Bala Cynwyd News

BALA CYNWYD, Pa. - A 64-year-old Bala Cynwyd man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for a Ponzi scheme that cost just over 20 victims over $7 million.

A suburban Philadelphia man who authorities say scammed investors out of millions of dollars using a Ponzi scheme will serve more than eight years in prison.

Flurries began about 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Narberth and Bala Cynwyd area asA the National Weather Service predicted A light snow and wintry mix through late Wednesday night.

A bread delivery man for theA Five Guys Burgers and Fries A shop on City Avenue in Bala Cynwyd was arrested Wednesday and charged with the theft of an employee's property totaling about $3,200 in value, Lower Merion Township police said.

Gov. Tom Corbett presented his budget proposal A to both houses of the state legislature Tuesday and, as expected, it reflects the state's difficult financial situation.

While loved ones gathered to pay their final respects to Leslie Carter over the weekend, one family member was nowhere to be seen: brother Nick Carter .

In this week's Best of Patch poll, we want to know where you go first for flowers in Narberth and Bala Cynwyd.

Employers beware!A This could be the year you're asked to justify any worker's given independent contractor status, and there's a huge downside if you're wrong.

The Philadelphia School District will continue its series of community forums as part of the search for a new superintendent with three meetings this week.

Burglaries in the township were down about 19 percent in 2011 from 2010, said Lower Merion Police Superintendent Michael McGrath during his monthly report toe the Lower Merion Board of Commissioners police committee Wednesday night.

The goalposts used in the Super Bowl on Sunday will feature one post that rises up from the ground and curves forward to a cross bar with an upright at each end.

The Township Planning Board last week granted The Shoppes at Cross Keys' ownership group approval to build additional retail and restaurant space at the shopping center.

Govberg Jewelers is preparing to depart its Merion-Cynwyd home of two decades for a prime location about three miles away in Suburban Square.

A lifelong Philadelphian, Gene is president of the Marks Group, a consulting firm based in Bala Cynwyd.

One of my favorite essays by Roger Rosenblatt, one of my favorite essayists, is entitled "The Silent Friendships of Men." In it, he states that among men, "there is a wordless understanding in which we function fairly well - especially in friendships.

On Monday afternoon,A Lower Merion police A reported to news media the following incidents from the past week in the Narberth-Bala Cynwyd area: Theft of motor vehicle: A 2011 Honda Odyssey minivan was stolen from outside a home on the first block of Bryn Mawr Avenue in Bala Cynwyd between 9:15 p.m. Friday, Jan.

Valentine's Day is nigh. Whether you've got plans or not, you may have opinions about how potential date spots in Narberth and Bala Cynwyd stack up against each other.

PHILADELPHIA - On January 27, 1954, the Russian army liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau, a concentration camp in Poland where the Nazis killed more than 2 million Jews.

A Taco Bell and Pizza Hut Express is scheduled to open May 10 at City Avenue and Conshohocken State Road in Bala Cynwyd, a representative of the property owners told Patch Thursday.

Tina McDonald, chief retail banking officer for VIST Financial Corp., outside its Bala Cynwyd branch.