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3 days ago | 
inquirer.com | Erica Palan |Ariana Perez-Castells |Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
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1 week ago | 
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
Dogs show up in Tracy Johnson’s Roxborough backyard at least once a week. With their humans in tow, the pups run around for an hour or more, enjoying the fenced-in space they don’t have at home. These tail-waggers aren’t trespassers. In fact, their owners pay Johnson $15 per dog per hour to use her yard as a private dog park. “I love dogs,” Johnson said.
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1 week ago | 
centredaily.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
May 28-Cynthia "Cindy" Arena was supposed to retire next week, ending her 35-year career as a paralegal. But she made those plans before President Donald Trump's global tariffs upended the stock market. In recent months, as Arena watched the balances of her retirement savings accounts fall, some days precipitously, she had second thoughts. "I just started thinking, 'I'm scared,'" said the 66-year-old Phoenixville resident. "I lost a lot of money.""I'm starting to get some of it back," Arena added.
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1 week ago | 
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
Cynthia “Cindy” Arena was supposed to retire next week, ending her 35-year career as a paralegal. But she made those plans before President Donald Trump’s global tariffs upended the stock market. In recent months, as Arena watched the balances of her retirement savings accounts fall, some days precipitously, she had second thoughts. “I just started thinking, ‘I’m scared,’” said the 66-year-old Phoenixville resident. “I lost a lot of money.”“I’m starting to get some of it back,” Arena added.
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1 week ago | 
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
Several former Wawa properties are for sale from Trooper to Egg Harbor. The seven locations were listed for sale earlier this month for a total asking price of $4.125 million, according to the offering memorandum. The properties — four vacant, 3,000- to 4,000-square-foot buildings and three parcels of land — can be bought separately or together.
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2 weeks ago | 
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
The search continued Saturday for the park ranger who went missing after a boating accident at Tyler State Park in Newtown, Bucks County. The 38-year-old Delaware County man, whom authorities have not identified, was kayaking on the Neshaminy Creek just before 12:30 p.m. Friday when his boat capsized, Pennsylvania State Police officials have said. Over the past day, agencies from across Bucks County have converged on the area to search for him.
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2 weeks ago | 
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy |Jake Blumgart |Ariana Perez-Castells
At Reading Terminal Market, CEO Annie Allman says, there’s a common refrain among merchants during bad weather: “If SEPTA is running, the market is open.”Now, Allman said, the phrase seems foreboding. What will happen if SEPTA reduces service, eliminating dozens of bus and Regional Rail lines? She is “horrified” by the possibility. “I’ve never used the phrase ‘existential threat’ as much,” said Allman, who is CEO and general manager of the nonprofit Reading Terminal Market Corporation.
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2 weeks ago | 
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
Good news for Philly-area American Airlines customers this week: They are getting new lounges and the return of a second drink on longer flights. But they may soon have to say goodbye to bread and butter when traveling overseas, according to a recent report from aviation insiders.
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2 weeks ago | 
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
Big Lots has announced its next round of store reopenings, including 11 in Pennsylvania and one in the Philadelphia region. The Fairless Hills location is set to reopen June 5, according to a spokesperson for Big Lots’ new owners, Variety Wholesalers. On the same day, 10 other stores are to reopen across the Commonwealth, from Pittsburgh to York.
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3 weeks ago | 
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
Some Philly-area Rite Aid customers may soon have their prescriptions transferred to nearby CVS or Walgreens stores as local Rite Aids prepare to close their doors for good. Earlier this month, the long-beleaguered pharmacy chain, which is headquartered in the Navy Yard, filed for bankruptcy for the second time in less than two years. The company announced that it would wind down operations at its more than 1,000 stores nationwide, including approximately 100 in the Philadelphia region.
