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| Penn State's VP/Gary Schultz & AD/Tim Curley Step Down |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 11/07/11 1:53 pm | updated: 11/07/11 1:53 pm |
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Penn State senior vice president Gary Schultz has stepped down and athletic director Tim Curley has taken an administrative leave amid allegations of covering up a sex scandal involving a former assistant coach on the football team, Jerry Sandusky.
The Penn State trustees announced the moves after an executive session at the Old Main administration building on Sunday night.
Both men have been charged with failure to report and perjury and made their requests to the... Read More |
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| Philadelphia School Scheduled to Close Is Fighting Back |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/04/11 8:01 am | updated: 11/04/11 8:01 am |
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Philadelphia School District officials recommended that Stanton Elementary School at 17th and Christian, as well as eight other city schools be closed. In Philadelphia's schools there are thousands of surplus seats, financial problems, and aging buildings. Teachers and students at Stanton are fighting to keep it open claiming academic success and happy students and teachers.
Stanton, K to 8, offers programs like violin classes, African drumming, pottery, Shakespearean drama,... Read More |
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| John Street Subject of Ethics Probe |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/04/11 7:39 am | updated: 11/04/11 7:39 am |
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Former Philadelphia Mayor John Street is under investigation by Pennsylvania's State Ethics Commission. They are looking into Street's role in awarding millions of dollars of Philadelphia Housing Authority legal work to his son's former law firm.
John Street was chairman of the PHA board in 2004 and voted at least five times to give PHA contracts to Wolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen L.L.P. His son, Sharif, billed PHA more than $700,000 while working as a lawyer assigned to the PHA... Read More |
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| Stabilizing Greece Lift US Stock Market |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/04/11 7:21 am | updated: 11/04/11 7:21 am |
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| Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou backed away from plans for a public vote on a bailout deal for Greece as his government appeared on the verge of toppling. The renewed indication that the effort to stabilize the Euro-zone would succeed boosted stock prices around the globe. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 208 points on Thursday, or 1.8%, to 12,044 - back above the 12K mark. Philadelphia are company stocks were also higher.... Read More |
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| Deer-Vehicle Collision Season |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 11/03/11 10:43 am | updated: 11/03/11 10:43 am |
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Last year in Pennsylvania, eight people died and more than 600 were injured in 3,000 crashes involving deer, according to PennDOT.
Nationwide, about 200 people die and tens of thousands are injured in about 1.6 million deer-vehicle crashes that result in more than $3.6 billion in vehicle damage, according to AAA.
Fall is typically the most dangerous period, as mating season adds to the hazards. Autumn hunting seasons also get deer moving.
The... Read More |
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| Philadelphia School District Closing Nine Schools? |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 11/03/11 10:34 am | updated: 11/03/11 10:34 am |
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Philadelphia School District officials on Wednesday recommended closing nine schools and making grade changes at 17 others due to declining enrollment, aging facilities, and a brutal fiscal situation.
But the School Reform Commission signaled that perhaps the changes did not go far enough.
If the SRC adopts the recommendations next year, these would be the first large-scale school closings in the district since 1981.
Each closing would save the district... Read More |
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| Alycia Lane, Larry Mendte Lawsuit to be Held in Philadelphia |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/01/11 9:49 am | updated: 11/01/11 9:49 am |
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Alycia Lane, Larry Mendte and CBS will do battle in a Philadelphia courtroom. That's the word from thee PA Supreme Court, which has ruled that the trial of Alycia Lane's civil suit against CBS and former co-anchor Larry Mendte will remain in Philadelphia.
Lane wanted the case to be tried here. CBS has been fighting through the appeal process to change the venue to New York. CBS argued that Lane's contract contained a clause saying that cases against the network should be heard... Read More |
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| Philadelphia's 30th Street Station Plaza Opens |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 10/31/11 12:17 pm | updated: 10/31/11 12:17 pm |
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At noon Wednesday, Philadelphia's "great new public space" outside 30th Street Station gets its official dedication with a grand-opening ceremony….including music, food, fitness demonstrations and street performers.
The new plaza is a project of the University City District, which joined forces with City Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, the City Planning Commission and the state Department of Transportation.
University City District's executive director Matt... Read More |
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| Valley Forge Park Deer Cull Starting |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 10/31/11 12:15 pm | updated: 10/31/11 12:15 pm |
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Valley Forge Park is set to begin its second annual deer-culling operation, in which U.S. Department of Agriculture marksmen with rifles and night-vision goggles take aim at deer lured to baited sites. Citing safety concerns, the park won't disclose the dates of the shootings, only that they would occur between November and March. Last season, sharpshooters took out 600 deer, and the park aims for 500 this time.
A similar cull will take place in Lower Merion Township in... Read More |
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| Deer Kill in Valley Forge to Begin |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/31/11 8:30 am | updated: 10/31/11 8:30 am |
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Valley Forge National Historical Park will conduct its second annual deer-culling operation. U.S. Department of Agriculture marksmen with rifles and night-vision goggles will reduce the herd by killing deer lured to baited sites.
Last year, sharpshooters killed 600 deer. This year the park's natural-resource department would like to kill 500.
Insurance experts estimate there are 130,000 deer-vehicle collisions annually in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
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