It’s the season of giving. Experts share how to avoid charity scams and make your gift count.
Even after more than two decades of operating a financial advisory in the Philadelphia region, Joel Steele is inspired when clients tell him they want to donate money to charity.…
How Chestnut Hill’s main street is staying relevant in the Amazon era
At lunchtime on a Thursday, a week before Thanksgiving, Chestnut Hill was buzzing. Inside the newly expanded Matines Café, almost every table was full. People sipped warm drinks from large…
The Philadelphia scientists who studied garlic-flavored breast milk won a 2025 Ig Nobel Prize
Philadelphia didn’t take home any Nobel Prizes this year, but work illuminating how babies respond to garlic-flavored breast milk at Monell Chemical Senses Center did get recognized by its satirical…
Shedding space: City Council must reform and expand outdoor dining program
The few roadway dining structures that survived the City Council’s shortsighted 2023 law severely limiting them had to be removed for the season on Saturday. The new Council, under likely…
How to save lives on this World AIDS Day
In August 2010, I traveled with 20 New Yorkers to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, to serve at an orphanage caring for more than a hundred children — many born with HIV,…
Mamdani must use tech to tackle affordability
Zohran Mamdani’s unexpected rise was, above all else, due to New Yorkers’ deep concern that our city is headed towards becoming unaffordable. Whether our next mayor’s policies will help solve…
Laura Dern’s poignant tribute to late mom Diane Ladd on 90th birthday
Actress Laura Dern posted a bittersweet tribute to late mom Diane Ladd on what would have been her 90th birthday. “Happy birthday to my hero, the most extraordinary person I…
Outbursts of gun violence within two hours in Brooklyn, Manhattan leave two injured
A woman was shot in Manhattan and a teenaged boy was blasted in Brooklyn in unrelated attacks within two hours of each other Sunday afternoon, police said. The 48-year-old woman…
An early morning shooting temporarily shut down part of I-95 in Philadelphia
State police are investigating an early-morning shooting on I-95 that left one person wounded and partially shut down traffic for several hours. The shooting occurred around 7 a.m. Sunday, in…
Real Christmas tree supply is ‘excellent’ this year after several years of shortages
It’s shaping up to be a tree-mendous year for anyone planning to bring home a real Christmas tree, according to industry experts tracking supply and prices. “It’s probably the best…