2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (534+ words) Hundreds of residents filled the Garden of Reflection in Lower Makefield Township on Thursday evening to mark 25 years since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, according to 6abc/WPVI. The ceremony centered on the 18 Bucks County residents killed that day, with nine of…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (433+ words) According to CBS News Philadelphia, families across Pennsylvania and New Jersey gathered Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, sharing accounts of survival and loss. The attacks killed 2,977 people at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (464+ words) Philadelphia's role as a destination for freedom-seekers during the Civil War era shaped one of the most recognizable characters in American toy history. As CBS Philadelphia reported, Addy Walker, the American Girl company's first African American doll, was built around…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (433+ words) Montgomery County relocated its 9/11 Memorial to Elmwood Park in Norristown on Tuesday, September 1, giving the 18-foot monument a public home ahead of the 25th anniversary of the attacks. The structure incorporates an I-beam salvaged from the North Tower of the World…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (339+ words) The eighth episode of WHYY News's podcast The Source covers six distinct Philadelphia-area stories, ranging from property record discrepancies in a historic Black community to the effects of human-caused global warming on Greater Philadelphia. Host Kenny Cooper leads the episode,…...

2+ week, 18+ hour ago   (486+ words) Bustleton, tucked into Philadelphia’s Far Northeast, has a pitch that’s hard to argue with: city amenities, suburban lawns and a diversity that keeps reshaping its commercial corridors. Jack O’Hara, president of the Greater Bustleton Civic League, grew up in the…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (582+ words) By 1975, the remains of 446 people had been interred at the site. Five of the bodies buried that year were children whose families could not afford the $1,500 to $1,800 undertaker’s fees. The medical examiner’s office doubled up 16 bodies in fiberboard coffins to…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (267+ words) The Woodlands, a 54-acre historic cemetery in University City, has become a thriving community green space that draws more than 150,000 visitors a year, a Billy Penn city guide reported. Originally part of William Hamilton’s 600-acre estate on the west banks…...