Tony Morinelli, a retired humanities teacher and theater director at the Shipley School, now devotes his time to restoring pieces of local history, writes Paul…
Har Jehuda Cemetery, a Jewish cemetery off Lansdowne Avenue in Upper Darby, is being tended to by a skeleton staff, writes Andy Gotlieb for the…
Jay Byerly, a Coatesville native who has been taking and gathering photographs of his hometown for decades, recently made his collection available to the public…
In 1832, 57 Irish immigrants who had arrived in Philadelphia just weeks earlier were brutally murdered while working on the railroad at Duffy’s Cut…
Army veteran Ron Cavello of Norristown had a one-of-a-kind meeting with pen pals from his hometown who sent him letters while he…
A historical marker now commemorates the central role that Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Devon played in the Berwyn School Segregation Case…
The Chester County History Center debuted its much-anticipated new exhibit, “Becoming Chester County,” with a commemorative ribbon-cutting attended by elected officials and local…
Judah Ministries is a church and nonprofit that organizes community outreach efforts in Coatesville, writes Michelle Caffrey for the Philadelphia Business Journal.
“We like to…
U.S. Rep. John Joyce has introduced legislation that would award the Medal of Honor to Lt. Eric Fisher Wood Jr., a Valley Forge Military…
The Philadelphia Print Shop – an iconic, well-respected, and nationally-known dealer in rare prints, maps, and rare books – has been acquired. The new owner…