Elkins Park News

I recently took part in a "civil discourse," an unusual occurrence in this era of media pundit-orchestrated shouting matches.

Chef Joncarl Lachman completes a long-sought homecoming with this month's opening of Noord - his Northern European bistro - at 1046 Tasker St.

Rita's Italian Ice - or 'water ice,' if you prefer - opened a Havertown, Pa., store this weekend.

This year's event, to be held Sunday, coincides with the organization's 100th anniversary.

An Elkins Park, Pa. woman who has been doing life coaching for top corporate and university clients is now opening up to everyone else, in two ways.

The sculpture class at Allens Lane Art Center in Mount Airy is in full swing. One student is glazing.

A spiritual and historic ceremony recently took place with the installation of a mezuzah at the main entrance of MossRehab and Einstein Medical Center Elkins Park.

BY MICHAEL P. BOYLE, ESQ./ The recent NPR series, "Unfit for Work: The Startling Rise of Disability in America" , mentioned what it termed "The Disability-Industrial Complex". The story's clear suggestion is that lawyers looking for clients are to blame for the rise in people obtaining disability benefits.

This month, in anticipation of today's Dining Out for Life event, G Philly has profiled a different local who has been affected by HIV/AIDS. This week, we're closing out the series with the inspirational Miss Dolly Rolle.

Herman S. Belmont, 93, a Philadelphia psychiatrist in the forefront of child mental-health advocacy, died Saturday, April 20, of heart failure at the Quadrangle in Haverford.

Abington Police arrested an Elkins Park man following a crash last month in Willow Grove.

An Elkins Park man was killed late Friday after he forced his way into a stranger's apartment in Cheltenham Township.

Officials say a SEPTA car inspector was shocked and burned while working on top of a train in Ewing Township, New Jersey early Monday morning.