Carpenters' Coryell promises no DNC interference, with one condition
Union carpenters, embroiled in a long-standing dispute with the Pennsylvania Convention Center, have promised not to interfere with the 2016 Democratic national presidential convention in Philadelphia...
View ArticleUpscale Skirt stores to expand to Rittenhouse Square
Skirt, a fashion institution on the Main Line where shoppers have their own stylists to pick pieces and recommend trends, is opening on Rittenhouse Square in late August. The boutique selling women's...
View ArticleOld City Coffee keeps perking along
As a coffee devotee, I was eager to write about the 30-year survival strategy of Philadelphia stalwart Old City Coffee. Wouldn't you know, just as I sat down to write - fueled by a cup of joe from my...
View ArticleTalking "third wave" coffee with Menagerie co-owner April Nett
April Nett, 27, co-owner with Elysa DiMauro of Menagerie Coffee on Third Street, wasn't born when Ruth Isaac opened Old City Coffee in 1985. Now, part of the industry's "third wave," Nett competes with...
View ArticleTalking trucking with A. Duie Pyle CEO Peter Latta
Read the company-written history of A. Duie Pyle, the West Chester-based trucking firm, and it drives home the point that it believes it has succeeded because it is a non-union firm and has expanded...
View ArticleFrench firm to buy AlliedBarton Security
AlliedBarton Security Services, the Conshohocken-based security giant, will be sold to Wendel, a Paris-based private-equity firm, in a $1.67 billion cash and debt deal. AlliedBarton, which began its...
View ArticleVote on Convention Center HVAC contract delayed
Concerned about minority access to contracts, two members of the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority board asked Friday to delay a vote on a $1.28 million heating and air-conditioning contract....
View ArticleThe company Roberts built
A visionary, hard-driving salesman, Ralph Roberts turned an obscure subscriber television station in Tupelo, Miss., into a communications empire, with dominant cable, Internet, and entertainment...
View ArticleU.S. jobless rate falls in June to lowest point in 7 years
With the nationadding 223,000 jobs in June and the U.S. Department of Labor reporting Friday the unemployment rate's decline to 5.3 percent - the lowest since April 2008 - that should have been widely...
View ArticleChester firm a millennial success
It wasn't Google, Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, or Zappos - none of these high-profile new-age companies nabbed the top spot on Fortune Magazine's first-ever list of best workplaces for millennials....
View ArticleProbes have made the Pa. Attorney General's Office a hell in Harrisburg
HARRISBURG - As Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane waits to hear whether she will face criminal charges, she is presiding over an office awash in backbiting, anxiety, and fear. Current and...
View ArticleCarpenters may be uncouth but are not racketeers, union says
The racketeering lawsuit filed against the carpenters' union by the Pennsylvania Convention Center is a "public relations stunt dressed as a federal lawsuit," the union said in its motion to dismiss,...
View ArticleEmily Bittenbender
General contractor Emily Bittenbender, 48, who describes herself as a high-end red neck, loves four-wheeling in the Pine Barrens. She also owns "two mean dogs," made her ex-fiancee her business partner...
View ArticleHow tweeting about the boss can get you canned
Masseuse Nichole Kucharek, 36, of Macungie, worked at Bear Creek Mountain Resort's spa. She and her coworkers wanted better training. Three-time war vet James Kennedy, 37, of Upper Darby, served...
View ArticleNew overtime rules a bonus or a curse?
Millions of American employees will become eligible for overtime pay under new regulations proposed by the U.S. Department of Labor. "We anticipate that workers, on an annual basis, will get $1.2 to...
View ArticleDwight Evans shows he still has the political touch
People are suddenly asking Dwight Evans for lottery picks. That happens when you are two-for-two betting long on the most important political offices in Pennsylvania. In back-to-back elections, the...
View ArticleNorth Camden Little League is one of city's success stories
First in an occasional series. Anthony Player crossed Erie Street, holding his 5-year-old son's hand as the baseball diamonds at North Camden's Pyne Poynt Park came into view. Giovanni was starting to...
View ArticleExecutive course: Golf Association of Philadelphia's director talks business...
Interview enough chief executives and patterns emerge: They like to wake up early and write short e-mails, and are scheduled to the max. And many enjoy golf, which seems contradictory, given their time...
View ArticleHealth insurance on the line
After countless hours of courtroom argument, dozens of briefs, and seemingly endless legal maneuvering, the fate of President Obama's Affordable Care Act comes down to the meaning of six simple words....
View ArticleGizmo Guy: Cleaning Power
People often seem surprised when Gizmo Guy tells them he enjoys cleaning house. With the proper gadgets, the work goes fast, returns are gratifying, and brain power needed is zilch. Cleaning up is...
View ArticleDebt Rights
Older Americans now carry debt well into retirement. And debt collectors are circling. Just ask Shirley Latham, 70, of Northern Liberties. She had to file a complaint with the federal Consumer...
View ArticleSeen this one before
The state Supreme Court is beset by feuding and allegations. The judicial discipline system puts in another poor showing. An outgoing justice calls for doing away with Pennsylvania's judicial...
View ArticleWorldview:
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View ArticleNine people shot at Mantua barbecue
Nine people were shot, including a baby and two children, during a barbecue Saturday night in Philadelphia's Mantua section, police said. The shotgun blasts left the three juveniles and three of the...
View ArticleIn Phila, Wisconsin's Walker talks up his conservative credentials
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker told regional Republican activists in Philadelphia on Saturday he had shown how to win in a blue industrial state while implementing tough conservative policies such as a...
View ArticlePhillies Notes: Morgan's debut Sunday a gift for his father
It was a phone call that Adam Morgan said he had dreamed about: calling his father to tell him he was headed to the major leagues. His father, Wiley, pitched at Alabama and coached Morgan until he was...
View ArticleThe chemical danger in child safety seats
Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death among children ages 1 to 9, according to the latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And strapping your child into...
View ArticleLETTERS - June 21
ISSUE | CLIMATE Pontiff shipping out? Since Pope Francis has called for action to stem climate change, I expect he will have to set sail soon across the Atlantic if he expects to reach Philadelphia by...
View ArticleTaming health risks in 30th Street Station's historic confines
When workers at Surf City Squeeze clean fruit for the day's juices and smoothies, they use a section of the sink where they also wash dishes. Though that might be usual practice at home, in a...
View ArticleAfter years of cutting back, boost pay - and productivity
The debate over the minimum wage has morphed from whether it should be raised to how high it should go. With the labor market tightening, major firms increasing their pay scales, and local governments,...
View ArticleHaven: Church called home in Brewerytown
A stately house of worship, designed in the Gothic style by famed architect Frank Rushmore Watson and built in 1888, was saved by real estate developer Jordan Brody in 2012, just as the wrecking ball...
View ArticleSupreme Court on gay marriage: A foregone conclusion?
The U.S. Supreme Court has barely a week left to issue a ruling that could settle the same-sex marriage issue nationwide. But among legal scholars and the public, there's little debate about which way...
View ArticleCelebrated New York cheesecake-maker expands to South Jersey
Can a beloved cheesecake baked in New York for six decades be just as skillfully prepared in . . . New Jersey? Junior's - New York City's third generation of famed Brooklyn cheesecake bakers - has...
View ArticleA pastor struggles for words to faithful
The last time I sat down with the Rev. Mark Tyler, the streets of Baltimore were exploding in anger and grief over the death of Freddie Gray. It seems like so long ago now. That May morning, Tyler, the...
View ArticleMcCartney highlights a happy, muddy, ready-to-party Firefly Fest
DOVER, Del. - It doesn't get much cheerier than the scene round about midnight on Friday at the Firefly Music Festival. The world's greatest surviving Beatle was bringing his headlining set at the...
View ArticleWorldview: How Russia could become a U.S. ally
As the Kremlin stokes the conflict in Ukraine and ratchets up tensions with NATO, there's lots of talk about a Cold War redux. So it was fascinating to hear Mikhail Khodorkovsky - the billionaire oil...
View ArticleTHE ENTERTAINER
After the Republicans lost the 2012 presidential election with a hard-line policy on immigration and a multimillionaire investment banker as their nominee, party leaders concluded in an "autopsy" that...
View ArticleGenerations of family tied together in gems
Marlton jeweler Angelo Breaux got his first taste of the business half a century ago in South Philly. His grandfather Angelo Calapristi, who owned a jewelry store at 22d and Snyder, would bring Breaux...
View ArticleDeadline looming, no budget in sight
HARRISBURG - With 10 days until a new fiscal year, the Wolf administration and the GOP-controlled legislature will have to pull the equivalent of a college cramming session to meet the deadline to...
View ArticleKeeping freshmen from an about-face
Alesha Figueroa-Falcon was headed to college last fall - until, all of a sudden, she wasn't. "I chickened out last-minute. It was too far for me," she said. "I felt like I was going to be...
View ArticleSeven people shot at Mantua barbecue
Seven people were shot, including a baby, on Saturday night during a barbecue in Philadelphia's Mantua section, police said. The gunfire took place about 9:30 p.m. near 41st and Ogden Streets in the...
View ArticleAnother day, another loss for Phillies
Ben Revere ran to the warning track before stopping his stride. The centerfielder had no choice but to watch the home run clear the fence and bounce into the bullpen in the sixth inning of Saturday's...
View ArticlePennsylvania prevails in shortened Big 33 Classic
HERSHEY, Pa. - Before lightning and heavy rain ended the contest at halftime, Imhotep Charter's D.J. Moore hauled in an 86-yard touchdown catch and Great Valley's Ryan Buchholz applied consistent...
View ArticleSermons rewritten across the region in wake of Charleston
When he heard the names of those killed in the Charleston church shooting, The Rev. Robin Hynicka wrote all nine on a white index card, tucked it in his shirt pocket, and started to search for the...
View ArticleCharleston casts shadow over Philly Juneteenth
In the shadow of Charleston, scores gathered in Germantown on Saturday to celebrate the events of a day 150 years ago - the freeing of slaves on American soil. People met near the spot where the first...
View ArticleCole Berman wins Philadelphia Amateur golf title
Cole Berman had played with and against Michael Davis enough to know that his longtime friend and rival from their Inter-Ac days would keep fighting after Berman rolled to an early lead in the final of...
View ArticleVehicle-import business is big in South Philadelphia
Cars, cars, parked everywhere in South Philadelphia. On expansive lots below the Walt Whitman Bridge, on parcels at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. On Norfolk Southern Corp. rail land, and along the old...
View ArticleFord takes novel path: It's promoting loaners
Ford last month sent letters to 14,000 of its American drivers with an unusual suggestion: For extra cash, they could rent their cars to fellow urbanites wanting a cheap ride. America's second-biggest...
View ArticleUniversal Pictures, with T. rex's help, stomps to big year at the box-office
Jurassic World is helping Comcast Corp.-owned Universal Pictures devour box-office records like a T. rex. The futuristic franchise reboot barreled to $1 billion in a record-setting 13 days this month...
View ArticleIn Kensington, Helm an unexpected BYOB delight
There has been plenty of chatter, lately, that Philadelphia's unique love and talent for BYOBs is starting to wane. And there's no doubt some of our best - Bibou, Laurel, Talula's Table, Lolita, the...
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