Banks are becoming bulwarks against scams for vulnerable seniors
By Paula Span, KFF Health News The first call came just before Thanksgiving last year. She didn’t recognize the phone number, but she answered anyway. “The person said he was…
One of Center City’s oldest historic high rises, formerly a Sonder, is becoming an apartment building
One of Philadelphia’s oldest high rise buildings, the Witherspoon at 1321 Walnut St., will soon operate for the first time as a traditional apartment building with 186 units. The 11-story…
Kitchen renovations to age at home | Real Estate Newsletter
Jan Volin and Philip Goldstein love their community in Maple Glen and want to stay in the house they’ve called home for more than 40 years. But they had a…
Insurance giant Chubb sells historic Walnut Street office building to New York developer known for Central Park skyscrapers
The Zurich-based insurance giant Chubb has sold its historic former office building at 436 Walnut St. to New York-based Extell Development Company, according to four sources familiar with the transaction…
When the DNC theater comes to town — again
Philadelphia is once again being discussed as a potential host city for the Democratic National Convention. The argument is familiar. Economic impact. National attention. A reminder that this city is…
The West Goshen home at the center of a preservation fight will be demolished, a judge ruled this week
The deteriorating West Goshen house in “imminent threat of danger” that has been at the center of a preservation fight will be demolished, a Chester County judge has decided. In…
Closing arguments set in trial of Utah children’s book author charged with killing her husband
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Prosecutors aimed to drive home their argument that a Utah woman who published a children’s book about grief after the death of…
Authorities recover $3.7 million in monies diverted by disgraced ex-OC supervisor Andrew Do
Federal and local authorities have recovered $3.7 million of more than $10 million in pandemic relief funds in a fraud scheme involving former Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do. The U.S.…
Just about everyone — except Trump — wants to do something about housing | Shackamaxon
Housing policy debates are everywhere these days — from President Donald Trump reportedly (and profanely) telling House Speaker Mike Johnson that no one cares about them, to Mayor Cherelle L.…
Fitler Academics Plus shaped generations of kids in Germantown. Now, the school district wants to close it.
Students’ explanations of why their school matters are plastered on the walls and windows of Fitler Academics Plus School in Germantown. “I don’t want to leave my caring and helpful…