Temple UniversityBooker Rowe, celebrated trailblazing Black violinist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, has died at 85Until his retirement in 2020, he played with half a dozen elite conductors and traveled the world in the orchestra’s second violin section.Gary Miles Trump admin asks colleges to agree to reforms. Penn is a member of the group that helped draft them.Susan Snyder Opinion50 years after Harold Rosenthal’s death, his legacy lives onMark Rosenthal, For The Inquirer Quality Community Health Care’s financial troubles have deepened this summerHarold Brubaker Barbara Gillette Price, prolific painter, fine arts teacher, and former president of Moore College of Art and Design, has died at 87Gary Miles AdvertisementA suspect was arrested in the fatal hit-and-run of a Temple University student on Kelly DriveDerek Antonio Reid, 48, is believed to be the driver of the SUV that fatally struck Bryce Wolfe, 20, on June 24, police said.Robert Moran A man was found engulfed in flames on Kensington AvenueA 34-year-old man was found engulfed in flames on Kensington Avenue. While the fire was ruled "non-suspicious," police are investigating.Henry Savage Temple raised a record $214 million in the last fiscal year. Some of the money will support students during a budget crunchIncluded in that total, achieved during the first full year of President John Fry’s tenure, are some major gifts including $55 million from Christopher Barnett to rename the College of Public Health.Susan Snyder Neysa Adams, pioneering civic and community leader, scientist, and teacher, has died at 104She earned a degree in biochemistry with honors at Penn, did scientific research for a time, and taught English and history for two years at Philadelphia High School for Girls.Gary Miles Keith A. Morrison, celebrated artist and former Temple dean, has died at 84He said his art was inspired by his Afro-Caribbean heritage, childhood memories of lush Jamaican landscapes, and his multi-cultural experiences in Europe, Cuba, Mexico, and elsewhere.Gary Miles Tower Health is laying off 160 workers at Pottstown Hospital while expanding emergency department, behavioral healthThe job cuts amount to 22% of the Pottstown workforce and come seven months after Tower eliminated 131 jobs at the Montgomery County facility in an earlier round of layoffs.Harold Brubaker Saif Manna’s dorm-room cookie company rises into a bakery-cafe in KensingtonAfter building a following for his Levantine and Palestinian pastries at farmers markets, Saif Manna has found a home. He also has a tip for home bakers out there.Michael Klein Al Campbell, retired longtime Inquirer copy editor, has died at 74 “Al was so kind and funny,” a former Inquirer colleague said on Facebook. “He made The Inquirer a better place.” Gary Miles John Alviti, retired senior curator at the Franklin Institute and former executive director at the Atwater Kent Museum, has died at 76Even after he retired in 2018, he was known around town as “Mr. Philadelphia History.”Gary Miles He thought buying a house meant leaving Philly. He was proven wrong in East Falls. | How I Bought This HouseSome creative financing and a determined real estate agent made his home ownership dream a reality. Dugan Arnett and Abigail Covington Penn State board committee votes to raise tuition, room and board 2.5% for in-state University Park students in 2027-28That’s a larger increase than the 2% tuition hike already approved for 2026-27. Penn State sets its costs a year ahead of time; rates for 2026-27 were set last year. Susan Snyder Suffocating dome of smoke descends over Philly regionSmoke from Canadian wildfires lowered visibility enough that flights were delayed at Philadelphia International Airport, and the Phillies planned for an early start time. Frank Kummer, Rob Tornoe, Stephen Stirling, and Dana Munro Jefferson, Nemours, Temple, and St. Chris are exploring alliance to support the North Philadelphia children’s hospitalIf the alliance is finalized, ownership of the North Philadelphia safety-net hospital would not change. Drexel University and Tower Health will remain the hospital's owners.Harold Brubaker and Aubrey Whelan Kathy M. Winter, lifelong artist, teacher, and former parish council president, has died at 91 She painted the statue of St. Gianna Beretta Molla in Warminster, and her painting of a restored statue of St. Gabriel for a church in New Orleans was featured in The Inquirer in 2007.Gary Miles A man was killed and four others wounded in a shooting after large gathering in CrescentvillePolice said they found at least 17 spent shell casings at the scene.Henry Savage See more storiesAdvertisement
Booker Rowe, celebrated trailblazing Black violinist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, has died at 85Until his retirement in 2020, he played with half a dozen elite conductors and traveled the world in the orchestra’s second violin section.Gary Miles
Booker Rowe, celebrated trailblazing Black violinist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, has died at 85Until his retirement in 2020, he played with half a dozen elite conductors and traveled the world in the orchestra’s second violin section.Gary Miles
Trump admin asks colleges to agree to reforms. Penn is a member of the group that helped draft them.Susan Snyder
Trump admin asks colleges to agree to reforms. Penn is a member of the group that helped draft them.Susan Snyder
Barbara Gillette Price, prolific painter, fine arts teacher, and former president of Moore College of Art and Design, has died at 87Gary Miles
Barbara Gillette Price, prolific painter, fine arts teacher, and former president of Moore College of Art and Design, has died at 87Gary Miles
A suspect was arrested in the fatal hit-and-run of a Temple University student on Kelly DriveDerek Antonio Reid, 48, is believed to be the driver of the SUV that fatally struck Bryce Wolfe, 20, on June 24, police said.Robert Moran
A suspect was arrested in the fatal hit-and-run of a Temple University student on Kelly DriveDerek Antonio Reid, 48, is believed to be the driver of the SUV that fatally struck Bryce Wolfe, 20, on June 24, police said.Robert Moran
A man was found engulfed in flames on Kensington AvenueA 34-year-old man was found engulfed in flames on Kensington Avenue. While the fire was ruled "non-suspicious," police are investigating.Henry Savage
A man was found engulfed in flames on Kensington AvenueA 34-year-old man was found engulfed in flames on Kensington Avenue. While the fire was ruled "non-suspicious," police are investigating.Henry Savage
Temple raised a record $214 million in the last fiscal year. Some of the money will support students during a budget crunchIncluded in that total, achieved during the first full year of President John Fry’s tenure, are some major gifts including $55 million from Christopher Barnett to rename the College of Public Health.Susan Snyder
Temple raised a record $214 million in the last fiscal year. Some of the money will support students during a budget crunchIncluded in that total, achieved during the first full year of President John Fry’s tenure, are some major gifts including $55 million from Christopher Barnett to rename the College of Public Health.Susan Snyder
Neysa Adams, pioneering civic and community leader, scientist, and teacher, has died at 104She earned a degree in biochemistry with honors at Penn, did scientific research for a time, and taught English and history for two years at Philadelphia High School for Girls.Gary Miles
Neysa Adams, pioneering civic and community leader, scientist, and teacher, has died at 104She earned a degree in biochemistry with honors at Penn, did scientific research for a time, and taught English and history for two years at Philadelphia High School for Girls.Gary Miles
Keith A. Morrison, celebrated artist and former Temple dean, has died at 84He said his art was inspired by his Afro-Caribbean heritage, childhood memories of lush Jamaican landscapes, and his multi-cultural experiences in Europe, Cuba, Mexico, and elsewhere.Gary Miles
Keith A. Morrison, celebrated artist and former Temple dean, has died at 84He said his art was inspired by his Afro-Caribbean heritage, childhood memories of lush Jamaican landscapes, and his multi-cultural experiences in Europe, Cuba, Mexico, and elsewhere.Gary Miles
Tower Health is laying off 160 workers at Pottstown Hospital while expanding emergency department, behavioral healthThe job cuts amount to 22% of the Pottstown workforce and come seven months after Tower eliminated 131 jobs at the Montgomery County facility in an earlier round of layoffs.Harold Brubaker
Tower Health is laying off 160 workers at Pottstown Hospital while expanding emergency department, behavioral healthThe job cuts amount to 22% of the Pottstown workforce and come seven months after Tower eliminated 131 jobs at the Montgomery County facility in an earlier round of layoffs.Harold Brubaker
Saif Manna’s dorm-room cookie company rises into a bakery-cafe in KensingtonAfter building a following for his Levantine and Palestinian pastries at farmers markets, Saif Manna has found a home. He also has a tip for home bakers out there.Michael Klein
Saif Manna’s dorm-room cookie company rises into a bakery-cafe in KensingtonAfter building a following for his Levantine and Palestinian pastries at farmers markets, Saif Manna has found a home. He also has a tip for home bakers out there.Michael Klein
Al Campbell, retired longtime Inquirer copy editor, has died at 74 “Al was so kind and funny,” a former Inquirer colleague said on Facebook. “He made The Inquirer a better place.” Gary Miles
Al Campbell, retired longtime Inquirer copy editor, has died at 74 “Al was so kind and funny,” a former Inquirer colleague said on Facebook. “He made The Inquirer a better place.” Gary Miles
John Alviti, retired senior curator at the Franklin Institute and former executive director at the Atwater Kent Museum, has died at 76Even after he retired in 2018, he was known around town as “Mr. Philadelphia History.”Gary Miles
John Alviti, retired senior curator at the Franklin Institute and former executive director at the Atwater Kent Museum, has died at 76Even after he retired in 2018, he was known around town as “Mr. Philadelphia History.”Gary Miles
He thought buying a house meant leaving Philly. He was proven wrong in East Falls. | How I Bought This HouseSome creative financing and a determined real estate agent made his home ownership dream a reality. Dugan Arnett and Abigail Covington
He thought buying a house meant leaving Philly. He was proven wrong in East Falls. | How I Bought This HouseSome creative financing and a determined real estate agent made his home ownership dream a reality. Dugan Arnett and Abigail Covington
Penn State board committee votes to raise tuition, room and board 2.5% for in-state University Park students in 2027-28That’s a larger increase than the 2% tuition hike already approved for 2026-27. Penn State sets its costs a year ahead of time; rates for 2026-27 were set last year. Susan Snyder
Penn State board committee votes to raise tuition, room and board 2.5% for in-state University Park students in 2027-28That’s a larger increase than the 2% tuition hike already approved for 2026-27. Penn State sets its costs a year ahead of time; rates for 2026-27 were set last year. Susan Snyder
Suffocating dome of smoke descends over Philly regionSmoke from Canadian wildfires lowered visibility enough that flights were delayed at Philadelphia International Airport, and the Phillies planned for an early start time. Frank Kummer, Rob Tornoe, Stephen Stirling, and Dana Munro
Suffocating dome of smoke descends over Philly regionSmoke from Canadian wildfires lowered visibility enough that flights were delayed at Philadelphia International Airport, and the Phillies planned for an early start time. Frank Kummer, Rob Tornoe, Stephen Stirling, and Dana Munro
Jefferson, Nemours, Temple, and St. Chris are exploring alliance to support the North Philadelphia children’s hospitalIf the alliance is finalized, ownership of the North Philadelphia safety-net hospital would not change. Drexel University and Tower Health will remain the hospital's owners.Harold Brubaker and Aubrey Whelan
Jefferson, Nemours, Temple, and St. Chris are exploring alliance to support the North Philadelphia children’s hospitalIf the alliance is finalized, ownership of the North Philadelphia safety-net hospital would not change. Drexel University and Tower Health will remain the hospital's owners.Harold Brubaker and Aubrey Whelan
Kathy M. Winter, lifelong artist, teacher, and former parish council president, has died at 91 She painted the statue of St. Gianna Beretta Molla in Warminster, and her painting of a restored statue of St. Gabriel for a church in New Orleans was featured in The Inquirer in 2007.Gary Miles
Kathy M. Winter, lifelong artist, teacher, and former parish council president, has died at 91 She painted the statue of St. Gianna Beretta Molla in Warminster, and her painting of a restored statue of St. Gabriel for a church in New Orleans was featured in The Inquirer in 2007.Gary Miles
A man was killed and four others wounded in a shooting after large gathering in CrescentvillePolice said they found at least 17 spent shell casings at the scene.Henry Savage
A man was killed and four others wounded in a shooting after large gathering in CrescentvillePolice said they found at least 17 spent shell casings at the scene.Henry Savage
