Montgomery County (Pennsylvania)

Barnes Foundation's disputed relocation is upheld by judge

2011-10-06 16:32:52

<![CDATA[Barnes Foundation's disputed relocation is upheld by judge]]>

Eddie Lasorda survives the Scamfast diet

2010-01-29 16:32:59

<![CDATA[Eddie Lasorda survives the Scamfast diet]]>

GOP Plants Flag on New Voting Frontier

2004-11-22 00:00:00

The center of the Republican presidential coalition is moving toward the distant edges of suburbia. In this month's election, President Bush carried 97 of the nation's 100 fastest-growing counties, most of them "exurban" communities that are rapidly...

Phila. controller's race enlivens a sleepy ballot season

2013-05-19 06:54:02

For any city controller in Philadelphia there is a conflict between the ideal job specifications and the political reality of getting yourself elected. The public would like to see a snarling watchdog keeping a wary eye over city finances, fearlessly...

BRIEF: About Jack Gulati

2013-05-19 04:44:02

Born Ashok Kumar Gulati on Sept. 20, 1942, in Gujranwala, India. Son of Jagjit Lal and Leela Wanti Gulati. Arrived in U.S. June 30, 1958. Married to the former Rosemary Murphy for 39 years. Father of David, Charles and Michael Gulati; 10...

BRIEF: Fire levels barn, cottage near Gilbertsville

2013-05-19 04:44:02

A fire destroyed a two-story barn and a small cottage in Douglass Township, Montgomery County, officials said Saturday. Dozens of firefighters from Berks, Montgomery and Chester counties spent nearly seven hours at the scene Friday afternoon,...

Pair fires shots into house on Perkiomen Avenue

2013-05-18 04:44:02

A pair of gunmen shot up a house in the 1100 block of Perkiomen Avenue early Friday while two occupants were sleeping, police said. No one was hurt by the gunfire about 3:30 a.m., investigators said. Bullets went through the first-floor window and...

$1M in shale money coming to Phila. region

2013-05-17 02:24:02

About $1 million in Marcellus Shale money will make its way to the Philadelphia area to subsidize the purchase of natural-gas-fueled school buses and trucks. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection awarded a total of $6.7 million in...

Baltimore has high rate of staff-inmate sex

2013-05-16 18:49:19

The Baltimore City Detention Center had the nation's second-highest rate of sexual contact between jail staff and inmates, according to a U.S. Department of Justice study released less than a month after federal prosecutors accused corrections officers at...

Casey, Toomey on Senate committee that will investigate IRS next week

2013-05-16 07:53:00

Pennsylvania's two U.S. senators sit on the powerful tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, which will begin its investigation of the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups at a hearing on Tuesday. Republicans and Democrats are...

Fraud report highlights need to stay vigilant

2013-05-15 18:04:12

Pennsylvania ranks high in a new report on fraud, and the common scams highlighted in the report continue to dog victims in the Lehigh Valley. A Lower Macungie Township man was conned out of $300 this month in one of those swindles. He was duped into...

Sestak to skip governor's race, seek Senate in 2016

2013-05-15 08:44:02

Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak said Tuesday that he planned to run for the Senate in 2016, setting the table for an eventual rematch with Republican Sen. Pat Toomey. The decision helps shape the Democratic race for the nomination to challenge...

James M. Schwar of Red Hill, Montgomery County, was one of 23 people charged in a drug ring that brought $7 million worth of methamphetamines from Mexico to the Lehigh Valley over a five-year period, according to the Pennsylvania attorney general's office.

2013-04-26 00:00:00

Employees of The Rodon Group, a plastic injection molder that makes K'NEX building toys in Hatfield Pa., raises a flag consisting of 49,000 K'NEX pieces in preparation for a visit by President Obama.

2012-11-30 00:00:00

Emily Williams Knight has been named president of Kendall College, a member of the Laureate International Universities network. Knight brings more than 15 years of experience in the education and hospitality industry to her role at Kendall College.

2012-02-15 00:00:00