Essington News

The Federal Aviation Administration will hold meetings in Tinicum and Philadelphia next week on the proposed Capacity Enhancement Program at Philadelphia International Airport.

A deal to relocate South Philadelphia's Regional Food Distribution Center closed, with the state shoring up funding and working out an arrangement among the involved parties.

One person was killed after a motorcycle collided with a bus in Southwest Philadelphia Tuesday evening.Police said the accident happened at about 9:00 p.m. near the intersection of Bartram and Essington ...

The Yachtstock River Jam, benefiting the families of children with chronic illness, returns this Saturday with bands, birds and baseball bats.

Growth Properties Hospitality Management, a Pennsylvania based management company, announces the conversion of The Lagoon Hotel in Essington, PA to The Clarion Hotel at Harbor Point Marina.

“My goal was to make it a hub for the community”

Click on picture to enlarge. Reading Eagle: Lauren A. Little The historic Hamburg Strand at the corner of State and South Fourth streets in Hamburg. via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

“I was a 50- year registered Republican and I changed my registration to vote for him in the primary”

With just five days until Pennsylvania's primary the presidential hopefuls and their supporters are busy trying to lock in voters. via WNEP-TV Moosic

“The guy kept stating that he was keeping the animals as pets for his kids, like a little farm”

Agents from the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals arrived in West Kensington yesterday to find a man running out of a house and down the street leading a bull tied by the neck with a ... via Philly.com

Nobody hit the big jackpot in Powerball last night, so Saturday's top prize will be $105 million. via Philly.com

“The driving factor, no pun intended, in gasoline price increases continues to be the record high price of crude oil”

Prices for unleaded regular gas reached highs for the year in the Philadelphia after rising over the weekend, the AAA Mid-Atlantic automotive services organization said. via Philadelphia Business Journal

An oversized whirlpool bathtub sat in the corner of Tracy and Brian Hausknecht's master bedroom. via The Morning Call

“They're trying to take over and interfere with our treatment”

Protesters massed outside the Hogar Crea house in Allentown today as a power struggle for control of the drug and alcohol rehabilitation group spills into court. via The Morning Call

“Mary was generous, kind and giving ... that's what she was and that's what we are, too.”

Celebration: Allan Jamieson Jr., second from right, leads Native American Dancers from the Seneca Nation Weigwey Traveling Lodge as they perform. via Chambersburg Public Opinion

Each night when Anna Maria Caldara lays her head on her pillow, she is surrounded by Jewish history. It's in the air she breathes and in the walls around her.

That's because Caldara lives in what was the only Jewish synagogue in the history of the Slate Belt, and that heritage she's been living with has inspired her to write a ''A Great Miracle Happened Here: The Jews of Pennsylvania 's Slate Belt.''

Few Jews live in the Slate Belt today, and even when the synagogue was open, their population likely numbered fewer than 30 families. But the story of how they fled Europe and ended up in Bangor , where they helped drive a bustling Slate Belt economy, cannot be measured in numbers, according to the 70-page book released Sunday to kick of the Slate Belt Heritage Center's 11th season. Read more

Nobody won the grand prizes in the two multistate lotteries this weekend, but Pennsylvania and New Jersey did produce four pretty lucky people. via Philly.com

“Early identification is important and those students who are recommended go through the district's screening process, which includes a standardized IQ and Achievement Test”

You're probably aware that schools offer special classes or other services for kids that are identified as intellectually "gifted." They're required to do so by the federal Individuals with Disabilities ... via Metro Kids

A two-vehicle accident Monday afternoon claimed the life of a Juniata County woman, Pennsylvania State Police Lewistown report. via Lewistown Sentinel

Philadelphia , PA 19120 215-276-7942; New World Karaoke 215-549-7942 Neighborhood: Olney Parking: Not wheelchair accessible. via Philly.com

The multistate lottery played in New Jersey has a jackpot of $113 million up for grabs tonight. via The Philadelphia Inquirer

“I want to be able to help other kids and other people in general, so they wouldn't have to suffer.”

Albert Gallatin senior Lance Bryson, an award-winning wrestler, hopes to become a chiropractor someday. via Pittsburgh Tribune