Security fence talks ongoing for Pope Francis in Center City
Federal officials and organizers said Monday they are discussing the possible construction of a fence as high as eight feet around parts of Center City as security for Pope Francis in September - but...
View ArticleLooking ahead to Paul McCartney's Sunday gig, and remembering a past tour
LET'S FACE it: No one 50 years ago could have envisioned that Paul McCartney - the "cute Beatle" - would, in 2015, reign as one of the world's most famous and successful entertainers. After all, the...
View ArticleJail bill gets yanked before today's vote
A BILL THAT would allow the city to buy riverfront land to build a replacement for the adjacent, crumbling House of Correction appears to be on lockdown. City Councilman Bobby Henon - the bill's...
View ArticlePapal pathways
WHEN ARCHBISHOP Charles Chaput visited the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in January, the commissioner of city prisons, Louis Giorla, jokingly told Chaput that the prison would be more than...
View ArticlePhiladelphia delegation lands in Rome, gets to work
ROME - "Omnia parata sunt," the Rev. William Donovan declared on a perfect evening outside the amber-colored Sofitel boutique hotel where he and 35 other people from Philadelphia are staying to...
View ArticleCouncil raises taxes, readies $70M for schools - with asterisk
City Council passed a package of tax increases Thursday that will hit a wide swath of the city's taxpayers while taking in an additional $70 million for the Philadelphia School District. Under the...
View ArticleLarry Brown's twisted wish: Iverson in 76ers' front office
From his office at Southern Methodist or from the road during a recruiting trip, Larry Brown still finds time to pick up the phone and make another plea on Allen Iverson's behalf, too blind by loyalty...
View ArticleCatholic church in Olney to shutter
FOR FRAN McFADDEN, a member of the Incarnation of Our Lord parish for 55 years, the news yesterday that the Archdiocese of Philadelphia would shutter the Olney church building was "devastating."...
View ArticleMade in America 2015 announces hip-hop and R&B-heavy festival lineup
The lineup for the fourth annual Budweiser Made in America festival has been announced, and the big star headliners are pop queen Beyoncé, who also headlined in 2013 (and who is married to festival...
View ArticleGallery closing to expose commuters to the, gasp, outside
Welcome, rail commuters, to the land of heat, ice, and rain. That is, to the sidewalks, streets, and alleys outside the Gallery shopping mall on Market East. The mall's three-block central corridor,...
View ArticleRachel Dolezal misled with a carefully chosen look
No one can say Rachel Dolezal didn't understand the power of optics. The white ex-president of the NAACP Spokane chapter who's been pretending to be black for years pulled off her elaborate race ruse...
View ArticleN.J. bills would give Cooper control of Camden's paramedic services
TRENTON - South Jersey Democrats are fast-tracking a bill that would give Cooper University Hospital control over paramedic services in Camden, currently run by a rival hospital, in a move that critics...
View ArticleFailure to give accurate information keeps Tate-Brown tensions alive
NOT SO FAST, commish. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey blamed a rush to provide the public with details for a false report in the controversial police shooting of Brandon Tate-Brown....
View ArticleAffordable-housing plan moving ahead
IN SOME Philadelphia neighborhoods, economic revitalization is in full bloom, with new housing springing up like colorful flowers. But those flowers often come with price tags that put them far out of...
View ArticleReintroduction of bobwhite quail to Pinelands going well
Their Pinelands habitat had been carefully prepared over more than 10 years. Controlled forest fires and tree-thinning opened up the landscape. And tall grasses filled in, providing cover for nests....
View ArticleFrom 'Dallas' to Philly
PHILLY NATIVE Audrey Landers has a little something up her sleeve as she prepares for a return to her hometown for Yachtstock on the banks of the Delaware River this coming weekend. Yachtstock River...
View ArticleA deluge of frustration
A RIVER ROSE up from beneath 52nd Street in West Philly yesterday morning and rushed down in the dark toward Wyalusing Avenue, where it plunged into the basement of a dive bar, swamped both of Robert...
View ArticleStart early for lifelong learning
ISSUE | LEARNING Shared effort Mayor Nutter points to compelling evidence that early learning contributes to long-term academic, social, and economic achievement ("Nutter, Kenney trumpet new push for...
View ArticleDixie Chicks back on tour in Europe
Art of Dixie? The Dixie Chicks, Tattle's favorite country trio, is returning to Europe for their first headlining tour since lead singer and Texan Natalie Maines said during the George W. Bush...
View ArticleCouncil raises taxes, readies $70 million for Philly schools - with an asterisk
City Council passed a package of tax increases Thursday that will hit a wide swath of the city's taxpayers while raking in an additional $70 million for the Philadelphia School District. Thanks to the...
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