Cheltenham News

A Philadelphia woman testified Wednesday she was assaulted on a date with a Lackawanna County surgeon she met on the Internet.

An Elkins Park woman chose to spend part of her 85th birthday Monday at her local library.

Frances Gordon was walking home from one of her usual trips to the library when her life came to an end at the hands of a hit and run driver.

Police near Philadelphia are looking for the driver of a van who hit an elderly pedestrian, then fled the scene.

Cheltenham Police are searching for a driver who was involved in a fatal hit and run Monday.

Staff WriterAbington remains unhappy with Montgomery County financially forcing the township to give up its ability to directly receive all 911 calls made in the township over hardwire phones."On paper, it makes sense but we are concerned about the county's ability to handle these additional calls in the timely fashion that we can," said township ...

This photo taken Nov. 19, 2009 shows tour guide Alice Sachs, second right, speaking with visitor Steve Caplan of Cheltenham Pa., right, during a tour of Beth Sholom Synagogue, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, in Elkins Park, Pa.

The former treasurer of a parent-teacher organization in Cheltenham, Pa. is headed to trial in Montgomery County, on charges she stole more than $29,000 from the PTO.

November 3, 2009 -- Two school-age twins are hospitalized after being hit by a car in the Lawncrest section of Philadelphia.

The stakes were too high for one Montgomery County municipality that walked away from the county's table this year.

The movie Amelia shows the legendary aviation pioneer at the height of her career.

The Montgomery County commissioners agree, which is almost news in itself. The Cheltenham Township commissioners concur as well.

Monday's metro column digs into the uneasiness in Cheltenham township, where local and county officials have opposed a question from appearing on next week's ballot that would give the people more power to stop development.

When Cheltenham, Pa. residents go to the polls November 3rd, they'll see a question on the ballot that asks them whether they want to amend the Home Rule Charter with a citizen's Bill of Rights that gives them more say over some development projects.

Hall of fun -- that's what they plan to be having this Friday, Oct. 23, at Cheltenham High, when the school inducts its latest Hall of Fame members into the Wyncote shrine of academics, sports and good-looking kids.

This Sunday a dam will burst, there'll be a major power outage, a train will slam into a car and a hospital will be evacuated.

As voted for by Times readers in our recent NovelList poll, to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cheltenham Literary Festival John Sutherland and Stefanie Marsh John Sutherland on the winner - To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee How many British admirers of Harper Lee's novel have seen a mockingbird? Scarcely more, I suspect, than have seen a dodo.

One of the rules of the day - "Respect and be kind to everyone" - is held aloft by Julian Whelan yesterday outside Oak Lane Day School.

Police have released a surveillance photo of a man who they say handed a teller a note demanding cash at the Wachovia Bank at 341 West Cheltenham Avenue.

Police are looking for a man who robbed a Wachovia Bank in Cheltenham. Police have released a surveillanceA photo of a man whoA they sayA handed a teller a note demanding cashA at the Wachovia BankA atA 341 West Cheltenham Avenue.