Germantown

The Y, an institution that went from being an effort to encourage and support men in the mid-1800s to a resource for the community in 1927 and to a catastrophe in 2008, has reopened in

Philadelphia was buzzing last weekend as bee enthusiasts from across the country joined in the celebration of the 200th anniversary of Lorenzo L. Langstroth, the inventor of the modern bee hive, in three day city

Tucked into a small nook between Maplewood and Chelten avenues is the outdoor Maplewood Mall. Red brick and grey cobblestones line the historic street where carriages and horses would be more at home than cars

When it comes to eating, many neighborhoods of Philadelphia are ruled by fast food culture, with McDonald’s, Burger King and KFC lined up along the major thoroughfares. In Germantown, however, one simply needs to know

Jim Bear leans back in his chair on a rainy Sunday at the outdoor Maplewood Mall in Germantown. The owner of Gtownradio.com is preparing for his weekly radio show, Neu-Matic, in the front bedroom of

“I used to be one of those knuckle-headed kids, always running around on the streets. It wasn’t a good environment for me,” says Keion Fleming, 15. Studies show that Fleming was hardly alone. According to

In tough economic times, some people need to become creative to get value out of every dollar. One way of doing this, as employees of the Germantown-based non-profit Resources for Human Development (RHD) will attest, is to start making your own.

One of the most eye-catching buildings in Germantown is, without a doubt, a bright purple, Barbie-doll-decorated, mural-covered building at the intersection of Armat Street and Germantown Avenue. Building number 5524 is the home of the