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Richie Ashburn’s Widow in Tears Over His Endangered Gladwyne Grave

By Victor Fiorillo   5/22/2013 Comments  0    |  
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It has been nearly 16 years since Philadelphia lost Richie Ashburn, one of the greatest Phillies players of all time. The beloved Hall of Famer, who played for the team from 1948 through 1959, died of a heart attack in 1997 after broadcasting a Phillies-Mets game from Shea Stadium. His family buried him in the cemetery outside of Gladwyne Methodist Church, where all was quiet until some developers announced plans to turn the church into condos and put a parking lot next to the cemetery. Ashburn's widow, Herberta, is calling foul.
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Tesla Opens First PA Car Dealership at KOP Mall

By Jason Fagone   5/22/2013 Comments  1    |  
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You’ve probably heard of Tesla Motors by now, the California company that designs and manufactures electric cars. Founded in 2003, Tesla almost didn't make it through the recession, but today its fortunes are rising, thanks in large part to the car it released last year: the Model S (top photo). A premium sport sedan, the Model S is aimed at people who would otherwise buy a Mercedes S Class or a Lexus. It starts at $69,900 ($62,400 with a $7,500 federal tax credit). You recharge the car by plugging it into a wall outlet or a public charging station. The charging port is built into the taillight. Automotive journalists have gone nuts for the Model S; Motor Trend and Automobile named it their car of the year for 2013, and Consumer Reports gave it a rare 99 out of 100 rating.
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The Bucks Co. Bear and 4 Other Local Wild Animals of Note

By Dan McQuade   5/22/2013 Comments  0    |  
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Hide your honey, your porridge and (in reality) your bird feeders and your garbage cans. There's a bear on the loose!
 
 
Over the past week, a black bear has been spotted in Lower Bucks County. The LBC, as I like to call it, is more urbanized than your usual bear habitat, meaning everyone is freaking out. The bear was spotted at a Bensalem soccer field, on a Bristol Township lawn, and even in Hulmeville, a town you've probably never even heard of. Things haven't been this exciting in the LBC since the Neshaminy Mall was built.
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Stray Cat Strife on the Main Line Over Radnor Ordinance

By Victor Fiorillo   5/09/2013 Comments  3    |  
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It's been quite a month for our fine furry friends in the Philadelphia region. First there was the wild turkey who was running around West Philadelphia. (He has his own Twitter account, naturally). Then there were the rat sightings. Then there were more rat sightings. (Surprisingly, the rats don't have their own Twitter account, although @ThePhillyRat is currently available ... just saying). And now, it's stray cats that are the subject of much hand-wringing.
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Richard Branson Should Buy SEPTA

By Gene Marks   5/02/2013 Comments  8    |  
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So SEPTA needs money. Lots of it. In fact, a recent report said that unless SEPTA gets more money, the system “... will be forced to gradually truncate its system and eliminate services … ."
 
 
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Swarthmore Travel Agent Selling $200,000 Tickets to Space

By Victor Fiorillo   4/29/2013 Comments  0    |  
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Today marks the first rocket-powered test flight for SpaceShipTwo, Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic spacecraft that will take tourists up, up, and away into space--well, sub-orbital space, anyway. Stephen Hawking, Tom Hanks, Ashton Kutcher, Katy Perry, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Mário Ferreira have reportedly signed up for future trips, and you can too with the help of Swarthmore's Park Avenue Travel, a travel agency for the well-off.
 
 
Park Avenue's Craig Bush explains that he is a "Virtuoso Accredited Space Agent", meaning that he's one of a few dozen people in the world authorized to sell tickets for Virgin Galactic, and, really,
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Main Line Gossip: “She’s Had Work Done”

By Beth Capriotti   3/13/2013 Comments  3    |  
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“She’s had work done.” I recently heard this, whispered sotto voce by the Main Line mavens sitting at the table next to me at Tango. Naturally my neck swiveled at headache-inducing speed to see who they were taking about. Ah, it was a friend of mine, who I know for a fact has had no plastic surgery at all.
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Does Bill Green Want to Skip the Mayor’s Race and Run for Congress?

By Victor Fiorillo   3/05/2013 Comments  1    |  
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Whenever the subject of Philadelphia's 2015 mayoral race comes up, the one person who is always named first or second in the pack of candidates is Councilman-at-Large Bill Green, whose father, Bill Green III, held the seat in the early '80s. But this week, there's chatter in political circles that the councilman has set his sights on a new target: Congress.
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Why Open a Video Rental Store in Ardmore in the Era of Netflix and Closing Blockbusters?

By Gail Shister   3/05/2013 Comments  9    |  
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Video stores have all but vanished, but Miguel Gomez, intrepid former manager of the now-defunct TLA in Bryn Mawr, recently launched Viva Video! The Last Picture Store in Ardmore. What was he thinking?
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4 Kids in Bucks County-Bound Bus Still Hospitalized in Boston

By Simon van Zuylen-Wood   2/04/2013 Comments  0    |  
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While many of the 42 passengers on a wrecked Bucks County-bound charter bus have made it home safely after a serious crash Saturday, four remain hospitalized in Boston. Matt Cruz, a sophomore at Neshaminy High School, is in critical condition, and may have suffered spinal damage, while three others sustained serious injuries.
 
 
The bus, whose West Philadelphia charter company was flagged for several citations in 2011, crashed Saturday night after smashing into a 10-foot overpass; numerous signs were posted warning of low clearance. 35 passengers were injured in total. The bus was ferrying kids to and from Cambridge, Massachusetts as part
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