Cheltenham News

Congressman Chaka Fattah speaks at Penn on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. He has been the U.S. Representative for the Second District since 1994.

Though just about all schools in the Philadelphia area were open today, that didn't keep tens of thousands of students from heading into the city for the Phillies' World Series victory parade.

Few voters have devoted much thought to the race to become Pennsylvania's next treasurer, which even the candidates grudgingly acknowledge.

Cheltenham Township was handed a large check last week, literally and figuratively.

Special to the Mercury NORRISTOWN - Montgomery County officials are making last minute preparations for next Tuesday's election in light of a federal court ruling this week mandating Pennsylvania voting ...

A federal judge yesterday ordered Pennsylvania election officials to issue emergency paper ballots if 50 percent or more of any precinct's machines fail at any one time on Election Day.

Voter-rights advocates and election officials argued yesterday in federal court over how to keep lines moving if Pennsylvania voting machines break down on Election Day.

The candidates running to represent Pennsylvania's 2nd Congressional District are about as different as they come.

On Friday, Sept. 5, Shalom Zachmy, the ritual director of Beth Sholom Congregation in Elkins Park, began preparing the Torah scrolls for the first Bat Mitzvah service of the new season, when he noticed that a ...

Ty Clark, 18, with his pet bird, Buddy, in his Wyncote bedroom. Four years ago, he told schoolmates and others that he considered himself male, though born with female parts.

The worldwide economic crisis has given added meaning to the usually low-key race for Pennsylvania state treasurer.

As puberty hits, transgender youths are increasingly finding it the catalyst for coming out about their sexual identities.

For years, Cheltenham resident Larry Angert attended services practically every Shabbat, and found joy in the music and rituals, even as he struggled with the theological content of the liturgy.

Two suspects were taken into custody after allegedly holding up a popular restaurant in Montgomery County .

Democrat Rob McCord is an independent business leader who has managed more than $1 billion in investments and helped fund startup companies that have created more than 2,000 jobs in Pennsylvania.

With the economy on life support, and federal lawmakers having played ER physicians trying to revive a patient, Pennsylvania voters should consider carefully whom they want for state treasurer.

Members of Montgomery County's black community Thursday called on the county commissioners to hire and promote more blacks to leadership positions in county government and to be more sensitive to allegations of ...

A federal judge is considering whether jurors in the retrial of a Border Patrol agent accused of fatally shooting an illegal immigrant should be told of allegations that he had a history of assault and making ...

By Derrick Nunnally At the end of a secluded driveway in Elkins Park, a rare Gilded Age jewel is poised to enter its third life.

Officials from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said the Greenwood Avenue Bridge could be more pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly when it is replaced.