HaverfordOnce a precocious theater kid from West Philly, Hollywood production designer Wynn Thomas has won an overdue Oscar at 72“My journey to storytelling began as a poor Black kid in one of the worst slums in Philadelphia," said the designer who has worked with the likes of Spike Lee, Robert DeNiro, and Ron Howard.Rosa Cartagena Remembering those Philly lost in 2025Rob Tornoe See what homebuyers can get for $390,000 in Lower Merion, Northeast Philly, and Camden County | The Price PointMichaelle Bond Philadelphia Art Museum doubles down on arbitration in response to Sasha Suda’s push for a trialPeter Dobrin 11 ways to ring in the New Year in and around Lower MerionLisa Dukart AdvertisementThese college journalists from Philly-area schools are working to support each other and seek funding for their workThe Philadelphia Student Press Association, founded by Haverford College student Jackson Juzang, is seeking funding to help support student journalism.Susan Snyder Palantir CEO Alex Karp was raised in a liberal household outside Philly. Now he’s a top Trump administration contractorAlex Karp grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs and attended Central High School. Now he's the CEO of Palantir, which has received millions in government contracts, and is an outspoken defender of TrumpFallon Roth In search of a crafty holiday gift? Here’s where to look in Lower Merion.These pop-up markets and local shops offer handmade items and antiques for that person in your life who relishes quirky, crafty gifts.Denali Sagner Kathleen A. Case, longtime writer, pioneering medical journal editor, and award-winning historian, has died at 80 A natural wordsmith who was interested in the origins and nuances of language as well as its use, Ms. Case spent 24 years as a top editor for the Annals of Internal Medicine. Gary Miles Haverford College president to step down in 2027The announcement comes after a difficult year for Haverford and president Wendy Raymond, who faced intense grilling in May by a congressional committee probing antisemitism on college campuses. Susan Snyder Lower Merion may raise parking meter rates for the first time since 1999The township is set to pass multiple new ordinances next month, potentially raising parking costs, reducing the speed limit on Lancaster Ave., and regulating smoke and vape shops.Denali Sagner ‘We’ve moved on’: Chester mayor and environmentalists object to LNG terminal proposalOpponents spoke in response to a yearslong plan by Penn LNG to build a liquefied natural gas export terminal in Chester or nearby in Southeastern Pennsylvania along the Delaware River. Frank Kummer Robert de Pasquale, former associate principal second violin for the Philadelphia Orchestra, has died at 96He traveled to China, Japan, Europe, Asia, and South America with the orchestra, and mentored young musicians and conductors everywhere he went. “Everybody fell in love with Bobby,” his wife said.Gary Miles Clyde F. Barker, organ transplant pioneer and longtime chair of surgery at Penn, has died at 93 Penn colleagues called him “a titan of American surgery and medicine” and “part of the fabric of Penn Medicine.” Gary Miles The wife of Par Funding’s founder was sentenced to one day in prison — the last prosecution of people tied to the fraudulent firmLisa McElhone dodged about $1.6 million in tax payments by lying about where she lived with her husband, Joseph LaForte, Par Funding's leader.Chris Palmer This 50-year-old left a higher-paying job to fulfill his dream and become a Temple police officerChris Feder has "embraced unconventionality." He got his GED at 24, joined the Army at 30 and now two decades later, he's starting a career in law enforcement at Temple University.Susan Snyder Pennsylvania legislation would prohibit children under 16 from riding e-scootersState Sen. Tim Kearney on Tuesday introduced Abby’s Law in honor of Abigail Gillon, a 12-year-old Delaware County girl who died after an accident involving an electric scooter.Robert Moran If you’re confused about some place names in the Philly region, you should beScores of places evoke a certain geographic familiarity among people in the Philadelphia region, despite not having a governing body.Anthony R. Wood Trump administration cuts funding to minority-serving colleges. What does this mean for Philly-area schools?The U.S. Department of Education announced it would reallocate funding to programs that “do not include discriminatory racial and ethnic quotas and that advance Administration priorities." Susan Snyder Choosing a major can be hard. Here’s how colleges help students figure out what they want to do.Bryn Mawr College, for example, offers an annual academic fair for students to explore their options. It’s common at small liberal arts schools to not choose a major immediately.Susan Snyder See more storiesAdvertisement
Once a precocious theater kid from West Philly, Hollywood production designer Wynn Thomas has won an overdue Oscar at 72“My journey to storytelling began as a poor Black kid in one of the worst slums in Philadelphia," said the designer who has worked with the likes of Spike Lee, Robert DeNiro, and Ron Howard.Rosa Cartagena
Once a precocious theater kid from West Philly, Hollywood production designer Wynn Thomas has won an overdue Oscar at 72“My journey to storytelling began as a poor Black kid in one of the worst slums in Philadelphia," said the designer who has worked with the likes of Spike Lee, Robert DeNiro, and Ron Howard.Rosa Cartagena
See what homebuyers can get for $390,000 in Lower Merion, Northeast Philly, and Camden County | The Price PointMichaelle Bond
See what homebuyers can get for $390,000 in Lower Merion, Northeast Philly, and Camden County | The Price PointMichaelle Bond
Philadelphia Art Museum doubles down on arbitration in response to Sasha Suda’s push for a trialPeter Dobrin
Philadelphia Art Museum doubles down on arbitration in response to Sasha Suda’s push for a trialPeter Dobrin
These college journalists from Philly-area schools are working to support each other and seek funding for their workThe Philadelphia Student Press Association, founded by Haverford College student Jackson Juzang, is seeking funding to help support student journalism.Susan Snyder
These college journalists from Philly-area schools are working to support each other and seek funding for their workThe Philadelphia Student Press Association, founded by Haverford College student Jackson Juzang, is seeking funding to help support student journalism.Susan Snyder
Palantir CEO Alex Karp was raised in a liberal household outside Philly. Now he’s a top Trump administration contractorAlex Karp grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs and attended Central High School. Now he's the CEO of Palantir, which has received millions in government contracts, and is an outspoken defender of TrumpFallon Roth
Palantir CEO Alex Karp was raised in a liberal household outside Philly. Now he’s a top Trump administration contractorAlex Karp grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs and attended Central High School. Now he's the CEO of Palantir, which has received millions in government contracts, and is an outspoken defender of TrumpFallon Roth
In search of a crafty holiday gift? Here’s where to look in Lower Merion.These pop-up markets and local shops offer handmade items and antiques for that person in your life who relishes quirky, crafty gifts.Denali Sagner
In search of a crafty holiday gift? Here’s where to look in Lower Merion.These pop-up markets and local shops offer handmade items and antiques for that person in your life who relishes quirky, crafty gifts.Denali Sagner
Kathleen A. Case, longtime writer, pioneering medical journal editor, and award-winning historian, has died at 80 A natural wordsmith who was interested in the origins and nuances of language as well as its use, Ms. Case spent 24 years as a top editor for the Annals of Internal Medicine. Gary Miles
Kathleen A. Case, longtime writer, pioneering medical journal editor, and award-winning historian, has died at 80 A natural wordsmith who was interested in the origins and nuances of language as well as its use, Ms. Case spent 24 years as a top editor for the Annals of Internal Medicine. Gary Miles
Haverford College president to step down in 2027The announcement comes after a difficult year for Haverford and president Wendy Raymond, who faced intense grilling in May by a congressional committee probing antisemitism on college campuses. Susan Snyder
Haverford College president to step down in 2027The announcement comes after a difficult year for Haverford and president Wendy Raymond, who faced intense grilling in May by a congressional committee probing antisemitism on college campuses. Susan Snyder
Lower Merion may raise parking meter rates for the first time since 1999The township is set to pass multiple new ordinances next month, potentially raising parking costs, reducing the speed limit on Lancaster Ave., and regulating smoke and vape shops.Denali Sagner
Lower Merion may raise parking meter rates for the first time since 1999The township is set to pass multiple new ordinances next month, potentially raising parking costs, reducing the speed limit on Lancaster Ave., and regulating smoke and vape shops.Denali Sagner
‘We’ve moved on’: Chester mayor and environmentalists object to LNG terminal proposalOpponents spoke in response to a yearslong plan by Penn LNG to build a liquefied natural gas export terminal in Chester or nearby in Southeastern Pennsylvania along the Delaware River. Frank Kummer
‘We’ve moved on’: Chester mayor and environmentalists object to LNG terminal proposalOpponents spoke in response to a yearslong plan by Penn LNG to build a liquefied natural gas export terminal in Chester or nearby in Southeastern Pennsylvania along the Delaware River. Frank Kummer
Robert de Pasquale, former associate principal second violin for the Philadelphia Orchestra, has died at 96He traveled to China, Japan, Europe, Asia, and South America with the orchestra, and mentored young musicians and conductors everywhere he went. “Everybody fell in love with Bobby,” his wife said.Gary Miles
Robert de Pasquale, former associate principal second violin for the Philadelphia Orchestra, has died at 96He traveled to China, Japan, Europe, Asia, and South America with the orchestra, and mentored young musicians and conductors everywhere he went. “Everybody fell in love with Bobby,” his wife said.Gary Miles
Clyde F. Barker, organ transplant pioneer and longtime chair of surgery at Penn, has died at 93 Penn colleagues called him “a titan of American surgery and medicine” and “part of the fabric of Penn Medicine.” Gary Miles
Clyde F. Barker, organ transplant pioneer and longtime chair of surgery at Penn, has died at 93 Penn colleagues called him “a titan of American surgery and medicine” and “part of the fabric of Penn Medicine.” Gary Miles
The wife of Par Funding’s founder was sentenced to one day in prison — the last prosecution of people tied to the fraudulent firmLisa McElhone dodged about $1.6 million in tax payments by lying about where she lived with her husband, Joseph LaForte, Par Funding's leader.Chris Palmer
The wife of Par Funding’s founder was sentenced to one day in prison — the last prosecution of people tied to the fraudulent firmLisa McElhone dodged about $1.6 million in tax payments by lying about where she lived with her husband, Joseph LaForte, Par Funding's leader.Chris Palmer
This 50-year-old left a higher-paying job to fulfill his dream and become a Temple police officerChris Feder has "embraced unconventionality." He got his GED at 24, joined the Army at 30 and now two decades later, he's starting a career in law enforcement at Temple University.Susan Snyder
This 50-year-old left a higher-paying job to fulfill his dream and become a Temple police officerChris Feder has "embraced unconventionality." He got his GED at 24, joined the Army at 30 and now two decades later, he's starting a career in law enforcement at Temple University.Susan Snyder
Pennsylvania legislation would prohibit children under 16 from riding e-scootersState Sen. Tim Kearney on Tuesday introduced Abby’s Law in honor of Abigail Gillon, a 12-year-old Delaware County girl who died after an accident involving an electric scooter.Robert Moran
Pennsylvania legislation would prohibit children under 16 from riding e-scootersState Sen. Tim Kearney on Tuesday introduced Abby’s Law in honor of Abigail Gillon, a 12-year-old Delaware County girl who died after an accident involving an electric scooter.Robert Moran
If you’re confused about some place names in the Philly region, you should beScores of places evoke a certain geographic familiarity among people in the Philadelphia region, despite not having a governing body.Anthony R. Wood
If you’re confused about some place names in the Philly region, you should beScores of places evoke a certain geographic familiarity among people in the Philadelphia region, despite not having a governing body.Anthony R. Wood
Trump administration cuts funding to minority-serving colleges. What does this mean for Philly-area schools?The U.S. Department of Education announced it would reallocate funding to programs that “do not include discriminatory racial and ethnic quotas and that advance Administration priorities." Susan Snyder
Trump administration cuts funding to minority-serving colleges. What does this mean for Philly-area schools?The U.S. Department of Education announced it would reallocate funding to programs that “do not include discriminatory racial and ethnic quotas and that advance Administration priorities." Susan Snyder
Choosing a major can be hard. Here’s how colleges help students figure out what they want to do.Bryn Mawr College, for example, offers an annual academic fair for students to explore their options. It’s common at small liberal arts schools to not choose a major immediately.Susan Snyder
Choosing a major can be hard. Here’s how colleges help students figure out what they want to do.Bryn Mawr College, for example, offers an annual academic fair for students to explore their options. It’s common at small liberal arts schools to not choose a major immediately.Susan Snyder
