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3 days ago | 
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
A Philadelphia medical consulting company has been ordered to pay more than $4.5 million to an Alabama man whose foot was amputated after he delayed in-person treatment while in contact with the company’s medical professionals. Gerald Tritt, 53, of Alabama, brought the lawsuit against Workcompvidence after he underwent a left-foot amputation at Lehigh Valley Hospital in November 2019.
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3 days ago | 
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
Bonnie Arbittier keeps a list on her phone of every jacket, bag, and article of clothing she’s resisted buying so far this year. More than three months into 2025, the list has held Arbittier accountable to her New Year’s resolution: No clothing purchases. Not even from thrift stores. Not even for special occasions. When she adds to the list, “I get the same endorphins I get from clicking the ‘Buy Now’ button,” said Arbittier, 32, of Center City, who works in health tech.
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1 week ago | 
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
A former Victoria’s Secret employee said she was sexually harassed by the lingerie department manager at a Philadelphia store, according to a lawsuit. And when she reported her experience, she alleges,she was retaliated against during her shifts and ignored by company higher-ups. The claims were laid out in a lawsuit that was filed last month in the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia and reported on earlier this week by Philadelphia Magazine.
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1 week ago | 
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
While in bankruptcy, Rite Aid signed on for a $10.3 million digital advertising campaign, encouraging customers to get their flu and COVID shots at the pharmacy. A year later, the beleaguered Philly-based chain has emerged from bankruptcy, but still owes $6.8 million to the company that placed the vaccine ads, according to a new lawsuit.
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1 week ago | 
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
How fast is your internet? If you’re a Comcast customer in Philadelphia, the ceiling for speed just got higher. And it’s made possible by what goes on inside a dull-looking Northeast Philadelphia office building where state-of-the-art technology is powering the network 24/7.
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1 week ago | 
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
You can check in for a monthslong stay at an iconic Ocean City boardwalk hotel this summer. The Port-O-Call has unveiled a new 30-day-stay program as “an alternative to pricey Shore home rentals,” hotel executives said in a statement. The packages start around $16,000 for a standard city-facing room with two-double-beds, spokesperson Corie Moskow said, and go up to more than $23,000 for a corner king room that faces the coastline.
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1 week ago | 
mahoningmatters.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
People are paying for their homes to be egged? In this economy? Yes. But it's not exactly what it sounds like. Egg My Yard fundraisers have grown increasingly popular in recent years as more nonprofits, youth sports teams, businesses, and individuals turn to the concept as a way to raise money while spreading some springtime cheer.
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1 week ago | 
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
People are paying for their homes to be egged? In this economy? Yes. But it’s not exactly what it sounds like. Egg My Yard fundraisers have grown increasingly popular in recent years as more nonprofits, youth sports teams, businesses, and individuals turn to the concept as a way to raise money while spreading some springtime cheer.
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2 weeks ago | 
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
When Virginia Jennings’ children were young, and she and her husband had stopped going out with friends in the city, she’d feel a pang of nostalgia whenever a Maxwell taxi drove by their suburban home. Just the sight of a Maxwell cab would take her back to the couple’s pre-kids era in the early 2000s, when they’d call on a Saturday afternoon to lock in their ride for the night. A few hours later, a driver would arrive to take them from their Wayne home to friends’ places in Manayunk or Fairmount.
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2 weeks ago | 
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
Toll Brothers has purchased the site of a former Catholic school in Jenkintown and plans to start construction on a 55+ community on the property. The Fort Washington-based home builder paid $9.5 million, according to Montgomery County officials, for 46 acres that was the longtime home of St. Basil Academy. The 90-year-old Ukrainian Catholic girls school closed during the pandemic, citing declining enrollment and financial pressures.
