Firefighter Gabriel Lee, who died during a night shift in North Philadelphia on Saturday, was a kind and soft-spoken father of three who had worked in the department for more than 20 years, his family said Sunday.
In hard-hitting ad campaign, Philly targets tobacco industry marketing practices
On ads inside SEPTA buses and subway cars, a giant, cuff-link-adorned hand representing the tobacco industry plucks a black teenager from a line of friends, leaving the chalk outline of the teen’s body behind.
Young Camden coach has inspired others, but doesn’t have money to stay in college
As Argenis Calderon’s face has appeared on movie screens in New York City and across New Jersey, audiences have watched him play baseball in Camden’s Pyne Poynt Park, navigate a tumultuous home life, graduate high school near the top of his class, and prepare to attend college.
DNC events for Monday, July 25
Woman, 40, killed in hit-run in S. Philly; 6 others injured
A 40-year-old woman who was standing on a South Philadelphia street corner with her husband and 2-year-old son was killed in a hit-and-run crash Friday night, police said.
Chestnut Hill Hospital workers on strike for higher wages
About 150 health-care and service workers at Chestnut Hill Hospital participated in a strike Saturday, calling for higher wages. The strike was organized by the Service Employees International Union Healthcare Pennsylvania, which represents certified nursing assistants, emergency room technicians, workers who move patients around in wheelchairs and stretchers, secretaries, food workers and cleaners.
Hot enough for you? Brutal heat brings warnings, relief preparations and crowds to Philly’s fountains
As temperatures surged into the upper 90s on Saturday and the swelter meter hit unbearable, Philadelphians – families, couples, and friends – took to Center City’s fountains for relief.
Birds behaving badly, Ocean City cracks down to protect visitors, food from seagulls
OCEAN CITY, N.J. – On a hot beach day, Barbara Malik, 36, took a break with her three sons along the boardwalk for a late-afternoon snack.
An old racial incident in Haddon Heights intrigues scholar
On May 12, 1971, a fight among white and black female students set Haddon Heights and Lawnside on edge. The high school in mostly white Haddon Heights, attended also by students from historically black Lawnside, was evacuated, and closed for two days; 16 students were disciplined, and virtually the entire Lawnside enrollment marched in protest and boycotted classes.
Plan to revive old South Jersey industrial site draws fans and fears
Outside a vast brownfield in Gibbstown that is home to crumbling roads, empty storage tanks, and vacant sheds, a modest brick sign points to both the gritty past and the greener prospects of Gloucester County’s economy.
South Street District’s former board chair accused of misappropriating $1.4 million
THE FORMER chairman of the South Street Headhouse District was accused Friday of misappropriating $1.4 million meant to beautify and promote the entertainment corridor and using it to cover bills at two restaurants he owned on the strip.
Kenney: Strike at PHL averted during DNC
Mayor Kenney announced an agreement Friday night for workers at Philadelphia International Airport who were threatening a strike during the Democratic National Convention to form a union.
Out of solitary after 22 years and $99,000 richer, cop-killer Russell Shoatz ponders the rest of life in prison
He’s out of solitary confinement for the first time in 22 years, and $99,000 richer from settlement of a civil rights lawsuit against Pennsylvania prison officials.
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