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Richard L. Mandel, a progressive educator who led The Miquon School in Whitemarsh Township and Friends Select School in Center City, died Oct. 5 of age-related ailments.
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by Len Lear
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10/22/26
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Family Promise of Philadelphia is hosting its 25th Empty Bowl Dinner on Oct. 28 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at William Penn Charter School.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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10/22/26
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Oct. 20, 1966The end of a streak: CHA plays David to Haverford GoliathA football game was played here in Haverford this afternoon. Unlike another event that preceded it 900 years ago (Editor’s …
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10/22/26
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Local resident Scott Bandura was called up to Major League Baseball on Sept. 13 by the San Francisco Giants, going 1-for-3 with a walk and scoring a run in his first game.
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by Chris Hetrick
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10/22/26
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The first Europeans to arrive on the East Coast encountered the indigenous people who had occupied the land for centuries.
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by Jeff Meade
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10/22/26
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When the late Bill Giles was the Philadelphia Phillies’ director of business operations in the early 1970s, part of his role was to mount nonbaseball entertainment that would draw people to Veterans Stadium.
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by Clark Groome
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10/22/26
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Episode 1: “Freedom (until 1700)” will be screened Thursday, Oct. 29, at Germantown Friends School, 31 W. Coulter St., Germantown. Doors open at 6 p.m. The screening and panel discussion that …
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10/22/26
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The following is for crimes reported from Oct. 11 to Oct. 18.
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10/22/26
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In photographer Bob Brand’s world, there are three sorts of people: those who stay in place, those who go away from it, and those who go toward it.
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by Jeff Meade
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10/22/26
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Thank you for the article about Laurada Byers’ memoir. I still remember Russell, hilarious and warm and the life of the party!
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10/22/26
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AI data centers can impose serious environmental and quality-of-life costs on the communities where they are built.
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10/22/26
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10/22/26
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10/21/26
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Among the historic architecture and red-brick paths, there are 32 tree species planted around Springside Chestnut Hill Academy’s 62-acre campus.
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by Abby Weiss
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10/21/26
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Reach Out and Read is a national nonprofit that works to “strengthen families with young children through guidance from medical clinicians about nurturing relationships through shared reading.”
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by Lillian Wright-Attea
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10/21/26
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Katey McGrath, vice president, director of operations, and partner at Elfant Wissahickon Realtors, has been selected for the National Association of Realtors 2027 Leadership Academy.
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10/15/26
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Meet Pebbles and Poppy, a brother and sister pair who are around six months old.
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10/15/26
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The girls’ soccer team at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy continued its remarkable display of defense last Friday, defeating the visiting Germantown Academy Patriots, 2-0.
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by Tom Utescher
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10/15/26
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Albert Camus once famously remarked, “Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.” But does this claim for the primacy of poetic sensibility apply to nonfiction events?
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by Hugh Hunter
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10/15/26
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