Delaware CountyRiddle Hospital and Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital have seen an influx of patients after Crozer Health closed last year. Sarah Gantz
Philadelphia-area nursing homes have amassed $5.3 million in fines since 2023 for safety violationsIn the wake of the Bucks County nursing home explosion, which had been fined for safety violations, other nursing homes in the region are facing scrutiny.Lizzie Mulvey and Harold Brubaker
Philadelphia-area nursing homes have amassed $5.3 million in fines since 2023 for safety violationsIn the wake of the Bucks County nursing home explosion, which had been fined for safety violations, other nursing homes in the region are facing scrutiny.Lizzie Mulvey and Harold Brubaker
A former nun and her husband give $5 million to Neumann University for its nursing programNeumann University has named its nursing college The Jacquelyn Wilson Fegley ’71 College of Nursing in recognition of the donation from Jackie and Bill Fegley. Susan Snyder
A former nun and her husband give $5 million to Neumann University for its nursing programNeumann University has named its nursing college The Jacquelyn Wilson Fegley ’71 College of Nursing in recognition of the donation from Jackie and Bill Fegley. Susan Snyder
A charter seeking to open on Valley Forge Military Academy’s campus has withdrawn its applicationThe proposed Valley Forge Public Service Academy cited Radnor Township's move to take some of the military academy's land by eminent domain. The group said it may resubmit a plan at a later date.Maddie Hanna
A charter seeking to open on Valley Forge Military Academy’s campus has withdrawn its applicationThe proposed Valley Forge Public Service Academy cited Radnor Township's move to take some of the military academy's land by eminent domain. The group said it may resubmit a plan at a later date.Maddie Hanna
